In this contest, you'll stand a chance to win $10,000* by evaluating which of the following 5 companies below would be safe or risky to invest in.
Will you lend them? - Or - Fend them away?The company was incorporated in the year 2008 and has a subsidiary both for their Japanese F&B restaurant's operation in Singapore and is wholly held by their overseas parent company, who is a listed company in their country.
The company was incorporated in December 2010 to provide a comprehensive range of security services such as guarding services, security consulting, security technology, security audit, security equipment, etc.
The company was incorporated in year 1990s to engage in professional grouting and waterproofing services for construction projects by the sole founder. He has been in this field for almost 28 years and has managed few other constructions companies previously.
The company was first established as a sole proprietor in 1970s engaging in renovation works and interior design, with majority of its business being derived from residential projects. In year 2000, it was converted to a private limited entity helmed by the founder with his father as sleeping partner.
The company was incorporated in the year 2013 held by their local parent company to engage in golf simulator entertainment services which includes private training session, events for corporations and child training camps. The company is managed by 2 local directors who were from India and China...
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Company Name : | Undisclosed |
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Paid-up Capital : | S$ 1,189,580 |
No. of Shareholders/ Directors : | 1 |
Bankruptcy/ Litigation : | 2 |
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No. of Employees : | - |
The company was incorporated in the year 2008 and has a subsidiary both for their Japanese F&B restaurant's operation in Singapore and is wholly held by their overseas parent company, who is a listed company in their country.
The company has successfully maintained strong annual revenue of more than $10M in these recent years. They have also tied up with big corporations and travel agencies to garner steady weekly volume of corporate customers on top of their strong flow of work in customers during weekends and public holidays. This company is often featured on food blogs with strong recommendations with their fresh seafood and large variety of other international appetizers and hot food.
The company is now seeking funds for inventory purchases.
FYE 2014 | FYE 2013 | ||
Financial Statement | $ | $ | |
(FYE 31Dec) | Audited Financials | Audited Financials | |
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Revenue | 11,462,152 | 13,267,035 | |
Gross Profit | 7,852,245 | 9,167,363 | |
Net Profit Before Tax | 622,382 | 726,601 | |
Total Assets | 6,425,145 | 7,045,211 | |
Total Liabilities | 3,806,992 | 5,049,440 | |
FYE 2014 | FYE 2013 | ||
Financial Ratio | $ | $ | |
Sales growth | -0.1 | N.A. | |
Gross Profit Margin | 68.5% | 69.1% | |
Net Profit Margin | 5.4% | 5.5% | |
Debt Ratio | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Their steady pool of corporate clients supports their sales volume during off peak hours whereas their walk-in customers boost up the revenue during weekends and public holidays and upon credit cards promotions.
The company is still in the midst of negotiating for increased credit limit for their trade facilities to support their repayments to their suppliers.
Company Name : | Undisclosed |
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Paid-up Capital : | S$ 769,000 |
No. of Shareholders/ Directors : | 4 |
Bankruptcy/ Litigation : | 1 |
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No. of Employees : | - |
The company was incorporated in December 2010 to provide a comprehensive range of security services such as guarding services, security consulting, security technology, security audit, security equipment, etc. The company provides guarding services and consultation services to private condominium, shopping mall, landed properties of which its clientele base comprised of renowned shopping mall .
Prior to the setup of this company, the key promoter was attached with Singapore Police Force ("SPF") for more than 9 years. With his extensive experience in the security industry, he has successfully developed the small scale business to a reputable security service brand within the early years of operations.
The business has secured a stable pool of clientele and achieved average of $7M annual revenue by their 5th year of operations.
The company is now seeking funds to support the increased staff costs for the new projects clinched.
FYE 2015 | FYE 2014 | FYE 2013 | |
Financial Statement | $ | $ | $ |
FYE 30/11 | Mgmt Accounts (11 months) | Audited Financials | Audited Financials |
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Revenue | 8,109,132 | 6,802,747 | 4,330,890 |
Gross Profit | 1,461,321 | 1,164,787 | 421,154 |
Net Profit Before Tax | (68,281) | 78,406 | (244,836) |
Total Assets | 1,121,256 | 1,362,434 | 785,255 |
Total Liabilities | 1,254,896 | 1,421,864 | 1,120,591 |
FYE 2015 | FYE 2014 | FYE 2013 | |
Financial Ratio | $ | $ | $ |
Sales growth | 19.2% | 57.1% | 46.5% |
Gross Profit Margin | 18.0% | 17.1% | 9.7% |
Net Profit Margin | -0.8% | 1.2% | -5.7% |
Debt Ratio | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
The revenue of the company has increased 25 folds within the 5 years from year 2011 to year 2015. The strong reputation has gradually allowed them to obtain deals with higher margins from FYE 2014 onwards as evidenced from their growing gross profit margins.
The security service industry's profitability is heavily dependent on the staff costs where they have to frequently revised their wages to attract and retain good performers to maintain their services standard.
Company Name : | Undisclosed |
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Paid-up Capital : | S$ 250,002 |
No. of Shareholders/ Directors : | 1 |
Bankruptcy/ Litigation : | 6 |
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No. of Employees : | - |
The company was incorporated in year 1990s to engage in professional grouting and waterproofing services for construction projects by the sole founder. He has been in this field for almost 28 years and has managed few other constructions companies previously.
The company has been growing slowly with annual revenues ranging from $1M to $2M in the 2010s till they successfully clinched a number of big projects in year 2014 and achieved a 243.1% revenue growth from $2.6M in year 2013 to $9.1M year 2014. They have also obtained a strong new pipeline of $14M for the year 2016 which includes contracts from renowned big corporations.
The company is now seeking funds to cushion the initial capital for their new projects while pending their progressive payments from their existing ongoing projects.
FYE 2014 | FYE 2013 | |
Financial Statement | $ | $ |
(FYE 31Dec) | Audited Financials | Audited Financials |
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Revenue | 9,145,995 | 2,665,726 |
Gross Profit | 950,527 | 1,100,069 |
Net Profit Before Tax | (164,739) | 354,025 |
Total Assets | 2,548,231 | 1,066,010 |
Total Liabilities | 2,232,587 | 720,627 |
FYE 2014 | FYE 2013 | |
Financial Ratio | $ | $ |
Sales growth | 243.1% | 66.0% |
Gross Profit Margin | 10.4% | 41.3% |
Net Profit Margin | -1.8% | 13.3% |
Debt Ratio | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Their steady pool of corporate clients supports their sales volume during off peak hours whereas their walk -in customers boost up the revenue during weekends and public holidays and upon credit cards promotions.
The 6 litigations filed against them by their customers for services related matters within these 2 years reflected deterioration on their quality of works done, which may be caused by shortage of good workers / hiring of wrong sub-contractors to support their sudden increase in project volume in year 2014.
Company Name : | Undisclosed |
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Paid-up Capital : | S$ 30,002 |
No. of Shareholders/ Directors : | 2 |
Bankruptcy/ Litigation : | - |
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No. of Employees : | - |
The company was first established as a sole proprietor in 1970s engaging in renovation works and interior design, with majority of its business being derived from residential projects. In year 2000, it was converted to a private limited entity helmed by the founder with his father as sleeping partner.
The company has successfully changed its revenue stream in year 2013 from residential projects to commercial projects by securing educational institutions such as United World College of South East Asia ("UWCSEA") and Alsagoff Arab School projects.
The company is now seeking funds to bridge the cash flow gaps in between their progressive payments and payables.
FYE 2013 | FYE 2014 | |
Financial Statement | $ | $ |
(FYE 31Dec) | Unaudited Financials | Unaudited Financials |
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Revenue | 3,027,582 | 1,694,291 |
Gross Profit | 741,653 | 612,040 |
Net Profit Before Tax | 80,793 | 42,760 |
Total Assets | 1,282,198 | 770,442 |
Total Liabilities | 1,161,403 | 687,680 |
FYE 2013 | FYE 2014 | |
Financial Ratio | $ | $ |
Sales growth | -45.5% | |
Gross Profit Margin | 24.5% | 37.1% |
Net Profit Margin | 2.7% | 2.6% |
Debt Ratio | 0.9 | 0.8 |
The company has a strong track record for a good 36 years with steady volume of ongoing projects and resilient revenue streams as evidenced by its current ongoing projects for educational institutions as well as semi-detached residential developments.
They have achieved 50% in gross profit margins mainly from the commercial projects. Net profit margin remains constant but is expected to increase in tandem with revenue growth in FYE 2015.
Revenue fell by 45% mainly due to SOL changing its revenue stream from residential projects to commercial projects.
Company Name : | Undisclosed |
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Paid-up Capital : | S$ 1,000 |
No. of Shareholders/ Directors : | 2 |
Bankruptcy/ Litigation : | Nil |
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No. of Employees : | - |
The company was incorporated in the year 2013 held by their local parent company to engage in golf simulator entertainment services which includes private training session, events for corporations and child training camps. The company is managed by 2 local directors who were from India and China and was subsequently converted to Singaporean in the recent years.
The company has achieved $870K annual revenue in their first operating year, mainly from overseas affiliated companies' referrals. They are expecting to generate more direct local sales with their marketing campaigns targeted at families for their summer training camp packages.
The company is now seeking funds to support their upcoming initial marketing costs.
FYE 2015 | FYE 2014 | |
Financial Statement | $ | $ |
(FYE 31Dec) | Management Account | N.A. |
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Revenue | 878,592 | N.A. |
Gross Profit | 720,321 | N.A. |
Net Profit Before Tax | 163,934 | N.A. |
Total Assets | 378,326 | N.A. |
Total Liabilities | 213,432 | N.A. |
FYE 2015 | FYE 2014 | |
Financial Ratio | $ | $ |
Sales growth | N.A. | N.A. |
Gross Profit Margin | 82% | N.A. |
Net Profit Margin | 18.7% | N.A. |
Debt Ratio | 0.6 | N.A. |
The company managed to clinch $878K revenue with high net profitability of 18.7% within their first operating year reflects a demand for their product and their strong cost management.
There are negative current net assets mainly due to loans to affiliated overseas company and such diversion of funds is deemed as high risk.
The successes of their events depend heavily on the availability of the spaces for them to set up their simulators and the high rental for the good locations easily erodes their profit margins.