5 Highlights From UG Healthcare’s Latest Earnings The group’s capacity expansion of 500 million pieces of gloves has allowed it to achieved a production capacity of 3.4 billion pieces of gloves per annum for FY2021. The post 5 Highlights From UG Healthcare’s Latest Earnings appeared first on Value Invest Asia.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks of glove companies (both the supplies and the shares) were in hot demand globally. As healthcare providers rushed to stock up sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) including gloves, investors rushed to buy the stocks of glove suppliers. In fact, the top performing stock on SGX for 2020 was Medtecs International, a supplier of medical consumables and PPE, with a stock gain of 2600%. While it has been more than a year since the start of the pandemic, the continued surge of the virus (including the more infectious Delta variant) has ensured that the demand for medical PPE has remained high. It is in this environment that Enviro-Hub (SGX: L23) has repositioned its business focus to recycling of e-waste and supply of medica

When it comes to investing in stocks, some investors may prefer to invest in small-cap companies as they believe that it gives them the chance to invest in potentially undervalued companies. For the uninitiated, the FTSE ST Small Cap Index is one of the six FTSE ST Index Series. The index is weighted based on market capitalisation and it tracks the performance of small capitalised SGX listed companies. Currently, it accounts for about 12% of SGX market capitalisation. Despite the challenges of COVID-19 resurgences in the region including Singapore’s Phase 2 (Heightened Alert), the FTSE ST Small Cap Index has generated a 4.8% total return thus far in 2Q2021 (as of 4 June 2021). During the same period, the Straits Times Index (STI) saw a return of 0.7%. In this week’s edition of 4 Stocks

Wall St’s inflation worries were main focus as STI rose 2% to 3,117.89; US Fed hinted at reducing asset purchases; Stocks bounced in second part of week on strong US economic data; Bitcoin plunged 28% after China tightened; SIA reported record S$4.3b loss, analysts reduced targets; Key medical suppliers have been in play; Maybank Kim Eng: new restrictions unlikely to derail recovery. The STI rebounded 2% after previous week’s 4.5% plunge Wall Street and its concerns over possible inflationary pressures provided the main focus last week. As always, the Straits Times Index tracked movements in the Dow futures, finishing the week a net 62 points or 2% at 3,117.89. This rise meant the index managed to recoup some of the 145 points or 4.5% it had lost the week before after additional cu

With Singapore reverting to a “Phase 2 (Heightened Alert)” to curb the spread of COVID-19, the office and hospitality REITs look to be some of the biggest losers in the stock market. As of this article’s writing, the largest office REITs in Singapore have all traded down relatively sharply when the latest announcement was made on 14 May 2021. Local investors must now be wondering if this is a good time to buy a larger chunk of Singapore Office REITs or whether deeper price cuts will occur going forward. Read Also: 4 Stocks Affected By Phase 2 (Heightened Alert): Sheng Siong (OV8); UG HealthCare (8K7); SIA (C6L); CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (C38U) The logic of asking this question is straightforward. Investors typically aim to buy at a good value (for the right companies) w

On 14 May 2021 (Friday), the Singapore government announced further tightening measures as COVID-19 community cases in Singapore continue rising over the past few weeks. From 16 May 2021 to 13 June 2021, Singapore will go into Phase 2 (Heightened Alert). As written in a DollarsAndSense Business article, these measures take us into a quasi-Phase 1 environment. Similar to Circuit Breaker and Phase 1, dining out will not be allowed, visiting of homes are capped at just two visitors per day while workers are, by default, supposed to work-from-home even though offices are technically still open. Not surprisingly, the financial market in Singapore took a beating due to the announcement. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) dropped by about 2.1% on 14 May 2021. As some of us may have known f

  After the massive rally since May by more than 100% in some of the medical counters, over the past 2 weeks we have seen 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 coming back.. 😰😰   mainly the glove makers or those with products and services that cater to the medical industry...   There are due to talks about a vaccine being found for Covid19 which may be a 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 for these companies as their revenue may be hit.. 😷     Joey here, Top Tier Remisier in Phillip Securities.   A lot of clients have asked if the uptrend is over for these medical counters.   Or perhaps if it may be a good time to accumulate on the cheap since they are at discounted prices again..   Well, watched this video rec