Golden Resources (GRD) is GRD is a principal importer, wholesaler and marketer of rice in Hong Kong, and this is a stable but boring business. Generates high > 20% ROIC.
But what is the hidden GEM here? Company is the no.1 leading convenience retail chain, Circle K, in Vietnam! GRD is an play on rising consumers in Vietnam. Generates around 40~50% of rev from convience stores (no.1 in Vietnam) which runs around 320 stores. Company expects to expand towards 500~700 stores by 2023. However, given that CVS division is making a loss now coupled with the fact that it has a legacy business (rice wholesaler) has punished the company valuation towards extremely cheap levels. Now company is trading only at P/B of 0.8x!! When looking at all other CVS stores around the world, multiple is much higher at 5~14x!
1. According to our penetration analysis, Vietnam CVS market should grow > 30% in the next five years, as it has among the lowest penetration (CVS stores per capita) in the world. As GDP per capita grows, I believe CVS stores should expand further.
2. Many other players, especially Japanese CVS players are facing difficult expanding in Vietnam as they are facing difficulty localizing. On the other hand, Circle K continues to expand via # of stores / sales per store growth.
3. If we value the company using market cap per store (comparing to peers in Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Korea), company could easily be 2x~3x current market cap simply assuming # of stores will stay constant. Now, should the company expand to over 3,000 stores in Philippines (such as Philippine Seven) or more than 13,000 stores (such GSR in Korea), then company could be > 10x bagger in the next few years.
4. Company very close to breakeven according to our interviews with CVS owners (once over 300 stores, companies are close to breakeven).
So, the company has multi fold tailwinds: Multiple expansion + > 30% earning growth and management showing alot of confidence as they are buying the shares recently (and they havent been doing this for years!)
This is one of the powerful ideas I have faced with in years.
Safe trading!