Posted by ChandranG > 1 week ago | Report Abuse

Kenanga remains a glove short seller 😅

https://klse.i3investor.com/web/pricetarget/research/71369

Posted by mf > 1 week ago | Report Abuse

Dow Jones

Dow Jones Industrial Average

39,065.26

-605.78

1.52%

Nasdaq

NASDAQ Composite

16,736.03

-65.51

0.38%

Posted by ChandranG > 1 week ago | Report Abuse

The management expects its technical rubber products division — which makes custom products ranging from dock fenders to gaskets and from insulators to industrial rollers — to be supported by a gradual increase in global economic activity and infrastructure investment

Posted by Chipee > 1 week ago | Report Abuse

Market sentiment bad ... see how long this last. Dow Jones and S&P will dictate that.

Posted by Mini2021 > 1 week ago | Report Abuse

THE ONLY AI GLOVE FACTORY:
Supermax’s US factory nears completion

08 Dec 2023

Supermax Corp Bhd announced that its first glove manufacturing facility in the US is nearing completion, with the group having fulfilled and complied with various regulatory requirements, including permits, to operate the plant in Brazoria County, Texas.

“Supermax’s American and Malaysian teams have been working very hard to manage the setting-up of the US operations and we are pleased to announce that construction of our first manufacturing facility will be substantially completed before the end of December 2023. The next stage will involve the installation of various manufacturing equipment including AI, automation and robotics facilities,” said Supermax executive chairman Datuk Seri Stanley Thai in a statement that was issued following the group’s annual general meeting on Friday.

“A technical team from Supermax Malaysia will be deployed to the US facility in various stages for commissioning of the manufacturing facility,” Thai added.

According to the group, it is the first Malaysian company to set up a glove plant in the US, the biggest glove consuming market in the world.

The group, however, did not indicate when the plant, in which it planned an investment of US$350 million (RM1.6 billion), is expected to start production. It had originally targeted that to be in the fourth quarter of 2022, which was then pushed back to the second quarter of this year.

Meanwhile, Thai shared with shareholders at the AGM that the group is expected to continue to face challenges for the next five to six quarters, with improvements only expected in 2025.

Last month, Supermax reported a net loss of RM2.05 million for its first quarter ended Sept 30, 2023 (1QFY2024), compared to a net profit of RM5.71 million in 1QFY2023, as revenue shrunk to RM177.96 million from RM247.96 million amid weaker demand, while selling prices remained lower.

It is the group’s fourth straight loss-making quarter since 4QFY2023. Still, the group has been progressively narrowing its losses each quarter. It logged a net loss of RM108.07 million in 2QFY2023, RM39.91 million in 3QFY2023 and RM7.17 million in 4QFY2023.

In its results filing, Supermax attributed the losses it incurred to continued weak demand as buyers were still going through their heavily over-stocked positions post-pandemic, while it had to face a loss of revenue from a major market, the US, due to the Withhold Release Order imposed by the US Customs and Border Protection in October 2021, which was only lifted on Sept 18 this year.

Shares in Supermax settled unchanged at 90 sen on Friday, giving the group a market capitalisation of RM2.44 billion. The stock has climbed five sen or 5.88% since the start of this year.

Source: The Edge Malaysia

Posted by Mini2021 > 1 week ago | Report Abuse

Supermx:

"The next stage will involve the installation of various manufacturing equipment including artificial intelligence (AI) automation and robotics facilities.

"A technical team from Supermax Malaysia will be deployed to the US facility in various stages for commissioning of the manufacturing facility.

Posted by Chipee > 1 week ago | Report Abuse

Supermax is wasting money for low margin products.

Posted by Chipee > 5 days ago | Report Abuse

Analyze Kossan Q1 result. Profit could had been higher if it wasn't bcoz of TAX month. They paid a big chunk in tax. Hopefully Q2 would be better.

Posted by Lukey_Greek > 5 days ago | Report Abuse

Don’t blame tax. Just look at PBT

Posted by Chipee > 5 days ago | Report Abuse

Yeah ... true. But they still in profit unlike Harta, PBT is a loss. And Harta has more outstanding shares than Kossan. My argument has always been Kossan shld be more or same with Harta price. So either Kossan go up or Harta comes down to meet Kossan's price.

Posted by Chipee > 5 days ago | Report Abuse

2 challenging factors still looms in gloves ... ASP and demand. And this directly affects PBT.
I see one factor is improving and that is DEMAND (Revenue increase for Kossan and Harta). China can't keep undercutting price. It affects their PBT too. China's lockdown is over. China lost their scale of production advantage by selling cheap. Their China demand has drastically dropped. Intco Medical made OPERATING losses in 2022 (-30,467) and 2023 (-100,958). They have to increase price in 2024. ASP will improve.

Biggest bomb on China for ASP is China-US rivalry. Now just rely on entry-port ban by US on China's gloves. IF Trump wins the tariff effect will be even greater than the 2026 tariff increase.

China use coal. Msia use nat gas. Both energy sources are going up in tandem. So not much difference there. Hell, if US wants to penalize China on ESG basis for using coal ... total ban on China's gloves. But we know that cannot happen la.

So people who said "Don’t blame tax. Just look at PBT" are just short term investors. I'm in for the long haul.

Posted by ChandranG > 4 days ago | Report Abuse

ABRDN started to dispose the shares continuously ...

Posted by Chipee > 4 days ago | Report Abuse

ABRDN bought when EPF was selling. I think their average price is below Rm1.50. So to take profit is normal.

ChandranG

ABRDN started to dispose the shares continuously ...

Posted by Chipee > 4 days ago | Report Abuse

What happened to gloves in Msia will also happen in China. After China lockdown is over.
1) China gloves start making losses.
(Intco Medical made OPERATING losses in 2022 (-30,467) and 2023 (-100,958).)
2) China small gloves players got eliminated.
3) Big China gloves start rationalize (reduce) their production hence impairment losses.
4) They start selling at higher ASP.

As for the article from Edge https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/712277
"Hong Leong Investment Bank Research (HLIB Research), which is neutral on the sector, shares the sentiment, commenting that Chinese players will start to gradually increase their presence in European and Asian markets to reduce US orders."

Are they saying China gloves are not already in European and Asia market now and the years before covid ? Of course they are. In order to compete is only to reduce price and gain market share in Europe and Asia. China cannot afford to do that. They are already making losses. China has no choice but REDUCE PRODUCTION because CHINA LOCKDOWN IS OVER.

Problem with analysts on China is ... China production is BIG. Look at this data from World Bank 2019
Malaysia Export 401519 Gloves 2019 World 742,626,000 Kg
Thailand Export 401519 Gloves 2019 World 109,800,000 Kg
China Export 401519 Gloves 2019 World 73,646,800 Kg

China is only 9.9% of Malaysia production.
------
DATA on US import of gloves in 2019
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 World 410,269,000 Kg
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 Malaysia 258,422,000 Kg
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 Thailand 68,443,400 Kg
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 China 44,971,200 Kg

Malaysia covers 63% of US import. China only 10.9%.
------

COVID presented a different situation. US allow lower quality glove from China to satisfy the demand during COVID. But the OVERSUPPLY is coming mainly from Malaysia. So the ASP problem is OVERSUPPLY WORLDWIDE. But demand is slowly recovering (Kossan and Harta revenue is increasing) as oversupply depletes.

If there's concern about "flooding" the market with gloves, we should look at Topgloves instead. They are the biggest producer in the world. Not China. And TopGLove is losing money and their demand is far from their 2019 demand. They won't be flooding anytime soon.

My bet is on Kossan and Harta. Their export to US will be advantageous to them when tariff hit.

Posted by mf > 4 days ago | Report Abuse

Dow Jones

Dow Jones Industrial Average

38,796.13

-273.46

0.69%

Posted by KimSua > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

No concern on the glove fundamentals. Better to wait for a clear uptrend tmrow or fri

Posted by Lukey_Greek > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

When the price is right, even owner of the company & ABRDN will also dispose their shares. Good luck long term investor.

Posted by Lukey_Greek > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

Long way to learn on understanding this wave fr FA perspective.

Posted by Why_ > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

Lim Kuang Wang buying not TS Lim Kuang Sia?

Posted by Why_ > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

2024-05-29

Insider

MR LIM KUANG WANG (a substantial shareholder) acquired 100,000 shares on 28-May-2024.

2024-05-29

Insider

MR LIM KUANG WANG (a substantial shareholder) acquired 250,000 shares on 27-May-2024.

Posted by mf > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

Dow Jones

Dow Jones Industrial Average

38,534.16

-318.70

0.82%

Nasdaq

NASDAQ Composite

16,976.85

-43.02

0.25%

Posted by Chipee > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

ARBDN still owns 137,392,700 shares. They sold 291,400 + 251,400 = 542,800..... 0.395% of the total shares.
It's the same with TS Lim Kuang Sia and other owners .... Like I said they are doing some profit taking like day traders. Which is ok. Value traders or FA can do the same too.

Just that TS Lim Kuang Sia is the CEO of the company. Show some confidence of the company la. He represents the company. Don't be a pariah CEO. THis kind of profit also want to take when he is already a billionaire. 🙄

Sometimes FA hold bcoz they are long term. Just bcoz they are long doesn't mean they didn't prone a bit to take profit. IT all depends on how many share you hold and risk management. Market is jittery bcoz US is already at all time high. IS it gonna crash or just 5% correction ... nobody knows.


Lukey_Greek

When the price is right, even owner of the company & ABRDN will also dispose their shares. Good luck long term investor. Long way to learn on understanding this wave fr FA perspective.

Posted by Chipee > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

Last time b4 2008/2009 .... when US market down, other markets can be up. It's like investors leaving one market and move to another. NOW all markets are following US market. THeir consequence affect other markets too fearing another Financial Crisis.

Posted by 5354_ > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/712277

Posted by Chipee > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

YEah @5354_ I answered

Repost:

What happened to gloves in Msia will also happen in China. After China lockdown is over.
1) China gloves start making losses.
(Intco Medical made OPERATING losses in 2022 (-30,467) and 2023 (-100,958).)
2) China small gloves players got eliminated.
3) Big China gloves start rationalize (reduce) their production hence impairment losses.
4) They start selling at higher ASP.

As for the article from Edge https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/712277
"Hong Leong Investment Bank Research (HLIB Research), which is neutral on the sector, shares the sentiment, commenting that Chinese players will start to gradually increase their presence in European and Asian markets to reduce US orders."

Are they saying China gloves are not already in European and Asia market now and the years before covid ? Of course they are. In order to compete is only to reduce price and gain market share in Europe and Asia. China cannot afford to do that. They are already making losses. China has no choice but REDUCE PRODUCTION because CHINA LOCKDOWN IS OVER.

Problem with analysts on China is ... China production is BIG. Look at this data from World Bank 2019
Malaysia Export 401519 Gloves 2019 World 742,626,000 Kg
Thailand Export 401519 Gloves 2019 World 109,800,000 Kg
China Export 401519 Gloves 2019 World 73,646,800 Kg

China is only 9.9% of Malaysia production.
------
DATA on US import of gloves in 2019
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 World 410,269,000 Kg
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 Malaysia 258,422,000 Kg
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 Thailand 68,443,400 Kg
United States Import 401519 Gloves 2019 China 44,971,200 Kg

Malaysia covers 63% of US import. China only 10.9%.
------

COVID presented a different situation. US allow lower quality glove from China to satisfy the demand during COVID. But the OVERSUPPLY is coming mainly from Malaysia. So the ASP problem is OVERSUPPLY WORLDWIDE. But demand is slowly recovering (Kossan and Harta revenue is increasing) as oversupply depletes.

If there's concern about "flooding" the market with gloves, we should look at Topgloves instead. They are the biggest producer in the world. Not China. And TopGLove is losing money and their demand is far from their 2019 demand. They won't be flooding anytime soon.

My bet is on Kossan and Harta. Their export to US will be advantageous to them when tariff hit.

Posted by Chipee > 3 days ago | Report Abuse

So who is going to Kossan AGM today?

Posted by Chipee > 2 days ago | Report Abuse

Trump got convicted. But he can still run for president.
Democrats just hammer in their final nail to their coffin.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/can-trump-still-be-president-00160433

Posted by KimSua > 21 hours ago | Report Abuse

The US Cpe inflation is within expectation and Ecb most likely to cut rate in June. Tuesday will be a good time to bottom pick. Good luck