[ET Net News Agency, 17 September 2018] Citi Research lowered its target price for
Huatai Securities (HTSC)(06886) to HK$13.03 from HK$21.9, and maintained its "buy" rating.
The research house said HTSC's 1H NPAT of RMB3.2bn accounts for 43% of FY2018 consensus
forecast. Key positives include that investment banking income was up 41.9% in 2Q, asset
management income up 7.7%, core leverage ratio was up 17bp. Key negatives are: brokerage
commission was down by 9.8% in 2Q, and net interest income dropped by 41.6%.
Citi revised down its FY2018/19 earnings forecasts for HTSC by 19%/ 11.7. (KL)