Disclaimer: This isn’t funding recommendation. PLEASE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH !!!!
Some cause for not studying this publish:
- You’ve gotten already posted YTD Efficiency numbers on FinTwit
- You don’t like capital intensive shares
- You don’t like cyclical shares
- You like shares which have optimistic share worth and/or basic momentum
- You require quick time period catalysts/Share purchase backs/activists and so forth.
- You want easy companies with easy buildings
- You assume Germany/Italy/Europe goes down the drain anyway
In such a case, do your self and myself a favor and transfer on.
For anybody nonetheless studying, please discover right here the “Elevator Pitch”, the “Execs & Cons” part in addition to the abstract. All of the gory particulars can be found on this 21 web page PDF file:
- Elevator Pitch:
Hamburg primarily based Eurokai is a sixth technology household owned & managed Container Port proprietor and operator. The corporate is extremely conservatively financed (vital web money and “additional property”) and ridiculously low cost in comparison with friends and up to date M&A transactions, though TIKR and Bloomberg incorrectly present rather more costly multiples.
Primarily based on my calculation. Eurokai trades at ¼ or ⅓ of the valuation in contrast even to the most cost effective Peer group inventory and M&A multiples.
Though there is no such thing as a express catalyst and 2023 was a troublesome 12 months, each for container commerce and likewise for infrastructure usually, Eurokai represents a really enticing, contrarian alternative to accomplice with a household on nice property at a very low worth.
Within the mid-term there are some developments (Generational change, new port initiatives) that would assist to get the valuation of Eurokai nearer to its friends which for my part outweigh the final dangers and some extra particular ones. Subsequently I believe Eurokai is an fascinating deep worth play for the affected person investor who doesn’t must beat any quick time period market benchmarks however who has the luxurious of partaking in “time arbitrage”.
L) Professional’s & Con’s
As all the time, earlier than coming to a conclusion, here’s a assortment of Professional’s and Con’s
- Extraordinarily low cost however nicely run infrastructure asset
- sixth technology household owned/managed, long run orientation
- financially extraordinarily conservative
- Decentralized group
- 5% dividend yield for ready
- a number of potential “smooth catalysts” within the subsequent few years
- solely coated by 1 analyst, TIKR/Bloomberg numbers deceptive, very exhausting to grasp
+/- Change to sixth technology occurred in 2023
+/. Bigger Capex initiatives deliberate
- No exhausting catalysts, potential for a “worth lure” form of state of affairs
- excessive complexity for a small cap
- some basic dangers (China/Taiwan, Hamburg vs Rotterdam)
M) Abstract, Return expectation & “time arbitrage”
I’ve to confess that my determination course of for Eurokai took lots longer than ordinary. I’ve been taking a look at Eurokai many instances prior to now 15-20 years and by no means received snug till but.
A part of my motivation won’t be 100% rational, as an illustration I identical to ports which was the preliminary motivation to go actually deep. There’s clearly a non-zero likelihood that the inventory is not going to be “found” over the subsequent 3-5 years and I’ll “solely” be capable to gather dividends. Investor consent in the meanwhile appears to be that an inexpensive inventory with out a catalyst is like useless wooden and can all the time keep low cost. David Einhorn as an illustration has talked about usually that the capital market is damaged for worth buyers and that the one various is to have a look at catalysts like share purchase backs or take overs..
However, I do assume that the valuation is so absurdly low, that even when we assume a major low cost to the most cost effective opponents, the inventory may simply double or triple and it will nonetheless be modestly valued.
In my view, perhaps additionally pushed by the wrong knowledge in instruments like TIKR or Bloomberg, few individuals perceive the undervaluation and even fewer assume that it’s a appropriate funding. Eurokai is illiquid, has a low Beta (0,6) and for anybody managing in opposition to a benchmark is sort of assured to underperform for some prolonged time.
Nonetheless, as my solely actual “edge” is an extended time horizon as the everyday market participant and an above common capability to endure underperformance, I discover the inventory very fascinating. I believe that is one thing that I might name “time arbitrage”: As a personal investor who is just not in a rush, I do need to luxurious to spend money on one thing the place there is no such thing as a clear exit or catalyst. The arbitrage right here is that I believe over time there’s an growing risk that one thing occurs which may result in a re-valuation.
My worst case state of affairs over 4-5 years on this case is the present dividend yield of 5%. I believe over 3-5 years there’s a good probability that in some unspecified time in the future the market discovers (once more) this gem after which the share worth may simply go up by +100% or +200% and the inventory can be undervalued.
If I assume a 50/50 probability of this occasion taking place, my anticipated return can be north of 10% p.a. over 5 years with for my part little or no actual draw back. Typically, shares which are as low cost as Eurokai are sometimes in some form of existential hassle, which for my part is just not the case right here. That’s ok for me.
As I wish to retain some flexibility, I allotted 3% of the portfolio into Eurokai pref shares at round 26 € per share and can monitor intently how the market will take up 2023 numbers going ahead. I additionally plan to attend the AGM in Hamburg this 12 months to get a greater feeling for the corporate.
Bonus observe (for all Time Arbitrageurs):
