Unitrade Industries Berhad engages in the wholesale and distribution of building materials for mechanical, electrical, and civil works in Malaysia and internationally. The company provides pipes, valves, fittings, and accessories; solar photovoltaic (PV) systems; reinforcement and structural steel products; and other building materials. It also manufactures and sells pre-insulated pipes under the brand name of HI-GARD, TERRA-GARD, and COPPER-GARD; and rents temporary structural support equipment, such as scaffoldings, steel piles and plates, heavy-duty shoring systems, and hollow sections for use in various building and construction activities, as well as modular systems and other equipment, and centralised labour quarters for workers’ accommodation. In addition, the company engages in buying, selling, renting, and operating self-owned or leased non-residential buildings; lease of solar PV energy generating system; assembling and manufacturing of construction and industrial requisites; and metal recycling business. Further, it offers plumbing engineering hardware and engineering services; sells and distributes various types of hydraulic hoses, and engineering hardware and related parts; trades in scrap metals and related activities; and acts as agents of trading, production, forwarding, and transport, as well as carriers of aluminium ingots, metals, mineral, and substances. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Metrics to compare | UNIT | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Consumer Cyclicals sector companies | Relationship RelationshipUNITPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | −30.2x | 4.4x | 12.7x | |
PEG Ratio | 0.18 | −0.02 | 0.03 | |
Price/Book | 1.3x | 0.3x | 1.4x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 0.3x | 0.3x | 1.3x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | - | 40.2% | 14.6% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 34.4% | 5.0% | Unlock |