SIA Engineering

BROKERS’ TAKE

Analysts upgrade SIA Engineering shares as growth, supply chain outlook improves

The analysts’ upbeat outlook comes on the back of the company’s Q2 results, in which net profit is up 13.5% at S$40.4 million

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SIA Engineering is the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services subsidiary of Singapore Airlines.

SIA Engineering Q2 net profit up 13.5% at S$40.4 million

Its rise in revenue outpaces that of its rise in expenditure; contributions from associated and joint-venture companies also increase

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Earnings per share stood at S$0.0384, up from S$0.0296.

SIA Engineering Q1 net profit rises 29.2% to S$42.9 million on strong MRO demand

Revenue is up 33.4% at S$358.4 million, while expenditure rises ‘at a slightly slower rate’ of 32% to S$353.3 million

SIAEC's support of the SIA and Scoot fleets includes maintenance, repair and overhaul, as well as fleet management support services.

SIA Engineering inks S$1.3 billion deal to service SIA, Scoot fleets

The company will provide support for two years, with an option to extend by one year

Analysts note that SIAEC is usually quick to gain expertise in maintaining new aircraft types, given its parent company’s strategy to maintain a young, technologically advanced fleet of airplanes.

DBS Group Research upgrades SIA Engineering to a buy on ‘compelling growth,’ raises target price

This reflects SIA’s contract repricing upside, compelling growth narrative and limited exposure to trade-related disruptions

“We are monitoring the situation, I think no one really knows how all these things will finally play out in what form,” says SIAEC CEO Chin Yau Seng.

No impact from tariffs for now: SIA Engineering

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The mainboard-listed group says the rise in full-year net profit was supported by stable growth in the demand for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)

SIA Engineering H2 net profit up 87.3% at S$70.8 million

Revenue for the period rises 15.3% to S$668.9 million

SIAEC said that for the quarter, the number of flights it handled at Changi Airport increased 8.4% on year to 40,262.

SIA Engineering Q3 net profit up 42% at S$38.2 million

Improved performance attributed to increased workload and higher number of flights handled