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It is now showing up in the order books.\n\nAcross Singapore’s technology sector, institutional money has moved with conviction this year. \n\nNet ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/beyond-sti-3-sgx-stocks-riding-the-ai-boom/\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/valuetronics-300x200.jpg","relate_stocks":{"BK6062":"电子制造服务","AIPO":"Defiance AI and Power Infrastructure ETF","MZH.SI":"Nanofilm","ES3.SI":"STI ETF","BK6063":"半导体设备","STI":"Solidion Technology Inc.","BK6501":"化工股","ARTY":"ISHARES FUTURE AI & TECH ETF","SG9999002406.SGD":"利安新加坡信托基金","5DD.SI":"微机械","AGIX":"通用人工智能 ETF-AGIX","BK6031":"特种化学制品","STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数","BK6019":"商品化工","BK6515":"技术设备股","CHAT":"ROUNDHILL GENERATIVE AI & TECHNOLOGY ETF","G3B.SI":"Nikko AM STI ETF","BN2.SI":"鸿通电子","GAB.SI":"Amova STI ETF S$A","SG9999002414.USD":"LIONGLOBAL SINGAPORE TRUST (USD) ACC","BK4096":"电气部件与设备"},"source_url":"https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/beyond-sti-3-sgx-stocks-riding-the-ai-boom/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2644058389","content_text":"AI demand has stopped being a talking point. It is now showing up in the order books.\n\nAcross Singapore’s technology sector, institutional money has moved with conviction this year. \n\nNet institutional inflows into the roughly 49 listed tech names have concentrated heavily in semiconductor production, equipment and testing – the parts of the chain where AI demand passes through first. \n\nThree companies sitting at different points along that chain show how it converts into revenue, margins and cash.\n\nMicro-Mechanics: the cleanest read on AI demand\nMicro-Mechanics (Holdings) Ltd (SGX: 5DD) makes the consumable tools and precision parts used in semiconductor assembly and chip-making equipment. \n\nWhen chip demand rises, its tools wear out faster and need replacing. That makes it a direct read on what is happening upstream.\n\nFor the third quarter ended 31 March 2026 (3QFY2026), revenue rose 16.2% year on year (YoY) to S$18.6 million. Net profit climbed 18.8% to S$3.8 million. \n\nThe growth came from the Consumable Tools segment, where sales jumped 20.9% to S$14.4 million on demand from artificial intelligence, computing and memory applications. China stayed the largest market, with nine-month sales there up 25.2% to S$18.8 million.\n\nGross margin widened to 51.6%, from 50.5% a year ago. \n\nThe one soft spot was cash: free cash flow came in at S$2.8 million for the quarter, down from S$3.6 million, as higher working capital absorbed operating cash. \n\nEven so, the balance sheet stayed pristine – S$25.7 million in cash against no bank borrowings.\n\nManagement expects strong demand into the fourth quarter, pointing to an industry forecast for global semiconductor sales to grow 25% to nearly US$1 trillion in 2026.\n\nNanofilm: a broad-based bounce back\nProviding advanced materials, coating equipment and nanofabrication solutions across consumer electronics, automotive, semiconductor and hydrogen energy, Nanofilm Technologies International Limited (SGX: MZH) showed growth across every major division in its first-quarter update for 2026 (1Q2026).\n\nRevenue rose 24% YoY to S$55 million. \n\nThe Advanced Materials unit, which made up 89% of group revenue, climbed 24% to S$49 million. \n\nWithin it, the consumer sub-segment surged 32% to S$34 million on strength in 3C product lines, while the industrial sub-segment grew 9% to S$15 million.\n\nThe group’s two smaller business units – industrial equipment and nanofabrication – grew 52% and 20% respectively, albeit off small bases.\n\nThe margin recovery was the bigger story. \n\nGross profit margin expanded from 27% to 39% YoY, and EBITDA margin more than doubled from 12% to 26%, returning the group to profitability.\n\nA word of caution.\n\nThis was a brief business update, so figures for net profit, free cash flow, cash and debt were not disclosed. \n\n\nThe recovery looks real and broad, but the full picture has to wait for the half-year results. \n\nNo interim dividend was declared, in line with the group’s practice of paying only at the half and full year.\n\nValuetronics: when falling revenue still builds cash\nAn electronics manufacturing services provider running consumer and industrial segments out of China and Vietnam, Valuetronics Holdings Limited (SGX:BN2) has the most nuanced case of the three, and the most instructive.\n\nFor the year ended 31 March 2026 (FY2026), revenue fell 4.0% to HK$1.66 billion and net profit dropped 33.1% to HK$111.4 million. \n\nThe profit fall was driven largely by a HK$48.4 million loss tied to its Trio AI investment. Strip that out, and adjusted net profit was HK$159.9 million.\n\nYet the cash position strengthened. \n\nFree cash flow swung to a positive HK$178.4 million, from negative HK$20.1 million a year earlier, as capital expenditure dropped to HK$47.0 million from HK$228.0 million – the prior year having carried heavy GPU and AI-hardware spending. \n\nThe group ended the year debt-free with HK$1.21 billion in cash.\n\nThat cash discipline fed shareholder returns. \n\nThe total dividend rose 41% to HK$0.38, and the payout policy was lifted to 50% to 70% of net profit. \n\nSeparately, management flagged a programme to return around HK$300 million in surplus cash across the next two financial years through special dividends and buybacks. \n\nManagement expects to stay profitable, while flagging a fluid environment shaped by US tariffs and supply-chain uncertainty.\n\nGet Smart: AI demand reads differently along the chain\nThese three companies sit at different points in the same wave, and that is the point. \n\nFor Micro-Mechanics, AI demand shows up as growth and fatter margins. For Nanofilm, as a broad recovery still waiting on its full numbers. For Valuetronics, as the cash discipline that follows a heavy investment cycle.\n\nFree cash flow is the lifeblood of dividends, and it is also what separates the durable from the cyclical when a theme is running hot. \n\nThe order books are filling up. \n\nThe job now is to watch whether the cash keeps following.\n\nWhile your friends debate which tech stock to buy next, money is quietly flowing into these 5 Singapore companies you see every day. They are proven to have steady dividends and strong balance sheets. Our FREE report shows you exactly which ones and why they’re safer than flashy darlings everyone’s chasing. Download your free report now.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram for the latest investing news and analyses! \n\nDisclosure: Calvina L. does not own shares of any companies mentioned. 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It is now showing up in the order books.\n\nAcross Singapore’s technology sector, institutional money has moved with conviction this year. \n\nNet ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/beyond-sti-3-sgx-stocks-riding-the-ai-boom/\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n","source":"thesmartinvestor_highlight","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Beyond STI: 3 SGX Stocks Riding the AI Boom</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBeyond STI: 3 SGX Stocks Riding the AI Boom\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2026-06-19 11:30 GMT+8 <a href=https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/beyond-sti-3-sgx-stocks-riding-the-ai-boom/><strong>The Smart Investor</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>AI demand has stopped being a talking point. It is now showing up in the order books.\n\nAcross Singapore’s technology sector, institutional money has moved with conviction this year. \n\nNet ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/beyond-sti-3-sgx-stocks-riding-the-ai-boom/\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/valuetronics-300x200.jpg","relate_stocks":{"BK6062":"电子制造服务","AIPO":"Defiance AI and Power Infrastructure ETF","MZH.SI":"Nanofilm","ES3.SI":"STI ETF","BK6063":"半导体设备","STI":"Solidion Technology Inc.","BK6501":"化工股","ARTY":"ISHARES FUTURE AI & TECH ETF","SG9999002406.SGD":"利安新加坡信托基金","5DD.SI":"微机械","AGIX":"通用人工智能 ETF-AGIX","BK6031":"特种化学制品","STI.SI":"富时新加坡海峡指数","BK6019":"商品化工","BK6515":"技术设备股","CHAT":"ROUNDHILL GENERATIVE AI & TECHNOLOGY ETF","G3B.SI":"Nikko AM STI ETF","BN2.SI":"鸿通电子","GAB.SI":"Amova STI ETF S$A","SG9999002414.USD":"LIONGLOBAL SINGAPORE TRUST (USD) ACC","BK4096":"电气部件与设备"},"source_url":"https://thesmartinvestor.com.sg/beyond-sti-3-sgx-stocks-riding-the-ai-boom/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2644058389","content_text":"AI demand has stopped being a talking point. It is now showing up in the order books.\n\nAcross Singapore’s technology sector, institutional money has moved with conviction this year. \n\nNet institutional inflows into the roughly 49 listed tech names have concentrated heavily in semiconductor production, equipment and testing – the parts of the chain where AI demand passes through first. \n\nThree companies sitting at different points along that chain show how it converts into revenue, margins and cash.\n\nMicro-Mechanics: the cleanest read on AI demand\nMicro-Mechanics (Holdings) Ltd (SGX: 5DD) makes the consumable tools and precision parts used in semiconductor assembly and chip-making equipment. \n\nWhen chip demand rises, its tools wear out faster and need replacing. That makes it a direct read on what is happening upstream.\n\nFor the third quarter ended 31 March 2026 (3QFY2026), revenue rose 16.2% year on year (YoY) to S$18.6 million. Net profit climbed 18.8% to S$3.8 million. \n\nThe growth came from the Consumable Tools segment, where sales jumped 20.9% to S$14.4 million on demand from artificial intelligence, computing and memory applications. China stayed the largest market, with nine-month sales there up 25.2% to S$18.8 million.\n\nGross margin widened to 51.6%, from 50.5% a year ago. \n\nThe one soft spot was cash: free cash flow came in at S$2.8 million for the quarter, down from S$3.6 million, as higher working capital absorbed operating cash. \n\nEven so, the balance sheet stayed pristine – S$25.7 million in cash against no bank borrowings.\n\nManagement expects strong demand into the fourth quarter, pointing to an industry forecast for global semiconductor sales to grow 25% to nearly US$1 trillion in 2026.\n\nNanofilm: a broad-based bounce back\nProviding advanced materials, coating equipment and nanofabrication solutions across consumer electronics, automotive, semiconductor and hydrogen energy, Nanofilm Technologies International Limited (SGX: MZH) showed growth across every major division in its first-quarter update for 2026 (1Q2026).\n\nRevenue rose 24% YoY to S$55 million. \n\nThe Advanced Materials unit, which made up 89% of group revenue, climbed 24% to S$49 million. \n\nWithin it, the consumer sub-segment surged 32% to S$34 million on strength in 3C product lines, while the industrial sub-segment grew 9% to S$15 million.\n\nThe group’s two smaller business units – industrial equipment and nanofabrication – grew 52% and 20% respectively, albeit off small bases.\n\nThe margin recovery was the bigger story. \n\nGross profit margin expanded from 27% to 39% YoY, and EBITDA margin more than doubled from 12% to 26%, returning the group to profitability.\n\nA word of caution.\n\nThis was a brief business update, so figures for net profit, free cash flow, cash and debt were not disclosed. \n\n\nThe recovery looks real and broad, but the full picture has to wait for the half-year results. \n\nNo interim dividend was declared, in line with the group’s practice of paying only at the half and full year.\n\nValuetronics: when falling revenue still builds cash\nAn electronics manufacturing services provider running consumer and industrial segments out of China and Vietnam, Valuetronics Holdings Limited (SGX:BN2) has the most nuanced case of the three, and the most instructive.\n\nFor the year ended 31 March 2026 (FY2026), revenue fell 4.0% to HK$1.66 billion and net profit dropped 33.1% to HK$111.4 million. \n\nThe profit fall was driven largely by a HK$48.4 million loss tied to its Trio AI investment. Strip that out, and adjusted net profit was HK$159.9 million.\n\nYet the cash position strengthened. \n\nFree cash flow swung to a positive HK$178.4 million, from negative HK$20.1 million a year earlier, as capital expenditure dropped to HK$47.0 million from HK$228.0 million – the prior year having carried heavy GPU and AI-hardware spending. \n\nThe group ended the year debt-free with HK$1.21 billion in cash.\n\nThat cash discipline fed shareholder returns. \n\nThe total dividend rose 41% to HK$0.38, and the payout policy was lifted to 50% to 70% of net profit. \n\nSeparately, management flagged a programme to return around HK$300 million in surplus cash across the next two financial years through special dividends and buybacks. \n\nManagement expects to stay profitable, while flagging a fluid environment shaped by US tariffs and supply-chain uncertainty.\n\nGet Smart: AI demand reads differently along the chain\nThese three companies sit at different points in the same wave, and that is the point. \n\nFor Micro-Mechanics, AI demand shows up as growth and fatter margins. For Nanofilm, as a broad recovery still waiting on its full numbers. For Valuetronics, as the cash discipline that follows a heavy investment cycle.\n\nFree cash flow is the lifeblood of dividends, and it is also what separates the durable from the cyclical when a theme is running hot. \n\nThe order books are filling up. \n\nThe job now is to watch whether the cash keeps following.\n\nWhile your friends debate which tech stock to buy next, money is quietly flowing into these 5 Singapore companies you see every day. They are proven to have steady dividends and strong balance sheets. Our FREE report shows you exactly which ones and why they’re safer than flashy darlings everyone’s chasing. Download your free report now.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram for the latest investing news and analyses! \n\nDisclosure: Calvina L. does not own shares of any companies mentioned. Chin Hui Leong contributed to the article and owns shares of Micro-Mechanics.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"MZH.SI":1,"AIPO":1.5,"STI.SI":1.5,"CHAT":1.5,"BN2.SI":1,"ARTY":1.5,"GAB.SI":0.6,"G3B.SI":0.6,"AGIX":1.5,"5DD.SI":1,"ES3.SI":0.6,"STI":1.5}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":0,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}
