Excerpts from CGS-CIMB report
Analyst: Cezzane See
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The farm is still alright ■ Indonesia poultry prices and China raw milk prices have continued to rise yoy, while Vietnam swine prices were still above VND70k/kg in Jan-Feb 21.
■ We remain positive on JAP as it has successfully diversified into several business segments that can help mitigate each other’s weaknesses. |
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Continued government intervention; good for Indo poultry prices 
Japfa is, partly, into poultry breeding and farming in Indonesia. Photo: CompanyAccording to our Indonesia team, the Indonesian government has proposed the third culling exercise of 2021, to run from 7 Mar to 10 Apr, this time of hatching eggs (HE) as they are still seeing surplus poultry supply.
This has helped Indonesian poultry prices stay higher vis-à-vis 2020’s average prices, in our view (Fig 1).
According to our channel checks on Arboge, 31 Mar average broiler prices remain high at c.Rp21k/kg (vs. JAP’s guided Feb 21 average of Rp18.7k and Mar 20 average of Rp16.1k).
Arboge’s 31 Mar average DOC prices was c.Rp7.95k/chick (vs. JAP’s guided Feb 21 average of c.Rp6.9k and Mar 20 average of Rp4.5k). JAP’s guided prices typically lag behind by a month.
Vietnam swine prices still in high territory
According to our Thai analyst who covers Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF TB, Add, TP: THB34.50), Vietnam swine prices in Jan 21 were VND78.7k/kg and are likely to have been VND75-78k/kg in Feb-Mar 21.
This is still above the 2020 average of c.VND75k/kg (Fig 3). According to channel checks, there are still sporadic outbreaks of African Swine Flu globally. Hence, we think FY21F swine prices could remain at least at FY20’s average prices.
China raw milk prices still climbing
According to CEIC, China’s end-Mar 21 raw milk prices rose c.15% yoy as there is still a shortfall in supply, with downstream China milk producers continually upgrading their product portfolios as the Covid-19 pandemic has stimulated public awareness of improved immunity from a healthy high protein diet and as China’s nationwide herd sizes have not increased in the past 2-3 years.
Our China team still expects raw milk prices to rise by c.5% yoy in FY21F, lending a positive bias to JAP’s dairy segment, which saw its dairy EBIT rising c.28% yoy to US$114.3m in FY20 (FY19: US$89.2m).
Reiterate Add; diversification continues to bear fruit  Cezzane See, analystWe continue to be positive on JAP as it has successfully diversified its businesses into several pillars that can mitigate each other’s weaknesses. We maintain our TP at S$1.18, still based on 11.5x 2022F P/E (close to its 2016-2020 average mean). Potential re-rating catalysts are better operating metrics for all segments and higher dividends. The converse are downside risks. |
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