COMMENTS ON COMFORT GLOVES BERHAD (2127)

FIGURE 1: COMFORT GLOVES BERHAD LAST 5 YEARS SHARE PRICE TREND

**analysis based on 2019 annual report.
1.       GENERAL INTRO: Comfort Gloves is one of the major glove manufacturers in Malaysia.

2.       NOTABLE POINTS:
a.       in 2019 report, stated that key markets include US and Canada (34%), Malaysia (32%), Asia (25%)
b.      approximately 89% of revenue was derived from synthetic premium speciality gloves, while the remainder was from natural rubber gloves.

3.       IS THIS COUNTER A STRONG GROWTH STOCK? 
a.       REVENUE RANGE (million): ~474 million in 2019 annual report, this is a medium revenue company.
b.      SHARE PRICE: from 2015-2019, share price remain steady at around RM0.80
c.       EARNING PER SHARE (EPS): earning per share in last 5 years almost doubled from 2.87 to 5.69 sen, indicating a good growth potential of this counter
d.      FUTURE POTENTIAL/PROSPECTS: quite dependable and reliable counter, share price expected to be stable.
e.      CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (CAPEX): spending on purchase of new fixed assets is RM 63.7 million, around 14% of total assets.

4.       IS THIS A STRONG DIVIDEND STOCK?     
a.       DIVIDEND YIELD: in 2019 report, Comfort declared a total dividend payout of 1.5 sen per share, amounts to dividend yield of 1.97 % based on current share price.
b.      CONSISTENCY: not consistent dividend payout, last five years (2015-2019) dividends declared range from 0 to 1.5 sen per share.
c.       DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: in 2019 financial year, Comfort paid out about 52% of its earnings to investors in the form of dividend.

5.       IS THE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GOOD?
a.       RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): in 2019 financial year, Comfort Gloves achieved a good return of shareholders’ equity, at 10.56%.
b.      COST-TO-INCOME RATIO: cost-to-income ratio is quite high at about 1238%.

6.       OTHER INDICATORS:
a.       CASH FLOW: cash flow is positive, around RM 23.4 million, equivalent to RM 0.04 per share
b.      SUPPORT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: this counter is reasonably well supported by institutional investors, there are 13 institutional investors at top 30 major shareholders list, including Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (1.28%), Keen Setup Sdn Bhd (11.21%) and few insurance companies and investment funds. Also notable shareholding by director Mr. Cheang Phoy Kean (18.09%).

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