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Recent Action – Tuan Sing

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I recently initiated a new position for Tuan Sing at a share price of
47.5 cents for 40,000 shares.
Tuan Sing caught my eye only recently after the report from
UOB came out back in Nov last year, highlighting a few of their solid development and investment properties
on hand. Since then, I’ve been studying the company to understand it a little better.

The company has been undervalued for a long while, and it continues to be so until the recent few years when they build up market cap to compete with the rest of the other big boys.

I feel there’s a lot of momentum for developer this year, hence I wanted to build a larger exposure apart from the other property play (Ho Bee) I have.

I was looking for a momentum play, company that issued a clear guidance of what’s going to come in the next 1 to 2 years, one with a cheaper valuation and laggard play, specifically in terms of low P/RNAV and high
ROE – a combination of the two.
High ROE can be due to taking up higher gearing but in a bullish market, leverage can be a tool to expand.
Tuan Sing had also just released their final year results on Friday late night so I thought I’ll cover that as well.
Tuan Sing doesn’t possess a brand name that people on the street might hear of, but they are actually a property conglomerate with various development
assets in residential, investment and hospitality which spreads across
different geographical area – Singapore, Australia and China. Apart from
properties, which took up the bulk of their activities, they also held some
stakes in SP Corporation, Hypak manufacturer and owns about 45% of Gul
technologies as part of the JV.

If you just read their financial statement alone in a single quarter, that’s enough to make you dizzy.

It is so extremely difficult to digest the full nature of their business.

Hotel Operations

The company received recurring income from the hotel
operations in Grand Hyatt Melbourne and Hyatt Regency in Perth, which derived
about $4m nopat. It is still relatively small proportion compared with the rest of their income. 
The company has also planned for an asset enhancement
initiatives (AEI) for their hotels in Perth for an extended space so once it is
completed we will see some retail spaces beside the hotel.
There is also a revaluation upwards on the Grand Hyatt
Melbourne from $335m to $365m this year.

This is not a deal-breaker for me.

Commercial
Operations
This year, the company will complete the 18 Robinson office
development at about 3.5% cap rates which will further add to the recurring
income portion of the earnings. 18 Robinson is also revalued upwards from $397m
to $486m this year, signalling an office demand and compressed cap rates.

This is one catalyst I am watching out for in 2018. This will be their big driver to the income from FY2018 onwards. I think we’ll see positive momentum coming out of this similar to Guocoland when they just completed their redevelopment on TPC.

They also bought Sime Darby for $365m earlier in 2017 to develop a commercial center in the vicinity sometime in the future. Sime Darby redevelopment is a long term catalyst but I’m unlikely to be vested till then. Not a big deal breaker for me in the short term.

Residential
Development

The company seems to be bullish on the property outlook and they are launching two new projects – Kandis Residence and Remaja Land which will boost their bottomline when they are completed.

This is a mid term play, which by then it will be sold it’ll probably be in the profits book by 2020. Again, not a big deal breaker for me right now. The sentiments are going to drive the momentum upwards though.

They also intend to build to build an integrated town resort in Batam in the next 2 years so again it’ll be interesting to see when all are completed.
Other JVs


Apart from their property operations, they also own some businesses outside.

Tuan Sing owns 45% stake in Gultech, a PCB manufacturer. Since it’s already taken private, it’s hard to analyze this one. The company however, gives guidance on the performance of Gultech each quarter.

The company reported that Gultech reported bottomline of around $24m, so at 45% stake, that’s roughly about $16m. Still very decent.

The company also owns some 80% of SP Corporation doing commodities trading and Tyres manufacturing. It delivered minimal on this one.

Dividends


There’s almost close to zero chance the company can increase the yield up as their cashflow is tight given their recurring income is still very low.

The most likelihood deal is a special one-off dividend through divestment of their non-core business or through a reits spinoff in the making, but I doubt it will be the focus in the short term.

Until then, investors can forget about this being a yield play.



Comparison with other developers
I quickly draw a comparison among the developers I keep track of.

A couple of them fits the bill from the table below – Tuan Sing, Ho Bee and Guocoland among the others.
Oxley ROE is an outlier as they took on a much higher gearing. The rest are pretty much almost similar in terms of gearing.
Final Thoughts
I’m just riding short term on this one with no plans (yet) in sight on the long term.

If we trust the table above, companies with higher ROA and ROE should do well while momentum for developers pick up, but the moment the cycle is bearish, the metrics will go down massively as companies start to hoard their assets and not released it.

My strategy would be safer to go long on a shorter time frame while momentum is still on the way.
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16 thoughts on “Recent Action – Tuan Sing”

    1. Hi Anonymous

      I dont have OUE data on hand but my gut feel is it is somewhat like wingtai, good price to book but low on ROA.

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  2. Looking at the ratios, Ho Bee and Guocoland have better ratios. Any idea why TS is having such high P/E e.g. what's undermining earnings?

    1. Hi Twenty Two

      The figure above for TS is their last TTM, that was before the final year results they released on Friday. If we include that in, the PE would drop since they recognized massive fair value gains. But their underlying earnings will be strong from next year onwards once Robinson is completed.

  3. Hi B

    I have been accumulating this since 5cts-30cts. Have a rather sizeable position now. It’s on quite a few radars now. Sharp eyes. 2018 will be a milestone year for TS. R18 will change the dynamics for this company. They also own Robinson Point – another freehold office site in the CDB.

    Anonymous A

    1. Hi Anonymous A

      Now you are the really sharp one. When this was under radar you accumulated, have trust in them and now sitting on a piece pot of gold!

    1. Hi I am not a big fan of Oxley, I found their corporate management style too aggressive for my liking.

  5. Hi B, seems like you've been going for grocery shopping with some property developers recently hehe

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  7. Hi,

    Thanks for your blog! Just wondering what duration you have in mind when you say "long term" vs "short term"?

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