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Malaysian (KLSE) Software Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies25
  • 7D-1.5%
  • 3M-2.8%
  • 1Y-12.0%
  • YTD-6.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Software industry has dropped 3.0%, driven by a pullback from Microlink Solutions Berhad of 18%. In contrast, Cuscapi Berhad has gained 6.5%. However, the industry is down 12% over the past year. In the next few years earnings are forecast to be pretty stable.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 21 Jan 2025RM 3.9bRM 1.7b-RM 164,859,111.0030.3x-23.4x2.2x
Thu, 19 Dec 2024RM 4.0bRM 1.7b-RM 150,174,884.0032.5x-26.8x2.3x
Sat, 16 Nov 2024RM 3.8bRM 1.7b-RM 54,601,577.0035.6x-69.7x2.3x
Mon, 14 Oct 2024RM 4.1bRM 1.7b-RM 33,911,317.0037.3x-121.3x2.5x
Wed, 11 Sep 2024RM 4.2bRM 1.7b-RM 39,525,537.0035.1x-106.5x2.5x
Fri, 09 Aug 2024RM 4.5bRM 1.7b-RM 20,996,349.0041.8x-216.5x2.7x
Sun, 07 Jul 2024RM 5.4bRM 1.7b-RM 15,191,726.0048.7x-354.8x3.2x
Tue, 04 Jun 2024RM 4.7bRM 1.7b-RM 18,519,665.0041.9x-251.4x2.8x
Thu, 02 May 2024RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 12.2m43.6x339.1x2.6x
Sat, 30 Mar 2024RM 3.9bRM 1.6bRM 7.5m38.4x513.9x2.4x
Mon, 26 Feb 2024RM 4.2bRM 1.6bRM 38.2m29x109.2x2.7x
Wed, 24 Jan 2024RM 4.4bRM 1.6bRM 65.8m25.3x66.2x2.7x
Fri, 22 Dec 2023RM 4.3bRM 1.6bRM 67.5m25.5x64x2.7x
Sun, 19 Nov 2023RM 4.3bRM 1.6bRM 6.4m25.7x668.6x2.7x
Tue, 17 Oct 2023RM 4.3bRM 1.6bRM 4.8m28.6x898x2.7x
Thu, 14 Sep 2023RM 4.3bRM 1.6bRM 10.9m27.2x393.3x2.7x
Sat, 12 Aug 2023RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 7.4m22.3x556.6x2.6x
Mon, 10 Jul 2023RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 8.7m21.6x471.6x2.6x
Wed, 07 Jun 2023RM 4.1bRM 1.6bRM 9.0m21.4x452x2.6x
Fri, 05 May 2023RM 3.7bRM 1.5b-RM 26,267,573.0015.3x-142.1x2.4x
Sun, 02 Apr 2023RM 3.6bRM 1.5b-RM 26,750,905.0015.4x-136.4x2.4x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023RM 3.7bRM 1.5b-RM 36,022,380.0019.4x-103x2.5x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023RM 3.9bRM 1.6b-RM 115,145,581.0022.7x-34.2x2.4x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022RM 3.9bRM 1.6b-RM 114,438,006.0021.4x-34x2.4x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022RM 3.6bRM 1.6b-RM 69,431,040.0018.2x-52.2x2.3x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022RM 3.3bRM 1.6b-RM 68,249,360.0018.8x-48.4x2.1x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022RM 3.4bRM 1.6b-RM 66,094,477.0019.4x-51.3x2.2x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022RM 3.3bRM 1.5b-RM 87,797,054.0019.9x-37.3x2.1x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022RM 3.0bRM 1.5b-RM 147,492,438.0014.9x-20.4x2x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022RM 3.3bRM 1.6b-RM 148,996,980.0016.1x-22.2x2.1x
Sat, 07 May 2022RM 3.5bRM 1.5b-RM 98,606,974.0015.7x-35.2x2.3x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022RM 3.5bRM 1.6b-RM 112,893,709.0015x-31.1x2.2x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022RM 3.6bRM 1.6b-RM 73,389,514.0014.5x-49.2x2.3x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022RM 3.7bRM 1.6b-RM 112,712,116.0015.5x-33x2.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-33x


Total Market Cap: RM 3.7bTotal Earnings: -RM 112,712,116.00Total Revenue: RM 1.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Malaysian Software Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 72.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Malaysian Software industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.5x.
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 3.8% 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-0.74%
Tech-1.56%
Software-1.51%
Application Software-1.30%
Systems Software-1.97%
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
    		ADB Autocount Dotcom BerhadRM 1.236.0%
    +RM 38.5m    		93.7%PE37.7x
    		PANDA Panda Eco System BerhadRM 0.354.5%
    +RM 10.1m    		66.7%PE42.6x
    		NOVAMSC Nova MSC BerhadRM 0.095.9%
    +RM 7.1m    		-18.2%PS3.4x
    		APPASIA AppAsia BerhadRM 0.143.8%
    +RM 6.9m    		50.0%PE77.7x
    		SYSTECH Systech BhdRM 0.293.6%
    +RM 6.4m    		-34.1%PS4.4x
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