CGS-CIMB securities head , Ivy Ng, said yesterday " For 2021, we are looking at an average of $3,700 per tonne...." I must alert Miss Ivy Ng that average for Jan - Sep 2021 is already $4,150. To get your full year average for 2021 ($3,700), CPO price for Oct-dec 2021 ought to be $2,350! How likely? Probably she is smarter than people in the industry to see CPO plunging tommorow! What a shame!
Just to share some historical data of past 10 years . Plantantion share price on day closing high (H) in year 2012 were as below (adjusted for RI or BI if any)
Thplant. $2.45 Sop. $6.62 MHC. $1.46 Cepat. $1.18 Swkplt. $3.24 Taann. $4.50 Hsplant. $3.18 Bplant. $1.34 Note :Bplant H was in 2018. Listed in 2014.
CPO high was about $3,600 pmt in Mar 2012 CPO now reached almost $5,100 yesterday. Cost of production may have increased by $200 pmt since 2012. After factoring in the higher production cost , today 's CPO price is still about 35% higher than 2012. On the contrary, share price for most of the plantantions companies are trading at about 30- 50% below the high in 2012. What a divergence! I believe the share price increase yesterday is just the beginning of the recovery. Enjoy the recovery ride .
Swkplt just reported their Sept production.FFB for 3q more than 2q by 12000mt. EPS for 3q can possibly be between 14-16 cent giving 9 mth eps of 34 cents and full yr eps of 50 cents.
I am pleased to share the projected full year (2021) EPS and the prospective PE of some of my favorite plantation counters. The Projected EPS is based on actual 1H + Q3+Q4. Q3 EPS can be estimated fairly accurately as Q3 avg CPO prices is known and production numbers are mostly available . I also make the assumption that Q4 EPS is same level as Q3 for reasons that ASP Q4 seem to be even higher and labourers for plantantion sector are coming in to maximize crop recovery. Given that Nov/Dec is usually seasonally lower crops, but the higher ASP and labour availability should be enough to offset that, On above basis , the FY 2021 EPS and prospective PE based on yesterday closing share price as as follows:
Bplant. EPS 9.6sen , PE 7.1x THplant. EPS 16.5sen , PE 4.4x SOP. EPS 73.0sen. PE 5.3x MHC. EPS 20.9sen. PE 4.5x Cepat. EPS 13,9sen. PE 5.2x Swkplt. EPS 48sen. PE 5.2x Taaan. EPS 67.9sen PE 4.6x Hsplant. EPS 23.6sen. PE 9.3X.
Historical PE for plantation counter is 15 to 25x As such, plantation counters are seriously underappreciated by the market , especially amid poor KLSE sentiment.
Can 2021's earning be sustained in 2022? You will be surprised! Hope this perspective helpful for your investment decision.
@ johnzhang Bplant and THplant both have huge borrowings,Bplant sold at reasonable prices (latest qtr) but not THplant.Low or zero borrowings means can afford pay dividend. baby elephant is INNO ,highest non glove dividend yield stock.Paid 10 cents for 1st half.
@ joerakmo, debts itself is not totally bad. It is bad when the company can not generte enough free cashflow to meet debt obligation. It is bad if the profit margin from the business is lower than the intetrest charge. I am not at all worried for Bplant and Thplant for the following reasons:
Bplant :. Net debt as at 30/6/21 was $1.126 mil, down by $187 mil from a year ago. The business generated about $187 mil free cashflow in 2020 and it will even be higher this year due to robust CPO. The disposal of kulai young estate will rake in $428 mil by year end . As such , the net debt will be reduced by the disposal proceed and free cash flow from 2H operation ie ($1,126 - 428 - 100) =$ 598mil. This is on assumption of no new capital investment in the year . Bplant can be debt free immediately if it decide to disposal another 600-800 ha of freehold development land which is nothing compared to the 98,212 ha of landbank it has . The debt level will not affect it's ability to pay good dividend.
THplant:. Net debt as at 31/6/21 was $1,075 mil Net cash generated from operation in 2020 was about $115mil. The company has earmarked some properties for disposal to pare down debt . The debt level is insignificant compared to the intrinsic value of the 97, 289 ha of landbank of which 81,526 ha are planted with oil palm and teak at relatively young profile.
For inno, I think the $0.10 special dividend is due to the disposal of 11% stake in Hap Seng plantantion which I think is one off. Nevertheless, inno consistently pay good dividend too.
@johnzhang For inno, I think the $0.10 special dividend is due to the disposal of 11% stake in Hap Seng plantantion which I think is one off. Nevertheless, inno consistently pay good dividend too.
Investment in palmoil listed companies got many tier offensive & defensive stategy mah!
Offensive
1. benefit from high oil price reap huge profit improvement, strong cash flow generation and strong and healthy balance sheet
2. Strong dividend will be forthcoming.
3. The govt of indonesia & msia have restricted new palmoil plantation development thus limited future plantation supply in the future which is good as it will lend support to its price loh!
Defensive
1. Land has a finite supply which is a good hedge against inflation
2. Currently plantation trade at a deep undervalue thus give big margin of safety for investor loh!
3. The current of hype of ESG trend which is unsustainable....give a good sound contrarian opportunity for a very strong rebound & upside for plantation going fwd loh!
Amid lucrative earnings , funds are pouring back to oil & gas sector . ESG issue is put at back burners temporarily. Will foreign funds and local funds (EPF and KWAP particularly) stop selling down or even snap up plantation counters amid historic earning ?
since I bought Tenaga at 9.69, this morning already went to 9.90. Swkplnt still lower than my selling price. Don't worry, I'm still interested in this stock but will wait to buy back lower.
Posted by Huatexpert > Oct 18, 2021 9:16 PM | Report Abuse
CPO all time high and price not move yet... it is ok to accumulate till next Q result... Eventually, the share price will reflect the value just matter of time. Be patient in investment in share market... TNB wont move much due to high material cost for its power plant... TNB result wont look good for short term and same for its share price stagnant...
The small cap and 2nd liners plantation counters are making good progress in their share price increase, But the big cap or counters where Sovereign funds holding significant stakes are having poor showing ! The sector overall lackluster performance (share price wise ) is predominantly due to the dampening effect of the fund continuous sell down despite robust earnings in this sector.
Counters where sovereign funds are not shareholders: Bplant, THplant, MHC, cepat, etc
Counters with low shareholding from Sovereign funds: Taann HSplant Sop Swkpltn For Taann and SOP, I think the funds shall complete the disposal by oct/Nov. Good chance for these counters to perform soon.
Counters where Sovereign funds hold substantially: Simepltn. IOI Genp Klk
Counters without EPF and KWAP : THplant +14.5% Bplant. +4.9% Mhc. +3.8% Cepat. +1.3%
Big cap /counters with EPF/KWAP as shareholders: Simepltn - 1.4% IOI. - 0.74% Genp. - 1.83% Klk. +0.35% Taann. - 2.74% Swkpltn. Unchanged SOP. +. 0.77%
I believe EPF and /or KWAP are still selling down today . Only local retailers and some corporates are absorbing the selling and that’s not enough to move price to reflect the robust fundamental of CPO .
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended higher on Wednesday owing to a higher overnight Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean oil market as well as expectation of stronger demand, palm oil trader David Ng said.
He told Bernama the recent export estimates by cargo surveyors point to higher demand.
well managed company with strong fundamentals. valuation is relatively low. but market worries whether or not the CPO price is sustainable & esg concerns. is plantation sector experiencing major re-rating (down)?
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Posted by Johnzhang > 2021-10-05 08:01 | Report Abuse
CGS-CIMB securities head , Ivy Ng, said yesterday " For 2021, we are looking at an average of $3,700 per tonne...."
I must alert Miss Ivy Ng that average for Jan - Sep 2021 is already $4,150. To get your full year average for 2021 ($3,700), CPO price for Oct-dec 2021 ought to be $2,350! How likely?
Probably she is smarter than people in the industry to see CPO plunging tommorow! What a shame!