This post first appeared on substack.
Vicom has done almost nothing over the past 18 months and hence I believe it is time to do a quick update and see if this is worth adding. For the uninitiated, here’s the original writeup about Vicom, the largest vehicle and industrial inspection company in Singapore:
https://8percentpa.substack.com/p/investment-idea-4
Vicom, while it is a decent SGD460m market cap company, has no analyst coverage and its published materials for analysis is atrociously lacking. The company only has its annual report and bi-annual earnings update. Meanwhile, the annual report has no Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A), the most important section of any annual report.
That said, financials are solid:
Simple Financials (Dec 2025 estimate, SGD)
- Sales: 120m
- Operating Profit (OP): 35m
- Net income:30m
- FCF: 30m
- Debt: -55m, Mkt Cap: 500m
Financial Ratios
- ROE: 21% ROIC: 21%
- EV/EBITDA: 10.7x (Dec 25)
- PER: 16.9x (Dec 25)
- Past Margins: OPM 30%
- FCF yield 7%
The stock has completely underperformed in 2024. With global stock markets rallying 20-30% ...