BreadTalk Group Limited (SGX: CTN) is exploring growth on multiple fronts. Investors can use this one ratio to see how its business is performing.

A couple of years ago, I wrote that BreadTalk aimed to achieve a net profit margin of 8% by 2020. Yet so far, its net profit margin (2.1% in FY2018) is still far below its intended target. This prompted a shareholder at this year’s AGM to ask the management whether their target still remained valid.   The answer was ‘yes’. But the bad news is that BreadTalk only has two years left to hit its target. Can they really achieve it? It looks like a far-fetched goal at this point in time. But I gained a few insights on what caused BreadTalk’s current depressed margins and how it plans to achieve its 8% target by 2020 when I attended the AGM. Here are eight things I learned from the 2019 BreadTalk AGM: 1. BreadTalk reported year-on-year revenue growth of 1.7% to S$609.8 mill

High debt load, volatile free cash flows, and a steep valuation make BreadTalk Group Ltd (SGX: CTN) a risky proposition.

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BreadTalk Group Limited (SGX:CTN) released its latest quarterly earnings on Monday 6 May. Here's what investors need to know.

Listed in July 2002, CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) is the first and the largest retail REIT to be listed on the SGX. It derives income from a portfolio of 15 retail malls worth S$11.1 billion located across Singapore. I recently received its latest 2018 annual report and in this article, I’ll give an update on CMT’s latest financial results, growth plans, and valuation. Here are 15 things to know about CapitaLand Mall Trust before you invest: Portfolio 1. CMT achieved a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% in its portfolio valuation for the last 10 years, from S$6.9 billion in 2009 to S$11.1 billion in 2018. This is due to stable capital appreciation of its existing properties and acquisition of key assets such as Clarke Quay, Bugis+, Westgate and Bedok Mall during the

Whenever you mention income investing (or dividend investing) to certain investors, they may reply with one of many possible responses: “Dividends? I’m only earning 2-3% a year. That’s too low.” “If I’m earning a 3% dividend yield, I’ll need a large investment for my dividends to be worthwhile.” “I can make higher returns investing in growth stocks.” Do these sound familiar to you? Income investing is often viewed as a ‘slow and steady’ way to invest. If you look at the Straits Times Index, a basket of the 30 largest companies in Singapore, its dividend yield is only 3.60% (as at 28 February 2019). It’s a similar story in Malaysia and the U.S. – the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI currently yields 3.18% and the S&P 500 yields 1.

We're evaluating the quality of BreadTalk Group Limited's (SGX: 5DA) business from the perspective of return on invested capital.