Currently, the stock market is not valuing companies with strong balance sheet with net cash position. This can be contributed by the low interest rate environment. Where the excess liquidity has been deployed to highly leveraged companies with explosive earnings growth. Over the last few years, growth stocks have largely outperformed value stocks.
Having strong cash position doesn’t add value to the company’s valuation, as implied by the market.
Take Poh Huat as an example. Current PE multiple is 6x. Adjusted for net cash, PE multiple is only 4x. This is for a company that has grown its earnings by 7% in its latest financial year. However, the current PE multiple implies that Poh Huat earnings are in a decline. To put it another way, if you set a minimum target return similar to the long term market return of 10% and compared that required return against Poh Huat earnings yield of 30%, is that market valuation justifiable?
Even looking from the balance sheet perspective, it’s P/BV is only 0.9x for a company that earns ROE of 15% and ROIC of 28%. It’s cash yield is around 9% based on average FCF, almost 3 times of what you get from risk free rate.
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This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....
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Posted by Lukesharewalker > 2020-01-14 11:08 | Report Abuse
Relax let the pdts sell down