obiero wrote:mamilli wrote:sparkly wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:Fyatu wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:FLAME TREE, time to buy is now
A question to @Aguy, @VVS and @Angelica_ann....why flame tree? What are you seeing that i am not seeing?
I see value. Not an easy path for FTGH to follow.
Relatively low PER and high PB. I am waiting for 1H results.
Odds of making a fortune by buying into newly listed micro Caps are firmly stacked against the minority shareholder.
Speaking from experience in Access Kenya, Olympia, Eveready.
@vvs i see you were bitten but not yet shy.
@sparkly,do you still hold the same view or FTGH could be an outlier here?
A good company but takataka stock similar to City Trust in its former state.. Only the majority owners really know what direction to take the stock.. Others will be observers
I am NOT comparing FTGH to City Trust since CT was merely holding firm for I&M shares. Those who saw the light did well since buying CT was like buying (unlisted) I&M shares at a discount.
FTGH is not Centum or Berkshire but is starting to pick up disparate firms in different sectors. Will it work? [I am conflicted but I do own some shares though it is NOT a core investment for me.]
A strategy could be similar to Centum/Berkshire which involves buying BUSINESSES that can grow without the need for intense managerial input from FTGH.
FTGH had a "food division" which acquired Chirag Foods. There are probably issues regarding Nakumatt & Uchumi just like many other manufacturers.
Beauty Division: There was an existing line [Zoe] but acquiring Suzie means going upmarket. I plan to visit one of the in-mall shops. I think there's one at Two Rivers.
Plastic Tanks: The original business. Commoditized but needed as Kenya develops.
Polyplay: Seems similar to the tanks business as far as manufacturing is concerned BUT very different in concept and marketing.
Can FTGH restructure, nurture, grow and then sell these businesses [like Centum] or convert them into cash-cows [like Berkshire]?
Any investor in this firm has to watch it carefully. It may pay off BUT manufacturing is a TOUGH business in Kenya.
Warren Buffett - “I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.”
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett