There's heavy forced selling of WB. If you go through the list of 30 top warrant holders there are several individuals who bought millions of warrants on margin. A big buyer is needed to absorb the forced selling. If 33 sen cracks tomorrow it means forced selling is continuing. We need to watch first to see first if there's support at 33 sen.
Contrarian, if you are right, looks like a squeeze in on. A lot of sellers of WB at 0.335 than buyers at 0.33, which could depressed Insas down to test the 0.955 support level.
Shareholders attending the forthcoming AGM should raise questions about the following issues which may directly affect the results and erode the capital structure and so the dividend yield of the company in the future.
Retail trading and car renting are very different businesses and the logic of grouping them together under one segment is really unthinkable. Moreover, retail trading under the Melium Group are 43.4% associates and car renting under Insas Pacific Rent-A-Car Sdn Bhd, etc. are 79.5% subsidiaries the accounting treatments of which are very different.
Since 2009, accumulated losses of the Retail trading & Car rental segment amount to RM5,316,000. Moreover, out of total non-current asset value of RM184,946,000, RM146,706,000 (79.3%) is for motor vehicles which depreciate in value and which we assume is under the car renting business, whereas land and building which appreciate in value worth only RM32,310,000 (17.46%). Outstanding hire purchase liabilities to finance the acquisition of these vehicles amount to RM108,043,000. Has Insas committed itself too much in this losing segment? Shareholders should not pin their hope on Tesla electric cars because the power supply infrastructure for these vehicles would take many years to be available without state support.
Years ago the management painted a very rosy picture about the Melium Group saying that the group would be listed. What happens now? It seems that nothing has been done to improve the group’s performance and the management only know how to blame market conditions for the disappointing results. If market conditions determine everything, none of those small companies like Alibaba, Hua Wei in China would have risen into prominence. It is competent management that determines everything.
Now the questions:
1. How much was spent on acquiring the shares in companies of this segment that generates such frustrating results? 2. How much is owed from companies of this segment and are these amounts recoverable and not to be waived? 3. How much more is needed for injection into companies of this segment in light of the losses? Increased losses of the most recent years are particularly worrying. 4. What is the directors’ assessment of the prospect of these companies turning out handsome profit? 5. If the future of these companies is uncertain, what are the justifications for them not to be discontinued? 6. What control procedures are in place to ensure that fully depreciated motor vehicles are sold at their full market value? 7. What strategies or measures are taken by the car renting management to counter the competition from Uber, etc? 8. Is opening more outlets by the Melium Group an appropriate strategy when so many retail businesses go for internet trading that involves less overheads?
We have other observations and we will reveal them when the time is appropriate. For the time being we would say that investing in start-ups of new technology companies is the right move. Insas management is mediocre if not incompetent in challenging operating management. You just have to compare the growth of M&A Securities and the former OSK Securities acquired by the RHB group to come to this conclusion.
Now, different rates of dividends payable to shareholders would involve the following amounts. Even at 5%, Insas can easily afford considering the dividends received from Inari Amertron Berhad (“IAB”) and the sale of IAB’s stake from 22.8% to 20.2%. Cash from these transactions are still retained in subsidiaries. Increased dividend rate would boost the market price of the shares. Just look at Nestle. It’s time for Insas to reward its shareholders not forgetting that the majority of them are related parties of the directors.
Eukansoft, minority shareholders should recommended that the car-rental business be closed down. I get the feeling the car-rental business was started by thong to give his son a unit to run. He's (the son) obviously a failure..
2 years 3 months left,mother share only 96cts.wb 32cts+1.00=1.32....in 2 years 3 months u give them premium more than 30%.u sendiri count worth or not? u go lend from bank interest also not this much for 2 years 3 months
SSLee ... dun forget to say this at AGM ... that we heard the dome cafe is for his daughter to makan makan free ... melium is for his wife to shop shop free ... car rental is for his son drive drive all the expensive car free .... is that why the dividend payout ratio is so low ... 1 sen per 26 sen eps = 3.8% ratio ... compare to blue chip is 100% ... other at least 50% and growth stock even give up to 25 % .... WE WAN HIGHER DIVIDEND ... if not ... u tell ah thong his name will be come THONG SAM PAH .....
Contrarian, I remembered you said sometime back that warrant was an insurance for TKK from others taking over controlling share. If he has no more/very little warrants does it mean someone else is accumulating it? does it mean insas can be taken over by a third party if he is not careful?
Can minority pull together their shares so that we will be a more strong force. Perhaps someone can start a insas fan club and all minority shareholders join the group. Hopefully our combine shares can make up to 10% or more. SSlee, you could be president of the group. We can vote enbloc to stop any director from doing any irresponsible decisions that does not of benefit to company or minority shareholers.
Despite Thong selling off the warrants registered in his name, companies controlled by him still owns over 30% of the warrants. On the list of top 30 warrant holders, the warrant holdings of several individuals are disclosed as been "pledged". It's likely some of these are currently been forced sold.
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Posted by bluebiznet > 2017-11-13 15:34 | Report Abuse
dont worry, insas is deeply undervalue, and it can undervalue for many years and decades to come