United Overseas Australia Limited (ASX:UOS) announced its half year results on 30 August 2012. Net profit came in at slightly under $61m for the half, and a dividend of 0.5 cents was declared.
Once again, investors were presented with a rock solid balance sheet:
| Cash | $217m |
| Receivables | $81.8m |
| Inventories | $226.5m |
| Land held for property development | $67.2m |
| Property plant and equipment | $24m |
| Investment properties | $556.6m |
| Total of Asset Items above | $1,173m |
| Financial liabilities | $128 m |
It is most remarkable that the balance sheet remains a Fort Knox even after payment of $80m as a return of capital in January 2012, and a further payment of $15m as a dividend in May 2012.
UOS also disclosed that it has entered into contracts to sell two of its investment properties. Given that both sales are at prices above values carried on the balance sheet, shareholders can have more confidence on the valuation of the investment properties held on the balance sheet. After all, the market capitalisation of UOS is only AUD$428m. The Net Tangible Asset per share for UOS is slightly under 95 cents, and these shares are available for purchase at less than half of that value.
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