A lady asked my opinion on WTK Holdings Berhad few days ago, so I share my view on WTK here. WTK is controlled by Wong's family in Sarawak, i.e. Wong Kie Nai & Wong Kie Yik. The main business of WTK is manufacturing & trading timber logs and plywoods. Besides, WTK also manufactures & trades foils, tapes,electrostatic discharge products & develops palm oil plantation.
WTK was not doing well for the past 2 quarters in 2012, mainly due to the lower timber production, lower selling price on timber, and weak demand from its major importer, India. While its non-timber operation's performance is looking stable, its other operations suffer losses arising from an associate company. Its palm oil plantation is not generating significant revenue to the company as well. Currently it has 8,500 hectares of planted oil palm trees & is expected to contribute to the company significantly starting year 2014.
Anyway, we may expect the better up-coming quarter result from WTK, because of the increasing production of timber products as well as higher selling price of timber during the period. We can see the improving production from the data that have shown in Bursa, due to the better weather situation in Sarawak during July - September.
The share price of WTK has dropped 30% from its peak of RM1.50 level 7 months ago. The current price range of WTK is around RM1.00-1.05 while the book value per share is around RM2.81. The Wong's family started accumulating WTK's shares 6 months ago & they have purchased more than 2% of shares year-to-date. However, the country risk for WTK is high. More than 80% of their production are exported to India & Japan, that's why we see lower profit dropped significantly for the past 2 quarters when the India has lower demand on timber.
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