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Two stocks we should be selling

Redstar Express Plc and Unilever Nigeria Plc have a SELL recommendation from Nairametrics for next week’s trading session.

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Stocks on our Buy/Sell/Hold list are drawn from the top gainers and losers of the previous week, as well as various analyst reports.  

BOC Gases: HOLD  

Recent Results: Results for the half year ended June 2019 show that revenue increased from N1.36 billion in 2018 to N1.48 billion in 2019. Profit before tax fell from N213 million in 2018 to N188 million in 2019. Profit after tax dropped from N147 million in 2018 to N128 million in 2019.  

Price Information 

Current Share Price: N6.12  

Price to Earnings Ratio: 7.47X 

Price to Book Ratio: 0.93  

Year to Date: 45.4%  

One Year Return: 60.83%  

External View: None  

Our View 

BOC Gases is a HOLD in Nairametrics’ opinion. The stock is currently trading at a 5 year high outperforming the NSE All Share Index which is down 12.09% year to date. While H1 2019 results show a marginal decline (due to disruptions in gas supply), management was optimistic that gas supply would be much more stable in the second half of the year.

Zenith Bank: HOLD  

Recent Results: Results for the half year ended June 2019 show that revenue increased from N322 billion in 2018 to N331 billion in 2019. Profit before tax rose from N107 billion in 2018 to N111 billion in 2019. Profit after tax also rose from N81.5 billion in 2018 to N88.8 billion in 2019.  

Price information 

Current Share: N18   

Price to Earnings Ratio: 2.96X

Price to Book Ratio: 0.69  

Year to Date Return: -21.9%  

One Year Return: -8.57%  

External View 

Analysts at United Capital have a ‘Buy’ rating on the stock. They have a 12 month target price of N35. This represents a potential upside of 115.1%, from the stock’s price of N16.00, as at when the report was prepared.  

Analysts at FBNQuest have an ‘Over perform’ rating on the stock. They have a target price of N36.4, which represents a potential upside of 119.5%, from the stock’s price of N16.60, as at when the report was prepared.  

Analysts at SBG securities have a ‘Buy’ rating on the stock. They have a target price of N37. This represents a potential upside of 122% from the stock’s price of N16.60, as at when the report was prepared.  

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Our View  

Zenith Bank is a HOLD in Nairametrics’ opinion. While the stock is trading at a PE ratio far lower than the average PE on the NSE, it has not shown sufficient year to date decline to warrant entry.  

 Unilever Nigeria: SELL  

Recent Results: Results for the half year ended June 2019, show that revenue fell from N48.1 billion in 2018 to N42.6 billion in 2019. Profit before tax fell from N7.5 billion in 2018 to N4.6 billion in 2019. Profit after tax declined from N5.5 billion in 2018 to N3.5 billion in 2019.  

Price Information 

Current Share Price: N27  

Price to Earnings Ratio: 16.36X

Price to Book Ratio: 1.99 

Year to Date Return: -27.0%  

One Year Return: -46.27%  

 External View 

Analysts at FBNQuest have a ‘Neutral’ rating on the stock. They have a target price of N25.1, which represents a potential downside of 10.2%, from the stock’s price of N27.90, as at when the report was prepared.  

Analysts at United Capital have a ‘Buy’ rating on the stock. They have a 12 month target price of N47.90. This represents a potential upside of 71.7% from the stock’s price of N27.90 as at when the report was prepared.

Analysts at SBG securities have a Hold recommendation on the stock. They have a 12 month target price of N36 per share. This represents a potential upside of 12.5% from the stock’s price of N32 as at when the report was prepared. 

Our View  

Unilever Nigeria Plc is a SELL in Nairametrics’ opinion. The company’s half year 2019 results show that the company’s results may come in much lower than the 2018 full year.  

Trade receivables for the firm also spiked from N18.2 billion in H1 2018 to N24.2 billion in H1 2019, up 32.9% year on year. This could indicate the firm may be having difficulties collecting receivables.

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The increase in trade receivables also came in much higher, than sales which were up 12.9% year on year to N48.1 billion in H1 2019.

While the same trend was noticed in Nestle Nigeria Plc (H1 revenues up 4.%, but receivables up 21.8%), Unilever was way higher. Nestle also had an increase in both topline and bottomline.

 Red Star Express: SELL  

Recent Results: Results for the first quarter ended June 2019 show that turnover increased from N2.3 billion in 2018 to N2.5 billion in 2019. Profit before tax increased from N164 million in 2018 to N198 million in 2019. Profit after tax also rose from N111 million in 2018 to N134 million in 2019.  

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Current Share Price: N4.66 

Price to Earnings Ratio: 5.11X

Price to Book Ratio: 0.86    

Year to Date Return: 1%  

One Year Return: -19.56%  

External Views 

None 

Our View 

Red Star Express is a SELL in Nairametrics’ view. This week, the company had through its Stockbroker, APT Securities and Funds Limited, submitted an application to The Nigerian Stock Exchange for the approval and listing of a Rights Issue of                     294,748,380 ordinary shares of fifty kobo each at N4.50 per share, on the basis of 1 new share, for every two held.  

An impending rights issue will mean more shares in issue, and would lead to a lower share price.  

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Onome Ohwovoriole has a degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Benin and prior to joining Nairametrics in December 2016 as Lead Analyst had stints in Publishing, Automobile Services, Entertainment and Leadership Training. He covers companies in the Nigerian corporate space, especially those listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). He also has a keen interest in new frontiers like Cryptocurrencies and Fintech. In his spare time, he loves to read books on finance, fiction as well as keep up with happenings in the world of international diplomacy. You can contact him via [email protected]

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  1. Obiajulu

    August 23, 2019 at 5:10 am

    Enugu state government is learning from anambra. What we have here in anambra is a group of charlatans in government extorting people daily and going to America to buy choice house with it. All the roads are bad, no functional schools, no hospital, no water,and no light.

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Company Results

Sterling Bank reveals N215 billion sequestered by CBN as CRR Debits

Sterling Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s tier 2 banks reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s CBN restricted about N215.5 billion of its customer deposits as of June 2020.

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8 hours ago

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August 12, 2020

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Sterling Bank

Sterling Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s tier 2 banks reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s CBN restricted about N215.5 billion of its customer deposits as of June 2020.

The bank reported this in its 2020 half-year interim results published on the website of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. According to the data, Sterling Bank’s confirmed the amount of its customer deposits now held by the CBN is about N215.5 billion and explained it “represent mandatory reserve deposits and are not available for use in the bank’s day-to-day operations” which can be interpreted as Cash Reserve Requirement “CRR”.

READ ALSO: CBN debits banks another N459.7 billion for failure to meet CRR target

Sterling Bank Data

  • Deposits from Customers – N915.3b (N892. 6billion)
  • Loans to customers – N615 billion (Dec 2019: N618.7 billion)
  • Sterling Bank CRR – N215.5 billion (Dec 2019: N122.1 billion)
  • Sterling Bank got debited N93 billion so far this year
  • This breaks down to about N71.1 billion and N21.9 billion debited in the first and second quarters respectively.
  • CRR as a percentage of deposits as at June 2020 – 23.5%

READ MORE: As AMCON nears possible ‘liquidation’, what should we expect?

CBN CRR Policy

The central bank of Nigeria increased its cash reserve requirement (CRR) to 27.5% from 22.5% at the monetary policy committee meeting held on January 23rd to 24th. The CRR is the amount the CBN debits from banks accounts in compliance with its monetary policy objective of mandatorily keeping cash on behalf of banks. The amount is not available for banks to use.

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Sterling Bank Results

The Bank also published its 2020 second-quarter results showing net interest income was up 16% to N18 billion.

  • Pre-tax profits also rose 24% YoY to N3.3 billion despite the Covid-19 pandemic induced economic lockdowns.
  • Despite the improved profits, the bank did report a spike in its provisions for impairments jumping almost 3 folds to N5.3 billion.
  • To put this into context, Sterling Bank suffered an impairment of N5.8 billion in the whole of 2019.
  • Sterling Bank’s cost to income ratio remains high at about 86%.

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Currencies

Daily Parallel Market exchange rate – ₦475/$1

The US dollar closed at ₦475/US$1 in the parallel market

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9 hours ago

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August 12, 2020

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Forex, NIGERIA: Daily Parallel Market, Exchange Rate

The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar as of Wednesday, August 12th 2020 closed at ₦475/US$1 in the parallel market. The exchange rate closed at ₦485/US$1 on Tuesday 11th August 2020.

  • Naira: ₦475
  • Dollar: $1
  • Date: August 12th, 2020

The exchange rate between the naira and the British pound sterling closed at  ₦575/₤1 on Wednesday 12th August as against ₦584/₤1 recorded on Tuesday 11th August 2020.

  • Naira: ₦575
  • Pounds Sterling: ₤1
  • Date: August 12th, 2020

Explore Economic Research Data From Nairametrics on Nairalytics

The exchange rate between the naira and the European euro closed at ₦530/€1 on Wednesday 12th August 2020. The exchange rate also closed at ₦535/€1 on Tuesday 11th August 2020.

  • Naira: ₦530
  • Euro: €1
  • Date: August 12th, 2020

Activity: USD closed at ₦475/US$1 in the parallel market

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READ ALSO: The risk of buying Forex at black market rate of N460/$1 

DateCurrencyBuy(AM)Sell(AM)Buy(PM)Sell(PM)Volatility
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Exchange rate stabilizes as market adjust to new devaluation regime

The Naira remained stable again against the dollar to close at N475/$1 on Tuesday.

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August 12, 2020

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FOREX, Dollar scarcity worsens as exchange rate falls to N472/$1 at black market 

Nigeria’s exchange rate at the NAFEX window remained stable to close at N385.50 during intraday trading on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. In a similar development, the exchange rate at the parallel market remained stable for a second consecutive trading day on Tuesday as it closed at N475/$1 after exchanging for as high as N485/$1.

READ ALSO: Exchange rate falls across the forex markets as CBN devalues the naira

Market Watch

Parallel Market: At the black market where forex is traded unofficially, the Naira remained stable again against the dollar to close at N475/$1 on Tuesday, according to information from Abokifx, a prominent FX tracking website. This was the same rate that it exchanged on Monday, August 10.

READ ALSO: Naira falls to N475/$1, another new low as exchange rate disparity widens

NAFEX: The Naira remained stable against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window on Tuesday, closing at N385.50/$1.

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  • This was the same rate that was reported on the last trading day, Monday, August 10.
  • The opening indicative rate was N386.20 to a dollar on Tuesday. This represents a 3 kobo drop when compared to the N386.17 to a dollar that was recorded on Monday.
  • The Naira fell to as high as N387 during intraday trading before strengthening to the closed rate of N385.50. It also sold for as low as N380/$1 during intraday trading.

Forex is sold at several prices and at different times during the day.

READ ALSO: Naira gains at the NAFEX window as market liquidity improves

Forex Turnover: Meanwhile, forex turnover at the Investor and Exporters (I&E) window improved significantly on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, as it rose by  705% day on day.

  • According to the data tracked by Nairametrics from FMDQ, forex turnover rose from $3.97 million on Monday, August 10, 2020, to $31.96 million on Tuesday, August 11, 2020.
  • The forex turnover for the day although improved significantly from the previous trading day, still remained low. This just as dollar supply has remained very weak.
  • The average forex sale for last week was about $50.6 million which is an improvement on the $32 million that was recorded the previous week. FX turnover which hit a record low of $3.97 million, recorded a significant improvement but is still a far cry from the over $200 million turnover that was recorded in January.
  • Total forex trading at the NAFEX window in the month of July was $937 million compared to $875 million in June.
  • The exchange rate disparity between the official NAFEX rate and the black-market rate is still as wide as N89.5. Nigeria maintains multiple exchange rates comprising the CBN official rate, the BDC rates, SMIS, and the NAFEX (I&E window). The wide disparity between the 2 rates has created huge arbitrage opportunities for some highly connected individuals.

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Exchange rate unification remains on the cards and yet to be implemented weeks after the central bank governor confirmed it will be executed.

The foreign exchange market appears to be getting used to the recent adjustment of the official exchange rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

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