COMMENTS ON CHIN TEK PLANTATIONS BERHAD (1929)


FIGURE 1: CHIN TEK PLANTATIONS BERHAD LAST 5 YEARS SHARE PRICE TREND

**analysis based on 2018 annual report.
1.       GENERAL INTRO: CHIN TEK is one of the main oil palm plantations in Malaysia.

2.       NOTABLE POINTS:
a.       In 2018 report, reported having a total of three estates, with a total land bank of ~11,327 hectares. The Company also owns three mills with a total milling capacity of 70MT per hour. The Group also has interests in oil palm plantations in Indonesia and property development in Malaysia.
b.      The Group suffered an overall loss of RM10,878,291 from its share of results of the investments in oil palm plantations in Indonesia for the FY2018. Harvesting of the mature fields in the oil palm plantation located in South Sumatera Province, Indonesia has been delayed due to the unrest in the villages neighbouring the estate.

3.       IS THIS COUNTER A STRONG GROWTH STOCK? 
a.       REVENUE RANGE (million): ~149.9 million in 2018 annual report, this is a low revenue company.
b.      SHARE PRICE: from 2015-2019, share price share decreased from around RM9.00 to RM6.00
c.       EARNING PER SHARE (EPS): earning per share in last 5 years fluctuated from 19.43 to 78.97sen
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 2.7 million, around 0.4% of total assets.

4.       IS THIS A STRONG DIVIDEND STOCK?     
a.       DIVIDEND YIELD: in 2018 report, CHIN TEK declared a total dividend payout of 30 sen per share, amounts to dividend yield of 4.69% based on current share price.
b.      CONSISTENCY: consistent dividend payout, last five years (2015-2019) dividends declared range between 16 to 35 sen per share.
c.       DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: in 2018 financial year, CHIN TEK paid out about 38% of its earnings to investors in the form of dividend.

5.       IS THE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GOOD?
a.       RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): in 2018 financial year, CHIN TEK achieved a low return of shareholders’ equity, at 10.37%.
b.      COST-TO-INCOME RATIO: cost-to-income ratio is moderate at about 79%.

6.       OTHER INDICATORS:
a.       CASH FLOW: cash flow is positive, around RM 134.3 million, equivalent to RM 1.47 per share
b.      SUPPORT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: this counter is not well supported by institutional investors, there are only 19 institutional investors at top 30 major shareholders list, not including EPF, SKIM AMANAH SAHAM BUMIPUTERA, KUMPULAN WANG PERSARAAN, SOCSO, insurance companies and investment funds. Its major shareholder is TIONG THYE COMPANY BERHAD (36.67%),

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