Undervalued at present price with last year div of around 14 cents for 72 cents share !! Big value as 1 acre at Seberang Prai can be sold for 1 million. So if more than 10,000 acres ?
After settling Boustead (hopefully at higher price), direct my fund to Bplant. I think quicker asset monetisation activities will happen in Bplant satisfying LTAT’s objective of realizing higher shareholder’s value and generating cash which are needed for paring high debts in LTAT and Boustead holdings. LTAT will effectively control 68% Bplant after Bstead privatization ( 10.6% LTAT + 57.4% thru boustead holdings). Generous dividend payout from Bplant is expect to ease LTAT and boustead debts burden. Just my view
Since Johnzhang is here and John is an expert. Is the price paid for the Sabah estate reasonable? Being an outsider, even i have an answer and know why it's bought at such "reasonable" price. If you don't understand why, then you are too young to invest in KLSE yet
BPlant has always announce giving dividend on the 3rd week of May. The share price is creeping up. Is it an indication of another good interim dividend?
Q1 operating results may just be breakeven due to low yield season. However, there is about 3 sen gain from small parcel of land disposal. As such , 2-3 sen dividend may still be possible. We have to look beyond the qtr results. I seriously think that Bplant will be partially or wholly divested after Bstead Holdings privatization. LTAT just want to be a diversified portfolio investor in Malaysia and global markets.
Brianklc, 90% remaining balance was received in Feb 2023. I thought the disposal gain would only be realized upon receiving full payment. I can be wrong in my assumption.
John, gain from disposal is recognised upon completion, not cash basis, no assumption involved, there are specific accounting standards for this. Furthermore, u can see the whole disposal gain in the P&L of Q422. U can’t see the money in cash flow statement as it will only appear in Q123, but the gain is fully recognised in Q422.
Yippy, the current profit follows exactly Q123 CPO trend and production. Nothing to be surprised of… but I kind of surprised tht u expected 3 sen dividend. Do u know how much profit to hit to get 3 sen dividend? Assuming 100% payout and 60% payout?
Erm… or 3 sen based on the story of bplant pays high div to fund bstead privatisation? Logically, u don’t milk subsi till it needs to borrow more to pay u…
Hate to say this, but bplant now is in the cycle of bleed slowly till the next quarter announcement. Apr production is 53MT, which is lower than Q1 average of 63MT, and the CPO price for Q1 was RM4,017, Apr average RM4,218, May around RM3,844… Looking at this, bplant at most seems like will end Q2 similar to Q1 if not having minor loss due to inventory value write down.
Land sales are not their core business, although they have done it so often. They still have to buy land at the same time to ensure sustainability of their plantation business. Hopefully they have some good news/updates to announce during AGM on Sarawak land disposal.
Bplant fundamentally is a good company, I think at most it will go back to the price before it being pushed up by sharks to dispose at higher price since 2-3 weeks ago
"Prospects for Rest of the Year The Group’s profitability for this year is dependent on the price direction for CPO and crop production. Palm oil production in the first Quarter of 2023 had been adversely impacted by the heavy rainfall and flooding phenomenon in parts of Malaysia. However, CPO production is forecasted to trend higher in second half of 2023 following the expected improvement in weather condition in the months ahead. Palm oil prices remained favourable in the first Quarter of 2023 driven by lower production of other vegetable oil in Ukraine due to ongoing war with Russia, rising biodiesel demand and increase in edible oil imports by China, among others. Nevertheless, CPO prices are forecasted to weaken in the second half of 2023 due to expected higher CPO production season, high inventory level and subdue demand. The Group is optimistic that the gradual return of foreign workers would lift the FFB yield, which could partially offset the impact of lower CPO prices and rising costs. "
Higher production in 2H23, higher production=lower CPO price. No mention of 2Q23 production and CPO price though, well what is known is Apr production MT and what’s the CPO price 1 Apr till 26 May. Not hard to calculate Q223 profit/loss. Inventory value write down will be a pain too. My personal opinion, Sarawak plantation land need to get rid asap, perhaps to those suitors which have a strong footprint in Sarawak…
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Fcpo real time rm3900