DAILY MORNING NOTE | 14 August 2026

Singapore shares closed flattish on Thursday.

The S&P 500 climbed 0.65 per cent to end the session at 7,798.99 points, exceeding its record high close last Friday. The Nasdaq gained 0.81 per cent to 26,803.03 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.13 per cent to 53,839.99 points.


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First Resources Limited reported EBITDA growing 31.3% year-on-year to US$344.4 million and underlying net profit rising 42.2% to US$216.2 million, on the back of a 44.5% increase in revenue to US$973.6 million.

Nanofilm‘s 1HFY2026 earnings up 282% y-o-y on better margins.

UMS net profit soars 90% to S$19.8m on higher revenue of S$87.1 million for 2QFY2026.

Frencken H1 net profit falls 3.4% to S$19.3 million.

CSE Global‘s 1HFY2026 earnings down 19.3% y-o-y to S$13.2 million.

Q & M Dental Group announced 27% increase in net profit after tax in 1H2026 vs 1H2025.

Soilbuild Construction recorded net profit of S$35.6 million in 1HFY2026; interim dividend of 1.6 cents per share declared.

Thakral’s Lifestyle segment profit rises 47% in 1H2026 led by strong demand in South Asia and Greater China.

TeleChoice reports 92% increase in profit before tax.

Hyphens Pharma 1H2026 net profit rises 132.5% to S$4.6 million.

EGP Energy 1HFY2026 net profit soars 180% y-o-y to S$6.07 million in maiden results.

Nam Cheong’s 1H2026 net profit increased 82.9% yoy to RM164.4 million.

Olam Group reports PATMI of S$1.9 billion, up 488.7% year-on-year for H1 2026; declares total dividends of 7.0 cents per share.

Seatrium & Golar ink LOI for third FLNG conversion.

Genting Singapore H1 profit falls 33.54% to S$156.5 million.

Sasseur REIT 1H 2026 DPU surges 10.2% YoY.

InnoTek records higher gross profit of S$14.4 million in 1H’26, EBITDA increases to S$7.5 million.

Foundation Healthcare H1 profit drops 67.6% to S$1.2 million on higher IPO, operating expenses.


US

Microsoft cuts purchases of carbon removals by 80% amid AI push.

AMD looks to raise US$4 billion to US$5 billion in debt offering.

Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash AI model for coding and agent workflows, but top AI model still delayed.

Applied Materials forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations.

Reddit jumps on inclusion in S&P 500.

Workday shares popped on a report that private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to buy the human resources software maker.

Source: SGX Masnet, Bloomberg, Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, CNBC, WSJ, The Business Times, The Edge Singapore, PSR


RESEARCH REPORTS

Nordic Group – Record orderbook, sizeable pipeline ahead

Recommendation: BUY; TP S$0.68; Last close: S$0.5450; Analyst Hashim Osman

  • 1H26 PATMI met 46% of FY26e forecast. PATMI grew 20.9% YoY to S$10mn in 1H26. This was driven by lower distribution costs, lower finance costs, and a smaller FX loss.
  • Orderbook grew 37.5% YoY to S$254.3mn. The majority of the current orderbook is made up of contracts in the semiconductor and marine & offshore industries (c. >55%). New contract wins amounted to S$71.5mn to be delivered in the next 3 years. The contract wins are primarily across segments in defence (27.6%), marine & offshore (27.3%), semiconductor (25.7%). The sales pipeline is larger, concentrated in defence (S$173mn), semiconductor (S$160mn), marine (S$89mn) and engineering services (S$48mn).
  • We maintain a BUY rating with an unchanged TP of S$0.68. Nordic trades at an 9.9x FY26e P/E. Nordic has a sizeable pipeline nearly double the current orderbook (c. S$470mn). There could be an upside through the issuance of a special dividend this year as the balance sheet improves and record profit is achieved.



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