Uchitech ... Jul10

Its European orders which comprise about 80% of total revenue, are not affected by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe .

Its customers are MNCs most from Europe .

This could possibly due to the Energy Savings Act enacted by the European countries, which was implemented from Jan 2010. The Act would leave customers with no choice but to place orders with Uchi due to lack of alternative suppliers in the market.

It posted a net profit of RM9.95 million for 1Q2010. Its net asset per share stood at 47 sen. In FY2009, the company’s revenue fell and net profit declined to RM26.95 million which was due to 2008 financial crisis.

The company is targeting a 25% to 30% growth in US dollar revenue as compared to 2009. Uchi conducts all its trades in US dollars.

It has taken advantage of its large cash pile and low stock prices to purchase its own shares, and conducted frequent share buy backs throughout July 2010. As at July 2010, the company had a total of 5.11 million treasury shares.

Its other strengths are its huge cash pile of about rm124 million as at March 31, 2010 and is zero gearing. Its net asset cash per share is 33.1 sen.

The large cash would allow Uchi to give high dividends to its shareholders in FY2010 and FY2011. Its dividend policy is to distribute a minimum of 70% of its profit after tax to its shareholders.

It plans to diversify away from Europe . It is currently negotiating with China some business deals.

The company is also taking concrete steps to reduce its heavy dependence on the coffee machine modules division by 2010 end.

Its strong cash pile also enable it to fund capex while allocating a targeted 7% of total revenue for R&D to sped up diversification away from the coffee machine modules division.