| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 1/6 |
| Future Growth | 0/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 5/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
KEYASIC Overview
Key ASIC Berhad provides application-specific integrated circuit design services in Malaysia, Taiwan, and internationally.
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | RM0.13 |
| 52 Week High | RM0.065 |
| 52 Week Low | RM0.29 |
| Beta | 1.71 |
| 1 Month Change | 8.70% |
| 3 Month Change | -3.85% |
| 1 Year Change | 47.06% |
| 3 Year Change | -37.50% |
| 5 Year Change | 13.64% |
| Change since IPO | -69.88% |
Recent News & Updates
Is Key ASIC Berhad (KLSE:KEYASIC) In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans?
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Shareholder Returns
| KEYASIC | MY Semiconductor | MY Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | 0% | 3.7% | -0.7% |
| 1Y | 47.1% | 112.0% | 6.2% |
Return vs Industry: KEYASIC underperformed the MY Semiconductor industry which returned 112% over the past year.
Return vs Market: KEYASIC exceeded the MY Market which returned 6.2% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| KEYASIC volatility | |
|---|---|
| KEYASIC Beta | 1.71 |
| Industry Beta | 1.13 |
| Market Beta | 1 |
Stable Share Price: KEYASIC is more volatile than 75% of MY stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 10% a week.
Volatility Over Time: KEYASIC'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 32 | Kah Eg | https://www.keyasic.com |
Key ASIC Berhad provides application-specific integrated circuit design services in Malaysia, Taiwan, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Non-Recurring Engineering Services and Recurring Engineering Services. It offers data processing, data management, disk-based back-up solutions, telecommunications, office automation, network infrastructure, and intelligent storage networking support services.
Key ASIC Berhad Fundamentals Summary
| KEYASIC fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | RM158.64m |
| Earnings (TTM) | -RM7.95m |
| Revenue (TTM) | RM13.88m |
11.4x
P/S Ratio-20.0x
P/E RatioIs KEYASIC overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| KEYASIC income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | RM13.88m |
| Cost of Revenue | RM10.63m |
| Gross Profit | RM3.25m |
| Expenses | RM11.20m |
| Earnings | -RM7.95m |
Last Reported Earnings
May 31, 2021
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | -0.0063 |
| Gross Margin | 23.40% |
| Net Profit Margin | -57.28% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 2.4% |
How did KEYASIC perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonValuation
Is Key ASIC Berhad undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
4.34x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate KEYASIC's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate KEYASIC's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: KEYASIC is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the MY Semiconductor industry average.
PE vs Market: KEYASIC is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the MY market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate KEYASIC's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: KEYASIC is good value based on its PB Ratio (4.3x) compared to the MY Semiconductor industry average (5x).
Future Growth
How is Key ASIC Berhad forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
20.9%
Forecasted Semiconductors 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 Key ASIC Berhad 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.
Past Performance
How has Key ASIC Berhad performed over the past 5 years?
-22.0%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: KEYASIC is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: KEYASIC is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: KEYASIC is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 22% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare KEYASIC's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: KEYASIC is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Semiconductor industry (83.3%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: KEYASIC has a negative Return on Equity (-21.76%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Financial Health
How is Key ASIC Berhad's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: KEYASIC's short term assets (MYR26.0M) exceed its short term liabilities (MYR6.0M).
Long Term Liabilities: KEYASIC has no long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: KEYASIC's debt to equity ratio (2.4%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: Insufficient data to determine if KEYASIC's debt to equity ratio has reduced over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: KEYASIC has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: KEYASIC has sufficient cash runway for 2.5 years if free cash flow continues to grow at historical rates of 18.1% each year.
Dividend
What is Key ASIC Berhad current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate KEYASIC's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate KEYASIC'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 KEYASIC's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if KEYASIC's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of KEYASIC's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the MY market.
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
7.7yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Kah Eg (60 yo)
6.92yrs
Tenure
RM90,000
Compensation
Mr. Kah Yee Eg founded UCrest Berhad in 1997 and serves as its Chairman and Managing Director. He serves as Director at UCrest Berhad since May 7, 1998. Mr. Eg founded Key ASIC Bhd.He served as Chief Exec...
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: KEYASIC's management team is seasoned and experienced (7.7 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: KEYASIC's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 11.9 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 been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 9.4%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Key ASIC Berhad's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Key ASIC Berhad
- Ticker: KEYASIC
- Exchange: KLSE
- Founded: 2005
- Industry: Semiconductors
- Sector: Semiconductors
- Market Cap: RM158.639m
- Shares outstanding: 1.27b
- Website: https://www.keyasic.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Key ASIC Berhad
- No. 8, First Avenue
- 6th Floor, Unit 3
- Petaling Jaya
- Selangor
- 47800
- Malaysia
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/09/24 11:02 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/09/24 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2021/05/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2021/05/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.