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Singapore IPOs: Why I No Longer Cover Every Listing

Some readers may have noticed that I have not been writing about every Singapore IPO since last year. The simple reason is that life has become busier. Between my day job, an increasingly packed travel schedule, family commitments and desire to play more golf, I have become much more selective about how I spend my time.  Writing detailed IPO reviews takes time — reading prospectuses, analysing financials, comparing valuations and understanding the competitive landscape. While I still enjoy investing and writing, I no longer feel the need to cover every IPO that comes to market. Instead, going forward, I will probably focus only on IPOs where I am seriously considering investing my own money or where there is something particularly interesting that is worth discussing. I suspect this will make the blog more useful as well. Rather than writing about every deal, I can spend more time sharing my thoughts on the handful that I believe deserve attention. That bring...

Keong Hong Holdings Limited

Keong Hong Holdings Limited ("KHH" or "the Company") is offering 27m New Shares at S$0.24 each for a listing on Catalist. The Company is a provider of a broad range of building construction services. As of 30 Sep 2011, the order book was S$541m.


The timing couldn't  been "better". Right smack in between the new property measures (additional stamp duties) and the European crisis. 


The revenue grew from $78m in FY2008 to $125m in FY2010. Net profit grew from $1.4m to $8.1m and net margin improved from 1.9% to 6.5% during the same period.


There are no public tranche in this IPO. The NTA after considering the new shares issues is $0.2094. The fully diluted EPS based on the enlarged share cap and assuming the service agreements were in place is Singapore 4.94 cents and that translate into a historical listing PER of around 4.85x. Based on the IPO issue price, the market cap is around S$38.4m.


This is the second 'construction' related company to list in recent weeks after TA Corporation.  As company is not issuing shares for the general public, i will not attempt to determine its fair value.  However, looking at the historical listing PER, the Company is definitely fairly valued. Any upside will be considered a bonus.

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Some of the chinese steel stocks look really cheap here.
Anonymous said…
new ipo is out!