COMMENTS ON HLT GLOBAL BERHAD (0188) – UPDATE FEB 2021

FIGURE 1: HLT GLOBAL BERHAD LAST 2 YEARS SHARE PRICE TREND

 

**analysis based on 2019 annual report.

1.   GENERAL INTRO: HLT’s core business is in the fabrication of glove-dipping lines for rubber glove manufacturing companies. It supplies glove-dipping lines in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, and India. It is also involved in the manufacturing of rubber gloves.

 

2.       NOTABLE POINTS:

a.   HTL's rubber glove products include natural rubber gloves such as powdered and powder-free latex examination gloves, and synthetic rubber gloves such as powdered and powder-free nitrile examination gloves. Currently, HLT operates 16 glove-dipping lines in its manufacturing plant at Kuala Pilah and with a total production capacity of approximately 1.1 billion pieces of gloves. Its products have been sold within Malaysia, and to other countries such as Taiwan, United States of America, Spain, Singapore, New Zealand, China and United Kingdom.

b.   HLT's glove-dipping lines segment made up 37% of its revenue, while rubber gloves segment made up the remaining 63%. However, the glove-dipping lines segment is more profitable, this segment makes up 91% of the total gross profit, while the rubber gloves segment only makes up 9%.

c.   For FY2019, HLT reported a profit after taxation of RM4.01 million as compared to loss after taxation of RM26.07 million in FY2018. The better performance in the FY2019 was mainly attributed by Glove-Dipping Lines segment whilst the significant loss reported for the FY2018 was attributed by the compensation claim from a foreign customer relating to the performance of the glove-dipping lines manufactured, impairment loss on trade receivables and on contract assets.

d.  The prospect for growth in the glove-dipping line industry in Malaysia are positive as the industry is expected to continue being driven by the growth in demand for rubber gloves globally as well as domestically. As a manufacturer closely related to the gloves industry, HLT shows potential to gain from the growing domestic and international demand.

 

3.       IS THIS COUNTER A STRONG GROWTH STOCK?        

a.     REVENUE RANGE (RM million): 144.4 million as reported in 2019 annual report, this is a low revenue company.

b.    SHARE PRICE: from 2016-2021, share price surged from around RM0.20 to a peak of more than RM3.00 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and then subsequently dropped back to current level of around RM1.10. This share price trend is similar to most of other gloves manufacturing counters, which experienced a surge of share price in tandem with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The share prices have since reduced but still at a higher level compared to pre-pandemic share prices. This shows that investors are overall optimistic on the outlook of this counter.

c.    EARNING PER SHARE (EPS): earning per share in last 5 years was overall fluctuating, which ranged from -5.56 to 5.41 sen, whereby it made losses in 2 out of last 5 years.

d.    PRICE TO EARNINGS (P/E) RATIO: current P/E ratio is at 89.82, which shows that HLT’s share price is significantly overvalued compared to its earnings. The overvaluation may have stemmed from investors being optimistic about HLT’s future earning potential as a glove-dipping lines supplier to gloves manufacturers.

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 1.82 million, which is around 1.5% of total assets. This shows that HLT is not currently undergoing significant expansion of its manufacturing capacity.

 

4.       IS THIS A STRONG DIVIDEND STOCK?             

a.     DIVIDEND YIELD: in 2019 financial year, HLT 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 1 out of 5 years), the dividend paid to shareholders in the last five years ranged from 0 to 1 sen per share.

 

5.       IS THE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GOOD?

a.      RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): in 2019 financial year, HLT reported a poor return of shareholders’ equity, at 5.38%.

b.      COST-TO-INCOME RATIO: the cost-to-income ratio is 4025%, which is very high.

c.    DEBT-TO-EQUITY (GEARING) RATIO: Its gearing ratio is at 60%, 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 21.45 million, equivalent to RM 0.04 per share.

 

6.       OTHER INDICATORS:

a.    SUPPORT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: this counter is not well supported by institutional investors, there are only 3 institutional investors at top 30 major shareholders list, not including investment funds and insurance funds. Its major shareholders are Wong Kok Wah (27.34%), Chan Yoke Chun (27.38%) and Suntel International Co., Ltd (13.77%).

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