Any thoughts on the below stocks? All below book value
1. Hong Kong land
2. Uol
3. Uoa - some Australia property
UOA is now selling below tangible book value (according to sgxcafe screener), but you should be cautious because screeners might be wrong. The other point is the NAV is not consistent with UOA. A small punt is okay, and I still feel that is the way to invest in below book value stocks, lots of diversification.
All 3 of them are somewhat family business but HKL is by far the biggest of them all, and have the best record and has a lower debt than UOL (no idea if debt is lower than UOA because I have yet to look).
I will hesitate to buy UOL as there is a huge run up and the dividend yield isn't promising traditionally (I was vested). HKL is a better bet because it is difficult to replace properties that they have. IIRC, the revenue structure of HKL depends more on rent collection than developing? Bad memory here.
I think UOL's recent run up was due to brokerage recommendation (at least from Ketrade that i used).
But personally I will take HKL for its lower debt and better ROE, but not a lot because there is a small run up recently already, and there is a direct currency risk aspect.... in the event of a crisis, i will buy HKL for sure.