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Malaysian (KLSE) Software Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies25
  • 7D-7.8%
  • 3M-7.8%
  • 1Y-21.1%
  • YTD-16.0%

Over the last 7 days, the Software industry has dropped 3.3%, driven by a pullback from Autocount Dotcom Berhad of 18%. Meanwhile, NetX Holdings Berhad actually outperformed within the industry, gaining 7.7% in the last week. However, the industry is down 16% over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are expected to remain mostly flat in the next few years.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Malaysian Software Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025RM 3.5bRM 1.7b-RM 160,530,377.0026.2x-21.8x2x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025RM 3.9bRM 1.7b-RM 164,859,111.0030.5x-23.7x2.3x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024RM 4.0bRM 1.7b-RM 150,174,884.0032.3x-26.8x2.3x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024RM 3.8bRM 1.7b-RM 54,601,577.0034.4x-68.9x2.2x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024RM 4.1bRM 1.7b-RM 33,911,317.0037.3x-121.3x2.5x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024RM 4.3bRM 1.7b-RM 39,525,537.0035.7x-108.2x2.5x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024RM 4.4bRM 1.7b-RM 20,996,349.0039.9x-209.7x2.7x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024RM 5.4bRM 1.7b-RM 15,191,726.0047.9x-352.9x3.2x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024RM 4.7bRM 1.7b-RM 18,519,665.0041.9x-251.4x2.8x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 12.7m43.6x325.9x2.6x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024RM 3.9bRM 1.6bRM 17.9m27.2x219.8x2.4x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024RM 4.2bRM 1.5bRM 32.1m29x129.9x2.7x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024RM 4.4bRM 1.6bRM 65.8m25.5x66.9x2.7x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023RM 4.3bRM 1.6bRM 73.8m25.1x58.1x2.6x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023RM 4.2bRM 1.6bRM 7.7m26.4x552.4x2.7x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023RM 4.3bRM 1.6bRM 4.8m28.6x898x2.7x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023RM 4.2bRM 1.6bRM 10.9m27.2x388.5x2.7x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 7.4m22.1x553.6x2.6x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 8.7m21.6x471.6x2.6x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 9.0m21.6x451.8x2.6x
Wed, 03 May 2023RM 3.8bRM 1.5b-RM 26,267,573.0015.6x-143.5x2.4x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023RM 3.6bRM 1.5b-RM 30,111,537.0015.5x-121.2x2.4x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023RM 3.7bRM 1.5b-RM 35,824,671.0019.2x-104.2x2.5x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023RM 3.9bRM 1.6b-RM 115,145,581.0022.7x-34.2x2.4x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022RM 3.9bRM 1.6b-RM 114,438,006.0021.5x-33.9x2.4x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022RM 4.1bRM 1.6b-RM 68,744,454.0022x-59.5x2.5x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022RM 3.2bRM 1.6b-RM 68,249,360.0018.6x-47.4x2.1x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022RM 3.4bRM 1.6b-RM 66,094,477.0020x-52.1x2.2x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022RM 3.3bRM 1.5b-RM 87,797,054.0019.9x-37.1x2.1x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022RM 3.0bRM 1.5b-RM 147,492,438.0014.9x-20.4x2x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022RM 3.3bRM 1.6b-RM 148,996,980.0016x-22.2x2.1x
Thu, 05 May 2022RM 3.5bRM 1.5b-RM 98,606,974.0015.7x-35.9x2.3x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022RM 3.5bRM 1.6b-RM 111,638,779.0015x-31.4x2.2x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022RM 3.7bRM 1.6b-RM 73,389,514.0014.5x-50.1x2.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-50.1x


Total Market Cap: RM 3.7bTotal Earnings: -RM 73,389,514.00Total Revenue: RM 1.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Malaysian Software Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 73.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Malaysian Software industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.5x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.1x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Software industry have deteriorated over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 3.1% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has caused losses to expand.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Malaysian Tech industry?

MY Market-2.08%
Tech-3.94%
Software-7.79%
Systems Software-3.07%
Application Software-10.01%
Industry PE
    Forecasted Growth
    • Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Systems Software industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 0.9% per year over the next 5 years, which isn't as bad as the other industries.
    • In contrast, the Systems Software industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

    Top Stock Gainers and Losers

    Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

    CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
    TFP TFP Solutions BerhadRM 0.0320.0%
    +RM 3.1m
    -25.0%PS5.8x
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