Many companies are facing liquidity challenges due to the abrupt disruption to economic activities. Investors would want to pick stocks that will survive this crisis and emerge stronger when we get out of it.
The key to survival is to either have positive cash flow or to have a lot of cash to burn over a long period of time. It would be even better if a company has both.
We will use two filters to fish out these stocks:
Net Cash position = Cash more than total liabilitiesPositive Free Cash Flow = The most stringent way to assess the cash flow of a companyI ended up with 57 stocks listed on the SGX after applying the filters.
I shortened the list to 51 by removing those on SGX Watchlist and were suspended.
But before I unveil the list, it is important to note that these data are historical
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