Showing posts with label Nicorp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicorp. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Where is the OIL?

I was looking at Naim Indah performance since March 2006.

1. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2006 (May 2006)

Sales Turnover 1.280 million (yes, do click on that link! Naim's turnover was a mere 1.280 million!). Naim reported a loss of 167k.

2. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/6/2006 (Aug 2006)

Sales Turnover 2.106 million. Loss 868k.

3. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/9/2006 (Nov 2006)

Sales Turnover 7.361 million. Profit 2.073 million! (Saw some disposal of property!)

4. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2006 ( Feb 2007)

Sales Turnover 5.597 million. Profit 580k! (Full year net profit of 656k!)

5. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/3/2007 ( May 2007)

Sales Turnover 1.899 million. Loss 496k.

6. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/6/2007 (Aug 2007)

Sales Turnover 905k!!!!!!!!!! Loss 278k.

WOW!!!!!!!

Half year sales turnover was only 2.80 million!

And this company is listed on Bursa Malaysia Main Board??????!!!

So why I am blogging on this stock?

Well, the recent surging high crude oil got me thinking of an old blog posting on Naim Indah: NiCorp and Ze Sauce: Part II

Let me reproduce what was written back then.

Last Friday, Oct 7th 2005, there was an article on Star Biz on Nicorp. See: Nicorp bids for contracts in O&G Sector

  • “Naim Indah is very happy with its performance. The company's plans to venture into the oil and gas sector is a diversification strategy,” said a source close to the company.

    He said that venturing into this sector was a right move following the surge of oil prices.

    Naim Indah is believed to be close to securing local contracts worth several hundred million ringgit.

    As of end March this year, Naim Indah posted a net profit of RM6mil on the back of RM22.3mil in revenue. Its debts stood at RM2.8mil with RM137,000 in finance costs. Securing any contracts in this sector is expected to be significant for Naim Indah as it can mark a turning point for the company.

Ok, I was appalled with the 'Naim Indah is very happy with its performance' statement.

Why?

Back then, Naim only has a sales revenue of around 3.71 million for the first half of the year. And a loss of 709k for the first half of the year!

How could anyone be happy with such a performance?

And then the issue of oil!

  • Naim Indah is believed to be close to securing local contracts worth several hundred million ringgit.

Where's the oil contracts?

And the following comments were taken from Naim's recent earnings notes.

  • For the current financial period ended 30 June 2007, the Group’s revenue was RM2.80 million compared to RM3.39 million in the preceding financial period ended 30 June 2006. The decrease in revenue was mainly due to the Group’s inability to extract any round timber logs, as the Group was still waiting for the final issuance of permit prior to logging.

    The Group recorded a loss before tax of approximately RM0.67 million compared to a loss before tax of approximately RM1.95 million for the corresponding preceding financial period ended 30 June 2006, which was mainly due to the recognition of loss from property development segment during the corresponding preceding period ended 30 June 2006.

No traces of oil contracts to be seen!

And the local press even decided to highlight this oil issue back then!

  • Saturday August 27, 2005

    Naim Indah's wise choice in oil and gas

    BY JOSE BARROCK


    NOBODY had bat an eyelid when little-known timber concession holder and property development company Naim Indah Corp Bhd announced recently that it has acquired a company with the intention of venturing into the oil and gas sector.

    What was then largely dismissed as a company jumping into the oil and gas bandwagon may just turn out to be a strategic move as sources say Naim Indah is close to inking a RM500mil contract for value added services in the sector in the Middle East. Industry sources say the announcement will be made mid September.

And the following snapshot of Naim's stock price performance back in 2005, showed how nicely Naim moved up thanks to this rm500 contract report BASED ON SOURCES!

See how Naim stock price surged thanks to such reports?

ps. back in Dec 2006, another oil article was published! No kidding!

Article in the New Straits Times - "Naim Indah eyes oil, gas trade"

  • The Board of Directors of Naim Indah Corporation Berhad ("Nicorp or the Company") would like to announce, in response to Bursa Malaysia Berhad’s query dated 8 December 2006 (Ref: MN-061208-37750), that the company received a proposal on 6 December 2006 from one Encik Nasir Bin Abdul Rahman, the Chief Planning Officer of Mycorp Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd inviting Nicorp to jointly acquire a stake in Ifatech Global (M) Sdn Bhd whose principal activity is that of petroleum products trading and to jointly set-up with Mycorp Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd a fuel blending plant in Batam, Indonesia.

    Nicorp on 8 December 2006 has assembled an in-house evaluation team to perform an in-depth study of the above proposal, and the study is expected to take at least twelve (12) weeks before a report can be tabled for Nicorp’s Board consideration.

    Further announcements on any material developments on this matter shall be announced as and when they fall due.

    This announcement is dated 11 December 2006.

So where is the oil?

Friday, March 24, 2006

NiCorp and Ze Sauce: Part II

Here's an update on an old posting: Nicorp and ze Sauce!

Flashback:

Last Friday, Oct 7th 2005, there was an article on Star Biz on Nicorp. See:
Nicorp bids for contracts in O&G Sector


  • “Naim Indah is very happy with its performance. The company's plans to venture into the oil and gas sector is a diversification strategy,” said a source close to the company.He said that venturing into this sector was a right move following the surge of oil prices.Naim Indah is believed to be close to securing local contracts worth several hundred million ringgit.As of end March this year, Naim Indah posted a net profit of RM6mil on the back of RM22.3mil in revenue. Its debts stood at RM2.8mil with RM137,000 in finance costs.Securing any contracts in this sector is expected to be significant for Naim Indah as it can mark a turning point for the company.

It really bugs the hell out of me whenever i read in the newsmedia this phrase "according to source(s)."

Hello world! What source(s) are we toking here? Maggie Sauce? or Chili Sauce? or issit See-Yaw?

So according to this sauce...
“Naim Indah is very happy with its performance."

Sayyyyyy.... correct me if i am wrong here.... aren't we ONLY happy if and when OUR company is making big, big Moola?

Tiok boh?

We make moola... we be happy. Tiok boh? Sing when we are winning, eh?

Well just how is Nicorp doing?

Yes... "
As of end March this year, Naim Indah posted a net profit of RM6mil on the back of RM22.3mil in revenue" .

That statement is true.

But.... but.... butt.... butttt.....

Six months have passed since then.

And 2 quarterly earnings have been posted by Nicorp since then...

see:
Nicorp's last 5 quarters earnings

How brown cow?

Naim only has a sales revenue of around 3.71 million for the first half of the year. And a loss of 709k for the first half of the year.

Kakakaka....

Die larfing lah.....

And i wonder... i really wonder..... who this source is? The source who is allegedly close to Nicorp. The source who proudly proclaims to the planet Malaysia that Nicorp is very happy with its performance.

Hmmm.... i just wonder who and what this source is lah!!!

yeah... maybe... perhaps... it was plain old Maggie Sauce!

yeah.....

Show Me Ze Sauce!!!

:D

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Back to the present day.... March 2006

Naim Indah announced its earnings in Feb 2006 and as expected it wasn't too happening:

Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2005

  • REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE
    For the current financial period ended 31 December 2005, the Group’s revenue was RM12.52 million compared to RM22.30 in the prior financial period ended 31 December 2004. The decrease in income was mainly due to the Group’s delay in obtaining the necessary permits to extract round timber logs during the current financial period ended 31 December 2005.

    As a consequence, the Group recorded a lower profit before tax of approximately RM1.17 million compared to a profit before tax of approximately RM7.00 million for the prior financial period ended 31 December 2004.

Ahem... Profit Before Tax was rm1.17 million compared to rm7million a year ago.

Now I did not think for a second that NiCorp earnings was going to be great at all. The most laughable part in that earnings report was how NiCorp described its 2006 prospects...

  • FUTURE YEAR PROSPECTS - 2006
    The Directors are of the view that the performance of the Group hinges substantially on the performance of its subsidiaries namely Jernih Makmur Sdn Bhd (Principal activity – logging and selling of round end timber logs) and Consistent Harvest Sdn Bhd (Principal activity – renting of shopping spaces in its shopping complex). Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Directors are confident that they will be able to improve the performance of the Group in the coming year.

hmmm.... I wonder what happened to Nicorp and its Maggie Sauce?

Yeah... what about NiCorp's great venture into the Oil & Gas sector??

Anywhow... it's now March 2006.

And here is the interesting issue... do you know when the press started talking or rather when the press started promoting NiCorp's great Oil & Gas Venture?

Well have a look at this snippet...

  • Saturday August 27, 2005


    Naim Indah's wise choice in oil and gas

    BY JOSE BARROCK

    NOBODY had bat an eyelid when little-known timber concession holder and property development company Naim Indah Corp Bhd announced recently that it has acquired a company with the intention of venturing into the oil and gas sector.

    What was then largely dismissed as a company jumping into the oil and gas bandwagon may just turn out to be a strategic move as sources say Naim Indah is close to inking a RM500mil contract for value added services in the sector in the Middle East. Industry sources say the announcement will be made mid September.

The classical SOURCES say was used to seduce readers to punt the stock...

So Aug 27th.... wonder how NiCorp has performed since then?




See how NiCorp was driven UP to a high of 23 sen....
and look at the consequences now. NiCorp closed today at 12 sen!!!

Pumped and Dumped!!!

Bravo!!!!

And OUR press was such a nice little tool.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Nicorp and ze Sauce!

Last Friday, Oct 7th 2005, there was an article on Star Biz on Nicorp.

See:
Nicorp bids for contracts in O&G Sector

[Snip]

  • “Naim Indah is very happy with its performance. The company's plans to venture into the oil and gas sector is a diversification strategy,” said a source close to the company.
    He said that venturing into this sector was a right move following the surge of oil prices.
    Naim Indah is believed to be close to securing local contracts worth several hundred million ringgit.
    As of end March this year, Naim Indah posted a net profit of RM6mil on the back of RM22.3mil in revenue. Its debts stood at RM2.8mil with RM137,000 in finance costs.
    Securing any contracts in this sector is expected to be significant for Naim Indah as it can mark a turning point for the company.
[snip]

It really bugs the hell out of me whenever i read in the newsmedia this phrase "according to source(s)."

Hello world! What source(s) are we toking here? Maggie Sauce? or Chili Sauce? or issit See-Yaw?

So according to this sauce... “Naim Indah is very happy with its performance."

Sayyyyyy.... correct me if i am wrong here.... aren't we ONLY happy if and when OUR company is making big, big Moola?

Tiok boh?

We make moola... we be happy. Tiok boh? Sing when we are winning, eh?

Well just how is Nicorp doing?

Yes... "As of end March this year, Naim Indah posted a net profit of RM6mil on the back of RM22.3mil in revenue" .

That statement is true.

But.... but.... butt.... butttt.....

Six months have passed since then.

And 2 quarterly earnings have been posted by Nicorp since then...

see:
Nicorp's last 5 quarters earnings

How brown cow?

Naim only has a sales revenue of around 3.71 million for the first half of the year. And a loss of 709k for the first half of the year.

Kakakaka....

Die larfing lah.....

And i wonder... i really wonder..... who this source is? The source who is allegedly close to Nicorp. The source who proudly proclaims to the planet Malaysia that Nicorp is very happy with its performance.

Hmmm.... i just wonder who and what this source is lah!!!

yeah... maybe... perhaps... it was plain old Maggie Sauce!

yeah.....

Show Me Ze Sauce!!!

:D


Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Nicorp's 400 million JV

Saw a couple of announcement made by Nicorp.

1.
Nicorp: 400million JV

2.
Nicorp: Disposal of shares

Things that needs to be considered....

1. The JV. How much is Nicorp's stake worth?

2. Why is there such a fair-sized disposal by insiders on the eve of such 'good' news for Nicorp? Do they know something that we dun?

Oh... Nicorp has 450.819 million shares.

based on Uzma 'estimates' .. for fy 2006, this JV would generate a profit after tax of 10 million. So how much is Nicorp's stake worth? Share half-half? 50-50?

If this assumption is ngam, then one is looking a PAT of only 5 million or an earnings per share of only 1.1 sen for Nicorp.

how? So geng ka?

:D