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iFAST’s Share Price Plunged 11% in a Week: Should Investors Be Concerned?
By The Smart Investor  •  January 25, 2023
It’s been a breathtaking two years for iFAST Corporation Limited (SGX: AIY) as its business saw massive fund inflows. The pandemic pushed more people to transact online, resulting in net inflows of S$3.2 billion for 2020 and S$3.7 billion in 2021. Net profit more than tripled from S$9.5 million in 2019 to S$30.6 million in 2021, and iFAST saw its share price shoot up from just S$1.04 at the beginning of 2020 to S$8.45 at the end of 2021. Last year, however, iFAST’s business suffered from stock market volatility as a result of high inflation and surging interest rates. For the first nine months of 2022 (9M2022), the fintech reported a 78.1% year on year plunge in net profit. At the same time, its share price tumbled by close to 30% last year to S$5.84. To make matters worse, iFAST saw its share price plunge further by 11% in the past week. Is the group’s growth story over and should investors be justifiably concerned?...
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The Smart Investor is co-founded by David Kuo, Joanna Sng, and Chin Hui Leong. The company was formed in late 2019 from the ashes of the Motley Fool Singapore. The Smart Investor believes that everybody can learn how to invest, smartly. We aim to educate people on how to invest smartly by providing investing education, stock commentary and market coverage for Singapore and around the world.
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