PER just 5.7x. Annual free cash flows close to 20 sen per share. After listing of its Vietnamese subsidiary company, easily another RM300 million will add into its cash coffer.
Short term borrowing increased by RM86m due to working capital changes, not a bad issue lah. The important thing is that operational cash flows before working capital changes were very strong at RM69.6m for 1H. As a result, cash balance increased by RM64m.
Samchem is a big distributor of hundreds of industrial chemicals. There are times when the company sees opportunities to build up inventory stocks at bargain prices, it will load up by taking up short term borrowings. Otherwise, there is always time difference in collection from customers and payments made to suppliers, especially when the company revenue was up by 65%. It will need to draw down money from working capital facilities.
You can never go wrong picking up stocks with strong cash flows, not only looking at accounting profits. You can check my recent comments on Media Prima, Ambank and DKSH, all have surged up after good quarterly results that confirmed strong operating cash flows.
In the case of DKSH which is a big distributor of F&B products, it carried huge borrowings totalled RM567m in early this year with cash only RM50m. But within half a year, its operating cash flow was so strong that it could utilise it to pare down RM101m of debts to RM466m. It would be able to pay off all borrowings within 3 years. Same goes for Samchem with annual free cash flows of over RM100m that may be used to pay off all debts within 3 years.
Short term share price fluctuations are unavoidable. Not many investors appreciate the value and potential of Samchem yet as no research house covers this stock. By the time Samchem shows its ability to use strong operating cash flows to reduce borrowings by RM50m or more in next quarter, its share price will fly and you cannot catch it below RM1.00 anymore, like in the case of DKSH.
@dragon328 great explanation on SAMCHEM's short term borrowings. I agree on that take as SAMCHEM has consistently managed to acquire chemicals in shortages and sell at a higher premium too.
Nice closing for Samchem today, same for DKSH, Media, Ambank and MHB.
MHB is also cash rich but temporarily set back by operational disruption. Its earnings and cash flows will catch up once its heavy engineering division starts to execute its secured contracts smoothly.
give 1 cent dividend then price drops 1.5 cents, i give it bec the 1 cent and pls go bec above 80 cents...lol...i think for short term player, can look for other counters till it can firmly stay above 0.8...no meat now...ya, it is a growing company but pricing is too bad...not even rm1
Samchem has gone past accumulation phase in the past 2 weeks since 19th August with close to 100m shares traded. Some funds or parties have accumulated around 50-60m shares of over 10% stakes just in past 2 weeks. Its share price will fly off from now on.
I think it may test 0.90 with volume around 10m, no need 25m like on 19th Aug, as more investors find it undervalued and will not sell below 0.90.
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Vietnam lock down. GG report next QR