COMMENTS ON DAGANG NEXCHANGE BERHAD (4456) – UPDATE FEB 2021

FIGURE 1: DAGANG NEXCHANGE BERHAD LAST 5 YEARS SHARE PRICE TREND

 

**analysis based on 2019 annual report.

1.     GENERAL INTRO: Dagang NeXchange Bhd is a leading service provider in Malaysia’s trade facilitation and energy sector.

 

2.       NOTABLE POINTS:

a.   DNEX’s trade facilitation and eCommerce segment contribute the key source of the Group’s income, while the Group’s energy division provides equipment supply and maintenance for the oil and gas industry, oilfield drilling services, invests in upstream oil and gas businesses and operates power plant in Bangladesh.

b.    In FY2019, DNEX received contract extension from the Government of Malaysia for the National Single Window for Trade Facilitation awarded a contract to re-engineer the tax self-assessment system by the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia in a contract worth RM42.75 million. In addition, its Energy division won a contract worth RM11.8 million from PETRONAS Dagangan Bhd for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of automatic tank gauging for some 200 PETRONAS stations.

c.    The Group has recorded a marginal decline in revenue with completion of several key projects at the first half of 2019. Approximately 70% of the Group’s revenue is generated from the Government sector. Therefore, earnings by the Group are fixed and cannot be adjusted despite the increasing costs.

 

3.       IS THIS COUNTER A STRONG GROWTH STOCK?        

a.    REVENUE RANGE (RM million): 290.4 million as reported in 2019 annual report, this is a medium revenue company. Between year 2011-2019, the counter’s revenue has been on a rising trend. The Profit Before Tax (PBT) and Profit After Tax (PAT) are also on an overall rising trend.

 

b.    SHARE PRICE: from Jan 2016 to Jan 2021, share price ranged from RM0.25 to around RM0.60, since Feb 2021, share price has surged to around RM0.75. The surge in share price followed the news of DNEX acquiring SilTerra, a wafer fabrication plant that has potential to bring in good profits for DNEX in the future.

c.   EARNING PER SHARE (EPS): earning per share in last 5 years was overall fluctuating, ranging from 1.45 to 10.45 sen.

 

d.      PRICE TO EARNINGS (P/E) RATIO: N/A

e.    FUTURE POTENTIAL/PROSPECTS: share price expect to be stable in the next few years.

f.     CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (CAPEX): spending on purchase of new fixed assets and other investments amount to about RM 10.7 million, which is around 1.7% of total assets.

 

4.       IS THIS A STRONG DIVIDEND STOCK?             

a.     DIVIDEND YIELD: in 2019 financial year, DNEX did not declare a dividend payout to its shareholders.

b.      DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: N/A

c.     CONSISTENCY: This counter’s dividend payout has been inconsistent (dividend paid to shareholders in 3 years out of 5 years) in the last five years.

 

5.       IS THE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GOOD?

a.     RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): in 2019 financial year, DNEX reported a moderate return of shareholders’ equity, at 7.61%.

b.    COST-TO-INCOME RATIO: the cost-to-income ratio is 511%, which is in the medium range.

c.    DEBT-TO-EQUITY (GEARING) RATIO: Its gearing ratio is at 35%, whereby its debt level is less than its equity, resulting in a healthy balance sheet.

d.    CASH FLOW: cash flow is positive, at around RM 27.3 million, equivalent to RM 0.01 per share.

 

6.       OTHER INDICATORS:

a.    SUPPORT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: this counter is moderately well supported by institutional investors, there are 7 institutional investors at top 30 major shareholders list, including EPF (2.28%), few investment funds but not including insurance funds. Its major shareholders are Arcadia Acres Sdn. Bhd. (20.48%) and Censof Holdings Berhad (6.66%).

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