Bursa Malaysia - Research (2020-Q2)

Counter : Bursa - 1818

Market : KLSE

Background :

Bursa Malaysia are the only listed stock exchange operator in Malaysia. Which say all kind of trading related activities on Malaysia Counter, will need to go thru Bursa Malaysia.

3 Major Product for Revenue:

  • Securities and Derivatives Trading revenue(Main Driver)
  • - Processing fees that investor paid to Bursa whenever we made any Buy/Sell on counter listed in Malaysia Stock exchange. - Major income for Bursa (around 50 - 60 % of total revenue)
  • Listing and Issuer Services
  • - Revenue from company to go listed. (IPO), anyway contribution to revenue not that significant and not stable as it depend on number of IPO.
  • Market Data
  • - Subscription fees by providing Market related data such as Announcement, Share Data, Company Fundamental data and etc.
  • Others. (can be ignore as contribution to revenue not significant)
Major Product/Service's Revenue 2016(RM,000) 2017(RM,000) 2018(RM,000) 2019(RM,000) 2020-till Q2(RM,000)
Trading Revenue 318,088 355,991 357,436 319,094 242,476
Listing and Issuer Services 53,540 61,775 60,112 54,018 24,005
Market Data 35,292 34,524 36,208 38,563 22,624

Strength :

  1. Low Debt
  2. - So far no debt observed on Bursa Malaysia as of 2020 Sep.
  3. Simple business model
  4. - Major business/Main profit of Bursa are provide trading service, a simple and easy to monitor business unlikely to Bank Industry or other company that involved complex and more diversify on their business.
    - Basically we just need to monitor trading volume then we can know how Bursa perform in coming quarter.
  5. Scalable income
  6. - Bursa Revenue contribute mostly by Trading Transaction Fees. Cost are more on Server & Staffing on maintaining the infrastructure/bursa daily operation.
    - 1000 people trading vs 100,000 people trading won't really increase a lot to the cost but can increase a lot of Profit. Thus this model can ensure Bursa have high NPM as long as number of trading participant is high.
  7. High ROE (Return on Equity) and High (Net Profit Margin)
  8. 2016 (%) 2017 (%) 2018 (%) 2019 (%) 2020-till Q2(RM,000)
    ROE 22.3 % 26.2 % 25.7 % 24.4 % 37.3 %
    NPM 39.9 % 41.3 % 41.9 % 37.72 % 45.67 %
  9. Strong cashflow & consistent dividend paid
  10. Year Free Cash Flow (RM,000) Dividend Paid(RM,000)
    2016 218,168 187,442
    2017 263,524 279,334
    2018 228,079 277,082
    2019 186,749 177,751
    2020 till Q2 193,200 84,084

Risk :

  1. 2020 Sale driven by One Time Cause (Covid-19 Pandemic)
  2. - Year 2020, Bursa hit highest trading volume due to Covid-19 Pandemic. We cannot guarantee year 2021 Bursa can perform like year 2020.
  3. Malaysia Trading Market not as popular and attractive like other country
  4. - Unlikely to HKEX , Nasdaq and SGX, most of the company will choose to be listed in other country compare to Malaysia as they are flexible and able to attract more fund. When lesser good company listed in a Stock Exchange Market, then lesser investor will be attracted to trade.

Financial data:

Income Statement:
Product/Service's Revenue 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 till Q2
Revenue(RM,000) 506,783 556,832 550,004 502,489 330,531
Revenue yoy growth(%) -2.3 % 9.9 % -1.2% -8.6 % -34.2 %
PBT(RM,000) 270,590 306,418 308,175 255,765 203,173
NP(RM,000) 202,661 230,209 230,614 189,558 150,958

Operating Revenue Segmentation by Product/Service:
Segment(RM,000) 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 till Q2
Securities trading revenue 212,921 259,617 265,809 232,840 188,177
Derivatives trading revenue 88,728 80,549 76,695 72,268 48,001
BSAS trading revenue 16,439 15,825 14,932 13,986 62,98
Listing and Issuer Services 53,540 61,775 60,112 54,018 24,005
Depository Services 39,035 42,376 42,170 41,938 21,269
Market Data 35,292 34,524 36,208 38,563 22,624
Member Services and Connectivity 21,001 21,408 21,835 21,499 10,354
MISC 5,752 6,006 5,530 5,023 0

Disclaimer : This post is for record and research Purpose. Not Buy and Sell Advice. Please do own study before making any purchase decision.

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