United Capital Researc I Nigeria I Markets Nigerian equities start te year bullis...nse-asi up 1.8% w/w In line wit its global counterparts, te domestic equities market also started 2018 on a bullis note. Consequently, te All Sare Index (ASI) advanced 1.8% w/w and YTD to settle at 38923.3 points. However, market capitalization added N242.0bn w/w to close at N13.9tn. Performance across te sectors we track was broadly bullis all sector indices ended te week in te green. Te Financial services [Banking (+6.3%); Insurance (+4.7%)] led te week s gainers, recording a total of 11.0% gain w/w as investors unt for bargains in ZENITH (+8.8%), UBA (+6.8%), GUARANTY (+5.5%), ACCESS (+2.3%), MANSARD (+16.6%) and AIICO (+9.6%). Te Industrial Goods index followed, calking 3.5% gain w/w on te back of price appreciation in WAPCO (+11.4%). Similarly, te Consumer Goods (+1.5%) and Oil & Gas (+1.0%) indices, trended nortward w/w owing to upticks in NB (+2.4%), SEPLAT (+3.8%) and FO (+5.8%). Te system was awas wit liquidity during te week, buoyed by OMO maturities estimated around N193bn. By te close of trading on Tursday, OBB and O/N rates printed at 3.7% and 4.5% respectively. In te week aead, we expect some profit taking from investors in te early session as money market rates price in liquidity dynamics. Equities: NSE Market Cap. (N bn): 13,851.5 NSE Market Cap. ($ mn): 47,273.7 YTD Return (%): 1.8% W-o-W Return (%): 1.8% P/E (x): 12.5x Fixed Income: Overnigt: 19.0% Open Buy-Back: 18.3% Treasury Bills 90 days: 13.0% 180 days: 15.1% 360 days: 15.5% Bonds 3-Year: 14.1% 10-Year: 13.4% Nigeria Asset Class Returns (YTD, W-o-W) 5.0% Equities Bonds FX Oil Price Excange Rate (NGN/USD): N 361.5 W-o-W Return: 0.0% 0.0% 1.8% 1.8% 0% 0.0% 0.1% 2% 1.3% -1.0% -5.0% YtD Return w/w Return Source: Bloomberg, Aboki FX (Parallel market rate), United Capital Researc Equities NSE All Sare Index; FX NGN/USD Parallel Market Rate; Oil Price Brent Crude oil price; Bond Access Bond Index 1
Global and Macroeconomic Market update United Capital Researc I Nigeria I Markets Global equity rally continues Global equity indices started te year on a positive note as all te 16 indices we track closed te first trading week of 2018 in te green, buoyed by optimism, over prospects of te global economy in te coming year. In te U.S. market, equity bencmarks trended furter into record territory, srugging off underwelming job data reports in te prior week. Overall, te tec-laden Nasdaq Composite Index, S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average, all inced iger w/w by 3.4%, 2.6%, and 2.3% respectively. European stocks were largely bullis in te previous week despite political worries in Germany, UK, and Spain. Tus, Germany s DAX (+3.1%), France s CAC (+3.0%), Pan-European STOXX 600 (+2.1%) and UK's FTSE (+0.5%) all trended iger w/w. Emerging market equities performance was overly bullis, as all indices witin te BRICS classification trended nortward. Russia's RTSI (+5.7%) amassed te most gains w/w, trailed by Brazil's IBOV (+2.9%) and Cina's SCHOMP (+2.6%) wile Sout Africa's FTSE/JSE (+0.4) and India's BSE (+0.3%) recorded modest gains w/w. In te African market region, equity indices performance started te year strong, wit Gana's GSSECI (+2.2%) and Kenya's NSE (+1.7%) picking up from were tey left off last year wile Egypt's EGX100 (+0.5%) and Sout Africa's FTSE/JSE (+0.4%) also closed te week in te green. 2
Value Traded N'bn Domestic Financial Markets Review and Outlook Equities start te year bullis, NSE-ASI up 1.8% w/w United Capital Researc I Nigeria I Markets In line wit its global counterparts, te domestic equities market started te first week of 2018 on a bullis note as bargain unters dominated proceedings on te local bourse. Consequently, te market ended 3 of te week's 4 trading days in te green as te All Sare Index (ASI) advanced 1.8% w/w and YTD to settle at 38923.3 points. However, market capitalization added N242.0bn w/w to close at N13.9tn. 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 Nigeria All Sare Index and Market Turnover TOP GAINERS PRICE (N) % CHANGE 100 STERLNBANK 1.4 30.6% 90 FCMB 80 1.9 28.4% 70 DIAMONDBNK 1.9 26.0% 60 SKYEBANK 0.6 22.0% 50 ETERNA 4.9 21.2% 40 TOP LOSERS PRICE (N) % CHANGE 30 MOBIL 170.0-12.6% 20 NEM 1.5-7.8% 10 NEIMETH 0.7-4.0% - NESTLE 1500.0-3.6% Turnover All Sare Index 30-Day Moving Avrg DANGCEM 223.1-3.0% Source: NSE, United Capital Source: NSE, United Capital Performance across te sectors we track was broadly bullis as all sector indices ended te week in te green. Te Financial services [Banking (+6.3%); Insurance (+4.7%)] led te week s gainers, recording a total of 11.0% gain w/w as investors unt for bargains in ZENITH (+8.8%), UBA (+6.8%), GUARANTY (+5.5%), ACCESS (+2.3%), MANSARD (+16.6%) and AIICO (+9.6%). Te Industrial Goods index followed, calking 3.5% gain w/w on te back of price appreciation in WAPCO (+11.4%). Similarly, te Consumer Goods (+1.5%) and Oil & Gas (+1.0%) indices, trended nortward w/w owing to upticks in NB (+2.4%), SEPLAT (+3.8%) and FO (+5.8%). Investor sentiment strengtened as market breadt settled at 5.6x (relative to 1.3x in te previous week), 56 stocks appreciated against 10 decliners. Also, activity level improved as average volume and value traded rose 38.4% and 11.7% to 604.1mn units and N4.7bn respectively. In te week aead, given te previous week s bullis performance, we expect to see some profit taking from investors in te early session. 3
United Capital Researc I Nigeria I Markets Money Market: Rates price in liquidity dynamics Te system was awas wit liquidity during te week, buoyed by OMO maturities estimated around N193bn. By te close of trading on Tursday, OBB and O/N rates printed at 3.7% and 4.5% respectively. Te Apex bank conducted its bi-montly Nigerian Treasury Bill (NTB) auction on Wednesday, werein it successfully re-financed N161.5bn. Bid-cover was 2.4x (91- day: 2.1x, 182-day: 1.3x and 364-day:2.8x). Te auction was carried out at te following stop rates: 91-day (12.5% vs. 13.0% at te last auction), 182-day (13.9% vs. 15.3% at te last auction) and 364-day (14.3% vs. 15.6% at te last auction). By Friday, money market rates ad spiked to 18-19% levels on te backdrop of a significant liquidity mop-up troug an OMO auction, as well as te CBN s first retail auction for te year. Overall, rates closed te week iger; OBB (up 14.5% to 18.3%) and O/N (up 14.5% to 19.0%) w/w. In te week aead, we expect money market rates to price in system liquidity dynamics. Fixed Income Market: Bulls gain ascendancy over yield curve In te T-bills space, sentiment was bullis as players traded in line wit te outcome of te PMA auction tat eld on Wednesday. Yields consequently declined by an average of 10bps across te curve to close te week at 14.6%. (91-day (up 175bps to 13.0%), 182-day (up 2bps to 15.1%) and te 364-day (down 206bps to 15.4%). Te bonds space traded on a significantly bullis note during te week. Specifically, average bond yield edged lower for te week to finis at 13.6%, driven by bargain-unting across te bond tenors. Going into te new week, we expect proceedings in te fixed income space to be guided by te release of te upcoming bond auction calendar, wic would provide some guidance to te FGN s debt mix intent. Currency Market: Naira trades sideways in te parallel market In te Foreign excange market, te naira remained stable, traded sideways w/w across all tree windows we track. (Official market - N306/$1, Investors & Exporters FX window - N361.3/$1 and te Parallel market N361.5/$1. In te oil market, Brent crude rallied by 112bps to close te week at $67.6, compared to $66.9 in te preceding week. tis rally was supported by declines in te number of U.S. rigs drilling for new production, as well as unrest in Iran tat raised concerns about supply risk. Looking aead, te outlook of te naira remains tied to te spate of CBN's intervention in te spot and forward markets as well as te better price discovery in te I&E FX window. 4
Stock Recommendations for te Week Banking Sectors TP (N) So (bn'n) Source: Company filings, NSE, United Capital Researc, UR= Under Review Prices as at Friday 8 Janaury 2017 Note: Our target prices are under review and would be publised during te week United Capital Researc I Nigeria I Markets Mkt Price (N) Mcap (bn'n) Up/Down- Side Rating EPS BVPS P/E P/B DPS ACCESS UR 28.9 10.7 309.5 UR 2.8 16.2 3.9x 0.7x 0.7 6.1% FBNH UR 35.9 9.3 333.1 UR 0.4 16.8 23.2x 0.6x 0.2 2.2% FCMB UR 19.8 1.9 37.6 UR 0.7 9.1 2.6x 0.2x 0.1 5.3% FIDELITYBK UR 29.0 2.9 84.6 UR 0.4 6.5 8.1x 0.4x 0.1 4.8% GUARANTY UR 29.4 43.0 1,265.5 UR 5.2 18.3 8.3x 2.4x 2.0 4.7% ZENITHBANK UR 31.4 27.9 876.0 UR 4.5 21.9 6.2x 1.3x 2.0 7.2% DIAMONDBNK UR 23.2 1.9 43.8 UR 0.1 10.0 17.2x 0.2x - - STANBIC UR 10.0 42.0 420.0 UR 3.3 15.3 12.6x 2.7x 0.1 0.1% Consumer Goods NESTLE UR 0.8 1,500 1,189.0 UR 30.1 49.8 49.8x 30.1x 10.0 0.7% UNILEVER UR 3.8 41.9 158.3 UR 1.5 4.0 28.5x 10.6x 0.1 0.2% FLOURMILL UR 2.6 31.9 83.7 UR 3.0 37.5 10.6x 0.8x 1.0 3.1% NB UR 7.6 138.1 1,044.4 UR 3.7 22.4 37.2x 6.2x 4.6 3.3% GUINNESS UR 1.5 95.6 144.0 UR (3.4) 25.5-28.5x 3.8x 3.0 3.2% PZ UR 4.0 20.0 79.4 UR 0.5 10.2 42.6x 2.0x 0.5 2.5% UACN UR 1.9 17.3 33.2 UR 1.8 24.5 9.5x 0.7x 1.0 5.8% Indutrial Goods DANGCEM UR 17.0 223.1 3,801.9 UR 12.5 51.9 17.9x 4.3x 8.5 3.8% WAPCO UR 5.5 50.0 274.5 UR 12.8 14.0 3.9x 3.6x 1.1 2.1% Agric OKOMUOIL UR 1.0 67.7 64.6 UR 6.7 21.1 10.1x 3.2x 1.5 2.2% PRESCO UR 1.0 66.5 66.5 UR 24.2 56.0 2.7x 1.2x 1.5 2.3% Oil & Gas TOTAL UR 0.3 230.0 78.1 UR 43.1 77.3 5.3x 3.0x 17.0 7.4% MOBIL UR 0.4 170.0 61.3 UR 17.6 63.1 9.6x 2.7x 8.0 4.7% OANDO UR 12.0 6.0 72.1 UR (1.1) 10.0-5.7x 0.6x - - FO UR 1.3 46.0 59.9 UR 2.8 9.2 16.5x 5.0x - - Div. Yield 5
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