ESMT (2x fwd P/E) Pure Value Investing

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ESMT (2x fwd P/E) Pure Value Investing

Last month I posted here about a stock with the ticker EHLD and how it’s forward p/e was 2. Within a month it’s up 50% and still looks to be going strong.

I’m here to post the second round of this series.

Elite Semiconductor Micro Electronics: ticker 3006 on the Taiwan stock exchange.

Context: 

\-September 15th close was 264 TWD  
\-Market cap is 80 B TWD or 3 Billion USD  
\-Did some research after seeing an AleaBito twitter post about this stock.

Essentially this company focuses on legacy memory which has been heavily squeezed at the moment. Micron, SK and all the big names have moved to HBM since their gross margins in that AI memory segment are 80% +. 

This left a void in DDR2/3/4 etc and caused price increase and scarcity in the legacy memory segment.

Now Taiwan releases monthly reports sometimes for their stocks and ESMTs July and August month were pretty insane. Revenue was at 6.5 and 7.5 Billion TWD respectively and net margins are near 50. July EPS was $11. Annualising these earnings which are likely to keep increasing in the near term as qoq legacy memory spot prices keep increasing, puts the stock at a forward p/e of around 2. Even the companies own subsidiaries are buying its parent stock as it’s the best investment option they can find in the market.

There’s a few risks with buying this company at the moment though.  
\- macro conditions; obviously there is a war going on which could push us into a bear market eventually  
\- it’s heavily linked to the price movements of the big memory names and is an “AI stock” even though it has little to do with AI.  
\- wafer prices are increasing, but pretty much completely offset by the increasing spot prices.  
\- memory is advancing very quickly and legacy memory could become obselete in the next decade

All these risks can be considered priced in when you consider the forward p/e of 2. I also find it increasingly unlikely that the stock will stay this low after the next quarter earnings are reported.

Note: I’m half asleep and I can’t be bothered to neaten the grammar in this post. Please do your own research. I personally own a decent stake in this company.

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u/Head-Tension-7042 Reddit r/ValueInvesting

Legacy memory scarcity, ~2x forward P/E ESMT

The author argues ESMT (Elite Semiconductor Micro Electronics, 3006 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange) is deeply undervalued at roughly 2x forward P/E after annualising recent monthly earnings. The mechanism: Micron, SK Hynix and other majors shifted capacity to high-margin HBM, leaving a supply void in legacy DDR2/3/4 memory that pushed spot prices and scarcity sharply higher, benefiting ESMT's legacy-memory focus. Latest reported July and August revenue were 6.5 and 7.5 billion TWD with net margins near 50% and July EPS of $11, and the author expects continued QoQ legacy spot price increases to lift earnings further, viewing a re-rating as likely after the next quarterly earnings report. Stated risks: macro/war-driven bear market, high correlation to large memory names despite little AI exposure, rising wafer costs, and legacy memory obsolescence over the next decade — all of which the author considers priced in.

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