I wouldn't count on it. Lawsuits are know to drag on for years..... . Even if they won the suit it would only be a one off. Doesn't affect much on the long term prospect of the company.
Turbo__An Oil and Gas equipment supply company with very good FA. Last Q EPS 3.06 sen and declared 2 sen dividend. Worth to consider, buy for medium term while most of the good O&G counters already goreng Up. Only Turbo remain at low price. It is a matter of time the price will be adjusted back to RM1.20/1.50.
The dividend for the financial year has already been revealed at 20 sen per share.
If the share price is not performing then shareholders look forward to dividends but this co is under performing insofar as dividends are concerned.
Compared to other foreign-controlled company Petron is an odd company. Companies from Amway to Carlesberg to F&N & BAT all declare big dividends. At 135m shares, 20 sen only amount to RM27m which is a very tiny amount compared to RM1.53b in reserves.
Hi guys, I am interested to know more about PetronM business model. From my point of view, there are 3 main sources of income: A. Crack spread B. Profit over the oil-related products it sells at the pump C. Retail sales of their Petron Kedai
A will see variations in margin, but not in volume unless they expand their refinery in PD. Margin will work, all else being equal in terms of operating costs, as follows: the higher the oil price, the better the margin for PetronM.
B margin will be set by the government and it is not too big.
C margin is good.
B and C volumes are roughly proportional to the number of clients they have. And unless big policy changes that shift people away of their cars, or unless brand recognition / marketing activities suddenly failed, this is roughly proportional to the number of stations PetronM has.
So far, am I right?
Some bonus questions:
1. Do they sell what they refine to other companies, or everything they refine in PD ends up being sold in their Petron stores?
2. What percentage of PBT is contributed by A, B, C above?
3. Where I live (around Sban, NSDK), Petron is expanding aggressively, having opened 6 stores in the last 18 months. I find their strategy here very smart. Right now there are not many people living in this area, but it is growing very fast: Msia Vision Valley, potential HSR being reinstated, many industrial parks, KLIA is close, potential Air Asia hub coming in Labu...
But how much does it take to start boosting profit once you have opened stores? I heard in this forum that breakeven for a station is 7 years. Anyways, about all these stores, I think they will take time to be profitable, but once population doubles around this area, they will have a competitive advantage because they are really picking top spots for their stations.
I dread to make any predictions after my last quarter 2018 disastrous way off on a tangent prediction. However from my superficial observation of the prices which inclined Jan to Mar 2019, it should be good. Unless of course the management said that they had hedged.
Share price is somewhat under-valued but buybacks may not be possible as it may breach the minimum public spread.
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Posted by mamatede > 2019-03-26 22:44 | Report Abuse
lari Liao. stagnation period.