Dear all, imagine this all our newspaper comp close shop , will the government want or allow that to happen. No newspaper in Malaysia Baru. Who would want to set a new newspaper anyway. So star. N other need to a float . Sure Government will save them
Poorly managed company, everyone eating inside with so much hanky panky going on, newsprint cost at all time high, better to dump all , dont bet will will recover becsuse it never will
BlackWhite Dear all, imagine this all our newspaper comp close shop , will the government want or allow that to happen. No newspaper in Malaysia Baru. Who would want to set a new newspaper anyway. So star. N other need to a float . Sure Government will save them
Do not confuse survival and with share price. No one doubt that STAR will survive for at least another 10 years, but by then the share price may already drop to 0.10.
Star share price so much lower than Star newspaper price, hahahaha. People pays RM1.30 for a weekly copy of The Star but wouldn't pay above 75 sen for a share in Star.
Mca, take your star private la, then sell all assets before selling the news business to Vincent to inject into bjmedia, sure make good money for you to buy vote in the next GE. Lol
At last, the reporter is gone... hope BOD will look for a smart and intelligent entrepreneur 'type who put most emphasis on sales and marketing as the next CEO... never appoint a forthright and blunt accountant who comes looking for salt in the sands...
The only reason for investors to stay invested in this company is mainly due to the high value of its net tangible assets which currently is around RM1.14 per share. The value is actually a lot higher given that all of the properties are still values based on acquisition price which mostly are acquired more than 10 to 20 years ago . It is safe to say that the NTA is actually closer if not more than RM2 per share.
In term of earning, there is actually almost none. Even the RM2.5mil PBT recorded in 3Q comes mainly from other income (such as gain on disposal ) and not the operation of the company. Without other income, PBT for 3Q18 would have been negative RM6mil. The only bright spot in the company business is the Digital segment which grew by 17% during the quarter. Investors will need to wait for for some time before it can provide a meaningful profit to the company.
For those already invested in the company, they will need to wait and see what are the management plans in order to unlock some of the asset value. The only way i can think off is to just sell the assets and then pay special dividend to investors. But in order to do so they will have to scale down their printing business as the biggest values lies in their current office buildings and their printing plant. I don't think they can do that anytime soon (at least not in FY19). The process might take longer.
If you are hoping for a better earnings going forward, then i think you need to be prepare to hold on to the investment a bit longer given that the current main business (printing, ads and radio) will almost certainly deteriorate even further. Digital is where the growth will be but it will take some time before it can replace the revenue (and profit) that the original businesses provided previously.
In both cases (unlocking asset value & growth from digital), you need to have a longer investment horizon.
For those that are interested to invest in this company, i would suggest you wait for management to indicate what the new plan will be. In the short and mid term, the company will most probably record disappointing results.
The company is a direct proxy to Perodua via its 22.6% interest in the company. Valuation is cheap at only 6.0x PE (based on target FY18 PATAMI of RM145mil. 9m PATAMI is already RM106mil). PB is low at only 0.5x BV. 4Q18 results is expected to be higher than 3Q18 and last year 4Q17. And FY19 growth will be driven by the still high demand of new Myvi and the launch of the new SUV in 1Q19.
Hope management can provide investors with a firm plan on how to unlock some of the assets value. I believe their decision to focus on digital is the right way forward but investors need to be patient with the division results. it would take some time before meaningful earning can be made.
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Posted by WinnerTime > 2018-10-09 17:25 | Report Abuse
now both party got chance to say what they want haha