KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 25): Based on corporate announcements and news flow today, stocks that may be in focus on Tuesday (Jan 26) include Hartalega Holdings Bhd, IGB Real Estate Investment Trust, Bioalpha Holdings Bhd, Key ASIC Bhd, KNM Group Bhd, Sunsuria Bhd, Kerjaya Prospek Property Bhd, Bintai Kinden Corp Bhd, Ge-Shen Corp Bhd, AwanBiru Technology Bhd, Paragon Union Bhd, Censof Holdings Bhd and Dagang NeXchange Bhd.
Hartalega Holdings Bhd announced its net profit for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2020 (3QFY21) leapt to a record high of RM1 billion, up nearly 84% against RM544.96 million in the preceding quarter, 2QFY21. Its revenue grew by 58.2% to RM2.13 billion quarter-on-quarter against RM1.35 billion in 2QFY21. The brisk glove sales boosted Hartalega's cash pile to RM2.14 billion. Quarterly earnings per share (EPS) ballooned to 29.31 sen, from 15.95 sen in the preceding quarter. This brings the cumulative EPS to 51.68 sen, from 9.49 sen. Hartalega declared a second interim dividend of 9.65 sen, bringing the cumulative dividend payout for the nine months ended Dec 31, 2020 (9MFY21) to 15.6 sen, versus the 5.5 sen registered in 9MFY20.