KLSE (MYR): MBMR (5983)
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cricketlast
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Posted by cricketlast > 2018-07-24 13:20 | Report Abuse
Hi Hafid and ladahitam,
Feel free to correct me if the info below are less than accurate.
I think what ladahitam means is upon the completion of the acquisition of MBMR by UMW, there is an opportunity for the UMW to list Perodua given that it will end up with a total of more than 70% interest of Perodua.
However, I doubt that UMW (or in this case its major shareholder PNB) would want to do that. One of the main reason is that UMW currently have a valuation of around 20x fwd PE. If they want to do an IPO, it would only make sense if they can get a valuation of more than 20x for Perodua. Another roadblock for an IPO would be Daihatsu which UMW need to convince (contrary to some news reports, an acquisition of MBMR by UMW does not actually need approval from Daihatsu given that the entity that UMW is planning to acquire is actually MBMR and NOT Perodua. Daihatsu does not have any say in the selling and buying of MBMR shares).
I believe that the main reason for UMW to acquire MBMR is mainly for the balance sheet, future growth earning as well as the healthy cash flow that the company can provide to UMW (all of this will mainly come from Perodua). Cash flow is especially important for UMW given some of the projects that they currently taking like the Rolls Royce fan casing manufacturing are expected to have negative cash flow for the foreseeable future.
At the offer price of RM2.56 per share, UMW acquisition will only translate to around 8.8x 12 months trailing PE (excluding all the impairment that occurred last year). Even if they increase the offer to RM3, for example, this will only translate to 10.4x 12 months trailing PE which is only half of what UMW is trading at the moment. In terms of P/B, an offer of RM2.56 will only translate to a valuation of 0.7x P/B (as of March 2018). An offer of RM 3 will translate to a valuation of 0.8x P/B. If the acquisition is completed, UMW can actually post a gain of acquisition amounting to RM290mil to RM440mil in their P&L for FY2018 (if they can complete it before end of the year).
In summary, the real reason to why UMW want to acquire MBMR is mainly because the valuation that the company is trading at the moment is really cheap for a profitable company with steady cash flow.
Regards.