Category: Popular Hldgs

 

Popular Holdings – TheEdge

Popular Holdings AR2012

AR 2012

AR2012

 

Summary (Copied and Modified From VB Forum)

  • Turnover is $567.3M, up 8.6%, profit before tax is $36.4M, up 15.7%.
  • Key performing businesses were retail and distribution – turnover rose by $43.3M to $482M while profit before tax rose by $10M to $29.1M
  • Operating cash flow is $51M. Cash on hand = $145.9M ; Net Cash (of Debts) = $115M.
  • Net asset value per share is 25.09 cents.
  • Has 148 outlets, 9 more than in FY12. 63 outlets in Singapore (+1), 70 in Malaysia (+5) and 15 in Hong Kong (+3).
  • Publishing and e-learning business were flat.
  • Popular Land’s revenue is $29.6M, up $1.8M form last FY. Excluding impairment loss reversed in the last FY, profit before tax increased by $2.8M to $3.7M.
  • Has gone into book Café business –{ prologue } at ION Orchard has started the first book café Epilogue. Another Epilogue café was recently launched in Orchard Central.
  • Started a new business, Office Solutions, to supply office products to the corporate world, estimated to be worth S$400 million annually. Hopeful that this segment will synergise with stationery retail business.
  • Has ‘Creative Learning Package”  – Coverage of 21 provinces, an addition of seven. Teacher training for pre-school teachers has trained more than 500 teachers since it started at the end of 2011.
  • Total divided is 1.3 cents – 0.5 cents interim and 0.8 cents final. Yield is 5.5% at the last closing price of 23.5 cents.

 

  • Biggest book retailer in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
  • Pan Lloyds continues to be the dominant supplementary book publisher in Hong Kong taking up about 30% of the market share.
  • Ei8ht Raja, should be completed by early 2013 and ready for launch.
  • Popular Club membership has exceeded 1.4 million. Card Subscriptions FY12 : $4.902M vs FY11 : $4.819M

 

In 2009, Popular made a non-cash impairment provision of $28.2M. $21.7M was reversed in FY2010 while $6.5M was reversed in FY2010. Removing the impairment provision and reversal, profit before tax for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 would have been $9M, $18M, $25M and $36M

 

Operating & Financial Review

Operating & Financial Review

 

Group Turnover & PBT

Group Turnover & PBT

 

Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet

 

Profit & Loss

Profit & Loss

 

Cash Flow

Cash Flow

 

Segment

Segment

 

Top 20 Shareholders

Top 20 Shareholders

Popular Holdings – FY12 (Apr) Results

All the data are extracted from the results (please counter-check in case of error),

   

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

Q112

Q212

Q312

Q412

FY12

Revenue

434,995

450,317

514,648

522,440

141,633

118,593

166,453

140,573

567,252

Gross Profit

66,635

64,236

74,699

83,342

26,919

18,922

33,598

22,705

102,144

Operating Profit

16,511

-19,612

40,320

31,030

12,613

5,295

15,090

2,694

35,692

PBT

16,689

-18,967

40,076

31,497

12,775

5507

15,192

2,953

36,427

Net Profit

13,401

-17,509

31,200

23,830

10,237

4086

12,235

4,762

31,320

NPM

3.08%

NA

6.06%

4.56%

7.23%

3.45%

7.35%

3.39%

5.52%

Cash

48,907

71,501

90,017

104,797

120,035

114,488

129,331

145,945

145,945

Properties (For Sale)

39,032

23,320

20,400

15,287

15,288

15,288

Development Properties

84,450

76,561

82,507

37,526

38,659

40,082

64,270

67,135

67,135

Loan – CL

16,400

50,408

11,156

5,008

779

759

764

14,431

14,431

Loan – NCL

53,073

17,104

17,013

14,307

14,799

15,284

28,978

17,563

17,563

NAV (ct)

30.13

20.74

21.45

22.68

23.66

23.69

24.73

25.09

25.09

EPS (ct)

2.99

-3.53

4.53

2.83

1.22

0.48

1.44

3.70

3.70

DPS (ct)

0.5 + 0.7

0.5 + 0.2

(0.5 + 0.5) + 0.2

0.4 + 0.6

0.5

0.8

0.5 + 0.8

Remarks

Jan-09 : Rights Issue ($19.7M) 1-for-2 @ $0.10

Feb-10 : Rights Issue ($25.333M) 3-for-10 @ $0.13

Notes :

  • All figures in S$’000 unless otherwise stated
  • FY is End-Apr

 

SEGMENTS – Geographical

  

Singapore 

Malaysia 

Greater China 

Others 

Turnover 

Outlets 

FY12 

258,940

212,690 

93,014 

2,608 

567,252 

148 

FY11 

253,332 

164,577 

101,205 

3,326 

522,440 

139 

FY10 

264,414 

144,240 

105,133 

861 

514,648 

133 

FY09 

216,304 

130,538 

101,340 

2,135 

450,317 

133 

FY08 

200,723 

125,441 

106,342 

2,489 

434,995 

129 

FY07 

179,968 

107,650 

109,288

1,329 

396,235 

117 

 

SEGMENTS – Business

  

  

Retail & Distribution 

Publishing / e-Learning 

Property Development 

Corporate 

Eliminations 

Consolidated 

2012

Margin

6.04% 

10.11% 

12.44% 

24.24% 

 

6.42% 

Revenue 

482,321 

72,054 

29,577 

11,964 

-28,664 

567,252

Ext 

367 

16,333 

29,577 

     

Inter-Segment 

481,954 

55,721 

 

11,964 

-28,664 

 

P/L (Ops)

29,132 

7,283 

3,680 

2,900 

 

36,427 

2011

Margin

4.36% 

14.03% 

26.63% 

27.63% 

 

6.03% 

Revenue 

438,788 

68,977 

27,772 

13,292 

-26,389 

522,440 

Ext 

438,624 

56,044 

27,772 

     

Inter-Segment 

164 

12,933 

 

13,292 

-26,389 

 

P/L (Ops)

19,133 

9,680 

7,397 

3,673 

-8,386 

31,497 

2010

Margin

2.61% 

11.55% 

68.99% 

-102.63% 

 

7.79% 

Revenue 

418,387 

67,553 

41,434 

10,836 

 

514,648 

Ext 

418,201 

55,013 

41,434 

 

-23,562 

 

Inter-Segment 

186 

12,540

 

10,836 

   

P/L (Ops)

10,925 

7,799 

28,586 

-11,121 

3,887 

40,076 

2009

Margin

1.11% 

16.76% 

     

-4.36% 

Revenue 

393,173 

70,830 

   

-13,686 

450,317 

P/L (Ops)

4,354 

11,871 

-29,165 

 

-6,672 

-19,612 

2008

Margin

2.91% 

24.05% 

     

3.80% 

Revenue 

374,495 

73,083 

   

-12,583 

434,995

P/L (Ops)

10,909 

17,575 

-798 

 

-11,175 

16,511 

2007

Margin

4.25% 

8.28% 

     

3.99% 

Revenue 

332,494 

76,990 

   

-11,249 

398,235 

P/L (Ops)

14,116 

6,375 

-111 

 

-4,479 

15,901 

2006

Margin

4.03% 

12.12% 

     

5.73% 

Revenue 

314,116 

80,649 

   

-10,978 

383,787 

P/L (Ops)

12,663 

9,771 

   

-462 

21,972

2005

Margin

3.78%

6.92%

     

4.27%

Revenue 

299,005 

71,234 

   

-10,133 

360,106 

P/L (Ops)

11,293 

4,929 

   

-842 

15,380 

2004

Margin

4.01%

13.00%

     

5.59%

Revenue 

288,792 

67,602 

   

-8,963 

347,431 

P/L (Ops)

11,572 

8,791 

   

-935 

19,428 

2003

Margin

2.90%

15.14%

     

5.18%

Revenue 

269,932 

66,573 

   

-8,140 

328,365 

P/L (Ops)

7,816 

10,078 

   

-872

17,022 

 


 

Popular Holdings

All the data are extracted from the results (please counter-check in case of error),

  

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

Q112

Q212

Q312

Revenue

434,995

450,317

514,648

522,440

141,633

118,593

166,453

Gross Profit

66,635

64,236

74,699

83,342

26,919

18,922

33,598

Operating Profit

16,511

-19,612

40,320

31,030

12,613

5,295

15,090

PBT

16,689

-18,967

40,076

31,497

12,775

5507

15,192

Net Profit

13,401

-17,509

31,200

23,830

10,237

4086

12,235

NPM

3.08%

NA

6.06%

4.56%

7.23%

3.45%

7.35%

Cash

48,907

71,501

90,017

104,797

120,035

114,488

129,331

Properties (For Sale)

39,032

23,320

20,400

15,287

Development Properties

84,450

76,561

82,507

37,526

38,659

40,082

64,270

Loan – CL

16,400

50,408

11,156

5,008

779

759

764

Loan – NCL

53,073

17,104

17,013

14,307

14,799

15,284

28,978

NAV (ct)

30.13

20.74

21.45

22.68

23.66

23.69

24.73

EPS (ct)

2.99

-3.53

4.53

2.83

1.22

0.48

1.44

DPS (ct)

0.5 + 0.7

0.5 + 0.2

(0.5 + 0.5) + 0.2

0.4 + 0.6

0.5

Remarks

Jan-09 : Rights Issue ($19.7M) 1-for-2 @ $0.10

Feb-10 : Rights Issue ($25.333M) 3-for-10 @ $0.13

Notes :

  • All figures in S$'000 unless otherwise stated
  • FY is End-Apr