Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas, CrossASEAN Research

Henry Soediarko

A Long & Short Investment Ideas generator for Asian Equities with 10 years experience in a Hedge fund focused on bottom-up ideas, searching out mispriced ideas and misunderstood investment thesis. Provides on-the-ground insights in various Asian markets with a sway towards ASEAN. Experienced and survived the Asian Financial Crisis in a family business, as well as the Global Financial Crisis in financial markets where lessons learned. It's all about understanding business drivers and navigating business cycles, which has high applicability in generating investment ideas. 

Investment horizon: Mid to Long term

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

Cafe De Coral (341 HK) - Disappointing Results Salvaged by Flat Dividend

Cafe De Coral (341 HK) - More Time Is Needed for Industry Turnaround

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>FY 2025 results were not that great, but 2H numbers are rather encouraging, with net profit rallying 151%.</li>
<li>Despite a rather weak result, Cafe de Coral has no issue with generating operating cash flow and can pay a dividend out of the current balance for 4.4 years.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cafe-de-coral-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2568:1" rel="noopener">Cafe de Coral (341 HK)</a> currently trades at 0.8x PBR, 50% lower than the 1.5x in a normal environment, while in an expansionary environment, it traded up to 3x PBR. </li>
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FY 2025 results were not that great, but 2H numbers are rather encouraging, with net profit rallying 151%.
Despite a rather weak result, Cafe de Coral has no issue with generating operating cash flow and can pay a dividend out of the current balance for 4.4 years.

Cafe de Coral (341 HK) currently trades at 0.8x PBR, 50% lower than the 1.5x in a normal environment, while in an expansionary environment, it traded up to 3x PBR. 


Cafe De Coral (341): Deep Discount and Dividend