WaveFront Berhad, an investment holding company, (8176) Fair Value & Analysis
Technology · MY · Market cap 150M MYR
Fair value as of: Jul 15, 2026
From 13 valuation models · updated 26 days ago
Share price +20.8% over the past month.
A solid business, screening 45% undervalued on our models.
What matters now
- The price is below even our cautious bear case (0.1800 MYR). The market is more pessimistic than our downside scenario.
- Solid quality (66/100) at a price below fair value, the discount is the argument here, not the business quality.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 15, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range 0.1050 MYR – 3.33 MYR · fair‑value band 0.1800 MYR – 0.2600 MYR · the 0.1450 MYR price screens below the 0.2100 MYR fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 15, 2026.
Analysis
WaveFront Berhad, an investment holding company, (8176) currently trades at 0.1450 MYR, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is 0.2100 MYR, implying the stock looks roughly 44.8% undervalued today. The Quality Score stands at 66/100 (solid quality), in the Technology sector. Bull case: trading below our estimate, it may offer upside if the fundamentals hold. Bear case: a low price can be a value trap when quality is weak or the data is thin (evidence: medium), always confirm before acting.
Over the trailing twelve months, WaveFront Berhad, an investment holding company, generated revenue of 337M MYR at a net margin of -1.3%. Revenue declined 7.5% year over year. It earns a return on equity of -1.1%. The balance sheet holds a net cash position of 176M MYR. Fundamentals as of Jul 15, 2026
Our scenario range runs from 0.1800 MYR (bear case) to 0.2600 MYR (bull case); at 0.1450 MYR, the current price sits below that range. Bear and bull are the same models run on conservative and optimistic assumptions (margins, growth, valuation multiples), so a plausible valuation range, not a price target. The share trades about 51% below its 52-week high and 45% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average. For context, the median of 10 Technology peers we cover trades at -73% fair-value upside, at 45%, 8176 screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Each model estimates fair value its own way; the Fair Value above is the evidence-weighted blend. Evidence (0–100) measures how completely this model’s inputs are available: well-fed models carry more weight in the blend. The spread across models is intentional, each one stresses a different value driver; dividend models, for instance, come out structurally low when payout is small.
All 13 models by family
Widest divergence: Growth DCF (0.6500 MYR) versus Asset-Based (0.2100 MYR). Highest evidence: Growth DCF (80).
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Key figures & financial health
More key figures
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 15, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 66 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 28
Non-valuation factor families (profitability, growth, cashflow, financial strength, momentum …), each academically grounded. Valuation itself sits in the Fair Value and is deliberately excluded here to avoid double-counting.
About the company
WaveFront Berhad, an investment holding company, provides electronics manufacturing services in Malaysia. It offers vertically integrated solutions, including design and engineering, mold design and fabrication, plastic injection molding, and box-build assembly.
Full company description
WaveFront Berhad, an investment holding company, provides electronics manufacturing services in Malaysia. It offers vertically integrated solutions, including design and engineering, mold design and fabrication, plastic injection molding, and box-build assembly. The company is also involved in the manufacture and sale of precision plastic injection molded parts, electrical and electronic components and products, filter systems and other related products, and metal stamping; secondary process, sub-assembly, and full assembly of finished products to the electronic industry; tooling fabrication; wholesale and retail of foodstuff and consumer goods; and manufacture of home appliances, including vacuum cleaner, fan humidifier, purifier, heater fan, and lighting product, as well as secondary processes, such as silk screen and spray printing. It serves the consumer, industrial, healthcare, and automotive solutions industries. The company was formerly known as ATA IMS Berhad and changed its name to WAVEFRONT Berhad in June 2025. WaveFront Berhad was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2022 – FY2026 · reported fiscal years
WaveFront Berhad, an investment holding company, reported revenue of 337M MYR in FY2026 versus 2.6B MYR in FY2022, a compound −40.0%/yr. Reported net income was −4.2M MYR in FY2026.
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Peer Group
Electronic Components · 625 stocks
How this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.
Valuation Multiples vs Electronic Components median · lower = cheaper
Snowflake
Five quick dimensions, each 0 to 100: VALUE (fair-value potential), FUTURE (revenue growth), PAST (return on equity), HEALTH (low debt), DIVIDEND (yield). Green = this stock, grey = typical sector peer.
Values & ESG
Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.
ESG scores are not available for this stock yet. Values and ESG data are contextual and can differ between providers.
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| Delta Electronics, Inc 2308 | 1,880 TWD | 515.23 TWD | -73% |
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| Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co 009150 | 1,260,000 KRW | 166,421 KRW | -87% |
| Elite Material Co 2383 | 4,990 TWD | 714.36 TWD | -86% |
| Yageo Corporation 2327 | 699.00 TWD | 216.55 TWD | -69% |
| Shengyi Technology Co 600183 | ¥132.29 | ¥27.45 | -79% |
| Shennan Circuits Co 002916 | ¥364.00 | ¥93.50 | -74% |
| Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) Co 2476 | HK$297.00 | HK$103.98 | -65% |
| Wus Printed Circuit (Kunshan) Co 002463 | ¥127.80 | ¥31.95 | -75% |
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Each company is valued through a stack of independent intrinsic-value models (DCF variants, residual-income, multiples and more), blended into one family-balanced consensus and weighted by how much trustworthy data backs it. A separate quality layer scores the fundamentals. Every input is real reported data, nothing guessed.
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