COMMENTS ON MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD (1155) – UPDATE MAR 2021

FIGURE 1: MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD LAST 5 YEARS SHARE PRICE TREND

 

**analysis based on 2020 annual report.

1.    GENERAL INTRO: MAYBANK’s core business is in banking. MAYBANK is the largest bank in Malaysia.

 

2.       NOTABLE POINTS:

a.    In FY 2020, Maybank's net profit declined 20.9% YoY to RM6.48 billion, or an earnings per share of 57.7 sen. Despite the fall in net profit, Maybank made a total dividend declaration of 52.0 sen per share, translating to a dividend payout ratio of 91.2%.

b.   As one of the largest loan provider in Malaysia, Maybank's losses due to impaired loans is low. Its Net Impaired Loan percentage from FY2012 to 2020 ranged from 0.95 to 1.62%.

c.    In the FY 2020  report also shown that if Maybank shares were invested long term over 25 years (1995-2020), the total shareholders return would have amounted to 447.17% (KLCI: 268.59%), which is equivalent to an effective annual rate of return of 7.03% (KLCI: 5.35%), which shows that Maybank is a stock counter that is worthy of long term investment.

 

3.       IS THIS COUNTER A STRONG GROWTH STOCK?        

a.     REVENUE RANGE (RM million): 51030 million as reported in 2020 annual report, this is a high revenue company. Between year 2012-2020, the counter’s revenue has been on an overall rising trend. On the other hand, both of the Profit Before Tax (PBT) and Profit After Tax (PAT) are also on a gradual rising trend.

 

b.      SHARE PRICE: from Jan 2016 to Jan 2021, share price range between RM7.00 to RM10.00.

c.       EARNING PER SHARE (EPS): earning per share in last 5 years was overall steady, whereby it ranged from 57.7 to 74.2 sen.

 

d.   PRICE TO EARNINGS (P/E) RATIO: current P/E ratio is 14.56, which shows that the share price is not too expensive to invest in

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 480 million, which is around 0.06% of total assets. This shows that the management is not making a major investment in the future growth and expansion of the business.

 

4.       IS THIS A STRONG DIVIDEND STOCK?             

a.    DIVIDEND YIELD: in 2020 financial year, MAYBANK declared a dividend payout of 52 sen to its shareholders, which amounts to a dividend yield of 6.31%.

 

b.   DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: The dividend-to-earnings payout ratio is about 91%, last few years dividend-to-earnings payout ratio ranged from 77 to 91%.

c.    CONSISTENCY: This counter’s dividend payout has been very consistent (dividend paid to shareholders in 5 years out of 5 years) in the last five years, whereby dividends paid to shareholders ranged from 52 to 64 sen per share.

 

5.       IS THE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GOOD?

a.    RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE): in 2020 financial year, MAYBANK reported a moderate return of shareholders’ equity, at 8.1%. Last five years ROE ranged from 8.1 to 10.6 %.

 

b.    COST-TO-INCOME RATIO: In FY2020, the report cost-to-income ratio is 45.4%. Last five years cost-to-income ratio ranged from 45.4 to 48.6 %. This shows that the cost of doing business is very low, which is normal in the banking industry.

 

c.     DEBT-TO-EQUITY (GEARING) RATIO: Its gearing ratio is at 883%, whereby its debt level is more than its equity, resulting in a potentially unhealthy balance sheet.

d.      CASH FLOW: cash flow is positive, at around RM 43813 million, equivalent to RM 3.83 per share.

 

6.       OTHER INDICATORS:

a.    SUPPORT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: This counter is very well supported by institutional investors, there are 24 institutional investors at top 30 major shareholders list, including a few investment funds, as well as insurance funds and retirement funds. Its major shareholders are AMANAH SAHAM BUMIPUTERA (35.24%), EPF (14.11%) and PERMODALAN NASIONAL BERHAD (7.27%).

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