COMMENTS ON MY E.G. SERVICES BERHAD (0138) – UPDATE FEB 2021

FIGURE 1: MY E.G. SERVICES BERHAD LAST 5 YEARS SHARE PRICE TREND

 

**analysis based on 2019 annual report.

1.       GENERAL INTRO: MYEG’s core business is in providing digital/commercial services and e-government services.

 

2.       NOTABLE POINTS:

a.       MYEG has operations in Malaysia, Philippines, Bangladesh and Indonesia

b.   In MYEG's business model, it acts as an enabling “bridge” between consumers, businesses and governments. It aims to delivers safe, secure and hassle-free online services that provide accessibility, convenience and affordability to consumers and businesses.

c.    In FP2019, MYEG recorded a significant increase in revenue and earnings. Revenue and earnings were bolstered by contributions from the Group’s concession-related services such as Immigration Department and Road Transport Department (“JPJ”) services and their related ancillary services. Another major contributor of its earning is from its commercial offerings, including motor vehicle trading related services, financing services, foreign worker recruitment and placement related services, and the deployment of payment solutions as well as hardware and merchant acquiring services.

d.    Consistent with previous financial periods, digital and commercial services accounted for around 80% of the Group’s revenue while e-government services accounted for around 20% of the Group’s revenue.

 

3.       IS THIS COUNTER A STRONG GROWTH STOCK?        

a.   REVENUE RANGE (RM million): 593.5 million as reported in 2019 annual report, this is a medium revenue company.

b.   SHARE PRICE: from 2016-2021, share price overall remained steady, ranging from ~ RM1.00 to RM2.50. Since September 2020, share price has been on upward trend from ~RM1.70 to the current level of around RM2.20.

c.    EARNING PER SHARE (EPS): earning per share in last 5 years was overall improving, which increased steadily from 1.9 to 8.6 sen.

d.   PRICE TO EARNINGS (P/E) RATIO: current P/E ratio is at 30.28, which shows that MYEG’s share price is significantly overvalued compared to its earnings.

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 69.87 million, which is around 6% of total assets.

 

4.       IS THIS A STRONG DIVIDEND STOCK?             

a.    DIVIDEND YIELD: in 2019 financial year, MYEG declared a dividend payout of 2.5 sen per share to its shareholders, this amounts to a dividend yield of 1.19%.

b.      DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: the dividend payout ratio amounts to around 29%.

c.     CONSISTENCY: This counter’s dividend payout has been very consistent (dividend paid to shareholders in 5 out of 5 years), the dividend paid to shareholders in the last five years ranged from 1.7 to 2.5 sen per share.

 

5.       IS THE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GOOD?

a.    RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): in 2019 financial year, MYEG reported an excellent return of shareholders’ equity, at 28.8%. In the last 5 years, its ROE was also consistently high, ranging from 22.6% to 47.5%.

b.    COST-TO-INCOME RATIO: the cost-to-income ratio is 93.39%, which is quite low. Unlike manufacturing sectors, IT services companies have a much reduced cost in terms of labour cost and raw material costs. Most of the business activities were performed online and highly automated. Hence, IT industries generally have a much lower cost-to-income ratio compared to manufacturing sectors.

c.   DEBT-TO-EQUITY (GEARING) RATIO: Its gearing ratio is at 45%, 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 63.8 million, equivalent to RM 0.02 per share.

 

6.       OTHER INDICATORS:

a.    SUPPORT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: this counter is well supported by institutional investors, there are 14 institutional investors at top 30 major shareholders list, including LEMBAGA TABUNG HAJI (1.43%), EPF (5.59%), KUMPULAN WANG PERSARAAN (5.02%), as well as investment funds and insurance funds. Its major shareholders are Asia Internet Holdings Sdn Bhd (20.68%) and Wong Thean Soon (10.51%).

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