Moneymax Financial Services (SGX:5WJ) Earnings Power Value (EPV): S$-0.23 (As of Dec25)

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SGX:5WJ Moneymax Financial Services Ltd SGX:5WJ
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Price S$0.81
GF Value S$0.29
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What is Moneymax Financial Services Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

Moneymax Financial Services SGX:5WJ -1.22% 70 Earnings Power Value (EPV) is S$-0.23 as of Dec25. GuruFocus rates SGX:5WJ with a GF Score™ of 70/100 and a GF Value™ of S$0.29 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review.

As of Dec25, Moneymax Financial Services's earnings power value is S$-0.23. *

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

Margin of Safety is N/A.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future. Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.


Moneymax Financial Services  (SGX:5WJ) Earnings Power Value (EPV) Explanation

Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.

Earnings power value (EPV) uses a very basic equation which assumes no growth, although it does rely on an assumption about the cost of capital as well as the fact that current earnings are sustainable. It also involves several adjustments to clean up the underlying Earnings figures.


Be Aware

Though using today's earnings in calculating Earnings Power Value, GuruFocus is normalizing these earnings to the business cycle. This eliminates the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle. This means that we are considering the average earnings over 5 years.


Moneymax Financial Services Earnings Power Value (EPV) Related Terms


Moneymax Financial Services Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Moneymax Financial Services's Earnings Power Value (EPV) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Moneymax Financial Services Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Moneymax Financial Services Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.24 0.11 0.02 -0.06 -0.23

Moneymax Financial Services Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
Earnings Power Value (EPV) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.00 -0.06 0.00 -0.23

SGX:5WJ vs CASY, WSM, ULTA: Earnings Power Value (EPV) Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Moneymax Financial Services's Earnings Power Value (EPV), along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Power Value (EPV) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Moneymax Financial Services Earnings Power Value (EPV) vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Moneymax Financial Services's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Moneymax Financial Services's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.


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Moneymax Financial Services Earnings Power Value (EPV) Calculation

Earnings Power Value also known as just Earnings Power is a valuation technique popularised by Bruce Greenwald, an authority on value investing at Columbia University. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. This valuation tool excludes the potential growth that a company may have so that needs to be looked at separately. Since future growth is excluded from the analysis, only the maintenance capital expenditures are subtracted from after-tax EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) and growth capex is ignored.

Moneymax Financial Services's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 5 Years Last Year
Revenue 334.1
DDA 12.4
Operating Margin % 20.29
SGA * 25% 7.3
Tax Rate % 19.92
Maintenance Capex 2.8
Cash and Cash Equivalents 28.0
Short-Term Debt 659.3
Long-Term Debt 223.8
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 884.5

1. Start with "Earnings" not including accounting adjustments (one-time charges not excluded unless policy has changed). "Earnings" are "Operating Income.

2. Look at average margins over a business/Industry cycle: Average Operating Margin = 20.29%

To normalize margins and eliminate the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle, it is usually best to take a long-term average of operating margins. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since most of companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year margin.

3. Multiply average margins by sustainable revenues and then adjust for maintenance SGA. This yields "normalized" EBIT:

To be conservative, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year revenues as the sustainable revenue.
EPV analysis recognises that part of SG&A expenditure is made to maintain and replace the existing assets, while part is made to grow sales. Since EPV is only interested in what it costs a going concern to maintain its existing asset base, it adds back a percentage of SG&A (between 15% and 50% - this is a matter of judgment and industry knowledge) to make up for the fact that some of this expenditure went to fund growth and shouldn't be accounted for. To start off, we assume 25% for the sake of prudence.
Sustainable Revenue = S$334.1 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 20.29%, Average Adjusted SGA = 7.3,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 334.1 * 20.29% +7.3 = S$75.082535788 Mil.

4. Multiply by one minus Average Tax Rate (NOPAT):

Same as average operating margin calculation, GuruFocus takes an average of the 5 years tax rates.
Average Tax Rate = 19.92%, and "Normalized" EBIT = S$75.082535788 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 75.082535788 * ( 1 - 19.92% ) = S$60.12609465903 Mil.

5. Add back Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate). This yields "normalized" Earnings:

Excess Depreciation = Average DDA * % of Excess Depreciation (after tax at 1/2 average tax rate) = 12.4 * 0.5 * 19.92% = S$1.23798816 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 60.12609465903 + 1.23798816 = S$61.36408281903 Mil.

6. Adjusted for Maintenance Capital Expenditure:

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous year. If the revenue decreased from the previous year, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous year, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue * revenue increase.
Fourth, GuruFocus uses an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditures as maintenance CAPEX.
Moneymax Financial Services's Average Maintenance CAPEX = S$2.8 Mil *.
* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

7. Investors require a return of "WACC" for the risk they are taking: WACC = 9%

8. Moneymax Financial Services's current cash and cash equivalent = S$28.0 Mil.
Moneymax Financial Services's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 223.8 + 659.3 = S$883.058 Mil.
Moneymax Financial Services's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 884.5 Mil.

Moneymax Financial Services's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Dec25 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 61.36408281903 - 2.8)/ 9%+28.0-883.058 )/884.5
=-0.23

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( -0.23055558295295-0.81 )/-0.23055558295295
= N/A

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

What does a Earnings Power Value (EPV) of S$-0.23 mean?
Moneymax Financial Services (SGX:5WJ) has a Earnings Power Value (EPV) of S$-0.23 as of Dec25. Bruce Greenwald's earnings power value focuses on current earnings without factoring in future growth. View historical data on Moneymax Financial Services and its competitors.
Is Moneymax Financial Services' Earnings Power Value (EPV) too high?
Moneymax Financial Services' current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is S$-0.23. Overall, Moneymax Financial Services has a GF Score™ of 70/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Moneymax Financial Services' Earnings Power Value (EPV) compare to CASY and WSM?
Moneymax Financial Services' Earnings Power Value (EPV) of S$-0.23 can be compared against companies in the Retail - Cyclical industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Earnings Power Value (EPV) for a Retail - Cyclical company?
A good Earnings Power Value (EPV) depends on the Retail - Cyclical industry context. However, Earnings Power Value (EPV) should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Earnings Power Value (EPV) mean?
A high Earnings Power Value (EPV) can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Bruce Greenwald's earnings power value focuses on current earnings without factoring in future growth. View historical data on Moneymax Financial Services and its competitors. Moneymax Financial Services's current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is S$-0.23. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Moneymax Financial Services stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Moneymax Financial Services (SGX:5WJ) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is S$0.29, compared to a current price of S$0.81 — trading 179.3% above its estimated fair value. The current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is S$-0.23. Moneymax Financial Services' overall GF Score™ is 70/100 with 5 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Earnings Power Value (EPV) calculated?
Earnings Power Value (EPV) is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Moneymax Financial Services (SGX:5WJ), the current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is S$-0.23 as of Dec25. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Moneymax Financial Services (SGX:5WJ) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Moneymax Financial Services stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of S$0.81 is trading 179.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of S$0.29. GuruFocus considers Moneymax Financial Services to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for SGX:5WJ:

  • Earnings Power Value (EPV): S$-0.23
  • GF Value™: S$0.29 vs. price of S$0.81 (179.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 70/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the SGX:5WJ stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Moneymax Financial Services Business Description

Address 7 Changi Business Park Vista, No. 01-01, SOOKEE HQ, Singapore, SGP, 486042
Moneymax Financial Services Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's business segments are Pawnbroking, Retail trading of gold and luxury items, Secured Lending, and Other operations including investment holding and provision of other support services. It operates an online platform for shopping, MoneyMax Online, as well as a pre-owned luxury retail outlet. The company operates a pawnbroking chain to offer an online platform to shop, sell, and appraise their valuables. Its geographical segments are Singapore and Malaysia, of which the vast majority of its revenue comes from Singapore.
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