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Keep INVESTING Simple and Safe (KISS) ****Investment Philosophy, Strategy and various Valuation Methods**** The same forces that bring risk into investing in the stock market also make possible the large gains many investors enjoy. It’s true that the fluctuations in the market make for losses as well as gains but if you have a proven strategy and stick with it over the long term you will be a winner!****Warren Buffett: Rule No. 1 - Never lose money. Rule No. 2 - Never forget Rule No. 1.

Saturday, 13 December 2025

DUTCH LADY MILK INDUSTRIES BERHAD (3026) Q3 2025 QUARTERLY REPORT

Annoucement Date: 13 Nov 2025

DUTCH LADY MILK INDUSTRIES BERHAD (3026)

Q3
2025

QUARTERLY REPORT

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30 SEP 2025

https://www.malaysiastock.biz/GetReport.aspx?file=2025/11/13/3026%20-%201725078720408.pdf&name=Bursa%20Q3%202025.pdf

Financial Performance Discussion and Comment for Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (Q3 2025)

The financial performance of Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (DLMI) for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2025, shows a significant recovery in profitability, primarily driven by the successful completion of its transition to the new Bandar Enstek manufacturing facility.

1. Performance Against Preceding Year Corresponding Period (Q3 2025 vs Q3 2024)

Metric	Q3 2025 (RM'000)	Q3 2024 (RM'000)	Change (%)	9M 2025 (RM'000)	9M 2024 (RM'000)	Change (%)
Revenue	374,515	355,452	+5.4%	1,123,518	1,079,097	+4.1%
Operating Profit (Reported)	39,371	21,830	+80.4%	108,083	88,543	+22.1%
Profit After Taxation (PAT)	32,055	17,221	+86.1%	80,483	65,916	+22.1%
Basic EPS (sen)	50.10	26.90	N/A	125.80	103.00	N/A

Revenue Growth: Quarterly revenue grew by 5.4% to RM374.5 million. This growth was primarily driven by strong sales in the core Dutch Lady liquid milk range, continued momentum in the professional channel, and contributions from newly launched products. The market was also positively boosted by the one-off Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) assistance for Malaysian citizens.
Reported Profit Surge: The massive increase in reported operating profit (+80.4%) and PAT (+86.1%) is largely attributable to the cessation of accelerated depreciation expenses following the shutdown of the Petaling Jaya factory in October 2024.
- Q3 2025 included only RM1.7 million in one-off transition-related costs.
- Q3 2024 included RM13.2 million in accelerated depreciation and transition-related one-off costs.
Adjusted Operating Profit: On a like-for-like basis, excluding one-offs and accelerated depreciation, operating profit still increased by 17.1% to RM41.0 million (Q3 2025) compared to RM35.0 million (Q3 2024). This underlying improvement was driven by higher revenue and favorable exchange rate movements.

2. Performance Against Immediate Preceding Quarter (Q3 2025 vs Q2 2025)

Metric	Q3 2025 (RM'000)	Q2 2025 (RM'000)	Change (%)
Revenue	374,515	375,606	-0.3%
Operating Profit (Reported)	39,371	33,940	+16.0%
Profit After Taxation (PAT)	32,055	23,396	+37.0%

- Sequential Profit Growth: Despite flat revenue (-0.3%) , reported PAT increased significantly by 37.0%.
- Cost Reduction: This strong sequential profit improvement was mainly due to a further reduction in one-off transition-related costs: from RM5.6 million in Q2 2025 to RM1.7 million in Q3 2025.
- Underlying Strength: Excluding one-off costs, adjusted operating profit still grew by 3.7% , driven by strong volume performance in liquid milk, lower dairy raw material costs, and favorable currency developments.
3. Financial Position and Cash Flow
- Total Equity and Net Assets: Total Equity increased from RM501.9 million (31/12/24) to RM566.4 million (30/09/25). Consequently, the Net Assets per share improved from RM7.84 to RM8.85.
- Cash Flow from Operations (9M): Net cash generated from operating activities more than doubled, increasing from RM29.7 million (9M 2024) to RM67.5 million (9M 2025).
- Investing Activities (9M): Net cash used in investing activities decreased from RM102.1 million to RM78.8 million , which funded the continued capital expenditure for the new Distribution Centre in Enstek, which became fully operational in July 2025.
- Borrowings: The company’s total borrowings remain within limits, utilizing an intercompany loan facility. As of Q3 2025, DLMI had drawn down USD22.1 million (RM92.6 million) from the available USD35 million facility to support capital investments.
4. Comment on Performance
The Q3 2025 results mark a crucial turning point for Dutch Lady, moving beyond the heavy investment and high-cost phase of its transition project.
- Successful Transition Payoff: The most significant comment is that the substantial year-on-year profitability increase is an immediate payoff from the successful closure of the legacy Petaling Jaya factory and the subsequent cessation of accelerated depreciation costs.
- Strong Underlying Business: Beyond the accounting benefits, the underlying business is robust, demonstrated by the solid revenue growth and the 17.1% increase in adjusted operating profit for the quarter. This indicates effective market strategy and brand strength.
- Financial Resilience: The company's enhanced operational cash flow and strong balance sheet position it well to navigate future challenges, having successfully self-funded a portion of its major capital investments.
- Outlook: The outlook is cautiously optimistic. While the company faces ongoing pressure from elevated commodity prices and increased costs from a wider scope of Sales and Services Tax (SST) on services , the operational efficiencies from the new IR4.0 facility and the favorable strengthening of the Malaysian Ringgit are expected to help offset these pressures. The company will continue to focus on optimizing costs and cash flow.

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My 18 points guide to Successfully compounding your money in Stocks

Be a good stock picker.
Think as a business owner.
Always look at value rather than the price. Do the homework.
Buy and hold is alright for selected stocks.
Compounding is your friend, get this to work its magic.
Mr. Market is there to be taken advantage of. Do not be the sucker instead. BFS;STS.
Always buy a lot when the price is low.
Never buy when the stock is overpriced.
It is alright to buy when the selected stock is at a fair price.
Phasing in or dollar cost averaging is safe for such stocks during a downtrend, unless the price is still obviously too high.
Do not time the market for such or any stocks.
By keeping to the above strategy, the returns will be delivered through the growth of the company's business.
So, when do you sell the stock? Almost never, as long as the fundamentals remain sound and the future prospects intact.
The downside risk is protected through only buying when the price is low or fairly priced.
Tactical dynamic asset allocation or rebalancing based on valuation can be employed but this sounds easier than is practical, except in extreme market situations.
Sell urgently when the company business fundamental has deteriorated irreversibly.
You may also wish to sell should the growth of the company has obviously slowed and you can reinvest into another company with greater growth potential of similar quality. However, unlike point 16, you can do so leisurely.
In conclusion, a critical key to successful investing is in your stock picking ability.

http://myinvestingnotes.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-18-points-guide-to-successfully.html

11 Lessons From Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch taught me:

1. Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it’s doing.
2. Never invest in any idea you can’t illustrate with a crayon.
3. Over the short term, there may be no correlation between the success of a company’s operations and the success of its stock. Over the long term, there’s a 100% correlation.
4. Buying stocks without studying the companies is the same as playing poker – and never looking at your cards.
5. Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.
6. Owning stock is like having children. Don’t get involved with more than you can handle.
7. When the insiders are buying, it’s a good sign.
8. Unless you’re a short seller, it never pays to be pessimistic.
9. A stock market decline is as predictable as a January blizzard in Colorado. If you’re prepared, it can’t hurt you.
10. Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.
11. Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy, or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on what’s actually happening to the companies in which you’ve invested.

Lynch’s advice had a profound effect on my stock market approach. He taught me that investment success isn’t the result of developing the right macro-economic view or deciding when to jump in or out of the market. Success is about researching companies to identify those that are likely to report positive surprises.

Capital Expenditure

A great company with a Durable Competitive Advantage will have a ratio of Capital Expenditures to Net Income of less than 25%. Less is better.

Capital Expenditures are expenses on:
- fixed assets such as equipment, property, or industrial buildings
- fixing problems with an asset
- preparing an asset to be used in business
- restoring property
- starting new businesses

A good company will have a ratio of Capital Expenditures to Net Income of less than 50%.

A great company with a Durable Competitive Advantage will have a ratio of less than 25%.

Less is better.

Benjamin Graham's 113 Wise Words

The true investor scarcely ever is forced to sell his shares, and at all times he is free to disregard the current price quotation. He need pay attention to it and act upon it only to the extent that it suits his book, and no more. Thus the investor who permits himself to be stampeded or unduly worried by unjustified market declines in his holdings is perversely transforming his basic advantage into a basic disadvantage. That man would be better off if his stocks had no market quotation at all, for he would then be spared the mental anguish caused him by other persons' mistakes of judgement."

Philip Fisher's Wise Words

"The refusal to sell at a loss, while completely natural and normal, is probably one of the most dangerous in which we can indulge ourselves in the entire investment process.

More money has probably been lost by investors holding a stock they really did not want until they could 'at least come out even' than from any other single reason. If to these actual losses are added the profits that might have been made through the proper reinvestment of these funds if such reinvestment had been made when the mistake was first realized, the cost of self-indulgence becomes truly tremendous."

(Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits)

The Ultimate Hold-versus-Sell Test

Here is the overriding primary test, followed by observations on why it is so critically important:

Knowing all that you now know and expect about the company and its stock (not what you originally believed or hoped at time of purchase), and assuming that you had available capital, and assuming that it would not cause a portfolio imbalance to do so, would you buy this stock today, at today's price?

No equivocation. Yes or no?

Answers such as maybe or probably are not acceptable since they are ways of dodging the issue. No investor probably buys a stock; they either place an order or do not.

Here is the implication of your answer to that critical test: if you did not answer with a clear affirmative, you should sell; only if you said a strong yes, are you justified to hold.

Some thoughts on Analysing Stocks (KISS)

Ideally a stock you plan to purchase should have all of the following charateristics:

• A rising trend of earnings dividends and book value per share.
• A balance sheet with less debt than other companies in its particular industry.
• A P/E ratio no higher than average.
• A dividend yield that suits your particular needs.
• A below-average dividend pay-out ratio.
• A history of earnings and dividends not pockmarked by erratic ups and downs.
• Companies whose ROE is 15 or better.
• A ratio of price to cash flow (P/CF) that is not too high when compared to other stocks in the same industry.

Margin of Safety Concept: Stocks should be bought like groceries, not like perfume

The high CAGR in the early years of the investing period, due to buying at a discount, tended to decline and approach that of the intrinsic EPS GR of the companies over a longer investment time-frame.

Chapter 20 - “Margin of Safety” as the Central Concept of Investment

A single quote by Graham on page 516 struck me:

Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.

Basically, Graham is saying that most stock investors lose money because they invest in companies that seem good at a particular point in time, but are lacking the fundamentals of a long-lasting stable company.

This seems obvious on the surface, but it’s actually a great argument for thinking more carefully about your individual stock investments. If most of your losses come from buying companies that seem healthy but really aren’t, isn’t that a profound argument for carefully studying any company you might invest in?

Bullbear Buffett

Saturday, 13 December 2025

DUTCH LADY MILK INDUSTRIES BERHAD (3026) Q3 2025 QUARTERLY REPORT

1. Performance Against Preceding Year Corresponding Period (Q3 2025 vs Q3 2024)

2. Performance Against Immediate Preceding Quarter (Q3 2025 vs Q2 2025)

3. Financial Position and Cash Flow

4. Comment on Performance

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All equity security investments present a risk of loss of capital

The Ultimate Hold-versus-Sell Test

Some thoughts on Analysing Stocks (KISS)

Benjamin Graham

Sell the losers, let the winners run.

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Warren Buffett

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