Record CPO price to drive earnings

Planters likely to deliver higher 2Q profits y-o-y

KUALA LUMPUR: Earnings of plantation companies will likely have peaked in the first half of this year (1H22) due to record high crude palm oil (CPO) spot average selling prices.

Maybank IB Research forecast planters’ earnings for the second quarter (2Q22) to be higher year-on-year (y-o-y) driven by record high CPO spot average selling price although forward sales locked-in earlier by some companies may water down the full-benefits of high spot prices.