{"id":4325,"date":"2018-06-27T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/?p=4325"},"modified":"2018-06-27T00:57:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:57:24","slug":"propnex-ipo-heres-5-quick-things-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/propnex-ipo-heres-5-quick-things-need-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Propnex IPO: Here\u2019s 5 Quick Things You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With more than 7,000 sales agents under the company, PropNex is the largest real estate agency in Singapore after a merger with the Dennis Wee Group in 2017. It is also the second\u00a0real estate brokerage to list on the Singapore Exchange after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/all-you-need-to-know-about-apac-era-realty-ipo-in-10-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APAC Realty<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s a quick glance into the details of PropNex&#8217;s IPO.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can also find the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/repository.shareinvestor.com\/rpt_view.pl\/id\/1dff5718d5bd13b4ff9218855b3efd0bbdf25f5845aee7e52977e669175f611c\/type\/si_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">prospectus<\/a> here<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>1. PropNex Profile<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company comprises 4 main business segments:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Segmental-Gross-Profit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4334 size-full\" title=\"propnex gross profit breakdown\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Segmental-Gross-Profit.jpg\" alt=\"propnex gross profit breakdown\" width=\"625\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>(i) Real Estate Brokerage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this segment, the company derives its revenue from commission earned from sales and rental of residential, commercial and industrial properties. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PropNex has a huge market share in the Singapore real estate market under this segment. According to Frost and Sullivan, a business consulting firm, PropNex has 42.7% market share in the residential primary private market and 45.3% leading market share in the residential HDB resale market. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This segment is also the single largest contributor to the company&#8217;s gross profit. In FY2017, it has contributed 94.8% to the company&#8217;s gross profit, which is equivalent to S$33.7 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>(ii) Training<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PropNex is involved in providing training for salespersons through its Life Mastery Academy. It is a Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) accredited provider of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses. The objectives of CPD scheme are to ensure salespersons possess the necessary professional knowledge in estate agency work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Training Services segment has contributed S$710 thousand (2.1%) to PropNex&#8217;s gross profit in FY17.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>(iii) Property Management<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PropNex provides a one-stop professional consultancy to manage boutique and high-end condominiums. It offers specialised solutions in property management, building diagnostic and facility management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the more renowned properties under the company&#8217;s portfolio include<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ladyhill@Orchard, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Edge at Cairnhill and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 Moulmein Rise. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his segment has contributed S$1 million, which is around 3.1% to PropNex&#8217;s gross profit in FY17.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SCDA_Soo_K_Chan_Ladyhill_Facade_A1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4338 size-full\" title=\"propnex ipo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SCDA_Soo_K_Chan_Ladyhill_Facade_A1.jpg\" alt=\"propnex ipo\" width=\"630\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>(iv) Real Estate Consultancy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real estate consultancy business was just established recently. It is geared to provide auction and corporate sales services and investment or en bloc services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PropNex have not reported any revenue or profit under this segment in FY17 yet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. IPO Details<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The offering will close at <strong>noon on 28 June 2018<\/strong> (Thursday) and expected to commence trading on <strong>2 July 2018 (Monday)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total number of 42.5 million new shares will be on offer during the IPO period at a price of S$0.65 a piece. Some\u00a0<\/span>40.375 million shares were placed to institutional and other investors in Singapore and internationally, while the remaining <strong>2.125 million shares will be offered to the public<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Concurrently, 50 million shares will be sold at the offer price to 4 cornerstone investors, namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikko Asset Management Asia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Value Partners Hong Kong<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to compare the cornerstone investors to Apac Realty, they include <strong>FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited (same investor!)<\/strong>, Qilin Asset Management, family office owned by Chairman of Soilbuild Group; and Asdew Acquisition Ptd Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing that has caught my eye was that Value Partners Hong Kong, which was founded by renowned value-based investor Cheah Cheng Hye, has agreed to subscribe to the IPO. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It keeps me wondering, \u201cWhat kind of \u2018value\u2019 does his management firm find in PropNex?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Use of Proceeds<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon listing, the company will raise gross proceeds of S$40.9 million, with S$2.9 million going towards listing expenses. In comparison, competitor APAC Realty raised S$58 million during its IPO in Singapore last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PropNex plans to use the remaining proceeds mainly for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local and regional expansion: S$12 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Enhancement of real estate brokerage business: S$8 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Expansion in range of business services: S$7 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Enhancement of technological capabilities: S$6 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Working capital purposes: S$5 million<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>PropNex currently does not have a fixed dividend policy. However, the company intends to recommend and distribute <strong>dividends of at least 50% of announced net profit<\/strong> after tax attributable to the owners of the Company for the period in FY2018 and FY2019.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Financial Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue for the company has been increasing over the past 3 years. The revenue has increased from S$204.8 million in FY2015 to S$361.3 million in FY at a CAGR of 32.8%. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In tandem with the growth in top line, the profit attributable to the owners of the company recorded a significant CAGR of 58.3%, from S$6.5 million to S$16.3 million in the same period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The was a huge surge in revenue and net profit in 2017 due to the merger between PropNex and DWG in the second half of 2017. By the way, reading through the \u201cManagement\u2019s Discussion\u201d gave me further insights as to why:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company reported that the revenue growth was supported by the growth in commision income from Agency Services due to <strong>higher resale market transactions volume and higher rental market transaction volume<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Besides that, I have noticed the significant increase in Finance Income for FY2017.\u00a0 It was due to the increase in overall fixed deposit and bank balance by approximately S$11.6 million from S$16.13 million in FY16 to S$27.7 million in FY17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Financials.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Financials.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PropNex seems to have a strong balance sheet too. With a cash and cash equivalents of S$27.7 million as at 31 December 2017 and no debt, the company was sitting on net cash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Balance-Sheet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Balance-Sheet.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5. Growth Prospects<\/h2>\n<p>The prospects of PropNex will be much dependent on the housing market trend in Singapore. Moreover, the local property market has shown signs of recovery since the last housing bubble in 2010-2013.<\/p>\n<p>The en-bloc sales are on the rise with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/en-bloc-sales-year-expected-trump-2017-new-record-high-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">7-year high of S$8.1 billion<\/a> recorded in 2017. Generally, the number of new units launched in the next 1 to 2 years in the property market is expected to rise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Property-Trend.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Property-Trend.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking forward, PropNex intends to expand its presence regionally. The company aims to improve its market share in ASEAN countries through franchising, licensing, strategic alliances, JV and M&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, PropNex has entered into Indonesia market since 2016 and has around 600 salesperson and 15 offices currently. The company is also expanding its business in Malaysia and Vietnam recently in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Regional-Expansion.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Regional-Expansion.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>With an IPO price of S$0.65 and earnings per share of 5.3 cents, this translates to a <strong>P\/E of 12.3 times<\/strong>. In addition, assuming adjusted EPS of $0.044 &amp; dividend payout of 50%, it translates into <strong>at least a 3.3% yield<\/strong> based on IPO price. F<\/p>\n<p>or some comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/all-you-need-to-know-about-apac-era-realty-ipo-in-10-minutes\/\">APAC Realty Ltd<\/a> which was listed on SGX lasted September, is currently trading at a PE around 11x times.<\/p>\n<p>As we can recall, APAC Realty offered some 4.4 mil shares to the public and IPO price was $0.66. The IPO deal certainly looks juicy for Propnex as the public only gets allotted 2.1 mil shares at $0.65.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I am <strong>positive in the short term<\/strong> and <strong>maintain neutral over the long run<\/strong>. As the property market in Singapore is currently on an uptrend, the company would probably see further upside in net profits. Furthermore, there are some of the renowned asset management firms like Fidelity Investment Management and Value Partners vested in the IPO.<\/p>\n<p>In the long run, the earnings of the company will be highly dependent on the cyclical Sg&#8217;s property market. 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