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DBS downgrades Sheng Siong to ‘hold’ as SG60 voucher tailwind priced in following recent gain in share price

Teo Zheng Long
Teo Zheng Long • 2 min read
DBS downgrades Sheng Siong to ‘hold’ as SG60 voucher tailwind priced in following recent gain in share price
The analyst is keeping his forecast unchanged, which already factors in the SG60 voucher tailwind and implies a 8% top-line growth in FY2026. Photo: Albert Chua/The Edge Singapore
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Chee Zheng Feng from DBS Group Research has downgraded Sheng Siong to “hold” with an unchanged target price of $2.60 as the analyst believes that the SG60 voucher tailwind has been priced in following the recent rally in Sheng Siong’s share price.

“Based on our read-through of supermarket sales growth in July to Sept, we estimate an uplift of about $250 million in 2HFY2025 attributable to SG60 vouchers, supporting roughly 4% annualised y-o-y industry growth (vs 2% in 2024),” states Chee in his Dec 5 report.

The analyst forecasts an annualised uplift of about $500 million in FY2026, which corresponds to around 6% industry growth. Accordingly, Chee sees supermarket FY2025 results at 4.4% relative to 0.1% in 1HFY2025, with 2HFY2025 potentially trending closer to 3% level post the initial voucher issuance surge.

The analyst is keeping his forecast unchanged, which already factors in the SG60 voucher tailwind and implies a 8% top-line growth in FY2026 (versus industry at 6%), with the additional delta driven by store network expansion.

“We also expect a disproportionately stronger earnings growth of about 10% y-o-y, supported by operating leverage and economies of scale,”

Hence, Chee downgrades Sheng Siong to ‘Hold’ with an unchanged target price of $2.60 as he believes that FY2026 estimates already reflect the upside from SG60 vouchers.

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“With the company trading at close to 24 times FY2026 earnings, we believe SG60 vouchers and EQDP tailwinds have been largely priced in,” says Chee.

As at 9.23am, shares in Sheng Siong are trading 3 cents higher, or 1.15% up at $2.65.

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