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Liberum: Bab**** is too cheap despite challenges
Bab**** (BAB) may have had a challenging first half but Liberum says shares in the UK defence contractor are cheap.
Analyst Alex O’Hanton retained his ‘buy’ recommendation and target price of 400p on the shares, which rose 3.7% to 233.8p yesterday.
O’Hanton introduced a first-half earnings per share estimate of 15.7p, down 52% on last year and estimated £970m of debt at the group but was still positive on the defence company.
‘There is uncertainty over the budget and the integrated review may result in project delays,’ he said. ‘But we don’t believe the scare stories about, and possibly from, the army, navy, and airforce. We believe most of Bab****’s key programmes will be safe.’
He said the market was mostly concerned by a ‘major reset and the impact that might have on the balance sheet’ but a target average free cashflow yield of 24.6% was ‘too cheap’.