It has long operating history, high profit margins, consistent dividend payout history and policy, high ROE and low debt. It is currently trading at below historical PE.
If you are willing to buy 10 lots of Singpost at $1.10, when Singpost dips 10% to $0.99, you should buy at least the same number of lots or even more. This is because for the same amount of price I spend on Singpost originally, I can now buy more with less money. I will collect more dividends with the same amount invested and at the same time, dollar cost average my investment.
Assuming I bought another 10 lots at $0.99, my average cost will be $1.045/lot. Singpost only need to rebound 5.6% from $0.99 to breakeven. It will take Singpost to rebound more than 11% from $0.99 for me to breakeven at $1.10.
You must believe in the companies you have initially invested in. Do not lose faith just because others have bought and sold it at a different price you had bought. The price changes all the time, not the fundamentals. Hence, do your homework thoroughly before you take the plunge and only invest in companies you believe in.
I don't think singpost has low debts.
In fy08, total debt to equity is 2.31. Perhaps it's due to the nature of the business (something like utility, i'm not sure since there's no good comparison for singpost) that it is highly leveraged. I say that because their Plant property equipment (PPE) stands at a substanstial 34.7% of total assets. They did sell off a lot of their properties already though, to be fair.
Current ratio stands at 0.90, not exactly wonderful either.
If it's not for the wonderful little monopoly (which is eroding with the liberisation of postal services) and the management's future direction of singpost AND the wonderful long history of good dividends, I'll be cutting loss on this one too :)
What do you think of singpost's pending sale of paya lebar HQ? At 850 million, it'll generate around $0.44 per share. Might give a bonanza of dividends for the divestment, when it occurs. Maybe 0.2-0.3 per share as special dividend?
The way I look at it, debts itself is a good tool to reduce tax and increase ROE for companies. Usually only conservative companies have low debt ratios. I think Allgreen is one of them.
Consider pp77 of Singpost latest annual report. It has borrowings of 302m, a tad lower than 2007's 316m.
Cash inflow for financing activities has increased 13m YOY, cash outflow from financing activities has been reduced by 8m.
Cash at bank has increased by 36m YOY.
I think the above shows good and improving financing discipline for Singpost.
For the special dividends, consider a worst case scenario:
Singpost gets 750m from the sale after some bargaining and pays up all its 300m debts.
It will still stand to gain 450m or $0.21 per share.
Again, we adjust 50% retention ratio, there is still a special dividend of $0.10 per share.
Singpost dividend policy is 80% payout ratio or $0.05 per share, whichever higher. Last year dividend rate was at 81% payout ratio.
Hence, it is definitely highly likely we can get a good bonus if the sale of the paya lebar HQ materialises.
The company is almost idiot proof and integral part of any economy. Hence, it will remain a core component of my portfolio for recurring income.
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