192 to 142 is not really improvement. Inventory means how much stock they have to sell. Low inventory means less goods to sell. If you expect this coming quarter business is good, then inventory need to be high so that more goods ready to be sell. If you expect this coming quarter business not that good, reducing inventory could be a good approach to reduce the "maintenance" cost.
sounds reasonable, however, is it a "normal" amount for this industry and a company of Padini size? for instance, can we say that it is "within expectations" to have inventory for Padini ranging between 150m - 250m?
192mil stock is at June 2012. RM142mil is at Mar 2013. Take 9 mth to bring down the stock level. No sure whether is an improvement. June 2012 build up may due to HariRaya sales in 3Q12. Drop to RM142 is after CNY. The only indicators is sales GP margin drop from 52% to 49%, may due to stock clearance or intense competition.
Retailer always build up stock b4 festive season. Clear stock after it.
arv18, you can check the amount from previous year corresponded quarter. If the number is slightly higher than previous year, then to me that's a good sign. Share the information here after you dig out from the report. :).
high inventory isnt a good thing, u may search for some information, earnings management about high inventory...besides, high inventory=high holding cost and high risk ie will hv more obsolete stocks...
yup~~i confident it cn go to 2.4 if hold, but nw i nd to set lower price out bcz my fav stock price is droping~~wanna all in tat 1, after calculate, tat 1 return higher than hold padini...lol....
hold is take time, but it is safer than keep buy in buy out...dulu i ply speculate sometimes gain sometime loss at the end gain lesser than i buy a stock and hold...lol...but my hold oso short term player, basically only hold like 1month - 6month max...bcz my capital nt enuf haha...the real player is hold for few years lol...i jz hope 1 time hold can 20%, like padini hold 1 month dy 20%, good already. 1 year let find 5 stocks,each stocks 20% return is nt bad...
but my fav tat im going to all in, if gain i will sell some and jz left some to hold for few years..haha...capital insufficient bobian..sien...
2.2o already hit, next is 2.40....but newspaper, research firms all gv tp 1.80-1.95...lol...will it possible reach 2.40? den u see back the past...tp is 1.80 but nw goes to 2.20...so? depends on u....lol....but i think consolidation will continue b4 go to higher.
noob_pinion - if you buy for short term then yes maybe expensive... it depend your purpose of buying any particular share... for medium to long term - Yes go for it when you feel the price you willing to pay for. for long term without a doubt. check the company previous track record. Buy - Keep - Buy -Keep then you can use for any purpose like kids education or your own retirement.
What I like is the dividen given every year. Not the highest but good enough with the capital gain at the same time. I not even know how many lots i have so far :-) Let me do the count now...
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Posted by Knavi > 2013-05-29 17:00 | Report Abuse
blocks buying happen 2day, 700+lots and 600lots~~