Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Stock Review – APM (5015) (APM AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS BERHAD) - 2

Bursa Malaysia - 5015
Bloomberg - APM:MK
Yahoo - 5015 .kl
Webpage - http://www.apm.com.my/

Sector : Industrial Products & Services

Sub Sector : Auto Parts
Focus : Metal Parts & Heat Exchange

Company Profile

APM is a Malaysian Automotive Parts Manufacturer that has expanded to become a major regional supplier. APM has business in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, United States and Netherlands.

1) Operating Segment

APM consists of 7 main reporting segments as follow:

Segment
% 2018 Revenue
Asset Turnover
Return on Asset (%)
% 2018 CAPEX
Suspension, Malaysia
5.58
47.87
5.72
7.65
Interior and Plastic, Malaysia
55.93
130.77
10.97
33.62
Electrical Heat Exchanger, Malaysia
8.43
104.09

6.64
3.22
Marketing, Malaysia
16.83
230.72
10.67
0.93
Indonesia
3.18
19.33
-5.30
13.45
All Other Segment
7.63
48.96
-0.97
31.58
Non Reporting Segment
2.42
2.69
0.17
9.54

Suspension Division, Malaysia
Business in products such as leaf springs, parabolic springs, coil springs, shock absorbers, gas springs, U-bolts and metal parts.

Interior & Plastic Division, Malaysia
Business in products such as plastics parts, interiors, seatings for motor vehicles, buses, auditoriums, cinemas, rails and light rails system.

Electrical & Heat Exchange Division, Malaysia
Business in products such as air-conditioning systems, radiators, starter motors, alternators, wiper system, distributors, In Vehicle Infotainment (“IVT”) systems, and other electrical parts; and development of Internet of Things (“IOT”) telematics problem.

Marketing Division, Malaysia
Trading and distribution of automotive components/parts manufactured by the Group for the replacement and export market.

Indonesia Operations
Business in Indonesia.

All Other Segments
Business in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Australia, India, United States of America and Netherlands.

Non-reportable Segments
Operation related to the rental of investment properties in Malaysia; casting machining and assembly of aluminium parts and components distribution of motor vehicles, provision of management services for companies within the Group, and the provision of automotive research and development services.

From 2018 annual report, APM oversea operation is making loss. APM largest segment is the Interior and Plastics division where 55.93 % of the revenue for 2018 is from this segment. The segment also had the largest return of asset which is 10.97% and largest CAPEX which is 33.62 % of 2018 total CAPEX.

Besides that APM also had place sustainable amount of CAPEX 31.58 % of 2018 CAPEX into all other segment.

PROS:
è APM place largest amount of CAPEX (33.62% of 2018 CAPEX) into Interior and Plastics segment which yield the best return on assets.

CONS:
è Oversea operation is making loss
è 31.58% of 2018 CAPEX go into all other segment which is making loss in 2018.

Financial Statement



APM has RM 18,392,000 of intangible asset as of 2018 annual report. Besides that APM deferred tax assets had increase from RM 12,113,000 in 2017 to RM 16,799,000 in 2018. Deferred tax asset is overpaying tax to the government.


APM had increase the trade and other receivable from RM 232,726000 (2017) to RM 250,889,000 (2018) while reducing the account receivable past due from RM 25,534,000 (2017) to RM 22,582,000 (2018).

APM deposit, prepayment, cash and equivalent had decrease from RM 266,580,000 (2017) to RM 252,765,000 (2018).


PROS:
è  Increase trade and other receivable in 2018 while reducing the account receivable past due.

CONS:
è  APM having RM 18,932,000 of intangible asset
è Increase of deffered tax asset by 38.69 %.
è 5.18% decrease in deposit, prepayment, cash and equivalent.




APM loans and borrowings had increase from RM 68,826,000 (2017) to RM 81,495,000 (2018), 18.41 % increase.

CONS:
è APM loans and borrowings had increase by 18,41 %



Financial Ratio
Description
2018
2017
Different
Gross Profit Margin
0.15
0.16
-0.01
Net Profit Margin
0.05
0.04
+0.01
Interest Coverage Ratio
18.99
15.67
+3.32
Effective Tax
0.22
0.30
+0.08



Warrant

No Warrant issue

Dividend and Bonus Issued for the past five year
APM had constant dividend for the past five year from 2014 – 2018 with the average of RM 0.172 with the dividend yield of 8 % base on APM stock price of RM 2.15 on 17/12/2019

PROS:
è APM had dividend yield of 8 % for the past five year which is higher than fixed deposit of 3.00%

Market Research

Affin Hwang Capital (25 November 2019)
Price Target : RM 1.95
·       Net profit fell by 71% qoq damped by losses from its Indonesia associate company

AmInvestment Bank (25 November 2019)
Price Target : RM 1.68
·       Expecting Indonesia operation continue to dragging the group’s earning
·       Lower production and higher operating expenses

Estimated Price
IVKLS Price : RM 2.22

Peers
1)        AFUJIYA (5198)
2)    CAP (5229)
3)        EPMB (7773)
4)        ESAFE (0190)
5)    GOODWAY (7192)
6)    GPA (7096)
7)    JETSON (9083)
8)    MCHELDG (7004)
9)    PECCA (5271)
10)  SAPIND (7811)
11) SMISCOR (7132)
12) WATTA (7226)