INSAS (3379) - Insas (RM0.87): Still stuck while Inari flies to the sky?
Just a short note.
Inari uptrend continues, leaving Insas behind
Just
look at the chart above. Inari was bashed down from RM3.10 level
(adjusted) to below RM2.10++ in last Oct and December. At the same time,
Insas was down to 80 sen from RM1.25 level. Nonetheless, since then,
Inari climbed to all-time high of above RM3.30 while Insas was hardly up
by comparison. At the same time, Insas' NAV continued to go up to RM1.82 now. Why the dichotomy?
Reasons for Insas' sluggishness?
Holding
company discount? Insas not doing anything for shareholders (No
dividend policy, meager dividends)? Value trap (It acts like Thong's own
sole-proprietorship)? Unstable earnings (A lot of liquid investments
such as bonds and equities which have changing market values all the
time)?
Insas' share of Inari is more than its own market cap:
Insas'
27.7% share in Inari mother share is worth RM650mil already and we have
not included Inari warrants which could be at least RM20-30mil. Both of
these holdings are already 10% more than Insas' own current market cap.
This means the rest of Insas' assets are totally free, including Insas'
financial investments (Bonds, equities etc) and net cash total about
RM500mil, associate companies worth RM160mil and RM160mil worth of
investment properties.
Unlocking value?
The
immediate catalyst I see is probably disposal of Inari to realize gains
from its Inari holdings. Recently Insas disposed 3.2mil++ shares in
Inari. Hopefully more to come. Koon Yew Yin also blogged about it last
year.
Will Insas do more going forward? We'll just have to ask Dato' Thong.
Final comments:
Enter
if you have patience to wait for Insas' price to catch up. For now, I
see tremendous value that can be unlocked from Insas. However, its price
will remain depressed as long as the major shareholder has no intention
to unlock value at all. Will Dato' Thong do it? Why should he? When?
I've no answer. Invest at your own risk :p
All the best!
Market Data:
Market Cap: RM600mil
NAV: RM1.82
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