4 Companies with 1 Year Total Shareholder Return above 100%

Total Shareholder Returns measure the total amount of capital gains and dividends received from a particular investment.

A capital appreciation is the change in market price of the stock from the time it was purchased to the date it was sold. Dividend received is the dividend income paid out by the company from its earnings while the investor still owns the stock.

In this article, we will be looking at 4 companies that has achieved a return of more than 100% for the past year:

• PropNex Limited (SGX: OYY)
• The Hour Glass Limited (SGX: AGS)
• Excelpoint Technology Limited (SGX: BDF)
• Geo Energy Resources Limited (SGX: RE4)

1) PropNex Limited (SGX: OYY)

PropNex Limited (“PropNex”) is Singapore’s largest listed group with close to 10,000 sales professionals. As an integrated real estate services group, PropNex’s key business segments include real estate brokerage, training, property management and real estate consultancy.

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For the past 1 year, PropNex’s total shareholder return came in at 104%, in which majority of the returns are generated from capital appreciation (S$0.815).

The doubling of return can be seen from the surge in demand for resale flats in Singapore, especially during the pandemic period, where there is a long delay in construction of new houses.

PropNex’s share price is last traded at S$1.64, with a market capitalization of S$606.80 million.

2) The Hour Glass Limited (SGX: AGS)

The Hour Glass Limited (“The Hour Glass”) is one of Asia’s luxury watch retail groups and has an established presence with over 40 boutiques in 12 key cities in the Asia Pacific region. The Hour Glass is the official retailer for a collection of luxury watches from more than 50 of the world’s finest watch brands such as Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Hublot, IWC, Patek Philippe, Rolex, Sinn, TAG Heuer.

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Despite suffering a 2% negative return for the past 3 months, The Hour Glass still managed to register a 1 year total shareholder return of more than 111%. Majority of the returns came from capital appreciation.

The Hour Glass has benefited from the gradual recovery in Singapore’s economy as well as the recovery in demand for luxury timepieces. With this backdrop, the share price had a big jump for the past 1 year when the economy rebounds again.

The Hour Glass’ share price is last traded at S$2.02, with a market capitalization of S$1.38 billion.

3) Excelpoint Technology Limited (SGX: BDF)

Established in 1987 and headquartered in Singapore, Excelpoint Technology Limited (“Excelpoint”) is one of the leading regional business-to-business platforms providing electronic components, engineering design services and supply chain management to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers and electronics manufacturing services.

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For the past 1 year, Excelpoint’s total shareholder return came in at more than 120%. Being a leading electronic components distributor, Excelpoint has benefited from the ongoing chip shortage situation as well as the increase in demand for semiconductors.

This situation was a result of accelerated technology adoption due to the ongoing pandemic situation across the world.

Excelpoint's share price is last traded at S$1.35, with a market capitalization of S$162.43 million.

4) Geo Energy Resources Limited (SGX: RE4)

Geo Energy Resources Limited (“Geo Energy”) is a major Indonesian coal producer with an established track record in operating coal mines, coal production and selling coal throughout the region. Geo Energy commenced its business in 2008 as a coal mining services provider and has since transitioned to a coal producer that subcontracts its coal mining operations.

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With the recent commodity boom, Geo Energy has produced a strong set of financial results, which resulted in a substantial return to its shareholders over the past 1 year.

To put things into perspective, its 3 month total shareholders alone already exceeded 100%, on back of the soaring coal prices, which ultimately have a very positive effect on Geo Energy.

On top of that, the high dividend payout (S$0.048) helped to boost its 1 year total shareholder returns to a high of more than 250%.

Geo Energy's share price is last traded at S$0.53, with a market capitalization of S$746.50 million.

Conclusion

Despite hailing from different industries, the companies mentioned above have all recorded impressive total shareholder returns of above 100% in just a 1-year period.

This means that winning stocks can hail from any sector and investors can perform in-depth analysis to unearth these hidden gems.

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