Boss Chong, gearing means a company is highly leveraged. However, a highly leveraged company is only risky to invest if it is not so cash-generative.
Hua Yang is highly cash-generative, and it is backed by its huge land-bank.
A guy who owns a house worth 1 million, owes the bank 500K (hence leverage = 100%) vs. A guy who only has RM 20000 in his bank accounts but owes the bank RM 10000 ( leverage also 100%), I don't think the first one is riskier than the 2nd one for banks to lend to.
Amazing and incredible final quarter results ended 31 March 2014 with EPS 14.7 sen and 7 sen single tier dividend, The price should soar to greater height as the PE is only 5.7 which is considered severely undervalue.Accumulate !
Higher gearing is not a problem as the company able to achieve higher revenue and PBT. EPS triple while liability still manageable. The company manage to secure bond loan from PBBank at very competitive rate.
Use borrowing to cover cash flow needs, should be ok. Previously there was an article in TheEdge, saying HuaYang earnings will peak in 2014 / 2015. Hope HuaYang can bring in more sales this year.
HuaYang has done well in Q4. Revenue up, profit up and margin up, which are good for the valuation of the stock price. The stock should perform well in the coming days based on the result.
As for the debt ratio, i've did a quick calculation and it stood at around 30% i.e. (Long Term Borrowings + Short Term Borrowings)/Total Assets. Although it's not the best time to hold debt now, I still think it is manageable. If management is able to reduce borrowings, that will also help bring up the stock price. However, I do not see any chances of that happening at HuaYang, at least for the next few years.
As for the reduced dividend per share from the previous 8.25cents/share to 7cents/share, i wasn't happy at the beginning, as reduced dividend payout signals the management's bearish outlook in a company's future earnings. However, after digging in further, I am relieved to find out that the dividend payout wasn't reduced as RM16.335 mil were paid in Q42013 compared to RM18.48 million in Q42014, which is actually an increase in dividend payout. As for the drop in amount dividend per share, that is due to the increased number of shares outstanding due to the last bonus share issuance.
I look forward to see the company continue to do well in the coming years (and hopefully with reduced debt).
Very high depth....dangerous counter...better sell in good news.....change to pjd n osk property....much better nett cash company....better prospect of bigger size land....more good news to come....may merge...
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Posted by ahlek888 > 2014-05-08 23:51 | Report Abuse
oo can still accumulate?