Gallant Venture is a commercial developer, integrated master planner and manager for industrial parks and resorts in Batam and Bintan. Based on its annual report 2013, it has the backing of key shareholders such as Salim (74.5%) and Sembcorp Industries (12.0%). As of 30 Apr 14 closing price at $0.300 Gallant’s market cap is S$1.45b. Notwithstanding its large market capitalization, there is no analyst coverage.

There are some key factors which cause me to take a closer look at Gallant now.

Gallant has significant land bank in Bintan totaling approximately 18,000 hectares. According to Gallant’s company website, the land was acquired at a very attractive rate of $3 psm. With the recent interest coming into undervalued property stocks, Gallant may be worth a closer look.  It recently caught my attention and may catch the market attention too.

Although, I am not a property expert in assessing the worth of their land in Bintan, I would guess that it is likely to worth more than before. Its net asset value per share is approximately around $0.415.

Gallant started to recognize land sales of S$55.5 million contributing net margin of approximately S$34.7 million in FY13. (FY13 net profit was S$47.5m). According to Gallant, three out of the five new hotels already under construction are scheduled to open in 2014. Another three additional hotels have announced to break ground in 2013. As these new properties come online, Gallant expects incremental revenues from their complementary lines of business, such as utilities, ferries and dormitory rentals.

As of Jul 2013, Gallant has increased its stake in PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional Tbk (“IMAS”) to 71.49%. In 2013, IMAS’ revenues exceeded S$2.45 billion and generated after-tax profit of almost S$79 million, contributing S$25.8 million profit to Gallant.

Indonesia’s automotive sector has been on an uptrend over the last five years. Total annual vehicle sales have doubled in the last five years from approximately 600,000 units to approximately 1.2 million units in 2013. On the back of Indonesia’s increasing consumption power, management remains positive on the automotive sector.

Based on Chart 1 below, Gallant seems to be in a consolidation mode after reaching eight month high at $0.360 on 19 Feb 2014. Based on my personal observation, there seems to be some accumulation at current levels.

Strong support: $0.290 – 0.300 / 0.280

Resistance: $0.315 / 0.335 / 0.350

Source: CIMB itrade 30 Apr 14

It is not new that Gallant’s land bank is (very likely) undervalued in their books. However, what has changed is that they have started to recognize resorts land sales and have secured land sales contracts stretching till 2015. Thus, this seems to be a good step forward to monetize their land bank.

Having said the above, if there is no analyst or media coverage, it may still take time for the market to recognize the initiatives that Gallant is doing.

As their land sales are lumpy in nature, quarterly results may not be a good gauge of company performance

In addition to the above, there are likely to be other risks involved. As this is just a short introduction on Gallant, please visit the company website http://www.gallantventure.com/ for more information.

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