
This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on August 9, 2017 - August 15, 2017
Kronologi Asia Bhd (+ve)
SHARES in Kronologi Asia Bhd (fundamental: 2.1/3, valuation: 0.80/3), which triggered our momentum algorithm yesterday, closed three sen or 3.41% lower at 85 sen, with a market capitalisation of RM229.8 million.
Some 29.3 million shares were traded, compared with its 200-day average volume of six million shares.
Yesterday, the group announced it had fixed the issue price of its private placement shares at 79 sen apiece, which represents a discount of about 2.98% to the five-day volume weighted average market price of Kronologi Asia shares up to Aug 4.
On May 29, Kronologi Asia announced it intended to raise up to RM12.7 million by placing out some 27 million shares.
At 79 sen each, the group is expected to raise gross proceeds of RM21.36 million if all the placement shares are placed out.
It added that it will use the bulk of the proceeds to repay its transnational infrastructure equipment, future business expansion, working capital and estimated expenses in relation to the proposed private placement.
The stock has a trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio of 22.71 times and is trading at 4.36 times its book value.