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Deep Value Proposition: <a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/union-steel-holdings-limited">Union Steel</a> trades at a significant valuation discount to its peers across key metrics (P/E, P/B, EV/Sales), presenting a compelling value case for investors with a higher risk tolerance.</li>
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Diversified but Cyclical Operations: The company's three core segments—Metals, Scaffolding, and Engineering—provide operational diversity but are intrinsically tied to the cyclical construction, marine, and commodity markets, leading to performance volatility.</li>
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Challenging Near-Term Financials vs. Strong Long-Term Growth: While recent financial performance shows a decline in revenue and profitability, the company has demonstrated robust long-term growth in net income and market capitalization over 5, 7, and 10-year periods.</li>
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Deep Value Proposition: Union Steel trades at a significant valuation discount to its peers across key metrics (P/E, P/B, EV/Sales), presenting a compelling value case for investors with a higher risk tolerance.
  
Diversified but Cyclical Operations: The company's three core segments—Metals, Scaffolding, and Engineering—provide operational diversity but are intrinsically tied to the cyclical construction, marine, and commodity markets, leading to performance volatility.
  
Challenging Near-Term Financials vs. Strong Long-Term Growth: While recent financial performance shows a decline in revenue and profitability, the company has demonstrated robust long-term growth in net income and market capitalization over 5, 7, and 10-year periods.
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Invest, Trade and Save in Singapore, Syfe

Syfe

Invest, Trade and Save in Singapore

Syfe is an investment platform offering Managed Portfolios, Brokerage services, and Cash Management solutions to help people build wealth for a better future.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Singapore has emerged as a leading hub for sustainable innovation and technology in Asia, being highlighted as one of the few major economies showing true momentum by balancing progress across energy sustainability, security and equity by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2023 Energy Transition Index. </li>
<li>Singapore has established itself a frontrunner in sustainable solutions by raising its national climate target in 2022 to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 as part of its long-term low-emissions development strategy.</li>
<li>Singapore relies heavily on imported gas which accounts for more than 90% of the country’s electricity mix leading to growing emissions from the power sector. According to the Energy Market Authority, the power sector contributes 40% of the country’s carbon footprint. Singapore’s clean energy transition is primarily centred around solar energy and regional electricity imports.</li>
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Singapore has emerged as a leading hub for sustainable innovation and technology in Asia, being highlighted as one of the few major economies showing true momentum by balancing progress across energy sustainability, security and equity by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2023 Energy Transition Index. 
Singapore has established itself a frontrunner in sustainable solutions by raising its national climate target in 2022 to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 as part of its long-term low-emissions development strategy.
Singapore relies heavily on imported gas which accounts for more than 90% of the country’s electricity mix leading to growing emissions from the power sector. According to the Energy Market Authority, the power sector contributes 40% of the country’s carbon footprint. Singapore’s clean energy transition is primarily centred around solar energy and regional electricity imports.


Singapore ESG and Clean Energy: Powering a Sustainable Future

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia, Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Evolve Capital Research

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

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<li>On 15th May 2025, 3HA Capital (a consortium formed by HHH Group,Hanwa Co, AYS and Thor Capital) launched a takeover offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cosmosteel-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15964:1" rel="noopener">Cosmosteel Holdings (CSMS SP)</a> at S$0.20/share.</li>
<li>After the offer was deemed unfair but unreasonable, 3HA Capital revised the offer upwards to S$0.25/share on 23rd Jun 2025 but also announced that it was final.</li>
<li>We opine it would not be in the minority shareholders’ interests to continue holding onto their stakes.  We advise shareholders to accept the deal or sell in the open market.
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On 15th May 2025, 3HA Capital (a consortium formed by HHH Group,Hanwa Co, AYS and Thor Capital) launched a takeover offer for Cosmosteel Holdings (CSMS SP) at S$0.20/share.
After the offer was deemed unfair but unreasonable, 3HA Capital revised the offer upwards to S$0.25/share on 23rd Jun 2025 but also announced that it was final.
We opine it would not be in the minority shareholders’ interests to continue holding onto their stakes.  We advise shareholders to accept the deal or sell in the open market.



Cosmosteel Holdings Special Report - Decent Premium Above the 10Y Average

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

<ul><li>Over the five trading sessions from Nov 29 to Dec 5, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, leading to a net institutional inflow of S$418 million.</li><li>Stocks that led the net institutional inflow over the five sessions until Dec 5 inclusive were DBS, Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Sembcorp Industries, Singtel, Keppel, Thai Beverage, Seatrium, Jardine Matheson, and Singapore Airlines.</li><li>Union Steel ranks among the 250 most-traded stocks this year, and among the 150 stocks that booked the highest net institutional inflow.</li></ul>

Over the five trading sessions from Nov 29 to Dec 5, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, leading to a net institutional inflow of S$418 million.Stocks that led the net institutional inflow over the five sessions until Dec 5 inclusive were DBS, Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Sembcorp Industries, Singtel, Keppel, Thai Beverage, Seatrium, Jardine Matheson, and Singapore Airlines.Union Steel ranks among the 250 most-traded stocks this year, and among the 150 stocks that booked the highest net institutional inflow.

Marco Polo Marine Directors Boost Shareholding

<ul><li>Cohen & Steers increases deemed interests in Parkway Life Reit and Digital Core Reit Stamford Land Corporation led the buyback consideration tally, buying back 325 million shares at an average price of S$0.40 per share over four sessions.</li><li>On Feb 1, Cohen & Steers Capital Management also increased its deemed interest in Digital Core Reit (DCReit) to above the 5 per cent substantial shareholder threshold.</li></ul>

Cohen & Steers increases deemed interests in Parkway Life Reit and Digital Core Reit Stamford Land Corporation led the buyback consideration tally, buying back 325 million shares at an average price of S$0.40 per share over four sessions.On Feb 1, Cohen & Steers Capital Management also increased its deemed interest in Digital Core Reit (DCReit) to above the 5 per cent substantial shareholder threshold.

Cohen & Steers increases deemed interests in Parkway Life Reit and Digital Core Reit

Singapore

Union Steel is a multi-business investment holding company primarily engaged in metals, scaffolding, and engineering. Its activities include recycling and trading of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals, steel leasing, and the supply of construction steel. The company also provides scaffolding services and a range of engineering services, including marine deck equipment. Union Steel was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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Union Steel (USH SP)

Primer: Union Steel (USH SP) - Aug 2026

Deep Value Proposition: Union Steel trades at a significant valuation discount to its peers across key metrics (P/E, P/B, EV/Sales), presenting...

αSK Primers

Singapore ESG and Clean Energy: Powering a Sustainable Future

Singapore has emerged as a leading hub for sustainable innovation and technology in Asia, being highlighted as one of the few major economies...

Syfe

Cosmosteel Holdings Special Report - Decent Premium Above the 10Y Average

3HA Capital's final offer for the takeover of CosmoSteel Holdings is at S$0.25 / share. We advise shareholders to accept the deal or sell in the...

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Marco Polo Marine Directors Boost Shareholding

Over the five trading sessions from Nov 29 to Dec 5, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, leading to a net institutional inflow of...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Cohen & Steers increases deemed interests in Parkway Life Reit and Digital Core Reit

Cohen & Steers increases deemed interests in Parkway Life Reit and Digital Core Reit Stamford Land Corporation led the buyback consideration...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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