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加拿大帝国商业银行将Ag Growth International的目标股价从19.00加元上调至23.00加元,并维持其中性评级。

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-- 周四,加拿大帝国商业银行资本市场(CIBC Capital Markets)维持对Ag Growth International(AFN.TO)股票的“中性”评级,并将目标股价从19.00加元上调至23.00加元。 CIBC补充道,自4月30日起,Ag Growth的分析师由Krista Friesen移交给Hamir Patel。 CIBC表示,尽管其对粮食加工和处理行业的长期需求持“乐观”态度,但短期内的不确定性仍然很高。 CIBC指出:“高杠杆率(4.7倍)、持续的运营挑战、突如其来的战略转型以及缺乏稳定的领导层,都为公司近期的业务发展造成了不利影响。不过,行业逆风正在逐步缓解,随着市场环境的正常化,潜在的压力也应会减轻。” CIBC指出,在此背景下,Ag Growth的核心资产仍然具有“重要的战略价值”。CIBC补充道,由于积极股东正在推动正式的出售流程,因此其认为交易达成的可能性已经增加。 “经过数年农场收入下降、借贷和投入成本高企以及农机设备库存持续下降之后,农业周期似乎正在触底,”加拿大帝国商业银行(CIBC)表示。 CIBC指出,尽管行业整体仍面临不利因素,但这些因素已不再恶化,并补充说,高库存和高借贷成本等关键周期性压力正在缓解。CIBC预计,随着行业触底,AFN的农场业务销售额在2026年将保持相对稳定(同比增长0.3%),并在2027年开始复苏,届时CIBC预计农场收入将同比增长3.8%至约5亿美元。 CIBC指出,“由于多年来美国粮食仓储投资不足,随着作物产量的持续增长,仓储系统已接近满负荷运转,预计2025年剩余库存将降至约5%,远低于约15%的长期平均水平。” 加拿大帝国商业银行(CIBC)补充道,随着农业经济状况的改善,预计用于农场仓储和处理设施升级的积压资本支出将得以释放,同时巴西和印度等仓储严重短缺的国际市场也将出现强劲增长。 CIBC表示:“自2025年11月以来,疲软的农业市场以及一系列运营和报告方面的挑战已导致该公司股价下跌约40%,并促使华尔街将预期下调约30%,这为战略买家创造了更具吸引力的入场时机。” CIBC指出,随着“董事会焕然一新,更加注重股东利益”,该公司认为出售的可能性现在更大。 此外,持有约10%流通股的激进股东正在推动正式的出售流程,6月4日的年度股东大会可能成为“潜在的催化剂”。 CIBC补充道:“首席执行官和首席财务官的空缺进一步增加了出售的可能性。” “在我们乐观的假设情景中,我们假设收购价格为 2027 年预期 EBITDA 的 7.5 倍,这意味着每股价格约为 37 美元,较当前水平有约 90% 的上涨空间。”

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