The best source to calculate forex risk is referring to Annual Report page 107: Assuming USD weakened by 10%, net profit to be reduced by RM4.308 million. RM4.308 million represented 5% only of FY2016 net profit RM80,669 million only. So now MYR/USD rate dropped from beginning month of 4.27 to today's 4.20, which equal to 1.67% only, but Hevea's share price already dropped from beginning month of 1.67 to today closing of 1.51 which equal to 11%. Think about it, izit the market overreact too much?
beware folks, if u noticed my comment before. Something big going to happen earliest end of this year, but most likely will happen next year. To cut short, its a black swam that impact the global market. Sell ratio is much higher than buy ratio in any markets. Just beware.
Hevea is a fundamentally solid company with very strong balance sheet & progressive growth. A company that has solid cash RM 112.85m, total debts of RM 14.601m, and earning power of RM20m net profit averagely per quarter and still climbing is not a strong company? Wow! then what is considered a solid company? lol I'm not an accountant but a businessman so I focus on the business side and the accounting side will take care of itself especially by the proficient Hevea's management team.
Just make it a simple strategy for yourself is enough and that is to buy as cheap as possible but I'm sure you won't be able to buy that cheap prices when u have to compete even with fund houses & substantial private investors. Real smart investors will omit the noises. Accumulate smartly.
is usd weaken, not ringgit 'strengthening', relative to china rmb, sing sgd, taiwan dollar, ringgit is weakening, believe so also for thai, vietnam, indo currency, in terms of competitiveness of malaysia export counter, it does not weaken that much
Guys, the currency of trade is USD but the pricing per export destination is always determined on a normalized/relative basis. During 2014-2016, Ringgit was depreciating against USD and a basket of CNY/JPY/KRW/INR. However, this year while Ringgit is appreciating against USD, it is holding steady or in some cases depreciating against CNY/JPY/KRW/INR...which is the local currency for a bulk of their exports.
Do not worry. As Peter Lynch said, ignore interest rates/currencies/etc. Focus on the fundamental story. As long as it holds, do not sell. Not any single human can actually predict interest rates/currencies/etc with any kind of certainty. These are largely unpredictable.
If a company is highly exposed to sales in foreign currency, how can one just ignore the effect of its fluctuation as the actual cash flow from sales and operation will also be affected
Just that if the exposure to a particular currency is minimal e.g. Usd, then it is acceptable since it is the weakening of usd rather than strengthening of rm
I don't say ignore. I say we cannot be sure of the direction of the currency movement. Also read what I said above, in normalized/relative terms the Ringgit is still OK with the currencies of its export markets.
nicholas, again that is also true. We can't tell for sure when the Feds/BNM/etc will raise rates. We can't predict events that spike currency rates (such as Trump winning presidency and 1MDB scandal). Best thing accoridng to Peter Lynch (and common sense if you ask me) is to diversify via natural hedging. Buy some "cheap"/well-priced growth-orientated net exporters, and buy some cheap/well-priced net importers (i.e. automakers). That way you benefit from swings in interest/exchange rates all the same, plus you get the bonus of having these companies appreciate in value regardless of the outcome since you bought at a margin of safety. It's just the timelines involved may be a bit different/out-of-sync.
Sifus, this counter drop because of the weaker USD vs MYR?new to investing but judging by their strong financial report, this is a good company to invest in rite?
Skeletonman, current down trend of this share price is due to market reacted negatively to current weakening of USD, raining season affecting their major raw material supply and cost, and shortage of labours.
You may treat this lower price situation as opportunity for you to accumulate, after all it is a very good company, which regularly gives out dividends.
"let me say again. this hurricane can help boost furniture afrer hurricane case gone. they need buy new furniture." It is true that hurricane/destruction will boost the need of furniture. But Lihen has more US market exposure than the rest. (That's why Bone keep promoting.) If I'm not mistaken, Hevea main market is China and Japan. Nevertheless, there may be spillover effect. Generally, i think Hevea is good. There will be a China International Furniture Expo from 12-15/9 at Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) in Pudong, Shanghai.Hopefully, Hevea can fight for more sales and bring (positive) surprise in mushroom biz.
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Haiz.....downtrend...