Looks like most of the benefit flow through the paper mill first....Gross margin for manufacturing division improved 10.5% from 9.1% YoY and 4.1% QoQ. But revenue increase far more 32.3% YoY and 8.9% QoQ. Volume for paper milling up 13% and paper packaging 7% in FY 17
Quoted"...adversely affected by higher raw material cost for the industrial paper product and paper packaging especially in the first six months of the year. However, margin improved after July 2017"
Corrugating plant capacity expansion in Melaka and Johor are expected to come on stream in 3Q2018 and 4Q2018 respectively.
Should hit 1.80(Price earnings ratio at 10) by next quarter assuming continuous growth in the industry. Closure of smaller paper mills will continue to increase the selling price and demand for larger players like Muda. Will enter starting from tmr as long as price below rm1.50 to yield 20% within 3 months
l hold MUDA, ORNA and MASTER. Since today limit up, based on TA, it means tomorrow rally will continue for corrugated packaging stocks. Buy or sell or hold tightly, you decide it.
Kesm is a good buy. Its outlook is very good after the recent AGM.CIMB's top pick. Its stock price is likely to surge after the next QR announcement. US semiconductor stocks have been very bullish.
There are 3 main keys why MUDA has recorded such robust result in final quarter. These main keys are cheap raw material prices, high selling prices & high demand.
This is old corrugated containers (OCC) which are raw materials for making paper rolls. Paper rolls are using for downstream players like ORNA to produce corrugated boxes.
OCC prices are dropped 30%-40% from 3rd2017 to 4th2017. Their raw materials are cheap, that means their costs are cheaper than previous quarter. But selling prices adjust upwards several times in 2017 due to high demand, especially from China.
MUDA is the only one upstream player in Bursa which will be benefited the most from cheap raw material prices. Let’s see how downstream players can perform in this 1-2 days.
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Looks like most of the benefit flow through the paper mill first....Gross margin for manufacturing division improved 10.5% from 9.1% YoY and 4.1% QoQ. But revenue increase far more 32.3% YoY and 8.9% QoQ. Volume for paper milling up 13% and paper packaging 7% in FY 17
Quoted"...adversely affected by higher raw material cost for the industrial paper product and paper packaging especially in the first six months of the year. However, margin improved after July 2017"
Corrugating plant capacity expansion in Melaka and Johor are expected to come on stream in 3Q2018 and 4Q2018 respectively.
And no much one off things...
By all means, this is a blowout quarters!!!