Author: (The) Boring Investor

It is a well known fact that competition among telcos has been heating up in the last couple of years. All 3 telcos have been finding new sources of revenue outside their traditional telco businesses. They have been busy acquiring companies, such as Singtel’s acquisition of Turn for USD310M in Feb 2017 and Starhub’s acquisition of D’Crypt for up to SGD122M in Dec 2017. In comparison, M1’s acquisitions have been very small. So far, their acquisitions are as follow: Aug 2016 – SGD3.0M for a 30% stake in Octopus Retail Management, which provides Point-of-Sales (POS) solutions for retailers and...

A few bloggers have written about whether Starhub’s dividend of 16 cents per year is sustainable when Starhub released its results in Feb. This time last year, I reviewed the prospects of its various business segments and concluded that challenging times were ahead for Starhub’s dividends. See Challenging Times Ahead for Starhub’s Dividends for more info. In today’s blog post, I will update the review and discuss whether Starhub’s dividend of 16 cents is sustainable. Although mobile services is the largest business segment, I will discuss it last, for reasons explained later. Pay TV If you read Is Pay TV Still...

After it became clear that Global Logistic Properties (GLP) would be privatised, I have been looking for a replacement. The investment thesis for GLP is that it has a REIT manager business model, constantly developing new logistic properties and spinning them off into REITs and private equity funds. The more properties it spins off into REITs and funds, the less it owns them, and the more it resembles Uber, which owns no taxis but is considered the world’s largest taxi company. See The GLP Story for more information. Thus, when I look for a replacement for GLP, I am...

Global Logistic Properties (GLP) was delisted last Mon after being successfully privatised. It is a growth stock, and I had hoped to hold on to it for 15 years or more, but alas, some deep pocket investors recognised its potential as well and privatised it before I could see it mature into a globally recognised name. GLP has the potential to become similar to Uber in the global logistics industry. See The GLP Story for more info. During the shareholder meeting to vote for the privatisation, a few minority shareholders recognised its potential and spoke out against the privatisation. Although I...