KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Credit Suisse analyst Danny Chan upgraded the recommendation on Axiata Group Bhd to outperform from neutral.
* Price target (PT) set to RM5.10. Axiata average PT is RM5.36.
* Axiata had 12 buys, 15 holds, 1 sell previously: Bloomberg data
* Analysts lowered their consensus one-year target price for the stock by 5.1 percent in the past three months. Forecasts range from RM3.90 to RM6.40.
Performance Metrics
* Investors who followed Chan's recommendation received a 0 percent return in the past year, compared with a negative 6.1 percent return on the shares.
* In the past three years and one month, Credit Suisse has rated Axiata neutral once and outperform once.
* The shares fell 9.8 percent in the period rated neutral and fell 25 percent in the period rated outperform.