Sydney Airports – Strong international traffic growth

SYD reported October 2017 traffic with total passenger growth of +3.8%. International growth was up +5.8%, while domestic growth was up 2.8%.

Strong international traffic growth should continue to underpin dividend per share growth of 2- 3%.

Sydney airport is trading near full value and investors should add a covered call option to enhance the yield.

We hold SYD in our ASX 50 model portfolio.

 

 

Is Retail Food Group In The Buy Zone ?

Shares of RFG have traded as high as $6.25 in January of this year. Since then the price has dropped over 30% to the current level of $4.40.

RFG is now priced at a trailing P/E of 12X , which is lower than the industry standard of 23X.

The stock is currently trading at -51% below its intrinsic level of $8.9. This mismatch indicates a potential opportunity to buy low as MD Andre Nell expects underlying net profits to rise about 6% in 2018.

Finally, its debt relative to equity is 54%, which has been diminishing over the past couple of years showing its capacity to pay down its debt.

Merger of TABCORP and Tatts Group. 

After a year of negotiations and due diligence, the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) has approved the $11 billion merger of TABCORP and Tatts Group. 

Despite an objection by the ACCC, the ACT granted the merger and will announce the full details of their decision on November 22nd. 

Tatts Group shareholders will vote on the merger on November 30th, which is expected to just be a formality.

 Both shares have been placed in a trading halt this morning. 

After trading as low as $3.90 on August 14th, shares of TAH have been moving steadily higher as the prospects of the merger approval have increased. The synergies of the merger could see TAH shares rally into the $5.60 area.