Spreads of aromatics products (TOP, PTTGC, ESSO, and IRPC) have widened the most among peers, increasing 12.4%wow to US$386/ton for Px-Naphtha and 13.4%wow to US$281/ton for Bz-Naphtha, as Naphtha price decreased 4.5%wow while Px and Bz prices rose 2.3%wow and 1.3%wow, respectively. Meanwhile, a spread of olefins products (PTTGC and IRPC), both commodity grade plastics, i.e. HDPE and LDPE (40% of PTTGC's products and 20% of IRPC's products) and specialty plastics (40% of IRPC's products), remained high above US$800/ton because the product prices dropped at a slower rate than a raw material price, Naphtha.
- Risk from China may affect earnings forecast
We are giving more weight to the Chinese economic crisis, believing that it may lead to a problem of lower-than-expected demands because China is a major consumer of petrochemical products in the region. Moreover, if product spreads in 2H15 are not as strong as projected, it could mean a bigger downside for our forecast. According to the current forecast, the sector's profit in 3Q15 may be affected mainly by the refinery business as GRM tends to weaken from a seasonal effect and there could be stock loss because an average product spread (olefins, aromatics, and PET) since the beginning of 3Q15 until present has remained close to that of 2Q15. Consequently, IVL, PTTGC, and IRPC, which have a petrochemical business as a core business, would be affected less than TOP, which has a refinery business as a core business. However, PTTGC may have several planned shutdowns in 3Q15, which would make its profit decrease more than IRPC and IVL.
- IRPC is top pick
Given the risk from China's issue, we recommend UNDERWEIGHT for the sector. However, IRPC is still a top pick from its potential of a bigger profit base after the UHV project is complete in late 2015.
Spreads of aromatics products (TOP, PTTGC, ESSO, and IRPC) have widened the most among peers, increasing 12.4%wow to US$386/ton for Px-Naphtha and 13.4%wow to US$281/ton for Bz-Naphtha, as Naphtha price decreased 4.5%wow while Px and Bz prices rose 2.3%wow and 1.3%wow, respectively. Meanwhile, a spread of olefins products (PTTGC and IRPC), both commodity grade plastics, i.e. HDPE and LDPE (40% of PTTGC's products and 20% of IRPC's products) and specialty plastics (40% of IRPC's products), remained high above US$800/ton because the product prices dropped at a slower rate than a raw material price, Naphtha. - Risk from China may affect earnings forecast We are giving more weight to the Chinese economic crisis, believing that it may lead to a problem of lower-than-expected demands because China is a major consumer of petrochemical products in the region. Moreover, if product spreads in 2H15 are not as strong as projected, it could mean a bigger downside for our forecast. According to the current forecast, the sector's profit in 3Q15 may be affected mainly by the refinery business as GRM tends to weaken from a seasonal effect and there could be stock loss because an average product spread (olefins, aromatics, and PET) since the beginning of 3Q15 until present has remained close to that of 2Q15. Consequently, IVL, PTTGC, and IRPC, which have a petrochemical business as a core business, would be affected less than TOP, which has a refinery business as a core business. However, PTTGC may have several planned shutdowns in 3Q15, which would make its profit decrease more than IRPC and IVL.
- IRPC is top pick
Given the risk from China's issue, we recommend UNDERWEIGHT for the sector. However, IRPC is still a top pick from its potential of a bigger profit base after the UHV project is complete in late 2015.
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