shipyards

SINGAPORE (July 13): CGS-CIMB Securities is maintaining its sector “overweight” on Singapore’s offshore & marine (O&M) industry with expectations of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding to deliver stronger q-o-q earnings on stronger shipbuilding margins.

SINGAPORE (July 3): DBS is reiterating its “buy” call on Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YZJ) with an unchanged target price of $1.82, which translates to 1.25 times price-to-book value (P/BV), approximately 0.4 standard deviation points below the historica

SINGAPORE (Nov 24): Civmec, the multi-disciplinary construction and engineering services provider, will be engaged in Australia’s upcoming A$4 billion ($4.1 billion) project to construct offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) as part of the country’s efforts

SINGAPORE (Aug 25): Morgan Stanley Research has initiated coverage on Singapore’s offshore marine and utility segment with two “underweight” ratings and one “equal weight” call.  

SINGAPORE (Aug 17): UOB Kay Hian has upgraded its FTSE Straits Times Index (FSSTI) target forecasts up to 3,410 from 3,250 previously on “pockets of solid outperformances”  in the 2Q17 financial reporting season, which concluded this week.  

SINGAPORE (Aug 16): The global shipping market might be on the cusp of a real recovery after spending a decade lost at sea.

SINGAPORE (Aug 8): DBS Vickers Securities is maintaining its “hold” call on Cosco Shipping International (Singapore) with an unchanged target price of 27 cents after the group last week reported a narrowing of its 2Q losses to $20.8 million.

SINGAPORE (July 21): DBS Vickers Securities says the possibility of M&A between Keppel Corporation and Sembcorp Industries (SCI) has resurfaced, prompted by prevailing challenges in the O&M sector and recent changes in the leaderships of both groups.

SINGAPORE (March 1): Credit Suisse is turning positive on Singapore’s offshore and marine (O&M) sector on expectations of a rerating from close-to-trough valuations.

SINGAPORE (Dec 19): While oil market prospects may be improving after OPEC’s move to initiate production cuts, DBS Vickers Securities is taking a “neutral” stance on Singapore’s offshore and marine (O&M)/China yards.