Monday 23 June 2014

Scientex: Best Ever Quarter, Again.

Scientex FY14Q3 Financial Result

SCIENTEX FY14Q3 FY14Q2 FY14Q1 FY13Q4 FY13Q3
Revenue 426.8 383.5 364.8 371.2 345.1
PBT 48.1 44.4 37.8 40.2 38.2
PBT% 11.3 11.6 10.4 10.9 11.1
PAT 37.2 33.9 29.3 30.3 29.5






Manu Rev 317.2 288.5 289.2 277.4 275.3
Manu OP 16.4 15.9 17.7 20.6 16.7
Prop Rev 109.6 95.0 75.6 93.8 69.8
Prop OP 32.5 29.3 22.2 31.4 23.3






Total Equity 686.2 649.9 635.9 628.7 584.8
Total Assets 1333.2 1304.4 1263.1 1286.4 1180.9
Trade Receivables 274.8 251.7 209.7 195.5 211.1
Inventories 82.1 76.3 86 80.7 73.5
Cash 56.4 89.3 91.2 152.2 58.6
Prop Dev Cost 71.8 74.4 57.5 68.5 56.4






Total Liabilities 624.9 633.3 606.8 637.7 577.6
Trade Payables 238.9 214.2 229.4 258.4 221.3
ST Borrowings 179.1 205.8 167.9 167.6 143.8
LT Borrowings 156.2 163.7 164.3 167.8 168.4






Net Cash Flow -95.8 -62.9 -61 115.8 22.3
Operation 89.5 30.9 13.5 209.7 131.4
Investment -106.7 -67.0 -54.1 -345.0 -325.2
Financing -78.6 -26.8 -20.4 251.2 216.1






EPS 16.43 15.34 13.27 13.80 13.73
NAS 3.1 2.94 2.88 2.84 2.72
D/E Ratio 0.41 0.43 0.38 0.29 0.43


For its FY14Q3, Scientex's revenue and PATAMI increase 23.7% and 26.1% respectively YoY. For 9 months of FY14, revenue at RM1.18bil is 36.9% higher compared to corresponding period of FY13, while 9-months PATAMI at RM99.6mil also increases 21.8% in the same period.

The better results are contributed by both manufacturing and property arms, in which both register better sales helped by better demand.

Cash is depleted in current quarter mainly due to capital expenditure and repayment of loans. Operation cash flow is still good though FY13 was even better. Thus, net debt to equity ratio improves slightly from 0.43 to 0.41.

Everything in Scientex still looks good for me except its profit margin in manufacturing division. Anyway, Scientex manage to achieve a stable overall PBT margin of around 11%.

Its operating margin in property segment has been good at above 30% in line with other developers. However, its manufacturing segment only registers an operating margin of 5-6% (5.6% in FY14Q3). This might be due to lower margin from industrial packaging.

Scientex's major competitor Daibochi which is mainly in consumer packaging industry achieves an operating margin of 10.3% in its latest quarter ended Mac14.

With the significant increase in the capacity of its blown film lines in consumer packaging acquired from GW Plastic, hopefully the overall margin in manufacturing can improve.

Property segment continues to perform well with unbilled sales of RM569mil at the end of FY14Q3. It still has 979 acres of development land with outstanding GDV of RM5.6 billion.


      Boosted by Scientex Senai


For simple comparison, MKH has a potential GDV of RM8 billion from 1,326 acres of land.

With better than expected result (for me) of  RM99.6mil net profit attributable to shareholders after 9 months, improved manufacturing capacity since 2014, and traditionally strong quarter in Q4, I will raise my FY14 earning forecast for Scientex to RM140mil (from RM120mil).

With total shares of 230mil, estimated EPS will be 60.9sen, and target price will be RM7.30 base on PE ratio of 12x for FY14.

Daibochi is currently trading at PE of 18.4x, while MKH is at 16x.

Nevertheless, I don't think MKH is expensive at the moment because its plantation segment will experience exponential growth starting from this year.




Scientex has announced an interim single tier dividend of 8sen for FY14 which ends in July14. Normally it will pay dividend 2 times a year. The next announcement is expected soon around October.

With a dividend payout policy of at least 30% of net profit, I expect Scientex to pay at least total 19sen dividend for its FY14.

A total of 26sen dividend was paid for FY13 including a special dividend for the first time since 2007. This represents a payout of 54%. Will Scientex pay special dividend again this year?

If it is to payout 50% as dividend, then it will be about 30sen per share. This translates into a good yield of 5.2% even at current share price of RM5.90.

Scientex's shares are rather illiquid with only 230mil of outstanding shares in the market, and the top 30 shareholders are holding 70% of them according to 2013 annual report.

With the abundance of retained profits in its equity, it is very much capable of giving bonus issues anytime.




I think Scientex has done a good job in expanding its business and enhancing shareholders' value. It was proven for the past 45 years. Hopefully it can be continued in the future.

7 comments:

  1. Hi bursa D ,

    I stumbled upon your blog while researching plantation stocks , and your analysis of it was excellent . Could I ask what are your thoughts regarding the coming Boustead plantation IPO ? Thank you

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  2. Hi zeek, Thanks.

    For me, I won't put my money into Boustead Plantation.

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  3. Hi Bursa D, can u teach me how to locate unbilled sales of RM569mil at end of FY14Q3 and outstanding GDV of RM5.6bil with 979 acres development lands? I have read through annual reports and quarterly reports but couldn't locate it.

    Btw, how do u predict the net profit or revenue in future by using unbilled sales and GDV in property stock analysis? FYI, i am new to fundamental analysis and wish to learn from all of you.

    Thank you so much.

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    1. I got those info from TA analyst report at i3investor website (20/6/14). http://klse.i3investor.com/servlets/stk/pt/4731.jsp

      I think it's not easy to predict accurately using unbilled sales, as it depends on timing of sales made which we don't have much info. Unbilled sales will be billed progressively during the period after sales & purchase agreement is signed (between 2-3 years depends on project). If you have bought a new property then you may roughly know how the billing is done. It is usually rapidly realized at the end of the period.

      If the company only has 1 or 2 projects then may be easier to predict. For me, if unbilled sales increase or maintain its previous level, then it's good.

      For GDV, it just shows the company's future earning potential. It can be on-going projects or future projects GDV. It does not contribute to earning if the project is not launch, or only contribute little if not selling well. But high future GDV is always better.

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    2. Dear Bursa D,

      Noted with appreciation. I thought myself have missed out the info stated in annual / quarterly reports. XD

      Another question is if i know smartphone/tablet's sales will be good in future from long time ago, how can i identify which stocks have involved in manufacturing it in a fast way beside screening through 900+ listed companies annual report? It's sad to miss out GTRONIC & INARI.

      Thanks again!

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    3. We can screen thru stocks in the tech sector. Sometimes we may come across some newspapers reports or magazine or blog articles discussing about the topic and listing out the beneficiary. Investment bank analyst might also give great info as they need to compare with peers.

      It seems like we have to search for it and read more :)

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    4. Yes you are definitely right! Read as much as possible is what we can do however if the stock had already came across in newspaper and magazine, i think it's already too LATE. T_T

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