MWG’s annual general meeting focused on answering investors’ questions on thegioididong’s recent decline and plans for Tran Anh as well as An Khang. More importantly, Bach Hoa Xanh is still the main subject as its success will decide MWG’s future growth.
Decree No.116 and Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT are aimed at limiting the number of imported cars by requiring the buyer to have a copy of the Vehicle Type Approval (VTA) certificates, which seems not to exist in many countries. In the first two months of 2018, the number of Completely Build-Up (CBU) imports contracted by 96%. Vehicles with less than 9 passenger seats saw a big fall, declining from 9,000 cars in the first two months of 2017 to only 40 cars during the same period so far in 2018.
In 2017, PVD recorded VND3,902 bn in revenue, down 27.2% YoY due to a drop in drilling services as PVD V had no contribution. Meanwhile, NPAT decreased by 79.8% to VND26,1 bn. However, If excluding the revert from Science and Technology Fund, the company incurred a loss of VND479 bn in 2017
Vietnam insurance market continues to record a double digit growth above 20% in 2017. This is the evidence showing that insurance sector benefits from economic growth fostering by strong investment in infrastructure and personal consumption.
In 2017, non-life insurance shares witnessed little positive movement while investors shifted their focus on life insurance share BVH. The fact that life segment surpassed the non-life one in terms of preimium growth in 2017 can partially explain this practice. Moreover, after growing hot in two previous years and facing a challening year 2017 with many natural disaters, shares on non-life insurers were not very attractive.
Investors are expecting a bright future for domestic textile manufacturers, especially Thanh Cong Group (HSX: TCM), who operates in a fully vertical value chain including yarn, fabric, and garment. As for TCM, we believe that benefits from the CPTPP in the short run are unclear.
US President Donald Trump's was able, his first political victory, on 1st December 2017 to announce the reduction of the corporate income tax from 35% to 20%. In order to offset the losses of an estimated USD 1.4 trillion over the next 10 years, Trump goes on to impose taxes on imports of washing machines and solar panels.
On 1st March 2018, Trump announced the imposition of a tariff of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum. The US also threatened to increase the tax on car imports from the EU.
Concerned about a potential global trade war, we argue on the impact of Trump's new tax law in two ways: (1) investment and (2) exchange rate
Recent public data from EVN regarding total output of the electricity system in the first two months of 2018 showed positive signals from the beginning of the year.
2017 Business results and 2018 Plan
AST, CIA, SGN and SCS has displayed great growth in revenue and profit, and promises to maintain that performance. In terms of valuation, AST is the cheapest among them, trading at 11.3x trailing P/E, while SCS is the most expensive one (23.8x trailing P/E)
By the end of 2017, the dairy sector in Vietnam reached VND100,000 billion in revenue (+10% YoY), according to the Vietnam Dairy Association. The main growth driver came from powdered milk and drinking milk when the revenue growth from these two segments accounted for 75% of total industry growth