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Why BIOHLDG become my FIRST investment in Malaysia stock market? (Part 3)

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(This post is the continuation of 'Why BIOHLDG become my FIRST investment in Malaysia stock market?' Part 2) 8) Synergy from recent NWE acquisition BIOHLDG recently made an acquisition of North West Enterprise (NWE), one of the leading hotel amenities distributors for hotel industry in Malaysia. While the exact amount of the acquisition is not disclosed (BIOHLDG recently made a private placement of RM24million), it is believed that BIOHLDG can make use of NWE extensive client base to sell its products such as herbal tea or other herbal related products. Conclusion As you can see in the previous section, it is easy to understand that the grow factors for BIOHLDG are promising. Each segment in its value chain has plenty space to grow and will start to contribute to its top line revenue very soon. Despite medical approval in China and Indonesia may still come in play as a significant challenge to BIOHLDG, I am still very optimistic that there is huge potential growth in

Why BIOHLDG become my FIRST investment in Malaysia stock market? (Part 2)

(This post is the continuation of ' Why BIOHLDG become my FIRST investment in Malaysia stock market?' Part 1) 4) Plant expansion programme Currently, BIOHLDG main production plant in Bangi, Selangor is reaching an utilisation rate of 80% by end of this year. While refurbishment and expansion for this plant has already began, a new production plan in Pasir Raja (next to the agriculture land) will commence its operation by 1Q 2019. These two expansion are expected to increase  50%   of current capacity over the next 2-5 years. 5) Land clearing to grow agriculture business BIOHLDG land bank for plantation is ~1,200acres (300acres in Desaru, Johor and ~900acres in Pasir Raja, Terengganu). To date, only 300+ acres of land has been used for plantation. BIOHLDG is planning to clear the rest of the land for its 2nd phase planting (200acres by end of this year) which will boast its production to 2,000 tons by 2020 (currently at ~400 tons). 6) Pharmacy expansion programme BI

Why BIOHLDG become my FIRST investment in Malaysia stock market? (Part 1)

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This week, I made my debut in stock investing after virtually following the stock market for about 1 year. I bought in BIOHLDG and it became my FIRST ever investment in Malaysia stock market. I believe many may argue that now is not the best time to get into the stock market, especially making a decision to acquire a counter that did not drastically drop during the recent selldown. However, I decided to buy in considerable amount of BIOHLDG at RM0.24 and I will continue to add if attractive price appeared again in the market. WHY?  Let me explain the rationale behind my decision to choose BIOHLDG among 900+ listed companies in Malaysia.   Background To start, Bioalpha Holdings Berhad ("BIOHLDG")  is an integrated herb-based health supplement company principally involved in agricultural, research and developments, manufacturing, sale of HALAL certified food and health supplement products (ODM and under the Company’s proprietary house brands) as well as operati