4 out of 8 production lines plus inventories were destroyed in the fire, i suppose the damage must be a major one. Since its PE value is currently high historically, upside potential is limited, risk of going down is therefore greater. I would sell some chips off and wait for bargain price.
Some panic selling last friday after the fire broke out , strong rebound towards closing . Expect some selling pressure on monday morning , it will be well absorb, hope to see green in the afternoon.
The premises affected is not Favourite Design sole property only, in total they have 5 properties as disclosed in Annual Report 2016 pg 150, including latest one is acquired on 23.4.16. I believe they have sufficient machine capacity and manpower to cope with this short-term problem. No worries k.
last quater result out next month will be still great...little fire only affect less than 2% loss in revenue..i guess..what happen if ringgit weaken to 4.3+ in march?
I was hesitated whether need to sell the shares, and seem like i need to buying more instead :) the reason so is just found out, the insurance claims will help Liihen doubling on got back it losses, in 2014, the loss is 3.9mil, and able to claim back 6.9mil in same quarter..eventually made year 2014 have 60% increased from their earning..that's implied Liihen get extra earning without even spending on labour and manufacturing cost from the fire incident.
A fire broke out in Lii Hen’s second premises of Favourite Design Sdn. Bhd. ("FDSB"), a major wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company in Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit Pasir, 84300 Bukit Pasir, Muar, Johor Darul Takzim. The premises housed 8 blocks of single storey furniture factory building together with a three-storey office block. The incident has caused 4 out of 8 blocks of production lines, the conveyor system, spraying and wood making machines as well as inventories (mainly of white parts) destroyed by the fire.
The full financial and operational impact of the incident is yet to be ascertained. However, management guided that losses could be fully covered by insurance coverage.
These 4 lines are the old lines that are catered mainly for small quantity orders. The mass quantity orders are being run on the new lines. Hence, the impact on production would be minimal as Lii Hen has more than 10 spraying belts.
According to the management, the fire would affect 5-10% of its November’s total production and the management is confident that full operations would be able to resume within one month.
At the meantime, Lii Hen would increase its production hours/shifts at the main premises to compensate for the loss in capacity.
Recall in 2014, a similar fire incident happened in Lii Hen’s main factory and operation was resumed back to normal within 3 days, by renting new premises and outsourcing to more sub-contractors. Hence, we opine that Lii Hen would be able to manage this fire incident with minimal struggle.
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Posted by michaelgoh > 2017-10-29 16:39 | Report Abuse
Have to be careful need to understand how bad is the damage