Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Is it Smart to Buy Stocks Just Before Becoming Ex-Bonus?

Original share-bonus share and Bonus Share Tag


Yes, certainly it is a good idea to buy shares of companies that have announced issue of bonus shares.

But there is a very big and important “IF” attached.

What is and why is the big “IF”?

The company that has announced the bonus MUST:
  1. Have been thoroughly investigated by you before hand, it meets all the stringent value investing norms. It should already finding a place in your portfolio. This means that you cannot buy a tom-dick-and-harry stock just because a bonus has been declared.
  2. Currently the price must be reasonable and the stock must be trading / available at a fair price/ valuation - that is you will be willing to buy the stock even if there was no bonus issue.


After having bought the shares be prepared to witness a sharp fall in the market price of the share you just bought, after the ex-bonus dates. The fall in the price will be proportional to scheme of bonus issue. Suppose it is one bonus share for one existing share, the price will halve. If is it is one bonus share for two existing shares, the price will fall 33.33 %. Please see the following table:

Table showing price fall after bonus

Reason for the fall is that when bonus shares are issued the book value per share will fall, and since the price has relationship to the book value per share, the price too falls.

Finally, due to some inexplicable reasons the share price of good companies, after the steep fall, starts regaining its original price, before the bonus issue. Please see the following price graph of Rural Electrification Corporation which became ex-bonus on 28th September 2016:

Price Graph of Rural Electrification Corporation Share After Bonus

Before becoming ex-bonus the share was trading at Rs.249.15. After becoming ex-bonus it had fallen to Rs.122.20. Again it started gaining and reached a high of Rs.220.55 in May 2017, a near 100% recovery.

In conclusion, yes, certainly it is a good idea to buy shares of otherwise excellent companies that have announced issue of bonus shares. The price will fall and recover the loss. You double the value of investment as well as dividends for many years in future.

I have done it and have profited from it.

Thank you,

With best regards,


Anand

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