Careplus Group Bhd (-ve)
CAREPLUS (Fundamental: 0.6/3, Valuation: 1.5/3) manufactures latex gloves under its house brands — Rubbercare and Guardian.
Its share price jumped 5.5% last Friday, closing at an all-time high of 57.5 sen, after the company announced a proposed 1-for-2 bonus issue on April 2.
For the 12-months ended December 2014, revenue increased 17.9% to RM152.1 million, as compared to RM129.1 million for 11-months ended December 2013. Net profit, however, more than doubled from RM1.3 million to RM3.3 million over the same period — thanks to greater economies of scale.
As at end-2014, Careplus has 3 factories with 20 production lines and annual production capacity of 2.4 billion pieces of gloves. Its subsidiary, Careglove Global, is expected to complete construction of a second plant in 3Q2015, which will expand its capacity by 3 additional production lines.
Careplus had proposed 0.25 sen per share dividend for 2014. The entitlement date is yet to be fixed.
This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on April 6, 2015.