Singapore Press Holdings ("SPH") continues to face headwind in its Media Segment. The media business faces decline in print advertisement and circulation revenue. Worse still, the bloodletting from technological disruption has not reached the trough and its operating results is expected to deteriorate. Media revenue dropped from S$ 656Mil in FY2018 to S$ 577Mil in FY2019 which is a 12% decline. Media profit plunged from S$98.7Mil in FY2018 to S$54.7Mil which is a shocking 44.6% decline. At one point in time, its share price dipped below S$2 per share. Another round of retrenchment exercise has been announced by SPH to shave off 5% of staff in its Media Group. It has since recovered to S$2.34 as at 8 November 2019. Extract of Business Segment Performance-Profits before taxation Despite the pessimistic outlook for its Media Segment, there is a bright spot in SPH, that is, their Property business segment...
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