Cockroach... Thats only in theory... In real life everyone wants fast profit. Up 3 bids sell. Down 3 bids cut. Early this year this counter went 1.38 because of MRT3 rumour news. Last week it went 1.27 on the same day penang LRT news came out. Coincidence?? I think not
KUALA LUMPUR: Kenanga research remains positive over GEORGE KENT (M) BHD's prospects as the group is finalising its design for the LRT3 by year-end and will resume work in full swing by early 2020. In a Tuesday note, the research house said the group is currently finalising its design for the project while renegotiating a new contract with its work package contractors.
It added that George Kent will be participating in more water-and rail-related projects apart from its existing construction jobs, with a total tender book of RM3.5bil.
"The rail projects eyed in the near term are mostly from overseas i.e. Singapore LTA Track Works, and Bangkok Orange Line 2nd Phase Track Works," it said.
Kenanga noted the possibility of the acquisition of water-related companies from overseas as part of an expansion strategy into Southeast Asia.
Maintain BUY, TP: RM1.43. Maintain BUY rating with unchanged SOP-driven TP of RM1.43. We opine that the key uncertainty for GKent has been removed following the renegotiation and restructure of LRT3 PDP contract. Moreover, GKent’s balance sheet is very healthy with net cash of RM0.44 per share, amounting to 40% of current market capitalization.
The issue I have is excluding LRT3, their bookorder in construction is only $400m. $1.43 TP factors in LRT3 earnings. Unless they win new contracts, they won't go anywhere far.
Bright prospects seen for George Kent’s metering division.
Apart from its existing construction jobs, the management is participating in more water- and rail-related projects, such as water treatment plants overseas and locally with a total tender book of RM3.5 billion. The rail projects eyed in the near term are mostly overseas, such as Singapore’s Land Transport Authority trackwork and Bangkok’s Orange Line second-phase trackwork.
Someone freaked out on arbitration? Another fella was putting 2M market order in MRCB at close, only to cancel it last minute - someone is brewing something for sure.
Anyway, happy to have reduced Gkent holdings on the ups, only gonna ride the wave with whats left.
Arbitration not expected to impact LRT3 progress. “The arbitration was to seek clarity on certain clauses in the shareholders agreement in relation to the options for securing financing for the JV Co including the order of priority of such options, ” a George Kent spokesperson said. The JV company is MRCB George Kent Sdn Bhd.“It is still business is as usual for us with no impact on operations and the progress of project, ” he added.
Everybody knows about LRT3 and it's old news and factored into its current valuation. What GKent needs is new contracts to boost future earnings. I dont recall them winning one since the May 9 elections last year.
indeed, everyone says its old news and factored in, but how much of it is "factored in"? no one bothered to put a number on it, much less putting a valuation on it. And what's the use of order book if the company can't book any significant profit from it? Just look at Sapura, 17 Billion order book, still bleeding.
The management also think its share is undervalued. So many share buyback since last year. This counter tried to break 1.2 and 1.4 so many times before. A lot of buying from retailers. But it looks like some sharks keep dumping at that level of price and collect again later at lower price.
This is klse. Any big movement is syndicates work. If they want to suppress the price they are free to do it any time
Should never use the dividend announced to compare with other instruments like EPF. When business is going down, so are the dividends. And so are the entry price. A lot of us actually went in at high price
Dividend this year may not be as good as previous year. Next year should be better. As long as the company still making profit, cash rich and almost zero debt. Then no need to worry.
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Cockroach... Thats only in theory... In real life everyone wants fast profit. Up 3 bids sell. Down 3 bids cut. Early this year this counter went 1.38 because of MRT3 rumour news. Last week it went 1.27 on the same day penang LRT news came out. Coincidence?? I think not