As mentioned in my comments on the company back in February, I believe Orion is still a very speculative play stock given that the company’s valuation is a bit high when compared to its bottom line. The RM3.5mil recorded in 1H19 was mainly due to a RM1.4mil reversal of impairment allowance and a RM0.7mil writeback of allowance relating to liquidated ascertained damanges. Excluding these 2 non-recurring items, Orion 1H19 profit would have only been around RM1.5mil. Assuming similar results for the 2H19, the company is currently trading at a very high PE of 42.3x.
However, the company has a potentially lucrative arrangement with Sukaniaga Sdn Bhd (of which Orion owns 10% interest).
On October 2018, Sukaniaga has a service level agreement to develop the E Angkasa Az Zahara loan application system for MyAngkasa Holdings, a wholly own subsidiary of Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia (not sure if it was based on open tender of direct award). Sukaniaga will earns a fee for its service based on the volume of loans and loans amount that it processed and approve under the system. The system will be developed (and actually operate) by Ganda Integrasi (which is a wholly own subsidiary of Orion). Ganda will earn 85% of what Sukaniaga received as fees for the system.
Currently Orion is proposing to acquire another 10% interest of Sukaniaga Sdn Bhd for RM10mil (valuing the company at RM100mil) from THO Travel Sdn Bhd. Upon completion the company will hold 20% interest in Sukaniaga. Effectively upon completion of the additional 10% interest of Sukaniaga, Ganda will have a total of 85% + (20% x 15%) = 88% rights to the fees paid for the loan system.
If you ask me, the deal with Angkasa is a bit dodgy given that Sukaniaga is actually receiving 15% of the service fees for just winning the contract. Effectively, it would have been a lot cheaper for Angakasa to directly award the contract to Orion. Sukaniaga has a share capital of only RM100k. Shareholders of Sukaniaga consist of mainly Ahmad Khir Bin Dato Haji Khairuddin (22.5%), Titian Kotamas (57.5%), Ganda Integrasi (10%) and THO Travel (10%). From here you can see that the shareholders of THO Travel (Sheikh Ahmad Nafiq Bin Sheikh A Rahman and Nor Fariza) will already make a very high profit of almost RM10mil for their initial investment of only RM10k in Sukaniaga.
Orion has proposed for a private placement exercise to raised approximately RM27mil of which the usages of the proceeds are: 1) Acquisition of 10% of Sukaniaga from THO Travel. RM10mil 2) Development of theMyAzZahra system: RM16mil 3) Expense for Private placement. RM950k.
Please take note, in their earlier announcement back in January the estimated proceeds to be raised was only around RM17mil. And out of this, only RM3.2mil was for the development of the system. Refer to page 3 of January announcement (http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/company-announcements/6027073). Now the cost of development has suddenly gone up to RM17.8mil (of which RM16mil is from the private placement). Not sure how the cost can suddenly go up by 6 times in just a span of 2 months. Investors should question the directors on this during the EGM on 15th Apr. Anyway, given the actual cost of development is considerably low (if you take out Sukaniaga out of the equation, that’s already a 15% savings), I just feel that there might be a potential review of the contract awarded by Angkasa to Sukaniaga by the government (as what had happened with Prestariang with their Skin contract). Investors need to take note.
For MBMR, the reason to invest into the company is mainly on its very undemanding valuation and very strong fundemantals (P&L, Balance sheet and Cash Flow). At the current share price the company is only being valued at a PE of 6.5x (based on FY18 RM165mil profit to shareholders) and a PB of only 0.7x.
That being said, I am still projecting a profit growth in FY19 vs the RM165mil achieve in FY18. The catalysts for the growths are: 1) Still high demand for the new Myvi
2) Sales of SUV Aruz. As of February, the sales is already at 3,400 units with bookings of more than 14,000 unit. The best part is that 85% of the sales and bookings are for the higher end version which commands better profit margin for Perodua.
3) Future uplift in sales from the newly revamp Alza sometime in 2H19.
4) Sales to UMW Toyota Motor. Please take note that the Toyota Rush is actually being manufacture by Perodua. The engine of the new Vios is also currently being manufacture by Perodua as well.
5) Improvement in sales of automotive component divisions. As mentioned MBMR is the biggest manufacturer of locally assemble automotive component in Malaysia. Given the new SST structure, a lot of brands have decided to start sourcing their automotive parts components locally in order to reduce the cost from higher SST and import duty.
6) The potential disposal of OMI Alloy Sdn Bhd (the alloy wheel business) which will immediately increase the company’s profit, strengthen its balance sheet and free up MBMR’s cash flow. In FY17 OMIA recorded a core net loss of around RM30mil. I would assume the losses in FY18 was still in the RM20mil level. As an example, MBMR core profit to shareholder would have been around RM180mil in FY18 if we were to exclude OMIA result.
I think MBMR would be able to achieve the RM200mil profit to shareholder target in FY19. Even if profit only reaches RM185 mil in FY19, at the current share price, the company would still be valued at a mere 6x PE, the lowest in the industry even though it has a direct exposure to Perodua. Most of the time, market leaders normally command a premium vs the industry average. In MBMR case, they are actually trading at a discount of 60% (based on industry average of 15x PE) which is weird.
Regards and good luck on your investment in Orion. Will take a look on Redtone later.
Someone keep promoting MBMR like its the only company listed on bursa. Sounds familiar like last time KESM. What happen to KESM now is a good lesson to learn.
The Board of Diretcors of MBMR is pleased to annouce that the Company is proposing a final single-tier dividend of 6.0 sen per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2018, subject to the shareholders' approval at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
The dividend entitlment date and payment date will be announced later.
Book Aruz but need wait 8weeks! Branch manager told me if can't wait then just withdraw and he will refund the booking fee to me. Wakakaka! Very arrogant but I like it.
Found that now perodua now no longer give any rebate or promotion on all the cars. Myvi waiting queue also about 6weeks. No doubt what this year new myvi and Aruz will make MBMR GREAT great ever in historical
The Board of Diretcors of MBMR is pleased to annouce that the Company is proposing a final single-tier dividend of 6.0 sen per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2018, subject to the shareholders' approval at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
The dividend entitlment date and payment date will be announced later.
these few days the buyers have turned very assertive, because they know that with successful conclusion of US China trade talk, the market will be entering a bullish phase. So there is no more time to collect slowly. It is buy now or never
Hahaha...tks GOD finally reach my target 3.0!!!!although dividend 6cents Sorry ya everyone got to start disposed little and little coz hold too much liao!!!!kikikiki...tonight Shangri la lo!!!!!tp3.15!!!Heng Ah!Ong Ah!!Huat Ah!!!
I think a lot of investors have yet to appreciate the full implication of the recent 6 sens dividend announcement made earlier this week. The 6 sens would bring the total payout for FY18 to 12 sens or almost 30% dividend payout from FY18 profit. The 12 sens dividend is also quadruple of the total dividend payment made from FY17 profit.
As mentioned in my previous posting, management strategy in prior years was mainly focusing on reducing the company debt from their balance sheet. They had managed to decrease the debt from a high of RM550 mil in FY12 to now only RM145 mil as of Dec 2018 (most of the existing debt are actually trading related debt which is being backed by the company’s inventories and trade receivables). Given the current strength of the company’s balance sheet couple with higher free cash flow generation, investors should expect a higher dividend payment in the future.
Another positive catalyst would be the disposal of OMIA (alloy wheel division) which will free up the company’s working capital even further and result in a higher free cash flow. Hopefully when this happens, management will reward shareholders with higher dividend payout (if they decide to pay 50% of the annual profit that would already bump up the dividend to at least 20 sens per share).
Anyway, at the current price, MBMR is still the cheapest automotive company in Bursa with PE of only 7x vs the industry average of around 15x PE. For me this does not make much sense given the company direct exposure to Perodua who is the market leader in Malaysia (normally that would carry a premium vs the industry average). I am expecting MBMR to achieve a profit of RM200mil in FY19. But even if the profit was only RM185mil, MBMR would still be only trading at a mere 6.2x PE. As a comparison, UMW (another company with exposure to Perodua) is currently trading at a PE multiple of almost 20x.
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Posted by commonsense > 2019-04-01 10:49 | Report Abuse
Hi moneykj,
As mentioned in my comments on the company back in February, I believe Orion is still a very speculative play stock given that the company’s valuation is a bit high when compared to its bottom line. The RM3.5mil recorded in 1H19 was mainly due to a RM1.4mil reversal of impairment allowance and a RM0.7mil writeback of allowance relating to liquidated ascertained damanges.
Excluding these 2 non-recurring items, Orion 1H19 profit would have only been around RM1.5mil. Assuming similar results for the 2H19, the company is currently trading at a very high PE of 42.3x.
However, the company has a potentially lucrative arrangement with Sukaniaga Sdn Bhd (of which Orion owns 10% interest).
On October 2018, Sukaniaga has a service level agreement to develop the E Angkasa Az Zahara loan application system for MyAngkasa Holdings, a wholly own subsidiary of Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia (not sure if it was based on open tender of direct award). Sukaniaga will earns a fee for its service based on the volume of loans and loans amount that it processed and approve under the system. The system will be developed (and actually operate) by Ganda Integrasi (which is a wholly own subsidiary of Orion). Ganda will earn 85% of what Sukaniaga received as fees for the system.
Currently Orion is proposing to acquire another 10% interest of Sukaniaga Sdn Bhd for RM10mil (valuing the company at RM100mil) from THO Travel Sdn Bhd. Upon completion the company will hold 20% interest in Sukaniaga. Effectively upon completion of the additional 10% interest of Sukaniaga, Ganda will have a total of 85% + (20% x 15%) = 88% rights to the fees paid for the loan system.
If you ask me, the deal with Angkasa is a bit dodgy given that Sukaniaga is actually receiving 15% of the service fees for just winning the contract. Effectively, it would have been a lot cheaper for Angakasa to directly award the contract to Orion. Sukaniaga has a share capital of only RM100k. Shareholders of Sukaniaga consist of mainly Ahmad Khir Bin Dato Haji Khairuddin (22.5%), Titian Kotamas (57.5%), Ganda Integrasi (10%) and THO Travel (10%). From here you can see that the shareholders of THO Travel (Sheikh Ahmad Nafiq Bin Sheikh A Rahman and Nor Fariza) will already make a very high profit of almost RM10mil for their initial investment of only RM10k in Sukaniaga.
Orion has proposed for a private placement exercise to raised approximately RM27mil of which the usages of the proceeds are:
1) Acquisition of 10% of Sukaniaga from THO Travel. RM10mil
2) Development of theMyAzZahra system: RM16mil
3) Expense for Private placement. RM950k.
Please take note, in their earlier announcement back in January the estimated proceeds to be raised was only around RM17mil. And out of this, only RM3.2mil was for the development of the system. Refer to page 3 of January announcement (http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/company-announcements/6027073). Now the cost of development has suddenly gone up to RM17.8mil (of which RM16mil is from the private placement). Not sure how the cost can suddenly go up by 6 times in just a span of 2 months. Investors should question the directors on this during the EGM on 15th Apr. Anyway, given the actual cost of development is considerably low (if you take out Sukaniaga out of the equation, that’s already a 15% savings), I just feel that there might be a potential review of the contract awarded by Angkasa to Sukaniaga by the government (as what had happened with Prestariang with their Skin contract). Investors need to take note.
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