Accumulate
- Attractive dividend yield 3.83% and growing consistently
- Decent valuation PE 23.5 with strong fundamentals - no debt, consistent profitability, stable industry
- Growth story - expansion into China
- Market Cap S$1.47bn, Float 34.41%
- Last done (as of 12/4/2017) S$0.995
- PE 23.5, PB 5.8, EV/EBITDA 15.7
- Dividend yield 3.83%, Dividend CAGR 5.7%, very consistent
- Revenue CAGR 4.5%, Earnings CAGR 8.4%, very consistent
- Total Debt to Equity 0%
- ROE 25.1%, ROA 12.4%
Operations
- Supermarkets - 43 locations all across Singapore as at October 2016
- As of April 2015, the company offers over 400 products under their 10 house-brands
- Extensive distribution network, food-processing facilities, and warehousing facilities
- Currently revenue only from Singapore, but soon to include China
Investment thesis
- Expansion into China - "The Group envisaged that the supermarket in Kunming, China may be operational from 3Q2017" - 4Q2016 report
- The group will continue to expand its store count and improve its current stores through renovation or refitting
- Increased competition
- Failure to bid for new stores
- Delays in expansion into China
- Increased food prices and the company is unable to pass on higher costs to consumers

i called for this stock on the TV and radio since it was only 60 cents
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