China MediaExpress Holdings (NYSE AMEX:CCME)

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

CCME Should Be The Next Chinese Momentum Stock

This year we have seen many Chinese momentum stocks make runs of $10-$20+ per share: TRIT, RINO, FUQI, CAGC and the list goes on. All of these stocks were in hot sectors with growing sales and EPS.  www.super-trades.com.

Lately, Chinese out of home advertising stocks have been on fire. Focus Media holdings (FMCN), and VisionChina Media (VISN) are both at or near 52 week highs with strong trading volume. FMCN, closed at $16.81 on Friday, December 18, which represents a 20 P/E against the average 2010 EPS estimate of $0.83. VISN, closed at $12.05 on Friday, December 18, which represents a 22 P/E against the average 2010 EPS estimate of $0.54.

I think Wall Street is about to discover a third major player in the same sector and find it incredibly undervalued compared to FMCN and VISN. Enter China MediaExpress Holdings (CCME), which operates the largest television advertising network on inter-city express buses in China. CCME's clientele includes local brand names as well as those well-known international and national brands such as Coca Cola, Pepsi, Siemens, Hitachi, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Post, Toyota, Bank of China and China Pacific Life Insurance.

CCME, formerly TMI, was acquired in a SPAC transaction this October. They have $41m of cash with no debt. Revenues grew 65% last quarter and net income grew 43%.

Net Income through September 30, 2009 was $27.4m and the Company appears to be on track to take on management's full year target of $42m. CCME has approximately 24m shares outstanding and approximately 10m warrants with a strike price of $5.50. Estimated fully diluted shares outstanding using the treasury method will be approximately 29m at the end of 2009. EPS for 2009 should be $1.35-$1.45 if they hit the target. (The CEO said, “Historically, our fourth quarter is seasonally our best quarter. It appears that the 2009 fourth quarter will be no exception.”). For 2010, managment is targeting $83.5m in net income and fully diluted shares outstanding should be approximately 35m, for a targeted 2010 net income of $2.39 per share.

To apply the forward 2010 P/E of 20 that competitors FMCN and VISN currently have to $2.39 EPS would give CCME a price per share of $47.80. What makes CCME even more interesting is it currently has a trading float of only approximately 750k shares with 168k of those shares sold short.

If Wall Street likes FMCN and VISN enough to give them a 20 P/E, they should salivate over CCME once they discover the fundamentals of this Company.

Disclosure - I am long CCME since it was TMI under $8. This blog is my personal opinion and not investment advice. Never chase stocks and always do your own due diligence and be responsible for your trades.

Update: January 14, 2010

CCME - "The Hangover"

The movie, "The Hangover", was a Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. For CCME, my first pick of 2010 that I believe has strong potential to be in the www.super-trades.com 100%+ gainers club, you must retrace their steps to get the full potential of this story.

China MediaExpress Holdings (CCME), operates the largest television advertising network on inter-city express buses in China. CCME's clientele includes local brand names as well as those well-known international and national brands such as Coca Cola, Pepsi, Siemens, Hitachi, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Post, Toyota, Bank of China and China Pacific Life Insurance.

CCME, formerly TMI, was acquired in a SPAC transaction this October. SPAC transactions usually involve warrants which can create an overhang in the common stock until they are converted. CCME's warrant "hangover" is almost over as they announced that January 29, 2010 is the last day for warrant redemption. According to this article about SPAC warrant overhang, "after the warrants expire and the overhang is over though, all the investors that wanted to own shares of this stock can now buy them without fear that they are over-paying. This can result in significant out performance in the stock, regardless of the market's performance."

The press release told me three things:

1) CCME must be planning a large, accretive acquisition that will enable them to achieve the 100% net income growth in 2010 to $83.5m. From the PR, "In addition to enlarging our market share and geographic coverage through agreements with additional bus operators, we are now exploring possible M&A opportunities." They will now have approximately $100m in cash after this transaction and the warrant conversion.

2) CCME has been planning this acquisition and private placement for sometime. From the press release, Jacky Lam, CME’s CFO added, “We are pleased with the valuation that Starr International offered and appreciate the thoroughness of their validation procedures. Having worked with them over the past several months on negotiating the terms of the investment, we believe that they have gotten to know CME’s business and management and their decision to proceed is a strong vote of confidence in our business model.”

3) CCME has attracted a powerful institution as a major investor. "We are delighted to have Starr International, a respected investment firm with a significant presence in China and the US, as one of our major investors and we are delighted in the firm’s confidence in CME, our business plan and growth prospects.” Starr is headed up by Maurice Greenberg, from AIG.

The numbers show me that CCME is extremely undervalued and has some appreciating to do with the warrant "hangover" ending.

CCME will have approximately $100m of cash with no debt. Revenues grew 65% last quarter and net income grew 43%. Net Income through September 30, 2009 was $27.4m and the Company appears to be on track to take on management's full year target of $42m. CCME had approximately 24m shares outstanding and approximately 10m warrants with a strike price of $5.50 at the end of 2009. Estimated fully diluted shares outstanding using the treasury method will be approximately 29m at the end of 2009. EPS for 2009 should be $1.35-$1.45 if they hit the target. (The CEO said, “Historically, our fourth quarter is seasonally our best quarter. It appears that the 2009 fourth quarter will be no exception.”). For 2010, management is targeting $83.5m in net income and fully diluted shares outstanding should be approximately 38.5m, for a targeted 2010 net income of $2.17 per share.

To apply the forward 2010 P/E of 20 that competitors FMCN and VISN currently have to $2.17 EPS would give CCME a price per share of $43.38.

I am long CCME since $8. I believe the warrant "hangover" is almost over and the real party is about to begin. At a stock price in the $10's, CCME has strong potential to be the first super-trades.com 100%+ gainer in 2010. Posted by Superman at 3:16 AM