I’m a value investor. As such, I like to search for companies that are trading at low valuations. A list of stocks that are near their respective 52-week lows is a good place to start my search for a good reason. These are the stocks that are either unloved or beaten down by the market. However, some of these stocks could turn out to be bargains compared to their actual economic worth. That’s because market participants can at times react too negatively to certain companies that have sound long-term prospects but have experienced some short-term stumbles. I often screen for stocks that are trading near their 52-week lows around once every week. There are many different stocks that pop up on my screen each time I run it. With that in mind, here are three companies that have turned u

Giants such as Apple Inc and Amazon.com call the United States their home. In Singapore’s stock market, there are also giants. Let’s check out three of the largest shares listed in Singapore (data as of 26 September 2018). Giant #1 Not many know this, but with a market capitalisation of S$83.6 billion, Prudential Plc (SGX: K6S) is the largest listed company in Singapore. The company, which has a secondary listing here, is a British life insurance and financial services provider that is headquartered in the United Kingdom. It was founded in May 1848. Prudential was listed on the Singapore stock market by way of introduction on 25 May 2010. It has a premium listing in London and a primary listing in Hong Kong. The insurance company has a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 2.8 and a dividend yie

Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (SGX: J37) is a conglomerate with interest in the web of Jardines companies, which includes Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd (SGX: C07), Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SGX: H78), Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd (SGX: D01), Mandarin Oriental Limited (SGX: M04) and Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (SGX: J36). The company recently released its first half of 2018 results. In this article, I will look at the positive and negative points from the announcement. The positives First of all, the conglomerate reported stronger revenue and underlying profitability for the first half of 2018. Revenue increased 13% year-on-year to US$16.9 billion while underlying earnings per share was up by 11% year-on-year to US$1.45. Secondly, most segments reported

I’m a value investor. So, I like to search for companies that are trading at good value. A list of stocks that are near their respective 52-week lows is a good place to start my search for a good reason. These are the stocks that are either neglected or beaten down by investors. And, some of these stocks can be bargains in relation to their actual economic worth because market participants can at times react too negatively to certain companies that have sound long-term prospects but have experienced some short-term stumbles. As such, I will screen for stocks that are trading near 52-week lows nearly once every week. There are many stocks that pop up on my screen each time I run it.  So what are the companies that have shown up on this week’s list? Here are three of them: Jardine Math

At the end of July 2018, Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (SGX: J37)  reported its 2018 first half earnings update. As a quick introduction, Jardine Strategic is a conglomerate with interests in a web of Jardine companies such as Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd (SGX: C07), Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (SGX: H78), Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd (SGX: D01), Mandarin Oriental Limited (SGX: M04) and Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (SGX: J336). Here, let’s look at 10 things that investors should know from Jardine Strategic’s latest earnings update: 1. Revenue for the first half of the year increased 13% year-on-year to US$16.9 billion. 2. Underlying operating profit (excluding non-trading items) improved 26% year-on-year to US$1.8 billion. 3. Underlying net p

At the end of July 2018, Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (SGX: J36) reported its 2018 first half earnings update. Jardine Matheson is a conglomerate with interest in the web of Jardines companies. Here, let’s look at 10 things that investors should know from its latest earnings update. 1. Revenue for the six months ended 30 June 2018 increased 14% year-on-year to US$21.3 billion. 2. Underlying operating profit (excluding non-trading items) improved 22% year-on-year to US$1.9 billion. 3. Underlying net profit attributable to shareholders grew 6% year-on-year to US$792 million. 4. Similarly, underlying earnings per share was up by 7% year-on-year to US$2.11. 5. Underlying operating profit margin rose from 8.3% a year ago to 8.9% for the first half of 2018. 6. Year-to-date, Jardine M