Now the virus is spreading to an unexpected spot: furniture sellers in the United States.
“We have received notice from various manufacturers and suppliers that they are extending the ‘Chinese New Year’ [holiday] for at least one extra week to accommodate the quarantines.” said Jesús Capó, Chief Information Officer at Florida-based El Dorado Furniture. “We will run a little short on some products—but if it continues, after a while you are going to have to find products somewhere else.”
While some plants have begun reopening across the middle kingdom this week after lunar year closures were extended over fears of coronavirus, it’s still unclear how long it will take for workshops to become fully-functional as cases continue to mount.
Capó estimates of the delays in shipments could rise to a month, depending on how the virus spreads.
“We have a buffer to deal with unforeseen circumstances, but if we continue to see delays, we may not have enough stock or have to source inside the country,” says Jameson Dion, vice president of global sourcing at interiors retailer City Furniture. “We anticipate a material impact on the business—we just don’t know how bad.”
16-Mar-2020 Insider TAY KHIM SENG (a company director) disposed 140,000 shares at 0.995 on 13-Mar-2020. 16-Mar-2020 Insider TAY KHIM SENG (a company director) disposed 112,500 shares at 0.980 on 16-Mar-2020.
My guess is that since some US cities are in lockdown, people there can't go out & buy furniture from Pohuat. Pohuat exports furniture to US, kan? Export stocks used to rocket when USD1 = >RM4
But I think furniture exports stocks are pretty solid for long-term investing, judging by their battered prices now. Perhaps market sentiment is bad, as the market crash coupled with director disposing his shares spooks investors.
Maybe for 1 quarter perhaps. But I believe the safety margin is high as its circa pe 3 to 4. I dont think 2020 will be a year of loss. Besides they have 133 mil cash that's 53 cents cash....only 12 mil debt
I agreed with Enigmatic. I believe the recent sell-down was due to the margin call. Once the margin call was over, price will normalized. Let's flip through the latest annual report showing the top30 shareholding list at 23/1. The major directors' shareholding are still Tay Khim Huat, Lim Pei tiam and Toh Kim Chong, together with the Pangolin fund, EPF and Public Mutual fund, will account 50%. You may also notice another shareholder call Chiew Cheng Siew who accounts 7.26mil shares or 3.15%. Most importantly, his shares are pledged as I assume are under margin account. I am afraid his shares are subject to the margin call (Sorry, Mr Chiew, I may be wrong. I merely guess from the listing). The director - Tay Khim Seng's shares are pledged under the Alliance Group may be under margin too for a total of 1.298 mil shares. (Sorry, Mr Tay, I could be wrong. I merely guess) He has sold 428 mil or 1/3 of this holdings. Once these 2 guys stop the margin call, share will rebound given the recent strengthening of USD toward 4.35. History tell once the USD strengthen to 4.20, most export companies will report huge exchange gain (hopefully to offset the weakening sales in US market). So, I still favour to focus on export stocks.
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Posted by Lukesharewalker > 2020-03-12 12:18 | Report Abuse
Let it be. Its grossly oversold. Let the operator sell more