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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...
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Eindec Corporation Limited



Eindec Corporation Limited ("Eindec" or the "Company") is offering 35.8m Placement Shares at $0.21 each for a listing on Catalist. The offer will end on 13 Jan 2016 at 12pm and there is no public tranche and i will not spend too much time researching into this Company. The market cap is S$22.6m based on the IPO price.

The Company is a regional clean air environmental and technological solutions group with diversified product lines across different market segments. The Company has an operating history since 1984 with 2 manufacturing facilities in Singapore and Malaysia.

Diversified Product Ranges

The diversified product range is listed below


Financial Highlights


While the prospectus looks promising, the financial statements somewhat painted a different picture. The sales stagnated over the last 3 years with declining profitability. Even the 1H results continued to show declining net profit. Without considering other factors and based purely on the financial results alone, i would have given this Company a miss.

Based on the IPO price of 21 cents, the Company is listing at a historical PER of around 21 divide by 1.27 = 16x. This is pretty expensive and over-valued in the light of declining EPS in 1H 2015. In 2014, the 1H results is actually better than 2H, so even where i gave it the benefit of doubling 1H 2015 EPS, the valuation is very high at 21 divided by 0.66 = 32x.


Future Business Plans

The Company started to market its own brand of purifiers in China. Given the poor air quality in China, it is a strategy that might have some potential but it is too early to tell. 

What i like about the Company
  • Audited by KPMG, a big 4 auditor
  • Not withstanding the slowing Chinese economy, there could be some potential for China upside given the new parentage. 
Some of my concerns
  • Stagnant revenue and declining profitability
  • Small cap company
  • Ghost of the past in the poorly managed Kyodo Allied. How did it even get re-listed again!!

My Ratings

If there is a public tranche, i would have given it a zero chilli ratings. Given the bloodshed in the markets since Jan 2016, you can get bigger and better managed companies at half the valuation. Use your time to look for something better in the market instead. ^_^

Happy IPOing
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Anonymous said…
First Singapore IPO of the year, debuts on Friday 15 January 2016; closed 21% higher at 25.5 cents from offer price of 21 cents. Around 7.5m shares changed hands.
16 January 2016 at 08:45
Mr. IPO said…
Nice debut. Probably the shares are placed out to friends and family. :)
16 January 2016 at 16:29
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