EPS to more than double in 2018 Tight capacity + selective strategy = Profit-driven type of growth The market has been concerned over the NOR supply increase in China, but the impact should be small for MXIC given the quality/technology gap, similar to UMC/SMIC's 28nm expansion which has not impacted TSMC much. With continuously strong book-to-bill for ROM, NAND and NOR, MXIC expects itself to be fully utilised throughout 2018 and needs to prioritise products with better profit, similar to its peers Cypress/Micron's strategy. Thus, we forecast further margin expansion and profit growth, and reiterate BUY with NT$75 TP.
大摩也出新報告了
Strong 4Q17 GM: Company EPS came in at NT$1.45, higher than our/Street forecast of NT$1.22/1.35. This is mainly driven by a better than expected GM at 43.4%, higher than our and Street forecasts of 40-41%, vs. 38.4% in 3Q17. We cite a better product mix (a lower contribution from ROM) and NOR/NAND price hikes. The company's opex came in flattish Q/Q, and thus OPM jumped to 25.2% from 20.0% in 3Q17. Please refer to earnings detail in Exhibit 3 1Q18 - we see further GM expansion: The company indicated that there's some price softness for low quality/low density NOR. However, management expects its own pricing to stay stable to slightly up, as the company's NOR products are all high quality with majority exposure to mid-to-high density segments. This is in line with our view that Macronix doesn't cut prices for orders. Meanwhile, we expect SLC NAND pricing to trend higher by mid-to-high single digits in 1Q, with a lower contribution from low margin ROM. As a result, we believe the GM will further expand to 45% in 1Q, and be sustained into 2Q.
分享文章中, 大摩沒給出目標價, 但有兩點看法滿有意思的: 1.the company's NOR products are all high quality with majority exposure to mid-to-high density segments. 2.(大摩)產品不會降價, 搭配(法說)可能緩漲。 這兩點應該是針對去年底, 市場放出對岸產能大量釋出訊息, 造成旺宏恐慌拋售的最佳回擊, 白話一句:一個人喊火燒,一群人跟著跳樓。 事後驗證這三個月籌碼: 外資吃貨真的吃很爽, 投信真他媽的廢…… (了結旺宏持股夠蠢,放空大盤一直被尬)