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TTKOM (NR)> 2Q13 results Wednesday. Cons est: Net sales: TL3.3bn, EBITDA: TL1.21bn,
NI: TL260mn. 2Q13E NI indicates 51% q/q and 59% y/y declines mainly due to F/X
losses recorded over TL5.4bn F/X short position.
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TCELL (BUY, TP 13.56)
> 2Q13 results on Thursday. Cons est: Net Sales:
TL2.82bn, EBITDA: TL853mn, NI: TL557mn. Our est: Net Sales: TL2.81bn, EBITDA:
TL863mn, NI: TL580mn. Main theme is easing price competition, which we think is
already included in the cons est. Our est differs at NI level due to our higher
net financial income expectation. We do not expect the co to record F/X
losses in 2Q13 despite a consolidated short F/X position of TL1.2bn, since it
has a slightly long F/X position in TR and its short positions are in Ukraine
and Belarus, whose currencies have not depreciated against hard currencies
materially.
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DOAS (HOLD, TP
TL10.7) > To become exclusive importer of
VW and Audi brands in Iraq. DOAS will set-up a subsidiary based in Erbil for
start-up capital of 150m Iraqi Dinar ($130k). Iraq market is attractive with
low auto penetration levels (~5% compared to 17% in Turkey), and +30m
population, however it has security risks as well. We believe DOAS might
initially focus on Northern Iraq, which offers a more secure environment. We forecast
the initial capital will be used to cover only initial start-up costs, and
there might be further capital injection for capital expenditures soon. Our
view: We view Iraqi expansion as +VE for the option value it offers, however we
do not see it as a major short-term profit driver.
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EREGL (BUY, TP
TL2.53) > Union at EREGL’s Iskenderun
plant is expected to launch a strike today after failing to reach agreement re
2013/14 collective work agreement, as announced before. We do not know yet how
significant the strike may turn out to be. Given EREGL has not announced a
lock-out at the plant, however, suggests the mgmt does not expect a high level
of participation. 51% and 42% of EREGL’s 13,045 employees worked at its Eregli
and Iskenderun plants, respectively, as of YE12. Iskenderun plant represents
about 60% of Erdemir’s liquid steel capacity. Everything else being the same we
est every 1% increase in labour costs amounts to ~0.8% -VE impact on EREGL’s
EBITDA.