RHB Bank Singapore

Analyst Vijay Natarajan believes the Singapore residential market looks set to make a comeback in 2025 after a "sharp pick-up" in buying interest seen in new launches in 4Q2024.

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Singapore Exchange will report its results for 1HFY2025 ended Dec 31, 2024 on Feb 6.

Analyst Alfie Yeo has also kept his target price of 8 cents, which represents an upside of 48.1% from the company’s last-closed price of 5.4 cents on Jan 13.

As touted by the governments, the JS-SEZ zone offers a “wide range of opportunities”, such as competitive costs of doing business, strong government support and pro-business policies and incentives.

Expensive valuations abd glovemakers’ inability to arbitrage against higher import tariffs are just some of the challenges faced by the rubber sector.

Singtel is RHB's preferred pick due to its stronger earnings prospects, capital management opportunities, and structural upside from new growth engines.

Biodiesel mandate is still the main growth driver of consumption in 2024 and 2025.

RHB estimates the STI to hit 3,940 points by the end of 2025.

The company is expected to record soft earnings for its FY2024 due to low transaction volumes.