[ET Net News Agency, 16 January 2020] Citi Research lifted its target price for Johnson
Electric (00179) to HK$23.5 from HK$22.5 and maintained its "buy" rating.
The research house cited Johnson Chairman from a conference giving sales guidance after
the trade war which has lingered between the US and China for more than a year, such that
FY2020 sales to be slightly lower than a year ago compared with a 7% decline during 1H
FY2020. This came in slightly better-than-expected, Citi noted.
Citi raised its FY2020-22 EPS forecasts by 2% mainly due to higher sales assumptions.
The key takeaway of 3Q FY2020 number is APG (industry products group) has recovered at a
faster pace than IPG. (KL)