Masood Textile Mills (MSOT) – the stock needs a breather!

Masood Textile Mills (MSOT) is a large textile composite company encompassing activities from spinning to processing to finishing to ready-made garments. It is located in Faisalabad, the epicenter of the textile industry of Pakistan. The company has a large clientele including brand names like Ralph Lauren, Levi’s, Kohl’s, Walmart, Aeropostale, Puma, Jockey, Dockers, Adidas, Nautica and others.

Recently, Shandong Ruyi Technology Group, a Chinese company has expressed its intention to acquire majority shareholding in Masood Textiles. It is going to be the first such investment by China in the textile industry of Pakistan. Masood Textile Mill is the 7th largest listed textile mill with assets of over PKR19bn. Revenues of the company have exhibited a growth of ~24% (5yr CAGR) over 2008-13 to reach PKR23bn. MSOT posted return on equity (ROE) of 18% and return on assets (ROA) of 4.7% in 2013. Its debt to equity stood at 74:26 as posted on KSE’s website. MSOT recorded a payout of 11% or PKR1.75/share as dividend last year.

Textile exports have grown by 7.5% over the first 4 months of the current fiscal year (July-Oct) compared to last year. Continued growth in the yarn business and rupee depreciation can easily lead to a 10% growth in Masood Textiles’ turnover during 2014 and earnings per share (EPS) of over PKR16.5/share. The recent rally in the stock price (on the acquisition announcement) has led to its forward price-to-earning (PER) ratio to climb to 4.7x from 3.5x a week earlier. News regarding GSP Plus status has further triggered the textile sector at the bourse.

I believe the stock should take a breather here considering that it is currently trading at par with the bigger names based on multiples. Additionally it is also trading at close to its book value (PKR85/share).

Ratios	FY13A	FY14E
Sales (PKRbn)	23	25
EPS (PKR/share)	15.1	16.7
DPS (PKR/share)	1.75	2.5
Sales Growth YoY	18%	10%
Payout	11%	15%
ROE	18%	N/A
ROA	4.7%	N/A
Equity/Assets (x)	0.26	N/A
BVPS (PKR/share)	85	N/A
PER (x)	5.2	4.7
PBV	0.92	N/A
Source: KSE Downloads

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LinkedIN APP - Interesting changes

Finally, LinkedIn have made its app's gui much much better today

Now the app focusses on Stories and Updates

Check out their own video:

How to keep your self motivated?

I have been working since 8.5 years in my professional life and there were times again and again when I wanted to just finish with my dreams .. forget about it and go wander streets..

How ever; I manage to ponder some points for every one out there which can help you keep your self motivated, no matter what the circumstances are!

So Here you go:

1) Get rid of distractions

Block your Facebook account or better temporary close it if that helps.

If you want people in your surroundings to be quite while you work and they are noisy make sure to tell them as most of us don't communicate and just keep hating the other person. Better; ask your manager to allow you to change the place (if you are the lucky one)

There can be many other distractions but all you need to do is to some how true to your JOB!

2) Achievable Goals

Make sure to make achievable goals

Don't think you can achieve all in one day, you cannot work can never be finish; make sure your goals are achievable with in stipulated time

3) Always remain positive

No matter what happens, no matter your manager gave you shit, be proud of your self and always try to be the best with your work. If its healthy criticism just take it and be better. If you think they are wrong then don't react as the time will come when you will proof them wrong!

4) Award yourself

Be Proud, be happy, when ever you achieve your goal, make your self like damm man you are good .. reward your self!

In the end, will say only one thing:

"BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO BE"

An online video editor

I don't know about you guyz but I was looking for some thing like an online video editor, some thing which can replace Sony Vegas which I use for my video editing.

Finally; yesterday one of my friend suggested me to check out WeVdeo

WeVideo an online tool to edit videos, my first experiment was wth 10 pictures a song and a theme and I enjoyed it, its far more easier then sony vegas

Check it our today.

China Telecom decided to partner up with Etisalat

China telecom Europe decided to partner up with Etisalat to expand their reach in Middle East.

With growing Chinese businesses specially, China Telecom Europe had to do some thing to step up in the game and finally they decided to move forward and go with Etisalat Smart Hub to expand their Data services. Not to mention; China Telecom is a partner of Etisalat since 1998

Ever seen a video concierge?

Yes; you heard me right. I just came across this amazing web site which acts as your video concierge

There are 6 categories to start with

Learn Some thing, Inspire Me, Rock Out, Geek Out, Make me laugh, Surprise Me

Then each of these categories will ask you for how many minutes do you want to see the video, 5, 10 15 and all

It also shows top trending videos, New and noteworthy videos and best ever videos!!!

Over all I loved this website as its the information overload time and there is too much info out there and concierge seems to be a nice idea at this time!

So what are you waiting for check out : http://www.5by.com

OlAround a Pakistani FourSquare APP

A new app locally made in Pakistan powering up different restaurants, cafe's, shops, brands and encouraging them to offer discount to every one who scan's the QR Code placed in their shop. So far they have powered 170+ restaurants, cafe's and brands in Karachi, Lahore and Isloo.

This app is developed by Bramerz in association with Google, Pasha and Ufone.

Its one hell of an app, I recently punched like 5 times already on Dominos and the plus point is that every time I punched it, I got 4 cinnamon sticks for free :)

How does it works?


 
Go to Google Play Store on your cell Phone

 Search for OlAround App and download it

Once its downloaded let's open it!

  

Once open, it will ask you to login into your account of OlAround via Facebook Connect, just click on the button and volla!

Go to the nearest OlAround powered outlet, click on the upper right corner of the app to see the below screen and ask the outlet for the QR Code

Bravo! Enjoy your self free Dominos Cinnamon Sticks, Free Coffee, 10% Discount on the first punch!

Currently they power brands like Dominos, Gloria Jeans, Kahva, McDonalds and many more... complete list OlAround Powered Brands!!!

So, what are you waiting for?

Nokia Lumia Smartphone Range Launch Event

Nokia launched much awaited Lumia 920, 820 and 620 based on Windows 8

Unfortunately; we were not able to go in person and cover the event but its always a good idea to cover it on blog for our audience

Mr. Arif Shafique, Country General Manager Nokia, Mr. Alessandro Lamanna VP Makerting Nokia, Mr. Salman Siddiqui, Country Lead Channel Microsoft Pakistan and Mr. Arsalan Zia Qureshi, Head of Corporate Sales (South) Mobilink were part of the event.

Such High profile people part of the event, shows the eagerness of NOKIA to market this phone in Pakistan. Not to mention; Pakistan was one of those markets for NOKIA where Nokia was in every other home. Launch of Lumia will give them a push again and all those people who prefer Android, IOS will hopefully will come back to NOKIA hopefully. I for one never imagined that there will be a time when Nokia will say Switch to Lumia :).

SPECS of windows 8 powered Lumia Series:

Lumia 620:

Display = 3.8- Inch TFT WVGA 800*480 ClearBlack

Battery = 1300 mAh

Processor = Qualcomm Snapdragon(™) S4 Processor with 1 GHz dual-core CPUs

Main Camera = 5MP Autofocus, LED cash

Front facing camera = VGA

Memory = 512MB RAM, 8GB Mass Memory (Micro SD support up to 64 GB), 7GB free Microsoft SkyDrive storage

Lumia 820:

Display = An amazing 4.3 inch ClearBlackOLED WVGA 800*400, Super Sensitive Toch, Nokia ClearBlack with high brightness mode and sunlight readability enhancements

Battery = 1650m AH with support for Qi wireless charging

Processor = 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4

Main Camera = 8MP Auto Focus with Carl Zeiss optics, Dial LED flash with full HD 1080p video Capture at 30fps

Front facing camera = VGA

Memory = 1 GB Ram, 8 GM mass memory with SD memory card support and 7 GB free SkyDrive storage

Lumia 920:

Display = 4.5 inch Nokia PureMotion HD+ EXGA IPS LCD

Battery = 2000mAh with integrated Qi wireless charging

Processor = 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4

Main Camera = 8.7 MP with Nokia PureView advanced optical imaging stabilisation and carl zeiss optics with Full 108-p HD video capture at 30 frames per second

Front facing camera = 1.2 MP with 720 HD video

Memory = 1 GB RaM, 32GB mass memory with 7GB free SkyDrive storage

Now coming back to event:

By the look at the event we can say Syntax Communication has done an amazing job!

We wish the best to Nokia for the Lumia series, it seems very powerful and personally I think I would give it a try as my 2nd Smart Phone soon

Nokia Pakistan Becomes the Top Brand on Facebook with 1 million fans

What is fan page and why creating a facebook fan page for your business?

In today's world facebook page works as a primary level communication with your customer. In the past web page was enough but today two way communication matters most. In addition to 2 way communication facebook page empower your customers to share the new models with their friends and family via their facebook account, so you getting publicity of your product for almost nothing. Expert says and I quote "The biggest advantage of facebook fan page is that it deepens customer relationship".


Nokia Facebook FanPage now have a Million Fans in less 10 months. What does it means? It means, It is now engaging Million Pakistani fans via their facebook and making sure that they getting all the latest information, deals and any other happening with Nokia Pakistan. Interestingly one of my friend says that he updated a feed back via Nokia Pakistan page and he got response immediately. (isn't that we all are looking for?) Currently Pakistan have around 7.5 million facebook users and Nokia is now able to cover 1 Million of them which is a big achievement.

Current trend and statistic in Pakistan:

Haseeb Ihtisham, Head of Marketing - Nokia MENA says:

“We are thoroughly pleased with the growing excitement around Nokia Pakistan on Facebook. For us,
achieving 1 million fans of our Facebook page is a proof that Nokia continues to deliver an exceptional
communications experience to consumers. It also reflects the fact that Nokia has been able to
successfully connect with Nokia fans across Pakistan on a personal level,”

Djuice Apportunity Closing Ceremony - 2012

So this year's Apportunity contest is now officially closed. I was invited to their event along with other bloggers and twiterati's :)

Event started with introduction of djApportunity which is same that empowering our youth to create more and more apps and giving them platform a global exposure and resources, thus helping them in all possible ways to make sure they become successful.

Some facts about this year programme of "App mein kitna hay dum" This year most of the apps were submitted by students from Karachi University. 83 apps were completed and were submitted and all were registered. 1700 plus registrants from 8 universities of Pakistan. I personally think it will cross 140 next year.

After this lot if intro's the guy running the show kept the event interesting on tried his level best to keep event interesting lol.. kher moving forward Panel discussion on "Future of mobile Apps" very interesting questions and answers.

After that a competition to find all the QR codes was there. Scavenger hunt and one of ma buddy won!!!. Moving forward quiz and later gift ceremony to those who were able to sell most of the apps or were able to make quiet interesting apps and then food.

Overall it was a marvellous job by DJuice team, I believe they hired Lane12 as their digital company.

My live tweets from the event:

In the end, I believe Djuice / Telenor is doing an amazing job to contribute in the echo system and I am just surprise that other giants from the same industry are not following them yet!

Regards,

Muneeb

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How to Lock your screen on Mac using shortcut

The other day I was trying to find the feature like the one we have on windows the Window Lock button and after couple of minutes research I didn't found what I was looking for but a nice alternative:

N9 Launch introduction to Bloggers!

I wanted to write this post since 2 weeks now but hell I am a super lazy person :)

The other day I was invited as a blogger to come and witness the N9 launch in Sheraton Karachi by Mr. Henri Mattila, Solution Marketing Manager, Nokia MEA.

N9 the pricing set for N9 is  PKR. 52,000/- with 16GB and is now available in White color. The good part about colors is that now you don't have to worry that much about scratches because even after the scratch the color will remain same as there is no paint job this time

Some of the key features for N9:

MeeGo OS v1.2 Harmattan - Linux based
Gorila Glass -  Anti-glare polarizer they say this glass is used in fighter copters
Weight only 135 gm
BuiltIN NFC now this was really cool, touch other device which is NFC enabled and there you go its paired and Henri said its also cross platform enable meaning doesn't matter if other device is not Nokia the nfc technology will still work

Over all, its a good phone and I think one should buy. Pictures below:

How to convert multiple images into ONE PDF on MAC!

The other day I made a new video which helps you to put 3 to 4 images together into ONE PDF

Here you go with it:

All the best!

HyperStar in Karachi!

I wanted to share this post because I was very excited to see this huge mart in Karachi

The other day me and my friend were passing from Afridi INN in Karachi and we were going towards hotnspicy roll corner and we saw this HyperStar Logo which resembles carrefour logo. I was like what the hell, why I didn't knew about it and then I saw many cars going inn and we decided to go as well.

Kher jee, we parked the car and went inside the mall Dolmen City where HyperStar is opened and then I saw the counters and I was convinced carrefour have to do some thing with him and I asked one of the employee bhai is this carrefour or hyper star? and his replied was yes; its a merger b/w two and I am still not sure wether he was right or wrong

Moving forward, we started from the electronics section and we spent 3 hours surveying store and we were like very nice now we don't need to waste our time in electronics market and ask for discount e.t.c. because the BEST possible pricing with best possible deals was available there so my tension of going to Electronic market was over. I saw the pricing of shaver and LCD and I know there was a difference of 1000 rupees with free delivery by HyperStar to any where in Karachi. Same goes for Spice market, Auto market and I was finally able to see Red Sniper Fish there which I was not able to find any where easily and such huge CRAB for (Crab Lovers) :)

So Guyz what are you waiting for they have outlet now in Karachi and Lahore go check out and now you don't need to go to any other market!

Regards,

Muneeb