An Intrinsic Value estimate of $0.6875/share, multiplied by the 139.407m issued shares, will give a derived value of $95.84m for the entire company. This, quite obviously, is too high if we compare it with the current scale and profit/cash flow generation of the underlying operating businesses, even though GRP has a large and growing cash reserve.....
http://info.sgx.com/webcoranncatth.nsf/V...5003802C4/$file/GRP-YearEndAnnouncement30Jun2010.pdf?openelement
I would bet that if an offer at around $0.30/share is ever made, even some of the big shareholders may sell. Apart from the regular $0.02/share yearly dividends and the large cash reserve, we have to also bear in mind that -
1. Starting from Apr10 this year, there will be no more recognition of rental differential from, and deferred income from the sale of. the Bukit Batok factory building (sold 3 years ago).
2. While the 2 core businesses of hose and measuring instruments distribution are well-established, there are the usual competition from other players and mild cyclicality in demand, moderating their recurrent profitability.
The current management and controlling shareholders hold the key to growing shareholders' value by deploying GRP's cash reserve for an accretive new business or acquisition, or just distributing a portion of it back to shareholders if they don't have any good new business idea, but they have so far chosen to just keep the status quo.