Yuba Hut would be making its IPO on the Gem Board of HKEX on
18 May under the company named SG Food Holdings (HKEX:8496). The company
includes brand names of Yuba Hut, Proofer, 300 BC Bakery and Laura Restaurant. Proofer
is the brand that generates the most revenue for the company.
Basic Details as follows
Net Profit in 2019: 1.4m SGD
Adjusted Profit (excluding listing expense): 2.7m SGD
Listing Price: 0.9 HKD
Shares Issued: 240,000,000
PE: 15.1 (excluding listen expense PE)
What I Dislike about the listing.
1)
The net proceeds from the listing would be roughly
27m HKD but the listing expense if roughly 30.1m HKD. It kind of makes no sense
listing since most of its gross proceeds is used to pay its listing.
2)
Pre-IPO investors are not prevented from from
selling their shares at opening. Pre-IPO investors got in at 0.56 Hkd per share
and hence its way cheaper than the listing price. Lastly, the price they got in
was based on an adopted PE of 7.1 times, which should be a more indicative PE
than the listed PE.
Key Highlights
1)
Revenue from March 2020 to June 2020 would be
expected to be 28.1% lower. That is probably an indicative of how business
would be affected during the covid-19 period but I think it might be higher
2)
The company is expected to receive 1.5m SGD in rebates
and supports. This is from rental rebates, Jobs Support Scheme and Foreign Worker
Levy. This is roughly 16% of its operating expenses in 2019. My feel is that
the Covid 19 impact is likely to last more than 3 months and hence the supports
the company is receiving is probably insufficient
3)
Yuba Hut has shown positive same stores growth
of 5.8% from FY 18 to FY19. Probably displaying a decent demand for its food
4)
Proofer, its largest revenue generator has
displayed same store growth of 2.4% from FY 18 to FY 19.
5)
Revenue increase of 70% from FY 2018 to FY 2019,
this is followed by a similar increase of profit of 68%.
6)
The FnB landscape took a downturn ever since 1
March 2020. From 1 March to 14 April, operating losses were seen in 4 of the
company’s restaurants and 12 of its bakeries.
Final Thoughts
Although I think Yuba Hut serves good food, I feel that the
fact that some of its restaurants and bakeries has been on operating losses
since early March is not a good indicator of its business prospects.
The listing net proceeds of 27m HKD is also not far away
from its adjusted net profits of 14m HKD in its most recent financial year. In
other words, the listing reasons is dubious and the amount raised is rather low
to be raising money for growth.
This Ipo probably depicts the negative impacts of Covid 19 on the bottom-line
of FnB, which is particularly important since most companies in the SGX are
switching to a half-yearly report.
