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This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on October 10, 2016.

 

Tien Wah Press Holdings Bhd (-ve)

SHARES in Tien Wah Press Holdings Bhd (fundamental: 2.1/3, valuation: 2.4/3) triggered our momentum algorithm again last Friday, just two weeks after they last did, and closed 14 sen or 7.53% higher at RM2.

Some 1.19 million shares were exchanged, compared with its 200-day average volume of only about 208,409.

The share price has surged 14.3% since it announced its plan to buy British American Tobacco Indonesia’s printing business, PT Bintang Pesona Jagat, for about 304 billion rupiah or RM96.9 million.

The proposed acquisition “comes together with an award of a six-year manufacturing and supply of packaging materials agreement where Bentoel Group (PT Bentoel Internasional Investama Tbk) shall appoint TWPH Group (Tien Wah Press) as the supplier of the printing supplies”.

As of closing, the group was trading at a trailing price-earnings ratio of 5.97 times, and had a market capitalisation of RM289.49 million.

Year to date, the stock has fallen 6.8%, but year-on-year, it has gained 53.3%.

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