Two notable publicly listed companies are at the forefront in the coal trade. But the two are sitting on the opposite end of the coal trade. Their respective positions in the coal trade may explain their owner’s action. Aboitiz Power (AP), controlled by the Aboitiz family, is one of the biggest if not the biggest…Read More→
5 Peso cash dividend validated ICT’s strength
August 7, 2021ICT’s 2020 financial results showed that revenue for 2020 surpassed its pre-pandemic revenue. That fact provides the cue that ICT is benefiting from the money printing around the world. Despite the pandemic induced lockdown around the world, demand for goods and materials remained buoyant as the world becomes awash with cash. ICT operating ports and…Read More→
DMC principal stockholder hiked holdings in the company
August 6, 2021One of the principal stockholders of DMC Holdings (DMC) is DFC Holdings. DFC Holdings is one of the two Consunji holding firms owning the controlling shares of DMC. As of 26 May 2020, DFC holdings controls 2,382,067,010 shares of DMC or about 17.94% of DMC. But as of 26 July 2021, those holdings have increased…Read More→
ACEN’s 1H 2021 electricity profit margin compressed to 22% from 35%
August 5, 2021AC Energy Corporation’s profit margin from sale of electricity was 22% in the first half of 2021. Revenue from sale of electricity during that period was 13.3 Billion Pesos while costs of electricity was 10.4 Billion Pesos. That would leave a gross profit of 2.9 Billion Pesos or 22% of sales. Compare that to 1H…Read More→
Razon controlled Apex Mining is inching towards debt sustainability
August 4, 2021The Enrique Razon controlled Apex Mining (APX) is making progress on its debt repayment. Over the years APX has been on negative free cash flows. The cash generated from its operations were not enough to cover its capital expenditures. It consistently borrowed money to pay debt and put cash on its balance sheet. In 2020…Read More→
AP should learn from GMA7 that the proof of the pudding is in the eating
August 3, 2021AP should learn from GMA Network (GMA7) that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. GMA7 a traditional-free-to-air broadcasting company saw a significant rise in share price when it declared 1.35 cash dividend. At the time of the dividend declaration GMA7 was just trading at a day high of 7.49 a share. The…Read More→
PLC yields 10.19%, results on track to sustain dividend distribution
August 2, 2021Premium Leisure Corporation distributed a total of 1.3 Billion Pesos cash dividend to shareholders this year. With PLC currently trading at 0.41 a share the cash dividend amounts to a yield of 10.19%. The previous year was a horrible year for PLC. By year’s end PLC netted only 324 Million Pesos. Cash from operating activities…Read More→
URC, WLCON expanding, better 1H 2021 results despite ECQ in NCR+
August 1, 2021Universal Robina Corporation and Wilcon Depot showed impressive 1H 2021 results. WLCON generated 13.4 Billion of sales an improvement of 4.4 Billion as compared to 1H 2020. Net income was 1.25 Billion against 0.35 Billion in 1H 2020. Meanwhile URC’s revenue was 68.5 Billion in 1H 2021 against 67.4 Billion in 1H 2020. URC’s net…Read More→
URC’s 1H 2021 cash from operations down as 24.5B debts becomes due
July 31, 2021Universal Robina Corporation (URC) earned 8.5 billion Pesos at the end of 1H 2021. That net income is 2.5 billion more than that of the same period last year. URC’s bottom line may have improved but the cash from operating activities was down 5 billion Pesos to just 4.3 billion Pesos. The decrease in cash…Read More→