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Daily Brief ESG: ComfortDelgro: Chasing Growth and more

In today’s briefing:

  • ComfortDelgro: Chasing Growth, Missing Returns?


ComfortDelgro: Chasing Growth, Missing Returns?

By Tan Yee Peng

  • A decade of stagnant revenue and declining profits, despite significant capital investments in overseas expansion.
  • CDG was destroying shareholder value. Return on Equity (“ROE”) had fallen to 6.9% in 2023, almost half the 13.3% recorded in 2015. More critically, ROE remained below its 9% cost of equity.
  • Lack of strategic clarity on how its growth strategy aligns with long-term shareholder value creation.

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