Bullish indicating open at $55-$60, IPO prices at $37
Investing.com - HSBC downgraded Sembcorp Industries (SCI:SP) from Buy to Hold and lowered its price target to SGD7.15 from SGD7.29 following the company’s first-half earnings miss.
Sembcorp reported 1H 2025 net profit before exceptional items of SGD491 million, flat year-over-year, which fell short of both HSBC and consensus estimates, representing only 42-43% of full-year 2025 projections.
The earnings disappointment primarily stemmed from lower profits in the Gas and Related Services division, which declined 3% year-over-year despite contributions from Senoko Energy, estimated by HSBC at SGD50 million.
HSBC identified two key factors behind the division’s underperformance: lower spreads for approximately 100MW of renewed contracts in Singapore and higher costs associated with green power imports, estimated at SGD20 million.
The bank expressed surprise at the extent of the impact from contract renewals, suggesting that previous contracts had been secured at high spreads during peak pricing periods in 2022 and early 2023, prompting HSBC to revise its assumptions for the company’s power purchase agreement portfolio.
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