Author: Cornelio Ash

Cornelio Ash is a senior equity analyst and member of the U.S. Focus List and the Global Focus List Committees, which approves all equity recommendations for developed, emerging, and frontier markets. He is also a lead for the Technology sector and specializes in the Americas region. Cornelio joined the firm in 2005 and received his B.A. in Finance from California State University, Northridge. He holds a Series 65 securities license.

Global Laggards

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U.S.: Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Becton Dickinson (BDX), The Realreal (REAL), Switch Inc. (SWCH), Zynga (ZNGA).

 

Developed: Ube Industries (UBEI.JP; 4208 JP), Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Hldgs (YSHL.SG; YZJSGD SP), Nissin Food Holdings (NIFP.JP; 2897 JP), Tryg (TRY.DK), Siemens Healthineers (SHLX.DE; SHL GR), San-A (SANA.JP; 2659 JP), Trend Micro (REND.JP; 4704 JP), Scout24 (G24X.DE; G24 GR).

 

Emerging: Studio Dragon (DRG.KR; 253450 KS), Zhen Ding Tech. Holding Ltd. (ZHE.TW; 4958 TT).

Global Laggards

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U.S.: Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), New York Times (NYT), Kellog (K), Apollo Global (APO), Illumina (ILMN), Switch (SWCH), Nortonlifelock (NLOK).

 

Developed: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YSHL.SG; YZJSGD SP), Sharp (SH@N.JP; 6753 JP), The A2 Milk Company (A2M.AU; A2M AU), Yakult Honsha (YAHO.JP; 2267 JP), Koninklijke Vopak (VPK.NL; VPK NA), Sino Biophm (SBIO.HK; 1177 HK), Colruyt (COL.BE; COLRB EB), Avast (AVST.GB; AVST LN), Scout24 (G24X.DE; G24 GR).

 

Emerging: GIS Holding (SGH.TW; 6456 TT).

Nintendo

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Key points from this report:

 

  • We are reiterating our buy call on Nintendo as shares are approaching a pivot of ¥61,300 from a nine-week flat base.
  • Better-than-expected Q2 FY21 results: The company reported EPS of ¥895.12 (+135% y/y), above consensus of ¥561, and revenue of ¥411.42B (+52% y/y), above consensus of ¥330B. Operating profit was ¥146.68B (+119%y/y), above consensus of ¥111B. Q2 results were better than expected due to excellent performance by key titles
  • Big increase in guidance: Management raised FY21 guidance for Switch hardware by 5M units to 24M units and software by 30M units to 170M. It also raised FY21 revenue guidance by ¥200B to ¥1.4T and operating Income by ¥150B to ¥450B.
  • Nintendo Switch Pro expected in 2021: Nintendo is planning to launch Switch Pro in 2021, which will support 4K games given the increase of games playable in 4K resolution.
  • Stay-at-home order remains a tailwind for gaming industry: According to industry reports, digital games generated $10.70B in revenue in September 2020, up 14% y/y from $9.3B in September 2019. The growth was driven by a 40% spike in revenue from console games.

Global Laggards

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U.S.: Colfax Corp (CFX), John Bean Technology (JBT), Fox Corporation (FOX), Acuity Brands Inc (AYI), Kellog (K), Aon (AON), Baxter (BAX), Avnet (AVT), Citrix Systems (CTXS).

 

Developed: Sandvik (SAND.SE; SAND SS), Aisin Seiki (ZQ@N.JP; 7259 JP), Casio Computer (CC@N.JP; 6952JP), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.CA; TD CN), Orpea (ORP.FR; ORPB EB), Lawson (LAWS.JP; 2651 JP), Atos (ATO.FR; ATO:FP), Stadler Rail (SRAIL.CH; SRAIL SW).

 

Emerging: Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPFT.TH; CPF TB), Coway (WJC.KR; 021240 KS), Public Bank (PBOM.MY; PBK MK), Flexium Interconnect (FXI.TW; 6269 TT).

Twilio

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Key points from this report:

 

  • The stock has pulled back into its pivot. Support is along the 21-DMA ($296), followed by $283. Add to positions as the stock regains its 21-DMA on volume.
  • Strong Q3 FY20 results: Reported EPS of $0.04 (+33% y/y), above estimates of ($0.04), and revenue of $448M (+52%y/y), well above expectations of $406.7M.
    • Strong metrics: Active customer accounts increased 21% y/y to 208,000. Net adds were 8K. Dollar-based net expansion rate increased to 137% (+500bps q/q).
  • Weak guidance: Q4 miss was mainly due to planned investments and hiring expenses pushed to Q4 from Q3. Expects EPS loss of $0.095 (compared with $0.04 a year ago), below estimates of ($0.01), operating loss of $12.5M (-316% y/y), below the street’s ($4.4M) and implying adjusted operating margin of -2.7% (-170bps y/y), and revenue of $452.5M (+37% y/y), above estimates of $431.6M
  • COVID-19 commentary: Management suggested the digital transformation to cloud based communications is being accelerated by six years due to the COVID tailwind.

Splunk

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Key points from this report:

 

  • The stock is approaching a pivot of $219 from a seven-week cup consolidation. Support is at the 21-DMA ($204), followed by the 50-DMA ($198).
  • Splunk expects its total addressable market to expand to $114B by 2023 from $81B in 2020 (three-year CAGR of 12%).
    •  Includes four broad segments: ITOps (35% of total), security (21%), observability (21%), and platform (23%).
  • Reiterated FY23 goal: ARR growth of 40% in FY20-FY23, implying total ARR of $4.6B and OCF of +$1B.

Global Laggards

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U.S.: Acuity Brands (AYI), Discovery (DISCA), Marriott International (MAR), Hess (HES), C M E Group (CME), Becton Dickinson (BDX), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Amdocs (DOX).

 

Developed: South32 (S32.AU; S32 AU), Obayashi (OB@N.JP; 1802 JP), Shaw Communications (SJR/B.CA; SJR/B CN), Yakult Honsha (YAHO.JP; 2267JP), Allianz (XET) (ALVX.DE; ALV GR), Orpea (ORP.FR; ORPB EB), Toho Holdings (TOHP.JP; 8129 JP),  MTR (MTRC.HK; 66 HK).

 

Emerging: Korea Zinc (KRZ.KR; 010130 KS), MRF (MR.IN; MRF IN), Minerva On (MNV.BR; BEEF3 BZ), PTT (PTTB.TH; PTT TB), CP All (CPSE.TH; CPALL TB).