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(Kuala Lumpur, 4th report) Corporate earnings in February delivered solid results overall. However, amid downward revisions in profit growth and divergent outlooks for heavyweight stocks, analysts remind that 'defense' remains the central theme for investment strategies in 2026.
Kenanga Investment Bank noted in its report that the performance of the final quarter was similar to the third quarter, with 70% of the companies it tracks meeting or exceeding expectations, nearly unchanged from 72% in the previous quarter.
CIMB Securities also pointed out that the proportion of companies outperforming expectations this quarter exceeded those falling short, indicating an overall improvement compared to the previous quarter and showing no further deterioration in corporate profits.
Plantation, construction, property, and some real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been delivering pleasant surprises; construction and property stocks, in particular, have consistently exceeded expectations over several quarters, offering unexpected gains within traditional defensive assets.
In the oil and gas sector, manageable capital expenditures and high dividend policies maintained by some companies continue to make it attractive in the short term.
By sector, the technology field showed relatively weaker performance in the final quarter.
Kenanga Investment Bank highlighted that, apart from the suboptimal recovery in factory utilization rates within the sector, it also faces order shifts and production layout adjustments due to US tariffs, which will slow down the recovery of the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry.
Dividends bring pleasant surprises
Notably, dividend payouts emerged as a key highlight of the quarter, with approximately 14% of companies issuing dividends that exceeded analyst expectations, particularly in the banking and oil and gas sectors which performed exceptionally well.
Analysts pointed out that a total of 13 companies reported positive dividend surprises during the quarter, including...

(Kuala Lumpur, 2nd News) The escalation of the Middle East conflict has triggered global risk aversion. However, market insiders believe that Malaysia's stock market, with its stable performance, predictable policy environment, and solid economic fundamentals, may turn adversity into advantage, becoming a short-term capital safe haven.
Across the Asia-Pacific region, stock markets generally fell in early trading today. Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea's stock markets all dropped by more than 1%. Singapore's stock market suffered the heaviest losses, leading the region with a 1.77% decline.
The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI opened at 1688.64 points on the first trading day of March, but soon fell to 1684.28 points. The decline widened to 1.88%, or 32.33 points.
However, Malaysia's stock market gradually narrowed its losses and hovered near the psychological threshold of 1700 points. As of 12:30 PM, it was down 17.59 points, or 1.0%, from last Friday's 1716.61 points, temporarily reported at 1699.02 points.
Malaysia Stocks May Become a Safe Haven
Guo Junyong, research analyst at iFAST, told Nanyang Siang Pau in a telephone interview that although Malaysia's stock market experienced significant volatility in early trading, some declines have started to narrow as the market digests developments in the conflict and last week’s corporate earnings reports.
“From an economic fundamental perspective, Malaysia is not showing obvious signs of recession. Policy predictability is strong, and steady domestic demand also makes Malaysia's stock market possess certain safe-haven attributes.”
Guo Junyong cited the neighboring Indonesian stock market as an example, pointing out that in late January, the MSCI raised questions about the investability of the Indonesian stock market, leading to a rapid cooling of local investment enthusiasm.
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