[ET Net News Agency, 5 August 2019] Daiwa Research lowered its target price for Power
Assets (PAH)(00006) to HK$57.9 from HK$54 and upgraded its rating to "outperform" from
"hold".
PAH's share price was down 2% on 1 August after the company released weak 1H results on
31 July, with reported/core profit dropping by 8%/3%. However, the research house believes
PAH could be one of the best RUST (REIT, Utilities, Staples, Telecom) names or
"bond-proxy" equity with a sustainable high yield.
Daiwa hosted a post-results non-deal roadshow on 2 August, and management reiterated
that PAH will be able to honour an HK$6bn dividend (or HK$2.8/share) pa with the HK$5.5bn
operating cash flow, despite the company's HK$473m net cash (as at end-1H 2019) likely not
being sufficient to close the cash flow gap in 2020 while PAH gears up its balance sheet.
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