Showing posts with label LIIHEN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LIIHEN. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 November 2017

Weekly Review – 5 November 2017 to 11 November 2017

HEXZA(3298)

Notice of Default to Tembusu Industries Pte Ltd (7th November 2017)



  • Tembusu Industries Pte Ltd failure to make payment of the monthly lease payable under Sale &  Purchase and Lease Agreement.
  • Tembusu provided a personal guarantee of one of its director, Mr Tin Maung Kyin
  • On 30th January 2015, HEXZA had enter agreement with Tembusu which HEXZA purchase a 8MW Power Generator in Myamar of total purchase price USD 6.0 Million and Tembusu shall lease back the Equipment from HEXZA for a period of 10 years at a monthly rental of USD 130,205.
  • Due to the default, HEXZA impairment loss of RM 28.54 milion in the first quarter for the financial year end 30 September 2017.
HEXZA’s Bottom line to take a hit from RM 28.5 mil provision 
  • Tembusu’s failure to make payment on the monthly lease rental payable under agreement dated 30 January 2015.
  • HEXZA appointed a law firm in Singapore to advise.
  •  Issued letter to Tembusu founder and majority shareholder Pete Tin Muang Kyin.
  • Tembusu had reschedule the payment twice.
  • Would impact earning per share by 11.1 sen.
LIIHEN(7089)

Corporate Guarantee  (6 November 2017 & 9 November 2017)

  • Provide RM 10,000,000 corporate guarantee to HSBC for additional import line facility granted to Favourite Design Sdn Bhd
  • Provide RM 7,570,000 corporate guarantee to HSBC for additional import line facility granted to Lii Hen Furniture Sdn Bhd
  • Additional loans taken by LIIHEN.


AJIYA (7609)

Memorandum of Understanding (6 November 2017)

  • MOU signed with Politeknik Melaka to support, promote mutual understanding and collaboration on programme and activities based on Industrialised Building System (IBS)
  • AJIYA to provide technical training to Politeknik Melaka in relation with IBS Technology.



Sunday, 5 November 2017

Weekly Review – 29 October 2017 to 4 November 2017

KIMHIN(5371)


Price Target : 1.73
  • Australia moderate property market recover could drive higher ceramic demand
  • Plan for upgrading existing plant for RM 10,000,000
  • Domestic revenue share growth to 25% in 2016
  • A recovery in property transaction volumes and more active secondary home market potential drive higher ceramic demand in FY 2018
  • Second largest ceramic manufacturer behind White Horse by domestic revenue.
  • Use RM 9.8 Million to purchase a penthouse at Melbourne Square Project
  • Top 4 ceramic player
o   White Horse
o   Yi Lai
o   Seacera
o   Kim Hin

HOMERIZ (5160)
The Star (1st November 2017)

Target Price : 1.18
  • Improve cost through effective trainings for workers and continue seeking for automation opportunities.

Dividend payment (30th October 2017)

  • 2.2 sen, subject to the approval of HOMERIZ shareholders
  •  Bring total dividend of 4.2 sen for the financial year end 31 August 2017.

Quarterly Report for the financial year end  31 August 2017 (30th October 2017)

  • Current year quarter had 19.2 % profit margin compared to last year 14.48 %. Cumulative quarter profit margin for these year is 21.02 % while last year profit margin is 20.42 %.
  • Current year quarter effective tax rate is 19.37 % which is higher than last year quarter which is 17.31 %.  However cumulative quarter effective tax rate for these year is 21.05 % which is lower than last year 22.51 %
  • There is an increase of company asset in term of property plant and equipment  by 10.02 %, inventories by 23.92 %, trade and other receivable by 23.56 %, and deposit, banks and cash balances by 6.60 %. These make the total asset increase by 12.40 % for the year
  • HOMERIZ liability is increase by 4.26 % for the year 2016.
  • HOMERIZ had net placement of RM 16,000,000 for the year 2016

LIIHEN (7089)


  • Price Target : 5.04
  • Fire broke out in LIIHEN second premise of one of its subsidiary
  • 4 out of 8 blocks production line are affected
  • The lines affected are mainly old line cater for small quantity orders
  • According to management the fire could affect 5 – 10 % of the November production
  • In 2014, fire occurred in LIIHEN main factory and production is able to resumes in 3 days time.

Extraordinary General Meeting (1st November 2017)

  • The EGM had pass the proposal to acquisition of Domain Partners Sdn Bhd.

CHINWEL (5007)

Annual report 2017 (30 October 2017)

  • Total asset for 2017 had increase by 1.77 % mainly contributed by inventories increase by16.39 % and trade receivable increase by 3.03 %. There is decrease in property, plant and equipment by 2.25 % and cash and bank balance by 14.33 
  • There is increase of share capital by RM 28,162,800 due to new Companies Act 2016. No increase of number of outstanding share.
  • The total liabilities had reduce by 17.45 % in 2017, which mainly contributed by other payables and accruals by 40.27 % and borrowing by 20.27%
  • The profit margin had decrease from 21.10 % in 2016 to 17.60 % in 2017
  • Effective tax rate had increase from 15.28 % in 2016 to 18.13 % in 2017
  • There is significant increase in indirect material by 166.96 % in 2017
  • Lesser inventories written off in 2017 which is RM 467,551 compared to RM 8,857,230 in 2016

Friday, 22 September 2017

Stock Review – LIIHEN (7089) (LIIHEN INDUSTRIES BHD)

Bursa Malaysia - 7089
Bloomberg - LHI:MK
Yahoo - 7089 .kl

Webpage - http://liihenfurniture.com/


Company Profile

LIIHEN is engaged in manufacturing furniture product such as Bedroom sets, Office furniture, and Dinning sets.

1) Customer Information :

LIIHEN had their products sell in one major country which is United State, 75.50 % of total 2016 revenue. In Malaysia, LIIHEN only sell 9.77 % of the total revenue.

Besides that, LIIHEN consists of three major customers which combined revenue of 37.75% of the total 2016 revenue. All the three major customers contribute less than 20% of the total revenue which is good because LIIHEN revenue does not depend on the major custormers.

PROS:
è LIIHEN consists three major customers contribute revenue more than 10% but less than 20%.

CONS:
è LIIHEN selling most of their product in US which means there are highly dependent on the economy and currency of US.

2) Products:

LIIHEN is mainly focus on manufacturing furniture. LIIHEN products are:
1) Bedroom set – 83.06 %
2)  Office furniture – 6.51 %
3)  Dinning sets – 6.49 %
4)  Kiln Drying – 3.35 %
5)  Upholstery – 0.58 %

Most of LIIHEN furniture (94.97 %) are export to other country.
In 22 February 2016, LIIHEN had receive letter from the local state authority to exclude 3,037 hectares out of 3,473 hectares (87.45 %) from the rubber tree planting programme.

PROS:
è LIIHEN is focus on exporting business (94.97 %) export to other country.

CONS:
è 87.45 % of reserved land which previous given the right for the rubber tree planting programme had been took back by the local state authority.


Financial Statement



From 2016 Annual Report, LIIHEN consists of RM 522,565 of intangible assets which incurred in connection with the lease of right to use approximately 3,473 hectares of permanent reserve forest land in Johor for planting and cultivation of rubber trees. The local state authority has the right to take back the land anytime to exclude from the rubber trees planting programme which what they did on 22 February 2016 to exclude 3,037 hectares out of 3473 hectares from the rubber trees planting programme.

Although the account receivable had increase from RM 41,304,576 in 2015 to RM 57,896,182 in 2016, the account receivable that had been past due had increase from RM 6,680,081 in 2015 to RM 11,634,906 in 2016.

LIIHEN cash and bank balance had increase from RM120,506,396 in 2015 to RM 133,994,519 in 2016.

PROS:
è Cash and bank balance in 2016 had increase by 11.19 %

CONS:
è RM 522,565 of the asset is intangible assets which can be impaired anytime.
è Account receivable that past due had increase by 74.17 % compare to account receivable which only increase by 40.17 %


LIIHEN loan and borrowing had increase from RM 30,682,598 in 2015 to RM 37,298,934 in 2016.

CONS:
è Loan and borrowing had increase by 21.56 %

Dividend and Bonus Issued for the past five year

LIIHEN had constant dividend for the past five year from 2012 – 2016 with the average dividend of RM 0.173 per year which dividend yield of 4.73%.

PROS:
è LIIHEN had average dividend yield of 4.73 % over the 5 year period which is higher than fix deposit


Market Research

Hong Leong InvestmentBank (19 September 2017)
Price Target : 5.04
  • Malaysia’s furniture exports to grow further as China (the world largest furniture exporter) reported its first decline in furniture exports in 2016 due to shortage of raw materials.
  • Furniture demand in US had potential surge due to hurricane. Hurricane Harvey (which destroyed about 200,000 homes in August 2017) might boost LIIHEN export to US.
  • On July 2017, the government had ban the export of rubber wood to ease the shortage of rubberwood in Malaysia