Since my previous portfolio update, I have made a few more purchases.
The first was the purchase of Broadway Industrial at 0.195. The thesis is pretty simple because I am hoping for a bumper dividend from completion of its "Foam Plastics and Flow Control" Segment. I am hoping its one off high dividend will attract investors attention and push its stock price up. Thta is where I will evaluate my position.
The Second purchase was World Precision Machinery at 0.22. Its business is in the metal stamping industry and is based in China. It is a subsidiary of Bright World Group, a chinese SOE. What attracted me was the strong constant Free cash flow generated from its operations. At an estimated free cash flow generation of RMB 80 mil annually, the company is being sold at a ratio of 6x P/FCF, to me its rather cheap and i have initiated a position.
To allay the fear of fake cash, the company has been declaring dividends to shareholders annually.
The last purchase is a familiar name to me- First Ship Lease Trust. It was only purchased last Thursday at a price of 0.133. To me, despite the company's announcement that it will be doing an impairment exercise which resulted in a full year loss; it's strong cash flow generation ability is a draw.
The trust produced about US$70mil cash from operation before working capital changes in the most recent financial year. Moving forward, given the declining tanker rates and that many of the leases of its tankers are up for renewal this year, it will prudent to assume the company is only able to generate about 70% of that (US$42mil). Assume dry docking expenses of US $2mil and interest expense of US$8mil, FSL should be able to generate free cash flow of US$32 mil. This translates to about 1.6x P/FCF.
However the above ratio should not be a key consideration. This is because FSL operates assets which has a limited lifespan. Its ship fleet currently has a weighted average of 10 years. This means probably another 16 more years before they are scrapped.
Unlike Rickemers who is having trouble repaying its debts, FSL cash flow shows it has the ability to repay its entire debt in 5 years. My opinion is that FSL is unlikely to pay dividends for the next 5 years to pay down its loans, after which it is anybody's guess. Hopefully then, its cash flow remains strong and should it decide to pay just half of its free cash flow generated, I will be getting an approximate 30% dividend yield at current price.
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