- Following the pandemic and coup in 2021, Yoma Strategic (SGX:Z59) has undergone a major de-leveraging and rightsizing exercise. Net debt has shrunk from US$326mil in September 2021 to US$134mil in September 2023. The company disposed of investment properties, restructured Yoma Central debt, resized F&B operations, lowered manpower costs and generated operating cash flow.
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- The macro environment in Myanmar has been extremely challenging. Myanmar's GDP (in US$ nominal terms) contracted 17.5% y-o-y in 2021 and 8.9% in 2022. Inflation is running at 20% p.a. and the kyat currency is officially down 60% since 2021. Yoma Strategic is responding to these challenges by de-gearing its balance sheet, disposing of non-core assets, localising costs and rebalancing its headcount.
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