[ET Net News Agency, 12 May 2020] Citi Research raised its target price for Shenzhou
International (02313) to HK$108 from HK$100 and maintained its "buy" rating.
The research house said Yue Yuen's (00551) monthly data points show the worst month for
China retail sales was February (down 83%) due to lockdown at end-January. Assuming a
comparable pace of store reopenings in the US/EU similar to China, Citi believes most
US/EU stores will re-open in June/July.
In other words, Citi expects remarkable improvement for order visibility from 3Q on a
QoQ basis. So order visibility in 2H would be much improved versus little visibility as
management stated at end-March over the 2019 results report. (KL)