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OCBC - Soft NIM and weak non-interest income
Sequentially softer earnings due to weakness in life assurance and trading income. OCBC reported 2Q12 net profit of S$648m, up 12% YoY but down 22% QoQ. This is close to our S$630m forecast. Contributing to the sequentially weaker net profit was a 25% plunge in non-interest income, attributed to 1) life assurance profitplunging 68% QoQ, and 2) net trading income collapsing 54% sequentially. This was partly offset by loan allowances plunging 61% QoQ. The slow loan growth and narrow NIM are also not positives. We see no catalyst driving OCBC share price further up, and maintain our NEUTRAL recommendation with a raised target price of S$8.60, pegged to 1.3x 2012F book.
Both loans growth and NIM were unexciting. Loans expanded 2.8% sequentially, following 1Q12's 0.4% QoQ contraction. There is a marked slowdown in loan growth (compared with 2Q11's 9.4% sequential expansion). The 1.77% NIM was 9 bps narrower QoQ, with Malaysia and Indonesia NIMs squeezed by 20 & 33 bps QoQ respectively. Management guided FY12 loan expansion of high single-digit (we forecast 9%) and continued NIM pressure (we forecast FY12 NIM of 1.79%).
An interim dividend of 16S'' has been declared. The Script Dividend Scheme will not be applicable. The interim dividend payout of S$550m represents a 38% payout ratio of core net profit.
We raised our FY12 net profit forecastby 49% (or S$1.25b) to factor in 1) S$1.15b post-tax gain from sale of F&N and APB shares by both OCBC & GEH; 2) reduction in provisioning expectations by 21% to reflect the lower-than-expected 1H12 provisions.
Source: OSK
Both loans growth and NIM were unexciting. Loans expanded 2.8% sequentially, following 1Q12's 0.4% QoQ contraction. There is a marked slowdown in loan growth (compared with 2Q11's 9.4% sequential expansion). The 1.77% NIM was 9 bps narrower QoQ, with Malaysia and Indonesia NIMs squeezed by 20 & 33 bps QoQ respectively. Management guided FY12 loan expansion of high single-digit (we forecast 9%) and continued NIM pressure (we forecast FY12 NIM of 1.79%).
An interim dividend of 16S'' has been declared. The Script Dividend Scheme will not be applicable. The interim dividend payout of S$550m represents a 38% payout ratio of core net profit.
We raised our FY12 net profit forecastby 49% (or S$1.25b) to factor in 1) S$1.15b post-tax gain from sale of F&N and APB shares by both OCBC & GEH; 2) reduction in provisioning expectations by 21% to reflect the lower-than-expected 1H12 provisions.
Source: OSK
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