18 February 2019
Property
China Property
Property
Property
Forecast Change
Asia
China
Industry
China Property
Date
18 February 2019
Deutsche Bank
Research
Preview: Overall strong results with
good dividend payout
Overall strong FY18F results with ~30% earnings growth
Overall, we expect strong FY18 results for the developers we cover (Fig 1): 1)
~30% earnings growth on average due to strong sales in the past two years;
2) gross margin staying high at ~33% (vs. 32.9% in FY17) due to ASP rally in
2016-17; 3) stable dividend payout ratio (~6% yield); albeit with 4) higher average
borrowing cost to ~6% (vs. 5.6%/5.3% in 1H18/FY17) and higher net gearing due
to tighter credit/slower sales in 2H18. Our FY18-20 earnings forecasts are largely
in line with Bloomberg consensus, but we are more bullish on Sunac and Future
Land on their 2018 earnings. Also, we think developers on the whole will continue
to give high-teen sales growth guidance (5-15% for large-caps and >20% for mid/
small-caps) for 2019 despite an overall weaker physical market.
Who might beat and who might miss?
Within our coverage, we expect more than half to report strong results (>30%
earnings growth), and one-third to report decent results (Figure 1). In particular,
Sunac, Future Land, Logan, Evergrande, Aoyuan and Gemdale should deliver
>40% earnings growth due to their strong sales and margin expansion, while
Country Garden, Longfor, CIFI, China Jinmao, GZ R&F, and Times should deliver
30-35% earnings growth. Our FY18F earnings on Sunac and Future Land are 11%
and 8% above consensus, while Vanke, CR Land and KWG might report slightly
weaker-than-consensus earnings growth.
Figure 1: Top picks
Source: Deutsche Bank
What are the potential surprises?
We think there could be positive surprises on dividends with Future Land and
Longfor possibly raising their payout ratios, while Logan might continue to declare
a special dividend. Also, overall gross margin should remain high, particularly for
COLI, CR Land, Logan, GZ R&F, Agile and China Jinmao. In terms of downside
surprises, the net gearing ratio of Agile, Greentown and Aoyuan could increase
due to aggressive landbanking or slow sales.
This report includes changes to target prices and forecasts for several
companies under coverage; please see the table at right and discussion
following Figure 7.
Jeffrey Gao, CFA
Research Analyst
+852-2203 6256
Stephen Cheung, CFA
Research Analyst
+852-2203 6182
Foo Leung
Research Associate
+852-2203 6239
Key Changes
Company Target Price Rating
1813.HK 12.23 to 11.69 -
3380.HK 11.43 to 12.30 -
1109.HK 34.77 to 35.84 -
2007.HK 16.97 to 17.19 -
3883.HK 7.99 to 8.97 -
2202.HK 30.64 to 31.31 -
000002.SZ 27.23 to 27.22 -
Source: Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG/Hong Kong
Deutsche Bank does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports. Thus, investors should be
aware that the firm may have a conflict of interest that could affect the objectivity of this report. Investors should consider
this report as only a single factor in making their investment decision. DISCLOSURES AND ANALYST CERTIFICATIONS
ARE LOCATED IN APPENDIX 1. MCI (P) 091/04/2018. THE CONTENT MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA ("THE PRC") (EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF
PRC), EXCLUDING SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS OF HONG KONG AND MACAU.
Distributed on: 17/02/2019 21:00:12 GMT
7T2se3r0Ot6kwoPa