KUALA LUMPUR: AmInvestment Bank Research is maintaining its forecasts and fair value (FV) of RM1.08 for Perak Transit as it will benefit from the relaxation of the Movement Control Oder (MCO).

       It said on Thursday its FV was based on 15 times fully-diluted FY22F EPS (with no ESG adjustment for its three-star rating).

       “This is at a 30% discount to our FY22F target PE of 22 times for Malaysia Airports. Maintain buy recommendation,” it said.

       AmInvest Research believes Perak Transit is on track to transform idle areas in its existing terminals into a logistics hub.

       It has secured two tenants comprising a courier services third-party logistics and a fast-growing delivery superapp startup, taking up an area of 10% to 30% in the terminals for both Terminal Meru Raya and Kampar Putra Sentral. This helps to improve the lettable area at the terminal, footfall and hence revenues for its IPTT operations.

       “Moving forward, we believe Perak Transit is one of the beneficiaries from the relaxation of movement restrictions, largely driven by: (i) higher rental income from its IPTT segment as footfall recovers; (ii) improved revenue from petrol station operations on vehicles traffic recovery; and (iii) recovery from bus operations in line with the government decision to allow interstate travel.

       “At nine to 11 times forward earnings, we believe Perak Transit offers investors a good opportunity to own a defensive public infrastructure business that is replicable for growth at bargain valuations,” the research house said.