My dividend income will take a hit this year as hupsteel cuts this year dividend to 0.1c from the previous years' 1c.
- steel business is making a loss. Asia enterprise n cosmosteel which are similar are all reporting losses too. So its not the company's weak but the O&G n shipbuilding industry is weak beyond terms.
- 0.1c dividend i believe its just to reward loyal shareholders even though company making loss
BUT:
- its sitting pretty on more than half a million square feet of space:
freehold around 140,000sf (add up kim chuan, genting lane, jalan besar, hoe nam),
Leasehold around 400,000sf in jurong and tuas.
- net cash nil debt position.
☆☆ possibility of real estate transformation???
With lim boh chuan previously handling the ppty segment now taking on MD n co-ceo role, things might get more interesting.
I am staying vested....