Stock With Momentum: MWE

by **Cals** Tue 01 Dec 2015, 20:31

Stock With Momentum: MWE

By Asia Analytica / The Edge Financial Daily | December 1, 2015 : 10:41 AM MYT

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on December 1, 2015.

[size=16]MWE Holdings Bhd ([You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Valuation: 1.20, Fundamental: 0.55) (-ve)
Penang-based MWE (Fundamental: 0.65/3, Valuation: 1.4/3) surged 14.4% to close at RM1.59 yesterday, triggering our momentum algorithm for the first time. This came after the company received a takeover offer from Pinjaya Sdn Bhd, which is linked to Tan Sri Dato’ Surin Upatkoon.
To recap, Pinjaya Sdn Bhd and persons acting in concert (who directly and indirectly own a 33% stake) offered to take MWE private for RM391.4 million or RM1.70 per share. This is a 22.3% premium to its previous closing price and values the company at 0.7 times book (as at end-September).
MWE primarily manufactures and sells textiles. Notable customers include Nike, Lacoste, Oshkosh and Izod. The textiles segment accounted for 61.5% of FYMar2015 revenue, with the balance from telecommunications, property and plantation segments.
Notably, MWE owns a 25% stake in Bursa-listed Kumpulan Europlus Bhd ([You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Valuation: 0.90, Fundamental: 2.40), which is valued at RM215.6 million. The latter, via an 80%-owned subsidiary, holds a 50-year highway concession for the RM6 billion West Coast Expressway.
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