MORNING CALL: 24/11/23

HLIB Research believes Taliworks’s defensive source of earnings should anchor its dividend yield of 7.7%

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00:00 Taliworks Corporation is the stock in focus today. HLIB Research maintaining its hold

00:07 recommendation and target price of 82 cen. At yesterday's close, the stock traded at

00:12 84.5 cen. So, Taliworks recently announced its latest financial results. Third quarter

00:18 FY23 revenues stood at RM90.7 million, while Korpatami totaled RM13.5 million. Nine months

00:26 ago, Korpatami came in at RM35.4 million, meeting both HLIB's and ConsenSys' expectations

00:33 at 67% of full-year forecasts. Dividend per share was also in line at RM1.65. Looking

00:40 ahead, its construction segment is seeing signs of ramping up and could drive a stronger

00:46 4Q. Meanwhile, its scheduled tariff hike should lift its water division going into FY24 and

00:53 anchor its annual 6.6 cen dividend per share going forward. The research house said the

00:58 contribution from its premium solar assets and toll segment should remain steady. HLIB

01:04 made no change to its forecasts. It said Taliworks' defensive source of earnings should anchor

01:09 its dividend yield of 7.7%. So, what's the consensus? According to Bursa Marketplace

01:16 data, there are one buy and two holds. Average target price 93.5 cen. Taliworks last closed

01:22 at 84.5 cen, so that's still a potential upside of some 10.7%.

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