Platation rally - ELPL vs MAL vs KOTA

Guys what do you think is the best stock to buy out of the above. Rubber reaching all time high so I really do think MAL has more capability to show some great results this time.

I also have noticed that Namu and ELPL has good foot into Oil palms.we have seen in the recent that all oil palm companies growing so can we look into these stocks.


Please share your comments

are you sure about ELPL have in oil palm.

in the financial reports they only show 48 million in oil palm revenue roughly 8.5% of their total revenue
http://www.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/707_1291024963136.%20-%20Sept.%202010.pdf

hmm yes mono. correct me if i am wrong.oil prices have hit high prices in the recent specially in the last quarter.if so their revenue would have atleast reached 20-25% is my guess.

http://www.palmoilhq.com/palm-oil-prices/ - what do you think

amjad wrote:hmm yes mono. correct me if i am wrong.oil prices have hit high prices in the recent specially in the last quarter.if so their revenue would have atleast reached 20-25% is my guess.

http://www.palmoilhq.com/palm-oil-prices/ - what do you think

My point is that their oil plantation might be small. so even if they make superb profits from thier oil plantations. relative to the size of the company the income will be little. if you compare this with something like NAMU, which has about 20% poil palm, u'll see that namu will benefit far more from the current demand for oil palm.

mono wrote:

amjad wrote:hmm yes mono. correct me if i am wrong.oil prices have hit high prices in the recent specially in the last quarter.if so their revenue would have atleast reached 20-25% is my guess.

http://www.palmoilhq.com/palm-oil-prices/ - what do you think

My point is that their oil plantation might be small. so even if they make superb profits from thier oil plantations. relative to the size of the company the income will be little. if you compare this with something like NAMU, which has about 20% poil palm, u'll see that namu will benefit far more from the current demand for oil palm.

Mono please read the prospectus also not just quartely reports when you come to decisions about things like this. Just becasue you see a lot of revenue on NAMU from oil palm that does not mean it is the only one wit ha big oil palm crop . A wise inverter learn to look beyond the quarterly reports and check about there business model also.

PS:- I'm not sure you get he subtle hint so I'll just write anyway. AGAL & ELPL have a huge oil farm crops that have not kicked in yet!!

Rajitha wrote:

mono wrote:

amjad wrote:hmm yes mono. correct me if i am wrong.oil prices have hit high prices in the recent specially in the last quarter.if so their revenue would have atleast reached 20-25% is my guess.

http://www.palmoilhq.com/palm-oil-prices/ - what do you think

My point is that their oil plantation might be small. so even if they make superb profits from thier oil plantations. relative to the size of the company the income will be little. if you compare this with something like NAMU, which has about 20% poil palm, u'll see that namu will benefit far more from the current demand for oil palm.

Mono please read the prospectus also not just quartely reports when you come to decisions about things like this. Just becasue you see a lot of revenue on NAMU from oil palm that does not mean it is the only one wit ha big oil palm crop . A wise inverter learn to look beyond the quarterly reports and check about there business model also.

PS:- I'm not sure you get he subtle hint so I'll just write anyway. AGAL & ELPL have a huge oil farm crops that have not kicked in yet!!

when are these going to kick in? Can i expect them in the next financial report?

in any case, ELPL is overvalued at 44. after the split their EPS for the last quarter is .66. and they have way too much exposure to rubber tea.

I don't know about this hidden oil palm production but if it's there then we might see more profits.

Agal has 1200Ha. of which 123ha was planted in 2009 and 77Ha in 2010. so normally according to my knowledge palm oil begins to produce after 3 to 4 year of planting. so effectively AGAL has 1000Ha which will bring them revenue for this financial year.

So will take NAMU, A direct extarct from its annual report 2009/2010

"The total cultivated extent of oil palm in Sri Lanka
is around 5,600 ha. of which your Company cultivated an extent of
1,284 ha"

The oil palm crop remains and continues the most remunerative crop
of your Company. Although it has contributed only 21% of the total
turnover of the Company, the contribution is 44% or Rs. 219.6 Mn
in terms of operational profits. The crop harvested during the year is
3% above that of last year. Despite the increase in worker wages by
40%, the cost of production was well contained to an increase of only
9% compared to last year. The purchase price received from AEN
Palm Oil Factory which is a joint venture project between Namunukula,
Agalawatte and Elpitiya Plantations, remains constant and attractive

As a step towards expanding oil palm cultivation, your Company
undertook the planting of 108 ha. during the year under review. A
further 500 ha. will be planted during the next 03 years increasing the
total extent under oil palm cultivation to over 1,600 hectares.

Also Note that the Joint Venture is between Namunukula, Agalawatte and Elpitiya Plantations.

and in the annual report of ELPL they are talking about the same joint venture. i couldn't find the ha of elpl.

So I'm assuming that NAMU is the largest

Hi guys,

just had a look at KGAL which seems to have its highest rev from rubber. and rubber prices going up rapidly.further it has maintained a stable eps within 8 - 9. if we take an average of 8*4=32(annualized eps).current p/e =247/32=7.78.

what do you all think isn't it undervalued.further i hear that rubber prices are much higher now than last quarter which means their next quarter results will be even better.

amjad wrote:Hi guys,

just had a look at KGAL which seems to have its highest rev from rubber. and rubber prices going up rapidly.further it has maintained a stable eps within 8 - 9. if we take an average of 8*4=32(annualized eps).current p/e =247/32=7.78.

what do you all think isn't it undervalued.further i hear that rubber prices are much higher now than last quarter which means their next quarter results will be even better.

yep it's one of the best plantation stocks

mono wrote:in any case, ELPL is overvalued at 44. after the split their EPS for the last quarter is .66. and they have way too much exposure to rubber tea.

I don't know about this hidden oil palm production but if it's there then we might see more profits.

Well mission already gave the AGAL figures and lets just say they have a lot more free land they cultivating now. So it might actually surpass NAMU in future with oil palm even. ELPL I'm also a bit skeptical. IT has a good amount of palm oil and a good future ahead but compared with the rest I do not know over rs50 is a gr8 value for it. Anyway I have it bought in 20s so no matter I'll hold long term.