[ET Net News Agency, 23 December 2020] UBS Global Research lifted its target price for
Kingdee International Software (00268) to HK$34 from HK$24 and maintained its "buy"
rating.
The research house surveyed 106 IT managers in China in October to gain insights into
their enterprise resource planning (ERP) priorities post-COVID. The survey confirmed a
resilient ERP spending environment and faster cloud adoption, with more users open to the
software-as-a-service (Saas) model.
UBS thinks this helps sustain Kingdee's 40% sales CAGR target in Cloud over 2019-23. It
expects the margin pressure to continue into 2021/22 on the back of a greater mix-shift to
cloud and R&D investment. This resulted in a lower 2020-22 EPS estimates by 68%/54%/26%.
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