Forum Archive Index - June 2001

["G Stolwyk" <stolwyk@wave.co.nz>]

Thanks for your post " mrgoodall " I wished that you had read my post of April 23, 2001.

 

There is no guarantee that the Herald has the correct P/E's even for the last year. I complained about this sort of thing some years ago, perhaps they may have improved.

 

Anyhow, the new year starts on July 1 and we should be concerned with that, rather than the past.

 

You will probably know that if the market perceives CLH to be an excellent stock, then two things will happen:

 

The P/E will not only be higher but the higher P/E will also be trying to " outrun " the actual achievement.

 

Thus, the public will already accord a higher P/E now, instead of waiting till later! Therefore, there is a premium on the stock!

 

And so, if the results turn up even better than expected, this P/E level may move up again up to a certain point. And that happened to Baycorp or BCH! Such a stock will be tightly held! 

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If you read the key post of April 23, you will find the " Projected share prices " of CLH, on page 1. 

 

Page 3, item 7, will give you the projected

P/ E ratios          2000      2001       2002

BCH                    60.6      52.7        44.8

CLH                                46.5 #      30.2 #

# Based on the now share price of appr. $ 4.75 instead of the then price of $ 4.40: See my report.

 

Your first question: Is the P/E too high?

Answ.: There is a large fall in the P/E value in 2002. You are the only one who can decide if the P/ E for the new year is too high. I have CLH shares and hope that my projected share prices come true! 

 

If you had read the remarks on page 3, item 7, there, I am suggesting that the P/E of CLH  will try to meet that of BCH.

You have already seen that the price of CLH has risen by 35 cents since that report while BCH is somewhat static.

 

I have already said that the support level is about $ 4.80; the first three weeks in June are subjected to tax-loss selling and all sorts of unexpected events can happen to any stocks!

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Re your second question: Is the current Receivables Book $ 2.3 Bil. and is this for one year?

 

When they listed, this Book was $ 2 Bill., it is growing faster than they are clearing up and now stands @ $ 2.4 Bill.: Refer to page 2 of my report.

 

Obviously, their rate of clearing will increase over time now they are consolidating; However, I am very encouraged to know that they have plenty of work in front of them!

 

Even if this rate increases, it could merely mean that they are able to take on more work! Therefore, this " work - in - progress " is a dynamic thing and not subjected to a given time period! 

 

Gerry

PS: Thanks Nick! One way of putting it: Yes, 1 kg of Gold cost more than 1 kg of iron!!

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