ASM AUTOMATION GROUP BERHAD

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Open to apply: 29 May 2025
Close to apply: 19 June 2025
Balloting: 23 June 2025
Listing date: 02 Jul 2025

Share Capital   
Market cap: RM90.91 mil
Total Shares:  534.765 mil shares
1st day listing tradable shares: 181.821 mil  

Industry CARG    
1. F&B automation machinery solutions industry in Malaysia (2019-2024): 20.1%
2. Consumer spending on snacks in Malaysia (2019-2024):  4.39%
Industry competitors comparison (net profit%)
1. ASM Automation Group Berhad: 18.2%
2. Easy Pack Machinery Sdn Bhd: 15.3%
3. Highpack Machinery Sdn Bhd: 10.2%
4. Microtherm Sdn Bhd: 9.5%
5. Kimah Industrial Supplies (M) Sdn Bhd: 7.0%
6. Others: losses to 6.7%

Business (FPE 2025)    
Involved in the provision of automation machinery solutions and complementary solutions. Customers are primarily F&B manufacturing companies.
Revenue by segment
1. Automation machinery solutions: 93.0% (primarily F&B manufacturing companies)
2. Complementary solutions: 7.0%
Revenue by Geo
1. Malaysia: 58.6%
2. Vietnam: 15.1%
3. Thailand: 12.0%
3. Phillipines: 6.6%
5. Others: 7.7%

Fundamental   
1.Market: Ace Market
2.Price: RM0.17
3.Forecast P/E: 12.78
4.ROE(Pro forma III): 10.37% 
5.ROE: 10.37%(FPE2025), 23.33%(FYE2024),  14.3%(FYE2023), 12.3%(FYE2022)
6.Net asset: 0.10
7.Total debt to current asset: 0.23  (Debt: 14.067mil, Non-Current Asset: 5.922mil, Current asset: 60.235mil)
8.Dividend policy:  Didn’t have formal dividend policy.
9. Shariah status: Yes

Past Financial Performance (Revenue, Earning Per shares, PAT%)    
2025 (FPE 31Dec, 9mths): RM27.995 mil (Eps: 0.0048), PAT: 9.2%
2024 (FYE 31Mar): RM39.133 mil (Eps: 0.0133), PAT: 18.2%
2023 (FYE 31Mar): RM35.821 mil (Eps: 0.0073), PAT: 10.9%
2022 (FYE 31Mar): RM35.052 mil (Eps: 0.0063), PAT: 9.60%

Major customer (FPE2025)   
1. Liwayway Group: 19.3%
2. European Snack Food Group: 11.2%
3. Shoon Fatt Biscuit & Confectionery Factory Sdn Bhd: 6.2%
4. HLRB Processing Sdn Bhd: 6.1%
5. FFM Group: 6.0%
***total 48.8%

Major Sharesholders   
1. Chan kok Heng, Aged 59:  50.9% (direct)
2. Leong Weng Khin, Aged 56:  15.1% (direct)

Directors & Key Management Remuneration for FYE2025   
(from Revenue & other income 2024)
Total director remuneration: RM0.795 mil
key management remuneration: RM0.40 mil – RM0.60 mil
total (max): RM1.365 mil or 10.65%

Use of funds

Conclusions (Blogger is not wrote any recommendation & suggestion. All is personal opinion and reader should take their own risk in investment decision)

Overall is high risk investment, and also come with middle grow return opportunities. 

*Valuation is only personal opinion & view. Perception & forecast will change if any new quarter result release. Reader take their own risk & should do own homework to follow up every quarter result to adjust forecast of fundamental value of the company.