HwangDBS Vickers thinks Gamuda has been an 'unjustified' laggard against its closest peer, IJM Corp, and expects this underperformance to reverse this year.
BUILDER Gamuda Bhd (5398) is a "high conviction buy" as it is a strong proxy to the upcoming mass rapid transit (MRT) project at home and changes in Vietnam's property market, says HwangDBS Vickers Research.
The research house thinks Gamuda has been an "unjustified" laggard against its closest peer, IJM Corp Bhd, and expects this underperformance to reverse this year.
For one, it believes Gamuda's joint venture with MMC Corp Bhd as the project delivery partner for the RM36 billion MRT could be a prelude to clinching a lucrative RM14 billion tunneling works project that has high margins.
In Vietnam, after several false starts, Gamuda looks set to launch its RM6 billion Celadon City (Ho Chi Minh City) development in February after the Chinese New Year, and its RM10 million Gamuda City (Hanoi) in April, with total maiden sales estimated at RM700 million for this financial year.
"When ramped up, Vietnam could be a bigger earnings kicker than the MRT, with RM13.6 billion gross development value for its effective stake (MRT: RM7 billion), higher margins of 18-20 per cent (MRT: circa 10 per cent), and longer duration of 10 years (MRT: 5 years)," it said in a report yesterday.
HwangDBS also thinks Gamuda may be a frontrunner for second phase of the Durkhan highway in the Middle East, as well as the Sungai Langat 2 water treatment plant and the runway portion of the low-cost carrier terminal projects at home.
Gamuda's price closed at RM3.85, implying a 36.4 per cent upside to HwangDBS' target.
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