Challenge facing from Scicom: The industry itself is bracing for change with the threat of substitute products and services such as the advent of technology driven innovation such as AI and RPA by customers enabling them to reduce their transactional volume and therefore their cost to serve their customers.
Scicom Berhad (0099) operates in the thriving sector of Business Process Outsourcing, catering to a diverse clientele of over 50 prominent companies including Petronas, Lenovo, Oppo, Digi, and many more, showcasing a robust and diversified revenue stream. Its notable partnerships with industry leaders such as Petronas, Lenovo, and Digi underscore its credibility and reliability.
Notably, Scicom plays a pivotal role in facilitating e-government services, including handling the EMGS in Malaysia for processing Foreign Student VISAs and e-government services in Cambodia, positioning itself as a key player in driving digital transformation in the region.
With a clean balance sheet boasting zero debt and a history of prudent financial management, Scicom has demonstrated resilience and stability. Since its listing in 2005, it has rewarded shareholders with three bonus issuances and maintained a consistent track record of quarterly dividend payments, reflecting its commitment to shareholder value.
Furthermore, Scicom's robust financial performance is underscored by its high Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Assets (ROA), indicating efficient utilization of resources and profitability.
With a current price of 1.08 and a dividend yield of 7.43%, Scicom presents an attractive investment opportunity, coupled with its solid fundamentals, established market presence, and potential for further growth. Additionally, its sizable workforce of around 3900 employees reflects its capability to manage and scale operations effectively.
In summary, Scicom Berhad stands as a compelling investment proposition in the Business Process Outsourcing sector, driven by its strong client base, prudent financial management, and commitment to shareholder value, poised for continued growth and value creation in the foreseeable future.
Agreed 1.08 price point places this counter as undervalued. Low participation by inst funds; KWSP & Eastspring listed 2%+ ea with most concentration to insiders. Drivers for higher prices upward of RM1.80: - more institutional take up - harnessing Ai into their offerings
For now, one of few counters paying consistent dividend (high) every quarter. So entry at 1.08 is a good deal for long term accumulation & compounding.
AI is becoming a valuable tool for BPO companies. BPO companies can significantly reduce repetitive tasks using robotic process automation (RPA) and AI. By improving productivity and efficiency. BPOs will become even more effective investments. Integrating AI and RPA is the most anticipated emerging trend in business process outsourcing industry.
Next report due late May'24 for qtr ending Mar'24 One of few counters paying dividends every quarter, pretty decent yield ~7.4%(TTM). Price upper bound by 1.12~1.16 levels. Still pretty decent PER 13, not bid up by speculators. Stable, slow and steady.
@amilytay @c328 One needs to approach Ai cautiously. Yet to see any initiative from SCICOM, in fact they could enhance their ticker quality by putting out a professional Nasdaq-style quarterly slide deck.
I used to hold scicom in 2022 and 2023 until the CHATGPT released. it has shaken the long term investor to think, whether this Ai will affect Scicom business or its a boaster to Scicom business. In this bull market 2024, all boring dividend stock has move up slightly, at least beat KLCI that up 10%. This is not hater comment, i do like scicom as a dividend stock, but the future prospect is still unclear.
To bad with those hard selling people failed to realize the potential risk of a stock paying out dividend every QR ratio equal to the PAT. Let's see how deep it will dive tomorrow, best of luck
Not sure how investors say scicom cash flow is healthy. Earn 7m payout 7m dividend is definitely not healthy at all. Note this down for future reference whenever u decide to go for "dividend"
Thanks @gankm. Affin's TP of RM1.10 is not too far away from what i'm looking at too. SCICOM management has openly acknowledged in their recent QR that AI is indeed a threat to its BPO business, and has been working on a few in-house developed AI models leveraging on ChatGPT to gradually substitute its traditional human outsourcing business .. This is truly AI at work, and successful rollout of these AI based customer service chatbot to its existing client base wud be a significant game changer for SCICOM .. Re-collecting SCICOM again since my last exit at RM1.20 ..
Main reason why Scicom is doing badly in Q4 2024: The Group recorded a decrease in BPO revenue of RM10.0 million for the current financial quarter under review is due mainly to lower transactional volumes for certain BPO clients coupled with the non-renewal of contracts for certain long term BPO clients who have opted to bring their business inhouse
SCICOM reported a 2nd consecutive quarter of weak EPS largely affected by the non-renewals of contract with certain long term customers, which shall continue to put some pressure on its near term earnings; On a brighter note, management continues to pay out generous dividend of 1.25 cents (i.e. albeit lower than the typical 2 cents) supported by its strong cash holdings (i.e. sitting on nett cash of ~RM90 million or 25 cents); Management reiterated on the challenges posed by AI technology, and at the same time guiding that it is pivoting towards AI solution to future proof its business; Management remains optimistic on conversion of some new prospects in their pipeline which can fetch a higher margins thru new customization of its business solutions offering.
Position : Despite the earnings disappointment, the scale-down dividend payout of 5 cents is still decent, translating to a yield of above 5% at the current traded price and still worth a HOLD for now as the upside can be substantial if it successfully emerges as the winner of Sri Lanka's 10 year immigration system upgrade project (i.e. final selection is now down to last 2 bidders, of which SCICOM is one of them) ..
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Challenge facing from Scicom:
The industry itself is bracing for change with the threat of substitute products and services such as the advent of technology driven innovation such as AI and RPA by customers enabling them to reduce their transactional volume and therefore their cost to serve their customers.