28th november 2012-WHY I NEVER BUY OLAM FROM 2003,YEAR I STARTED BUYING STOCKS UNTIL TODAY-DUE TO LOW PROFIT MARGINS OF THE INDUSTRY LIKE NOBLE,OLAM

Olam International Ltd (O32.SI)

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted. Valuation Measures Market Cap (intraday)5: 3.59B Enterprise Value (Nov 28, 2012)3: 10.72B Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 9.87 Forward P/E (fye Jun 30, 2014)1: 7.14 PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1: 0.50 Price/Sales (ttm): 0.20 Price/Book (mrq): 1.13 Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 0.58 Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6: 11.11 Financial Highlights Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends: 30 Jun Most Recent Quarter (mrq): Sep 30, 2012 Profitability Profit Margin (ttm): 2.04% Operating Margin (ttm): 4.38% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm): 3.72% Return on Equity (ttm): 12.36% Income Statement Revenue (ttm): 18.58B Revenue Per Share (ttm): 7.67 Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 45.00% Gross Profit (ttm): 1.33B EBITDA (ttm)6: 964.18M Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 379.87M Diluted EPS (ttm): 0.15 Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): 26.20% Balance Sheet Total Cash (mrq): 1.38B Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 0.58 Total Debt (mrq): 8.37B Total Debt/Equity (mrq): 244.69 Current Ratio (mrq): 1.61 Book Value Per Share (mrq): 1.38 Cash Flow Statement Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 29.75M Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): -661.55M View Financials Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow		ADVERTISEMENT Trading Information Stock Price History Beta: N/A 52-Week Change3: -31.88% S&P500 52-Week Change3: 12.19% 52-Week High (Feb 8, 2012)3: 2.76 52-Week Low (Jun 4, 2012)3: 1.53 50-Day Moving Average3: 1.88 200-Day Moving Average3: 1.89 Share Statistics Avg Vol (3 month)3: 16,403,300 Avg Vol (10 day)3: 57,112,000 Shares Outstanding5: 2.39B Float: 1.37B % Held by Insiders1: N/A % Held by Institutions1: N/A Shares Short 3: N/A Short Ratio 3: N/A Short % of Float 3: N/A Shares Short (prior month)3: N/A Dividends & Splits Forward Annual Dividend Rate4: N/A Forward Annual Dividend Yield4: N/A Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: N/A Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: N/A 5 Year Average Dividend Yield4: N/A Payout Ratio4: N/A Dividend Date3: N/A Ex-Dividend Date4: N/A Last Split Factor (new per old)2: N/A Last Split Date3: N/A
See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used. Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2012) ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2012) yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2012) lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jun 30, 2012) fye = Fiscal Year Ending1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters2 Data provided by EDGAR Online3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently, filed quarterly or annual report while Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ. This methodology may be different from that used by a company in its reporting Currency in SGD. Mercator Lines (Singapore) Limited (EE6.SI) -SES 0.1150 0.00(0.00%) 3:29PM GMT+08:00 Add to Portfolio Key Statistics Get Key Statistics for: Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted. Valuation Measures Market Cap (intraday)5: 143.99M Enterprise Value (Nov 28, 2012)3: 380.04M Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 57.50 Forward P/E (fye Mar 31, 2014)1: N/A PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1: N/A Price/Sales (ttm): 1.02 Price/Book (mrq): 0.37 Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 2.70 Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6: 7.68 Financial Highlights Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends: 31 Mar Most Recent Quarter (mrq): Sep 30, 2012 Profitability Profit Margin (ttm): 1.70% Operating Margin (ttm): 7.07% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm): 0.94% Return on Equity (ttm): 0.60% Income Statement Revenue (ttm): 140.72M Revenue Per Share (ttm): 0.11 Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 1.00% Gross Profit (ttm): 54.00M EBITDA (ttm)6: 49.48M Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 2.39M Diluted EPS (ttm): 0.00 Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): N/A Balance Sheet Total Cash (mrq): 6.39M Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 0.01 Total Debt (mrq): 236.18M Total Debt/Equity (mrq): 60.30 Current Ratio (mrq): 1.11 Book Value Per Share (mrq): 0.31 Cash Flow Statement Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 35.00M Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 17.63M View Financials Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow ADVERTISEMENT Trading Information Stock Price History Beta: N/A 52-Week Change3: -2.54% S&P500 52-Week Change3: 12.19% 52-Week High (Feb 14, 2012)3: 0.19 52-Week Low (Nov 22, 2012)3: 0.11 50-Day Moving Average3: 0.11 200-Day Moving Average3: 0.12 Share Statistics Avg Vol (3 month)3: 84,075 Avg Vol (10 day)3: 137,857 Shares Outstanding5: 1.25B Float: 346.07M % Held by Insiders1: N/A % Held by Institutions1: N/A Shares Short 3: N/A Short Ratio 3: N/A Short % of Float 3: N/A Shares Short (prior month)3: N/A Dividends & Splits Forward Annual Dividend Rate4: N/A Forward Annual Dividend Yield4: N/A Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 0.00 Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 1.70% 5 Year Average Dividend Yield4: N/A Payout Ratio4: N/A Dividend Date3: N/A Ex-Dividend Date4: N/A Last Split Factor (new per old)2: N/A Last Split Date3: N/A See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used. Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2012) ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2012) yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2012) lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Mar 31, 2012) fye = Fiscal Year Ending1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters2 Data provided by EDGAR Online3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently, filed quarterly or annual report while Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ. This methodology may be different from that used by a company in its reporting Currency in SGD. LET US COMPARE MERCATOR EVEN WHEN BDI AT NEAR 25YEAR LOWEST,IT IS STILL PROFITABLE AND ITS PROFIT MARGINS IS ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO OLAM PROFIT MARGINS,A COMMODITY TRADER. MERCATOR DEBT RATIO IS LOWER THAN OLAM. MERCATOR LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW IS STILL POSITIVE WITH OPERATING CASH FLOW 25% OF ITS MARKET CAP!!OLAM LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW IS NEGATIVE!!! this available fundamentals information is available in http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=EE6.SI and http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=O32.SI below article from http://www.ehow.com/info_10012156_important-balance-sheet-cash-flow.html -What Is More Important, the Balance Sheet or Cash Flow? X Neil Kokemuller Neil Kokemuller has been an active writer and content media website developer since 2007. He wrote regular feature articles for LiveCharts for three years and has been a college marketing professor since 2004. He has four years of additional professional experience in marketing, retail and small business, and he holds a Master of Business Administration from Iowa State University. By Neil Kokemuller, eHow Contributor Everything a company does is ultimately intended to earn cash. The textbook response to the question of which financial statement is the most important is that all are equally important, and together provide a total financial view of the company. Many would point to the balance sheet because it is regarded as the best overall financial picture of the company. However, Matt Richey of "The Motley Fool" says the cash flow statement is what many investors are truly most concerned with. Other People Are Reading How to Produce a Statement of Cash Flow The Importance of Balance Sheets in a Business Print this article Balance Sheet Basics The balance sheet lays out a company's assets, liabilities and the owner's equity. Assets are items of value owned by the company, and include current assets, such as cash and cash accounts, as well as property, plants and equipment, and investments. Liabilities are short-term and long-term debt obligations of the company. Owners' equity is the difference between the two, which is the net worth of the company if it sold all its assets for cash and paid off its liabilities. Argument for Importance As noted, the most common argument in support of the balance sheet as the most important financial report is that it gives the broadest picture of the company's financial position. A comparison of assets to debt lets you know how leveraged the company is by debt. A debt-to-equity ratio calculation compares your debt to the worth of the company. Managers, creditors and investors are all concerned with the level of liabilities a company has, compared to its assets and worth. Cash Flow Basics The cash flow statement shows the change in cash flow during a given period of one month, a quarter or a year. It is typically broken into operating, financing, investing and supplemental information sections. Operating activities are often viewed as most useful, because it is the primary area from which the company generates income. Cash flow in each section is increased or decreased from a prior period, and a total net change in cash flow for the period is the final calculation. Argument for Importance In his article "The Most Important Financial Statement," Richey pointed out that no matter what happens on the rest of the financial statements, investors are ultimately interested in how much cash the company has to work with. Along with serving as an indicator of company financial health, the cash flow shows investors whether the company has cash to pay dividends. Company leaders, suppliers and employees all have direct interest in whether the company has a strong cash position. Without cash, the company will have a hard time operating and growing.  p.s. i do NOT OWN ANY OLAM SHORTS NOR OLAM LONGS