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Top Glove Corp. Bhd.
- 10.46 MYR
- -0.04
- -0.38%
Malaysia
Sep 14, 2018Ticker
KLS(7113)Prev. close
10.50Market cap (MYR)
13,442.40MMarket cap (USD)
3,248.13MShares
1,280.22M
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Company Background
Top Glove is the world's largest natural rubber glove maker, exporting to over 195 countries. The Malaysia-based company produces latex and nitrile gloves for health care providers and manufacturers, as well as households.
Chairman Lim Wee Chai, who had been a salesman, and his wife founded the company in 1991, when rubber prices were low and the glove industry was booming. In the mid-1990s, rubber prices rose and the industry went through consolidation; a number of rivals were squeezed out of business.
Top Glove, which started out with three production lines, now has about 500. The company turns out 48 billion gloves a year, accounting for about a quarter of the global market. The group rings up more than half of its sales in Europe and North America, but Top Glove believes demand for gloves in other regions, especially Asia, will continue to increase as populations grow.
Lim is considered a hands-on manager and adheres to a philosophy of efficiently investing $1 for every $2 earned. To save on energy costs, he keeps the air conditioning in his office set at a relatively toasty 25 C.
Business Summary
Financial Highlights
| Aug 2017 | MYR | USD |
| Revenue | 3,409.17M | 787.27M |
| Gross Profit | 605.31M | 139.78M |
| Operating income | 326.89M | 75.48M |
| Income before tax | 383.10M | 88.46M |
| Net income | 328.57M | 75.87M |
| EBITDA | 436.54M | 100.80M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.26 | 0.06 |
| Dividends Per Share | 0.14 | 0.03 |
| Total Assets | 2,936.25M | 687.56M |
| Total liabilities | 923.77M | 216.31M |
| Total equity | 2,003.28M | 469.09M |
| Operating cash flow | 399.10M | 92.16M |
| Currency in MYR | Currency in USD |
Historical Data
| Aug 2013 | Aug 2014 | Aug 2015 | Aug 2016 | Aug 2017 | |
| Revenue | 2,313.23M | 2,275.36M | 2,510.51M | 2,888.51M | 3,409.17M |
| Gross Profit | 363.21M | 383.45M | 554.90M | 595.54M | 605.31M |
| Operating income | 196.49M | 174.49M | 350.59M | 386.70M | 326.89M |
| Income before tax | 242.20M | 216.31M | 363.53M | 442.20M | 383.10M |
| Net income | 196.50M | 180.52M | 279.78M | 360.72M | 328.57M |
| EBITDA | 276.83M | 266.07M | 448.67M | 492.48M | 436.54M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.26 |
| Dividends Per Share | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Total Assets | 1,771.42M | 1,933.16M | 2,687.93M | 2,649.14M | 2,936.25M |
| Total liabilities | 413.58M | 535.61M | 1,073.53M | 823.30M | 923.77M |
| Total equity | 1,331.85M | 1,393.38M | 1,607.96M | 1,818.01M | 2,003.28M |
| Operating cash flow | 256.88M | 318.82M | 364.09M | 466.98M | 399.10M |
| Aug 2013 | Aug 2014 | Aug 2015 | Aug 2016 | Aug 2017 | |
| Revenue | 746.63M | 703.22M | 700.51M | 695.95M | 787.27M |
| Gross Profit | 117.23M | 118.50M | 154.83M | 143.49M | 139.78M |
| Operating income | 63.42M | 53.93M | 97.82M | 93.17M | 75.48M |
| Income before tax | 78.17M | 66.85M | 101.43M | 106.54M | 88.46M |
| Net income | 63.42M | 55.79M | 78.06M | 86.91M | 75.87M |
| EBITDA | 89.35M | 82.23M | 125.19M | 118.65M | 100.80M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Dividends Per Share | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Total Assets | 539.28M | 613.31M | 639.98M | 653.22M | 687.56M |
| Total liabilities | 125.90M | 169.92M | 255.60M | 203.00M | 216.31M |
| Total equity | 405.46M | 442.06M | 382.84M | 448.28M | 469.09M |
| Operating cash flow | 82.91M | 98.53M | 101.59M | 112.51M | 92.16M |
Valuation Measures
| Aug 2017 | |
| PER | 21.39 |
| ROA | 11.76% |
| ROE | 17.19% |
| Operating margin | 9.58% |
| Profit margin | 9.63% |
Key executives
- Managing Director & Director: Kim Meow Lee
- Executive Director & Investor Relations Contact: Cheong Guan Lim
- Co-Secretary: Keat See Lim
- Co-Secretary: Mun Yee Chin
- Co-Secretary: Siew Chuan Chua
Shareholders
- LIM WEE CHAI (28.8%)
- Employees Provident Fund (7.0%)
- Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (5.3%)
- Firstway United Corp. (5.0%)
- Norges Bank Investment Management (3.9%)
- Public Mutual Bhd. (2.6%)
- The Vanguard Group, Inc. (2.2%)
- Bumiputra Investment Foundation (1.8%)
- MFP Capital Corp. (1.7%)
- LIM HOOI SIN (1.5%)
Contact Details
- Website:http://www.topglove.com.my
- Address: Level 21, Top Glove Tower, 16, Persiaran Setia Dagang, Setia Alam, Shah Alam, 40170, Malaysia
- Phone: +60.3.3362.3098
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Competitors
- Hartalega Holdings Bhd.
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