I am going to do a concise and straight-forward review about SPH's strengths and prospects in Part 1 because I have decided to increase my holdings of the stock after its Ex-date.
Strengths of SPH:
1. Monopolistic Nature of Core Business:
SPH is the main publisher of newspaper and magazines in Singapore. Its core print business is generating stable cash flow. Being an Asian country, the newspaper readership figure in Singapore is high. This is also especially true in Hong Kong and India too. I guess Asians just have to get their daily newspaper "fix" :) I am pleasantly surprised by this because the newspaper companies in the West are declining.
