Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd (XKLS:0210) Earnings Power Value (EPV): RM0.30 (As of Mar26)


XKLS:0210 Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd XKLS:0210
41 GF Score
Price RM0.11
GF Value RM0.11
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd XKLS:0210 +4.76% 41 Earnings Power Value (EPV) is RM0.30 as of Mar26. GuruFocus rates XKLS:0210 with a GF Score™ of 41/100 and a GF Value™ of RM0.11 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review.

As of Mar26, Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's earnings power value is RM0.30. *

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

Margin of Safety is 63.04

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.


Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd  (XKLS:0210) 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.


Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd Earnings Power Value (EPV) Related Terms


Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd'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.

Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd 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 0.00 0.35 0.31 0.33 0.31

Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
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 0.34 0.34 0.32 0.31 0.30

XKLS:0210 vs CASY, WSM, ULTA: Earnings Power Value (EPV) Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd'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.


Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd Earnings Power Value (EPV) vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.


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Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd 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.

Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's "Earning Power" Calculation:

Average of Last 20 Quarters Last Quarter
Revenue 89.71
DDA 9.76
Operating Margin % 1.06
SGA * 25% 10.32
Tax Rate % 19.66
Maintenance Capex 2.29
Cash and Cash Equivalents 40.81
Short-Term Debt 4.39
Long-Term Debt 9.15
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 380.00

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 = 1.06%

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 = RM89.71 Mil, Average Operating Margin = 1.06%, Average Adjusted SGA = 10.32,
therefore "Normalized" EBIT = Sustainable Revenue * Average Operating Margin + Average Adjusted SGA = 89.71 * 1.06% +10.32 = RM11.275103495 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 = 19.66%, and "Normalized" EBIT = RM11.275103495 Mil,
therefore After-tax "Normalized" EBIT = "Normalized" EBIT * ( 1 - Average Tax Rate ) = 11.275103495 * ( 1 - 19.66% ) = RM9.0584745234005 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) = 9.76 * 0.5 * 19.66% = RM0.959344281 Mil.
"Normalized" Earnings = After-tax "Normalized" EBIT + Excess Depreciation = 9.0584745234005 + 0.959344281 = RM10.0178188044 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.
Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's Average Maintenance CAPEX = RM2.29 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. Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's current cash and cash equivalent = RM40.81 Mil.
Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's current interest bearing debt = Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation = 9.15 + 4.39 = RM13.541 Mil.
Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's current Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) = 380.00 Mil.

Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's Earnings Power Value (EPV) for Mar26 is calculated as:

EPV = ( ( Norm. Earnings-Maint. CAPEX *) / WACC + CashandEquiv - Int. Bearing Debt ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
= ( ( 10.0178188044 - 2.29)/ 9%+40.81-13.541 )/380.00
=0.30

Margin of Safety (EPV)=( Earnings Power Value (EPV)-Current Price )/Earnings Power Value (EPV)
=( 0.29763329837428-0.11 )/0.29763329837428
= 63.04%

* 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 RM0.30 mean?
Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd (XKLS:0210) has a Earnings Power Value (EPV) of RM0.30 as of Mar26. Bruce Greenwald's earnings power value focuses on current earnings without factoring in future growth. View historical data on Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd and its competitors.
Is Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's Earnings Power Value (EPV) too high?
Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is RM0.30. Overall, Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd has a GF Score™ of 41/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's Earnings Power Value (EPV) compare to CASY and WSM?
Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's Earnings Power Value (EPV) of RM0.30 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 Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd and its competitors. Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is RM0.30. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd (XKLS:0210) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is RM0.11, compared to a current price of RM0.11 — trading right at its estimated fair value. The current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is RM0.30. Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd's overall GF Score™ is 41/100 with 3 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 Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd (XKLS:0210), the current Earnings Power Value (EPV) is RM0.30 as of Mar26. 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 Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd (XKLS:0210) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of RM0.11 is trading 0% below its estimated GF Value™ of RM0.11. GuruFocus considers Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for XKLS:0210:

  • Earnings Power Value (EPV): RM0.30
  • GF Value™: RM0.11 vs. price of RM0.11 (0% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 41/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the XKLS:0210 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd Business Description

Address Jalan Perindustrian Balakong Jaya 1 /3, Lot 5205C, Wisma Pang Cheng Yean, Kawasan Perindustrian Balakong Jaya, Seri Kembangan, SGR, MYS, 43300
Kim Hin Joo (Malaysia) Bhd is principally involved in the retail and distribution of baby, children, and maternity products. The firm operates through two segments. The Retail segment engages in the retailing of babies, children, and maternity products. The Distribution segment comprises of distribution of children's and maternity products. The group operates in Malaysia.
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