KYM Holdings Bhd (KLSE:KYM) - Share price, News & Analysis

KYM fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	0/6

KYM Stock Overview

KYM Holdings Bhd, an investment holding company, manufactures and sells paper packaging products in Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam.

Rewards

Trading at 48% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings grew by 1212.6% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Volatile share price over the past 3 months

Does not have a meaningful market cap (MYR70M)

KYM Holdings Bhd Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for KYM Holdings Bhd
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	RM0.47
52 Week High	RM0.79
52 Week Low	RM0.30
Beta	0.42
1 Month Change	-14.55%
3 Month Change	25.33%
1 Year Change	28.77%
3 Year Change	64.91%
5 Year Change	-32.37%
Change since IPO	-79.83%

Shareholder Returns

	KYM	MY Packaging	MY Market
7D	0%	-1.6%	-1.2%
1Y	28.8%	-15.1%	-8.7%

Return vs Industry: KYM exceeded the MY Packaging industry which returned -15.1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: KYM exceeded the MY Market which returned -8.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is KYM's price volatile compared to industry and market?
KYM volatility
KYM Average Weekly Movement	9.7%
Packaging Industry Average Movement	4.5%
Market Average Movement	5.5%
10% most volatile stocks in MY Market	11.4%
10% least volatile stocks in MY Market	2.9%

Stable Share Price: KYM is more volatile than 75% of MY stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 10% a week.

Volatility Over Time: KYM's weekly volatility (10%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of MY stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1982	219	Tze Lim	https://www.kym.com.my

KYM Holdings Bhd, an investment holding company, manufactures and sells paper packaging products in Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam. It operates through Manufacturing and Property segments. The company offers multi-wall industrial paper bags, and corrugated fiber boards and boxes.

KYM Holdings Bhd Fundamentals Summary

How do KYM Holdings Bhd's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
KYM fundamental statistics
Market Cap	RM70.45m
Earnings (TTM)	RM7.94m
Revenue (TTM)	RM91.87m

8.9x

P/E Ratio

0.8x

P/S Ratio

Is KYM overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
KYM income statement (TTM)
Revenue	RM91.87m
Cost of Revenue	RM73.48m
Gross Profit	RM18.39m
Other Expenses	RM10.45m
Earnings	RM7.94m

Last Reported Earnings

Apr 30, 2022

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.053
Gross Margin	20.02%
Net Profit Margin	8.64%
Debt/Equity Ratio	40.3%

How did KYM perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

We’ve recently updated our valuation analysis.

Valuation

Is KYM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PEG Ratio

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KYM?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

The above table shows the n/a ratio for KYM. This is calculated by dividing KYM's market cap by their current preferred multiple.
What is KYM's n/a Ratio?
n/a Ratio	0x
n/a	n/a
Market Cap	RM70.45m

KYM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	1.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	8.2x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KYM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

KYM PE Ratio vs Peers

The above table shows the PE ratio for KYM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	8.8x

Forward PE

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KYM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.9x) compared to the peer average (8.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KYM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Packaging Industry?

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KYM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.9x) compared to the MY Packaging industry average (12.6x)

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KYM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KYM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	8.9x
Fair PE Ratio	n/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate KYM's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KYM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KYM (MYR0.47) is trading below our estimate of fair value (MYR0.9)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KYM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate KYM's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.

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Future Growth

How is KYM Holdings Bhd forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?

Future Growth Score

0/6

Future Growth Score 0/6

Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE

15.0%

Forecasted Materials industry annual growth in earnings

In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as KYM Holdings Bhd has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.

This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.

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Examine whether KYM Holdings Bhd is trading at an attractive price based on how much it is expected to earn in the future, and relative to its industry peers and the wider market.

Past Performance

How has KYM Holdings Bhd performed over the past 5 years?

Past Performance Score

5/6

Past Performance Score 5/6

Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE

-3.2%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: KYM has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: KYM's current net profit margins (8.6%) are higher than last year (0.8%).

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: KYM has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -3.2% per year.

Accelerating Growth: KYM's earnings growth over the past year (1212.6%) exceeds its 5-year average (-3.2% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: KYM earnings growth over the past year (1212.6%) exceeded the Packaging industry -8.6%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: KYM's Return on Equity (8.6%) is considered low.

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Financial Health

How is KYM Holdings Bhd's financial position?

Financial Health Score

5/6

Financial Health Score 5/6

Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: KYM's short term assets (MYR57.7M) exceed its short term liabilities (MYR42.8M).

Long Term Liabilities: KYM's short term assets (MYR57.7M) exceed its long term liabilities (MYR25.4M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: KYM's net debt to equity ratio (31.9%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: KYM's debt to equity ratio has increased from 23.5% to 40.3% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: KYM's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (22.6%).

Interest Coverage: KYM's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (4.8x coverage).

Balance Sheet

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Dividend

What is KYM Holdings Bhd current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividend Score

0/6

Dividend Score 0/6

Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage

Dividend Yield vs Market

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate KYM's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate KYM's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Stability and Growth of Payments

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if KYM's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if KYM's dividend payments have been increasing.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as KYM has not reported any payouts.

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Management

How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?

15.3yrs

Average board tenure

CEO

Tze Lim (43 yo)

9.08yrs

Tenure

RM392,000

Compensation

Mr. Lim Tze Thean has been the Chief Executive Officer of KYM Holdings Bhd since May 20, 2013. Mr. Lim has been an Executive Director of KYM Holdings Bhd since March 3, 2017. He served as an Executive Offi...

CEO Compensation Analysis

Compensation vs Market: Tze's total compensation ($USD89.11K) is about average for companies of similar size in the MY market ($USD113.49K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Tze's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

Board Members

Experienced Board: KYM's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 15.3 years average tenure).

Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2022/06/25 00:00
End of Day Share Price	2022/06/24 00:00
Earnings	2022/04/30
Annual Earnings	2022/01/31