The Three Numbers That Help Singapore Post Deliver

4 Oct 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Who says there is no money to be made in utilities? Just take a look at Singapore Post (SGX: S08), which has delivered a total return of 260% over ten years. That equates to a compound annual growth rate of around 13% a year. SingPost, as it is affectionately known in the Garden City, boast one of the ...
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The Industrial Sector – Industrial Goods & Services Part III

9 Sep 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
In the previous article, we looked at the “Electrical & Electrical Equipment” and “Industrial Engineering” sector in the “Industrial Goods & Services” supersector. In this article, we will delve into the last two sectors – the “Industrial Transportation” and “Support Services” sector. Companies involved ...
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3 Companies Paying Dividends Today

19 Aug 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
There are a few companies that are going Ex-Dividend today, i.e. you need to own them before today in order to receive their dividends. Let’s look at three of them. 1. BreadTalk Group Limited (SGX: 5DA) is paying 0.5 Singapore cents per ordinary share for second quarter of 2013 (2Q 2013). This represents ...
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SingPost's operating profit for retail, e-commerce crashed 35% to $2.4m

5 Aug 2013 - Singapore Business Review
But there are bits of good news. According to DBS, its mail segment booked S$36.8m operating profit, up 6.3% y-o-y after consolidating Novation Solutions. The Logistics segment booked S$3.3m operating profit, up 36%. But operating profit for Retail & E-commerce fell 35% to S$2.4m due to development activities. ...
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See why SingPost net profit slipped 2% to S$37.3m

3 Aug 2013 - Singapore Business Review
Higher transformation expenses, lower domestic mail. Despite Group revenue growing by 6.5%, Singapore Post registered a net profit amounting to S$37.3 million, a decline of 2.0%, in its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2013. Excluding one-off items, underlying net profit remained ...
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AXA snags exclusive right to sell life insurance via SingPost channels

1 Aug 2013 - Singapore Business Review
Companies forge postassurance partnership. AXA announced that it has entered into an exclusive postassurance partnership with Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) to sell life insurance products via its retail network in Singapore starting in January 2015. Under the terms of this distribution agreement, ...
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Why Investors Must Look Past Reported Earnings

18 Jun 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
The Price-Earnings (PE) ratio of a company’s shares is one of the most widely followed metrics used in the financial industry. Simply put, it tells us how much an investor is paying for each dollar of a company’s earnings. Professional investors like John Neff and Shelby Davis have used the PE ratio ...
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SingPost: Acquiring New Non-mail Companies For Growth

14 Jun 2013 - The Motley Fool Singapore
Singapore Post (SGX: S08), commonly known as SingPost, is usually the first brand that comes to your mind when you are dealing with mail parcels. It is also often a favorite for yield-hungry investors due to its stable business churning free cash flows annually and paying consistent dividends of 6.25 ...
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SingPost to shell out S$100m in services upgrade by 2016

8 May 2013 - Singapore Business Review
S$45m goes to machines replacement. According to DBS, Singpost intends to invest up to S$100m in infrastructure, services and enhancements over the next three years. About S$45m would be spent to replace its existing sorting machines to achieve greater operational efficiency. Here's more: A big amount ...
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SingPost suffers from first-ever annual decline in letter mail volumes

7 May 2013 - Singapore Business Review
It's down 2.6% in FY13. According to OCBC Investment Research, SingPost's domestic mail volume continued to decline for the sixth consecutive quarter, such that SingPost saw its first-ever annual decline of 2.6% in letter mail volumes in FY13. OCBC noted that with the mail volumes expected to trend ...
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