
Key Highlights:
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Sales surge 46.4% to RMB454.3 millionSignificant growth in sales of products at Soybean Zone
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Net profit grows 35.8% to RMB104.8 millionStrong margin growth for most products
Achieved through improved production efficiency and ASPs
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Strong cash flow and financial position
with healthy working capital
Net cash provided by operating activities of RMB99.7 million·
Average utilisation rate of 66.9% at Soybean ZoneOn track to exceed target utilisation rate of 70% by end 2007
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Bio-diesel production to commence by end 2007Ongoing negotiations for bio-diesel sales
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Four new retail products targeted for launch in 2008Construction of new facilities progressing smoothly
Once ML or GS release reports again, this stock surely shoot up ... just a matter of time
Currently one of the most undervalued counter in ML list....
50+% upside to TP. Worth taking a look.
Plus yesterday announcment:
CELESTIAL TO EXPAND RETAIL PRODUCT RANGE
Why no one discuss about Celestial ? It has been increased significantly for the past few session.
Bullish fundamentals for soybean and soybean oil
Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
Global soybean supplies are likely to be tight in 2008, mainly on lower US soybean
production this crop season as farmers switched acreage to corn and wheat, which are
more profitable due to soaring prices. Corn prices have been fueled by the growth in cornbased
bio-ethanol in the US, and wheat prices are at historical highs due to crop failure in
Australia and drought conditions in Eastern Europe, both key wheat exporters.
As a result, Oil World estimates that US soybean production could decline 18% this season,
which is significant as the US is the largest producer of soybeans in the world at about
35% of global production (2006 crop season). Even if South America boosts production, it
would not be sufficient to compensate and overall Oil World estimates global soybean
production could decline 6% yoy in the crop year ended September 2008E, driving down
stock-usage levels to 23% (from 31% in 2007E).
Tight soybean supplies are positive for soybean oil prices, but the fundamentals for
soybean oil are even more bullish as weak soybean meal demand for animal feed (due to
livestock disease) curbs soybean crushings, limiting soybean oil supplies even further.
Our Commodities Team is constructive on the outlook for soybean prices, with 3-month
price forecasts of US$9.90/bushel indicating 10% upside potential from current levels.
It's been downtrending for some time. Looks like it's gonna dip below $1 after Mon. Once break this level, might go all the way down to 0.75 level...
hmmm. i wonder wassup with this counter man. with the beijing olympics coming up, pple should be buying more of their protein powder.
anyway, this stk is a veri long term stock. maybe need to hold 3 to 5 years
RESULTS & COMMENTS
In 2QFY2007?
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Sales surge 72.3% to RMB422.0 million?
Net core earnings grow 37.5% to RMB115.7 million?
Strong cash flow and financial position?
Smooth ramp-up of Soybean Zone utilisation?
Bio-diesel production to commence by end 2007? New retail products targeted for launch in 2QFY2008
To mitigate the impact brought by the increase in raw material costs, the Group has raised selling prices of certain sales orders in 2007Q2. The management will closely monitor the market condition and if necessary, the Group will further adjust the selling prices so as to maintain the profitability of the Group.
After the commencement of the Soybean Zone operation, the management has spent great and concerted effort in ramping up its facility utilisations. In 2007Q2, the average facility utilisation rate of
Soybean Zone was 62.6%. The Group has previously advised that it intended to achieve an utilisation rate of 70% for these new facilities by end of 2007. Based on the existing production progress and the current favourable business condition, the Directors are confident that this target
can be exceeded. With a higher level of utilisation, unit costs are expected to fall as compared to the early days of the Soybean Zone operation.
To further improve the efficiency of the Group's production resources and strengthen its leading position in the industrial protein industry, there are plans to re-engineer the production facilities of SPI and SFP and combine these two divisions to enhance the flexibility in the production of both SPI and SFP to meet the changing market demands. This would position the Group to explore market potentials in other industrial proteins. In longer term, the Group will produce different kinds of industrial proteins to cater for the needs of the growing China food sector. It is expected that the reengineering work itself would not require significant capital investments.
As announced on 26 September 2006, the Group has entered into a formal contract for the production of bio-diesel with annual target capacity of 100,000 tonnes. The installation of machinery and equipment has been started on schedule and production is expected to commence by end of
2007. Besides, the Group is currently negotiating with several potential customers from both the local market and overseas market for the sales of bio-diesel. Announcements will be made when more details are finalised.
The Directors continue to be optimistic on the market of soybean-based products, including both health food and beverages and industrial products. On 22 May 2007, the Group announced its investment in new facilities to extend its health food and beverages product range to produce high protein nutrient beverage and high protein nutrient powders. Construction for these new faciliites has started and it is expected these new facilities would commence operation in the second quarter of
2008.
In order to further capitalise on the market potentials and the strong brand (Sun Moon Star) that it has built up over the years and to propel the growth of the Group, it would continue to explore and
launch good expansion plans. To this end, the Group would keep on investing in its brand building efforts and production facilities to cater for the production of these new products
UBS bought in 4 million lots worth of Celestial @ 1.59.
http://info.sgx.com/webcorannc.nsf/560dd4b031b97d27482571b20043d38c/c1b5b934e16da9a44825730800384a56?OpenDocument
For 2 full hours this afternoon, someone had been buying 1 lot per min at $1.50, then 2 lots, then repeated the process until 5 pm, it closed at 1.49 when someone sold 30 lots. It will be interesting to see what will happen tomorrow.