Company: Guan Chong Berhad

Bloomberg ticker: GUAN MK

Market cap: US$700m

Background: Guan Chong Berhad is an investment holding company, which engages in the manufacturing, distribution, and trading of cocoa-derived food ingredients. It conducts business in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The company is one of the largest cocoa processors in the ASEAN, with cocoa bean grinding capacity of 80,000 MT/year in Malaysia, and 120,000 MT/year in Indonesia.

World Class Benchmarking of Guan Chong

• Profitable Growth rank of 2 was same compared to the prior period’s 2nd rank
• This is World Class performance compared to 580 large Cons. Staples companies worldwide
• Profitability rank of 1 was better than its Growth rank of 5
• Profitability rank of 1 was up compared to the prior period’s 2nd rank
• This is World Class performance compared to peers
• Growth rank of 5 was down compared to the prior period’s 1st rank
• This is average performance compared to peers