consumer

SINGAPORE (Feb 23): DBS and OCBC are maintaining their “buy” calls on Sheng Siong following the supermarket operator’s release of its latest 4Q results, which brings FY17 earnings to a total of $69.8 million, up 11.4% from $62.7 million in FY16.

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): RHB Research is upbeat on Singapore’s growth outlook and expects a positive “post-Budget” market reaction with a preference for exposure to the consumer, real estate, REITs and banking sectors.

SINGAPORE (Feb 19): RHB is maintaining “overweight” on Singapore’s consumer staples sector while highlighting Dairy Farm as its preferred “buy” pick with an unchanged target price of US$9.53 ($12.50) on expectations of consumption to pick up acr

SINGAPORE (Feb 5): FJ Benjamin reported earnings of nearly $1 million for 2Q18, reversing from the loss of $7.3 million in the same period a year ago on reduced expenses.

SINGAPORE (Jan 8): CIMB is reiterating its “hold” call on SPH REIT with an unchanged target price of $1.06, after the trust’s 1Q18 distribution per unit (DPU) came in within expectations at 23.8% of the research house’s forecast with a total retur

SINGAPORE (Dec 13): Maybank Kim Eng has resumed coverage of restaurant operator Jumbo Group with a “buy” and target price of 70 cents, which implies 26 times FY18E earnings per share (EPS) – on par with its regional food and beverage (F&B) peers.

SYDNEY (Dec 5): Amazon.com Inc. launched in Australia on Tuesday, offering millions of products and one-day delivery in some areas as the web retailer seeks to seize a share of the nation’s growing online retail market.

(Nov 20): Asean equity markets are up 20% year-to-date, in US dollar terms, according to a Nov 13 report by Morgan Stanley Research equity strategists Sean Gardiner and Aarti Shah. That is not a bad show, but it masks differences among the various countri

SINGAPORE (Nov 9): Signs of strengthening growth and an increase in the number of products commanding a premium are beginning to emerge across the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, according to Nielsen.

SINGAPORE (Sept 27): Phillip Capital is initiating coverage of Dairy Farm International at “buy” with a target price of US$9.89 ($13.41), given the Pan-Asian retailer is a proxy to the North Asian consumer boom.