HUAYANG (5062) - It's Huayang Again
Just
4 days after it announced its foray into Penang property market,
Huayang announced another proposed land acquisition in Kuala Lumpur.
It will acquire an 8.1-acres leasehold land in Mukim Batu for RM120mil. This works out to be about RM340 per sq ft.
In Oct11 which is 3 years ago, UOADev acquired freehold land in the same mukim at a cost of RM170 psf only.
According to Huayang's announcement, the current market value for its land is RM121mil and it got a RM1mil discount.
Just
for reference, in year 2013, Matrix acquired 2 pieces of freehold land
in the heart of Kuala Lumpur near PWTC for RM950 psf.
To
recap, Huayang paid RM124 per sq ft (total RM158mil) for its 29.2 acres
leasehold Puchong West land which does not carry KL address back in
year 2012.
Is RM340 psf really the current market price in Mukim Batu now?
The
land deal is expected to be completed in the second half of year 2015,
and development is only expected to start in the final quarter of year
2016.
There is still no concrete development plan for it yet but potential GDV is estimated at RM800mil.
So
Huayang will spend RM151mil for recent proposed land acquisition in
Penang & KL. This will likely push up its net gearing ratio from
0.5x to 0.7x-0.8x region.
It might still have pending land deal in Kota Kinabalu!
With high debts, can Huayang survive amid poor sentiment in general and property market in Malaysia?
Land price will always increase with time, so it's always better to acquire them sooner rather than later.
I'm
not sure where is the exact location of its KL land. It seems like it
will be next to the busy MRR2 in Kepong/Segambut/Selayang?
As long as the land is strategically located, then I think it is a good decision.
With
its annual net profit expected to be around RM100mil for the next 2
years, I guess it should have no problem to serve its loans in the near
future.
Huayang
might launch its new projects in Puchong & Seri Kembangan soon in
this year. Sales from these 2 projects will be important to its sales
target of RM529mil in FY16 ending Mac16.
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