Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Timber stocks- time for some profit-taking

Today, we can see many 2nd & 3rd liners in the timber sector participating in the rally. This means that the retailers are getting into the timber theme play. This is usually a good time to take some profit as retailers are normally late for any party. After them, who else is there to buy & support the rally?


Chart 1: WTK's weekly chart as at March 29, 2011_12.00 noon (Source: Quickcharts)



Chart 2: TaAnn's weekly chart as at March 29, 2011_12.00 noon (Source: Quickcharts)



Chart 3: Lingui's weekly chart as at March 29, 2011_12.00 noon (Source: Quickcharts)



Chart 4: JTiasa's weekly chart as at March 28, 2011 (Source: Quickcharts)

6 comments:

Unknown said...

hi Alex,
Another good post.
Is this also good time to take profit for the property stocks?

Thanks!

Onegreatdeal said...

Dear Alex,
do u think is too late to buy timber stock now?
If no, which stock do u recommend?
Thanks and regards

goodluck88 said...

Hi Alex,

Do you know how to calculate the reference price for PWORTH (7123) at RM0.77 today? Its rights issue EX at today.

WK888 said...

there r still many cheap cheap timber stocks... EKSONS for instance...

Alex Lu said...

Hi Onegreatdeal

I think the timber theme may continue for a while because the demand for timber products for the re-building program in Japan is real & substantial. You may go back into some of the timber stocks that had corrected or consolidated its recent sharp run-up. Laggards may join in the rally but normally the main beneficiary would be the big players from Sarawak. So, we are basically looking at TaAnn, JTiasa, Subur, Lingui & WTK.

Alex Lu said...

HI Wedding Gifts,

At RM1.48, EKSONS is trading at a PE of about 9 times, which I consider to be fairly reasonable. The stock could potentially trade up to RM1.80-2.00.