MIDCAP-FJ Benjamin lags on earnings metrics in S'pore consumer discretionary

FJ Benjamin Holdings emerges as the worst

performer based on earnings metrics among eight firms in

Singapore's consumer discretionary sector, data from Thomson

Reuters StarMine shows.

The data includes firms tracked by at least three analysts.

The firm fares poorly with an Earnings Quality score of 6. A

low score in the EQ model suggests poor earnings sustainability

over the next 12 months.

Its Analyst Revision score has dropped to 9 from 57 a month

ago. Two out of four analysts have cut their EPS estimates by

18.8 percent for the year ending June 2013 since Aug. 23.

Its Forward 12-month P/E is 12.3 compared to the peer average

of 10.2.

The firm also has a below-average score of 32 in the

SmartHoldings Model.

The stock is down 1.5 percent over the past month, largely in

line with the broader index, as of Monday's close.

Parkson Retail Asia leads the sector with an

Earnings Quality score of 97.

CONTEXT:

The company announced a net profit of S$13.5 million for the

year ending June 2012, up 6 percent from a year ago.

A low Earnings Quality score indicates poor earnings

sustainability over the next 12 months based on a company's past

operating performance.

The StarMine SmartHoldings model is a global stock selection

model that ranks stocks based on the expected future increase or

decrease in the institutional ownership.

StarMine's Analyst Revision Model ranks stocks based on

analysts' revision of earnings and revenue estimates and changes

in their ratings and usually gives additional weight to analysts

who have been more accurate in the past.

(Reporting by Patturaja Murugaboopathy; Editing by Sunil Nair)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/midcap-fj-benjamin-lags-earnings-metrics-spore-consumer-062544801--sector.html

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