PENTAMASTER at a glance

 

Pentamaster

 

Before 2013, this company was struggling to make a profit.  It was involved in various businesses.  The CEO was innovative but the businesses were not lousy.

It has since transformed and has done well since.  The PE is high.  Can it deliver the high growth expected of this high PE?

Pentamaster

Pentamaster locks in RM238mil sales


Monday, 02 Sep 2019

By DAVID TAN




Pentamaster executive chairman C.B. Chuah checking out test equipment produced for the automotive and semiconductor industries


GEORGE TOWN: Semiconductor automated test equipment maker Pentamaster Corp Bhd
has locked in sales of RM238mil for the third and fourth quarters of 2019, which will boost its growth by double-digit percentage over 2018.

Group chairman CB Chuah (pic) told StarBiz that

• about 50% of the sales came from the smartphone segment, 
• while the remainder were from the automotive, factory automation and medical device industries.

The average pricing of each test equipment starts from US$500,000 onwards.

“This year, the demand for smartphones has contracted. Its contribution to group revenue is expected to shrink to about 55% from 70% previously.


“The electric vehicle (EV) and factory automation solution segments are growing, ” Chuah said.

The EV segment, for example, is expected to contribute 15% this year compared to 10% a year ago. “We expect the EV segment to generate about 25% of group revenue by 2021, ” he added.

The group is now in talks with a few EV customers interested to purchase testers from Pentamaster to test the power converters used in EVs.

“These customers are from Europe, China and the United States, ” he said.

Chuah said the group would allocate more financial resources to expand its EV business segment. “We see huge potential in the EV business. During the first six months of the year, the global sales of pure EVs increased by 92% to 765,000 units, according to Jato, a leading provider of automotive market intelligence.

“This total is the volume sold in 41 markets around the world.

“China’s commitment to electrification and Tesla’s sales growth were the main factors driving the growth in the first half of 2019, ” he added.

On the smartphone market, this is the worst slowdown in three years, according to Chuah.

“New smartphones are not equipped with fresh and innovative features, which is why sales have slowed.  Due to economic uncertainties, consumers are also not changing their phones.We expect to see a recovery in 2020, ” Chuah said.

According to the Connecticut-based Gartner Inc research house, worldwide sales of smartphones to end-users will total 1.5 billion units in 2019, a 2.5% decline year-on- year.

“Gartner analysts expect smartphone sales to grow again in 2020, driven by the broader availability of 5G models and the promotion of 5G service packages in various parts of the world by communications service providers. Analysts also expect the first 5G Apple iPhone to launch in 2020, which should entice iPhone users to upgrade, ” Gartner said.


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2019/09/02/pentamaster-locks-in-rm238mil-sales#IwK0dJ6W85GtZ6kb.99

Pentamaster’s PIL valued at RM321mil

Proposed IPO in Hong Kong involves sale of 23% stake in the unit

• StarBiz
• 12 Sep 2017

PETALING JAYA: Pentamaster Corp Bhd is planning to list its most profitable subsidiary, valued at RM321mil, on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to raise funds for the expansion of its smart home applications and Internet of things (IoT) business.

The proposed initial public offering (IPO) involves the sale of a 23% stake in Pentamaster International Ltd (PIL) to investors at a price to be determined at a later date, the company said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia. Pentamaster owns 92.6% of PIL.

The share sale will reduce its stake in the unit, which generated all its profits in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2016, to 63%.

Pentamaster will be required to seek its shareholders’ approval in a general meeting for the proposed dilution.

The IPO exercise is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year.

“The proposed listing will provide the company and its automated solutions business with a diverse fund-raising platform in the future, which, in turn, will increase its financing flexibility to fund its future growth,” Pentamaster said in the statement yesterday.

The company said the offer price for PIL would be determined at a later date.

Pentamaster had announced the plan to spin off its unit in June this year. The planned fund-raising scheme had helped propel the stock 250% higher this year at yesterday’s close of RM4.73.

At this level, the company has a market capitalisation of RM693mil.

The valuation for PIL was ascribed by McMillan Woods Partners in Singapore.

McMillan Woods was appointed as the independent valuer to provide its valuation on the fair market value of the PIL Group to the board.

Pentamaster said it intended to use the proceeds from the share sale exercise to pay for future expansion of the group’s smart building solutions or building management system, and/or property development projects applying such solutions and system, as well as the IoT solutions with applications covering digital mobile software, payment gateway, secured software and/or building construction applications and solutions.

In addition, the fund will be utilised for technology-related investments in business applications covering healthcare, bioscience, aviation, information and communications technology, finance, social environment, energy and infrastructure.

The proceeds will also be allocated for working capital to carry out the new initiatives, including research and development, the hiring of employees, marketing and administrative expenses.

Meanwhile, the net proceeds to be raised by PIL from the public issue of new shares are proposed to be utilised for capital investment and costs in relation to the construction of a new production plant in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang, and the expansion of its existing production plant in Bayan Lepas, Penang.

The net proceeds will also be used for working capital, business expansion into the Greater China region (comprising China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), the establishment of an office in California in the United States, as well as for marketing, branding and promotional activities.

The details of the proposed listing, including the size and structure of the proposed share offer, the offer price and the amount of proceeds to be raised, will be determined at a later date upon approval being obtained from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closer to the launch of the prospectus of PIL and after taking into account the prevailing equity market and industry conditions in which the PIL Group is operating.

Pentamaster, which closed 0.4% higher at RM4.73, traded on a volume of 405,000 shares.

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Pentamaster to list automated solution arm on HK exchange

Posted on 11 September 2017 - 08:45pm

sunbiz@thesundaily.com

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PETALING JAYA: Pentamaster Corp Bhd (PCB) proposes to list its automated solution business, Pentamaster International Limited (PIL), on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd (HKEX).

While the exact details of the proposed listing, including size and structure of the proposed share offer, the offer price and amount of proceeds to be raised, are yet to be determined, PBC did say that its equity interest in PIL is expected to reduce from 92.60% as at Aug 30, 2017 to 63.10% upon completion of the exercise.

The entire exercise comprises of a share award scheme for eligible employees of PIL and its subsidiaries; proposed listing of the PIL and proposed dilution of PCB’s equity interest in PIL.

Profit after tax attributable to owners of PIL amounted to RM17.77 million for the financial period ended June 30, 2017.

The proposals are subjected to approvals being obtained from the shareholders of PCB at an EGM to be convened.

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Pentamaster to inject 3 units into Hong Kong-bound arm

Author: moneyKing   |   Publish Date: 18 Jul 2017, 10:07 AM

Wong Ee Lin/theedgemarkets.com
July 17, 2017 21:43 pm MYT

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): Pentamaster Corp Bhd plans to inject three of its automated solution subsidiaries into Pentamaster International Ltd (PIL), which it intends to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The three wholly-owned subsidiaries are Pentamaster Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, Pentamaster Equipment Manufacturing Sdn Bhd and Pentamaster Instrumentation Sdn Bhd.

The three units will be injected into PIL for a collective RM86.78 million, which will be satisfied via the issuance of 999 PIL shares to Pentamaster.

"The internal reorganisation will facilitate a more efficient group structure by way of promoting a better segregation of business responsibilities and operations for Pentamaster’s existing automated solution business and its other smart control solution system business," said Pentamaster in a filing with Bursa Malaysia today.

"This will in turn enable the management of the automated solution business and smart control solution system business to efficiently allocate resources and focus on their respective businesses.
"In addition, the internal reorganisation will also facilitate PIL to act as the listing entity for the proposed listing," it added.

Following the internal reorganisation, Pentamaster will proceed to dispose of a 7.4% stake in PIL to Singapore-based private equity fund GEMS Opportunities Limited Partnership RM25.5 million.
The proposed disposal is expected to result in a gain on disposal of RM19.08 million.

Pentamaster said it intends to use the proceeds from the proposed disposal for expenses in relation to the proposed listing, to repay borrowings, for staff and other general administrative and operating related expenses and sales and marketing expenses.

The disposal consideration of RM25.5 million in PIL represents a price to earnings (PE) multiple of 10.4 times to the audited combined net profit of Pentamaster Technology, Pentamaster Equipment and Pentamaster Instrumentation of RM33.14 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2016.
The PE multiple falls within the range of the high (17.96 times) and low (6.45 times) of Pentamaster’s traded PE multiple for the past 12 months up to the date of this announcement.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the proposals are expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2017.

In June, Pentamaster announced that it is pursuing a separate listing for its automated solution business in Hong Kong.

Pentamaster shares closed down eight sen or 2.13% to RM3.68 today for a market capitalisation of RM539.37 million.


http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/pentamaster-inject-3-units-hong-kongbound-arm


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Pentamaster to gain RM19mil from sale of 7.4% in PIL
CORPORATE NEWS
Monday, 17 Jul 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: Pentamaster Corp Bhd


, which seeks to list its automated solution business in Hong Kong held under holding company Pentamaster International Ltd (PIL), is selling a 7.4% stake in PIL to GEMS Opportunities Ltd Partnership for RM25.5mil.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Pentamaster said it stood to gain RM19.08mil from selling the equity interest in newly-incorporated PIL to GEMS, a Singapore-based private equity fund.

Pentamaster had on Monday signed agreements to transfer its entire equity interest in three wholly-owned subsidiaries involved in the automated solution business to PIL and, afterwards, to sell 7.4% equity interest in PIL to GEMS for RM25.5mil in cash.

It said the internal reorganisation would lead to a more efficient group structure separating PCB’s existing automated solution business and its other smart control solution system business.

Besides for raising funds, Pentamaster said its proposed disposal of PIL shares to GEMS would broaden PIL’s shareholder base by exposing it to international institutional investors.

It added that GEMS’ positioning as strategic investor of PIL, coupled with fund manager GEMS Capital Pte Ltd’s extensive investment experience and network, would add value to the proposed listing.

On the use of the RM25.5mil proceeds, Pentamaster said the bulk - RM15mil - would go towards paying the listing expenses while RM7.5mil would be for repaying bank borrowings.

Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/07/17/pentamaster-to-gain-rm19mil-from-sale-of-7pt4pc-in-pil/#HcHdSuczADQuAwPX.99


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Pentamaster eyes HK listing of automated solution business
CORPORATE NEWS
Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017


KUALA LUMPUR: Pentamaster Corp Bhd is pursuing a separate listing for its automated solution business in Hong Kong.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the company said it had appointed advisers for the purpose of listing the business on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd, including financial advisory firm Altus Capital Ltd as the sponsor.

It said the automated solution business would gain recognition and corporate stature through having its own listing status, hence allowing it to expand of its customer base.

The proposed listing is also expected to enhance efficiency by way of promoting a clearer segregation of business responsibilities and operations for Pentamaster’s existing automated solution business, thereby enabling the respective management teams to focus on opportunities specific to each of the automated solution business.

Pentamaster said the proposed exercise would also unlock shareholders’ value and provide the company and its automated solution business with a diverse fund-raising platform in the future.

The group has three operating segments: automated equipment (its biggest revenue and profit contributor), automated manufacturing solution, and smart control solution system.

“Prior to the completion of the proposed listing, Pentamaster will undertake a reorganisation of its subsidiaries involved in the automated solution business and these subsidiaries will continue to remain as its subsidiaries on completion of the proposed listing,” the company said.

It said a detailed announcement would be made in due course after it had finalised and approved the structure of the proposed listing.

To facilitate the proposed listing, Pentamaster has applied to incorporate a wholly-owned subsidiary in the Cayman Islands, namely Pentamaster International Ltd (PIL), on Monday. PIL’s principal activity is that of investment holding.

Pentamaster said the board wished to highlight to its shareholders that the proposed listing was at a preliminary stage and fairly extensive preparatory work was required and that such preparatory work might involve an uncertain time frame.

“Shareholders should note that the proposed listing may or may not materialise,” it said.

The company noted that the exercise was subject to, among others, satisfactory due diligence and assessment of suitability for listing by the Hong Kong sponsor and other professional advisers, approvals being obtained from the relevant authorities in Hong Kong and Malaysia (where required), as well as the shareholders at an EGM to be convened.

In addition, the proposed listing depends on assessment of other factors such as general economic and capital market conditions.

Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/06/13/pentamaster-eyes-hk-listing-of-automated-solution-business/#mSKS5z4zH64Mv8QA.99

Pentamaster (22.8.2017)

Pentamaster
21.8.2017

INCOME STATEMENT
Thousands
Year …. T4Q
Revenues …. 170,580
PBT …. 33,609
PAT …. 34,346
EPS (RM) …. 0.2118
No of shr (m) …. 146.7

PBT Marg …. 19.70%
NP Marg …. 20.13%


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Pentamaster
21.8.2017

INCOME STATEMENT
Thousands
Year …. 2016 …. 2015 …. 2014 …. 2013 …. 2012
Revenues …. 151,939 …. 83,604 …. 81,047 …. 67,344 …. 56,896
GrProf …. 47,868 …. 23,831 …. 20,845 …. 11,788 …. 9,472
EBIT …. 27,514 …. 11,640 …. 5,759 …. 28 …. (3,979)
Int Exp …. 94 …. 10 …. 258 …. 358.2 …. 566
PBT …. 28,838 …. 14,682 …. 7,352 …. 3,918 …. (2,083)
Tax …. (747) …. 2,392 …. 1,309 …. 1,066 …. 52
PAT …. 27,028 …. 11,953 …. 4,531 …. 2,385 …. (1,333)
EPS (Dil) …. 0.19 …. 0.09 …. 0.03 …. 0.02 …. -0.01
No of shr (Dil) …. 144,072.2 …. 133,265.0 …. 133,243.1 …. 133,243.1 …. 133,243.1



GP Marg …. 31.51% …. 28.50% …. 25.72% …. 17.50% …. 16.65%
PBT Marg …. 18.98% …. 17.56% …. 9.07% …. 5.82% …. -3.66%
NP Marg …. 17.79% …. 14.30% …. 5.59% …. 3.54% …. -2.34%
EBIT/Int …. 293.6 …. 1187.7 …. 22.3 …. 0.1 …. -7.0



BALANCE SHEET
Thousands
Year …. 2016 …. 2015 …. 2014 …. 2013 …. 2012
CA …. 94,749 …. 43,656 …. 43,563 …. 35,579 …. 36,774
NCA …. 48,723 …. 52,899 …. 46,490 …. 51,294 …. 56,757
TA …. 143,471 …. 96,555 …. 90,053 …. 86,873 …. 93,531

CL …. 30,578 …. 14,927 …. 22,845 …. 24,483 …. 31,299
NCL …. 269 …. 2,646 …. 4,266 …. 3,129 …. 2,591
TL …. 30,847 …. 17,573 …. 27,111 …. 27,612 …. 33,890
Eq …. 112,174 …. 77,851 …. 62,942 …. 56,879 …. 54,067
TL+Eq …. 143,471 …. 96,555 …. 90,053 …. 86,873 …. 93,531



Cash …. 33,406 …. 15,388 …. 10,359 …. 4,899 …. 5,112
ST Debt …. 178 …. 101 …. 132 …. 6,507 …. 10,642
LT Debt …. 269 …. 141.4 …. 56.6 …. 188.4 …. -
Total Debt …. 447 …. 243 …. 188 …. 6,695 …. #VALUE!

Inventories …. 17,617 …. 6,543 …. 11,105 …. 10,738 …. 11,085
AR …. 41,530 …. 20,784 …. 20,387 …. 18,790 …. 19,942
AP …. 2,799 …. 3,280 …. 602 …. 653 …. 944

CA-CL …. 64,171 …. 28,729 …. 20,718 …. 11,096 …. 5,475

TD/Eq …. 0.4% …. 0.3% …. 0.3% …. 11.8% …. #VALUE!
TD/TA …. 0.3% …. 0.3% …. 0.2% …. 7.7% …. #VALUE!
TL/TA …. 21.5% …. 18.2% …. 30.1% …. 31.8% …. 36.2%

CR …. 3.10 …. 2.92 …. 1.91 …. 1.45 …. 1.17
QR …. 2.52 …. 2.49 …. 1.42 …. 1.01 …. 0.82



CE …. 146,300 …. 97,016 …. 77,568 …. 67,289 …. 67,344

Average of 2 years
CE (Avg) …. 121,658 …. 87,292 …. 72,428 …. 67,316 ….
TA (Avg) …. 120,013 …. 93,304 …. 88,463 …. 90,202 ….
Eq (Avg) …. 95,013 …. 70,396 …. 59,910 …. 55,473 ….






CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Thousands
Year …. 2016 …. 2015 …. 2014 …. 2013 …. 2012
Net Inc …. 28,838 …. 14,682 …. 7,352 …. 3,918 …. (2,083)
D&A …. 8,356 …. 4,436 …. 3,928 …. 6,315 …. 5,545
FFO …. 35,899 …. 13,454 …. 11,127 …. 6,314 …. 4,784
CWC …. (17,999) …. (5,405) …. 913 …. (771) …. (8,571)
NetOCF …. 17,899 …. 8,050 …. 12,040 …. 5,543 …. (3,787)

Capex …. (4,288) …. (3,790) …. (2,125) …. (1,787) …. (65)

FCF …. 14,084 …. 4,969 …. 11,632 …. 5,314 …. (3,852)
Dividends …. - …. - …. - …. - …. -
RE …. 28,838 …. 14,682 …. 7,352 …. 3,918 …. (2,083)
Owner's Cash …. 32,906 …. 15,328 …. 9,154 …. 8,447 …. 3,397
FFO less Capex …. 31,611 …. 9,664 …. 9,002 …. 4,527 …. 4,719


NetOCF/Net Inc …. 62.1% …. 54.8% …. 163.8% …. 141.5% …. 181.8%
FCF/Net Inc …. 48.8% …. 33.8% …. 158.2% …. 135.6% …. 184.9%
Capex/Net Inc …. 14.9% …. 25.8% …. 28.9% …. 45.6% …. -3.1%
Capex/NetOCF …. 24.0% …. 47.1% …. 17.7% …. 32.2% …. -1.7%
Capex/D&A …. 51.3% …. 85.4% …. 54.1% …. 28.3% …. 1.2%
DPO ratio …. 0.0% …. 0.0% …. 0.0% …. 0.0% …. 0.0%



VALUATION
Year …. 2016 …. 2015 …. 2014 …. 2013 …. 2012
Share Price RM …. 1.70 …. 0.71 …. 0.49 …. 0.22 …. 0.21
Market cap (m) …. 245 …. 95 …. 65 …. 29 …. 27

ROCE …. 22.6% …. 13.3% …. 8.0% …. 0.0% …. #DIV/0!
ROA …. 22.5% …. 12.8% …. 5.1% …. 2.6% …. #DIV/0!
ROE …. 28.4% …. 17.0% …. 7.6% …. 4.3% …. #DIV/0!

FCF/Revenues …. 9.3% …. 5.9% …. 14.4% …. 7.9% …. -6.8%

FCF/Mkt Cap …. 5.8% …. 5.3% …. 17.8% …. 18.1% …. -14.1%
DY …. 0.0% …. 0.0% …. 0.0% …. 0.0% …. 0.0%

Mkt. cap/Equity (P/B) …. 2.18 …. 1.22 …. 1.04 …. 0.52 …. 0.51
Mkt. cap/Net Inc (PE) …. 9.06 …. 7.92 …. 14.41 …. 12.29 …. -20.50



Today's Price RM …. 4.71
Shares (m) …. 146.653
Market cap (m) today …. 691

Mkt. cap/Equity (P/B) …. 6.16
Mkt. cap/Net Inc (PE) …. 20.11





Pentamaster

Quarterly Report History Qtr Financial … Revenue … PBT  … PAT … PBT  No Quarter … (RM,000) … (RM,000) … (RM,000) … Margin 1 31-Mar-17 … 47,572 … 9,341 7,538 … 19.6% 4 31-Dec-16 … 43,476 … 7,337 9,548 … 16.9% 3 30-Sep-16 … 40,684 … 8,377 7,315 … 20.6% 2 30-Jun-16 … 38,848 … 8,554 6,664 … 22.0% 1 31-Mar-16 … 28,599 … 4,238 3,169 … 14.8% 4 31-Dec-15 … 19,256 … 2,411 1,482 … 12.5% 3 30-Sep-15 … 20,908 … 6,826 5,469 … 32.6% 2 30-Jun-15 … 24,089 … 4,021 3,251 … 16.7% 1 31-Mar-15 … 19,351 … 1,424 1,751 … 7.4% 4 31-Dec-14 … 22,293 … 3,109 2,114 … 13.9% 3 30-Sep-14 … 22,307 … 2,439 2,011 … 10.9% 2 30-Jun-14 … 26,689 … 2,544 1,607 … 9.5% No. Financial … ttm-Rev … ttm-PBT  … ttm-PAT … ttm-PBT  Qtr. Quarter … (RM,000) … (RM,000) … (RM,000) … Margin 1 31-Mar-17 … 170,580 … 33,609 … 31,065 … 19.7% 4 31-Dec-16 … 151,607 … 28,506 … 26,696 … 18.8% 3 30-Sep-16 … 127,387 … 23,580 … 18,630 … 18.5% 2 30-Jun-16 … 107,611 … 22,029 … 16,784 … 20.5% 1 31-Mar-16 … 92,852 … 17,496 … 13,371 … 18.8% 4 31-Dec-15 … 83,604 … 14,682 … 11,953 … 17.6% 3 30-Sep-15 … 86,641 … 15,380 … 12,585 … 17.8% 2 30-Jun-15 … 88,040 … 10,993 … 9,127 … 12.5% 1 31-Mar-15 … 90,640 … 9,516 … 7,483 … 10.5% 4 31-Dec-14 … … … … 3 30-Sep-14 … … … … 2 30-Jun-14 … … … … Qtr Financial … EPS  … DPS … NTA … ttm-EPS No Quarter … (Cent) … (Cent) … (RM) … (Cent) 1 31-Mar-17 … 5.14 … 0 … 0.79 … 21.21 4 31-Dec-16 … 6.51 … 0 … 0.733 … 18.38 3 30-Sep-16 … 4.99 … 0 … 0.671 … 12.98 2 30-Jun-16 … 4.57 … 0 … 0.621 … 12.09 1 31-Mar-16 … 2.31 … 0 … 0.576 … 9.96 4 31-Dec-15 … 1.11 … 0 … 0.554 … 8.96 3 30-Sep-15 … 4.1 … 0 … 0.539 … 9.44 2 30-Jun-15 … 2.44 … 0 … 0.498 … 6.85 1 31-Mar-15 … 1.31 … 0 … 0.474 … 5.62 4 31-Dec-14 … 1.59 … 0 … 0.462 … #REF! 3 30-Sep-14 … 1.51 … 0 … 0.446 … #REF! 2 30-Jun-14 … 1.21 … 0 … 0.431 … #REF!