IBhd: Good Earnings Reported

Result Update

For QE30/9/2016, IBhd's net profit rose 53% q-o-q or 162% y-o-y to RM22.4 million while revenue rose 31% q-o-q or 106% y-o-y to RM114 million. The better performance in both the revenue and profit was mainly due to higher revenue recognition of on-going projects for the Property Development segment as well as higher revenue and profit before tax for the Leisure segment.


Table: IBhd's last 8 quarterly P&L


Chart 1: IBhd's last 13 quarterly P&L

Valuation

I-Bhd (closed at RM0.61 yesterday) is now trading at a trailing PER of 9.4x (based on last 4 quarters' EPS of 6.53 sen). At this PER, I-Bhd is deemed fairly valued.

Technical Outlook

IBhd will soon test the strong resistance from the horizontal line at RM0.63. Looking at the charts for IBhd-LB & IBhd-WA, I believe that there is a fairly good chance that IBhd will soon break above this horizontal line.


Chart 2: I-Bhd's weekly chart as at Oct 24, 2016 (Source: Chartnexus)


Chart 3: I-Bhd-LB's weekly chart as at Oct 24, 2016 (Source: Chartnexus)


Chart 4: I-Bhd-LB's weekly chart as at Oct 24, 2016 (Source: Chartnexus)

Conclusion

Based on good financial performance and fair valuation, I-Bhd could be a good stock to consider for long-term investment. Its near-term outlook may still be neutral as the stock has not yet launched into its next upleg.

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