究 Company Report: Longfor Properties (00960 HK) Van Liu 刘斐凡 Equity Research Equity 公司报告:龙湖地产 (00960 HK) +86 755 23976672 [email protected]

28 March 2017

Benign Prospective Fundamentals with Strong Contracted Sales, Reiterate "Buy" 强劲合约销售下的良好基本面展望,重申“买入” 公  司 2016 underlying net profit missed our expectation. Top line increased by Rating: Buy 15.6% YoY to RMB54,799 mn. Underlying net profit increased 7.0% YoY to Maintained 报 RMB8,169 mn. 评级: 买入 (维持) 告  The Company is expected to have sustainable revenue growth with Company Report Company

stable margins. Contracted sales are likely to experience fast growth despite 目标价 policy tightening. Rental income is expected to grow fast. In addition, a quality 6-18m TP : HK$15.07 Revised from 原目标价: HK$13.22 land bank, appropriate unit land cost (27.6% of ASP in 2016) and low funding costs could result in stable margins. 股价: HK$13.120 Share price

 The Company is expected to maintain a healthy financial position. We estimate net gearing ratios to gradually decline in 2017-2019 and to maintain Stock performance below 60.0%. 股价表现

 We think that Longfor deserves a low NAV discount. We revise up our target price from HK$13.22 to HK$15.07, representing a 24% discount to its 2017E

证 NAV, 7.0x 2017 underlying PER and 1.1x 2017 PBR. Therefore, we reiterate "Buy". Risk: lower-than-expected contracted sales and absent rental income 券 growth. 研

究  2016 年核心净利低于预期。总收入同比增长 15.6%到人民币 54,799 百万元。核心净利同

比上升 7.0%到人民币 8,169 百万元。 报

 公司预计获得在稳定利润率下的可持续收入增长。尽管政策收紧但合约销售很有可能快速 告 增长。租金收入将快速增长。另外,有质量的土储,合适的单位土地成本(2016 年销售单

Equity Research Report Research Equity 价的 27.6%)以及低的财务成本能导致稳定的利润率。

 公司能够维持一个健康的财务状况。我们预测净资产负债率在 2017-2019 年逐渐降低并维 Change in Share Price 1 M 3 M 1 Y 股价变动 1 个月 3 个月 1 年 持在 60.0%以下。

Abs. % 绝对变动 % 5.6 36.2 25.0  我们认为龙湖地产应适用一个较低的 NAV 折让。我们将目标价从 13.22 港元上调至 15.07 Rel. % to HS index 相对恒指变动 4.5 24.1 6.0 港元,相当于较其 年 有 折让, 倍 年核心市盈率和 倍 年 %

2017 NAV 24% 7.0 2017 1.1 2017 房 Avg. share price(HK$) 市净率。我们重申“买入”。风险:低于预期的合约销售和强劲的租金收入无法实现。 平均股价(港元) 10.1 10.6 10.6 地 Source: Bloomberg, Guotai Junan International. 产

业 SectorProperty

Year End Turnover Net Profit EPS EPS PER BPS PBR DPS Yield ROE 年结 收入 股东净利 每股净利 每股净利变动 市盈率 每股净资产 市净率 每股股息 股息率 净资产收益率 12/31 (RMB m) (RMB m) (RMB) (△%) (x) (RMB) (x) (RMB) (%) (%) 2015A 47,423 7,633 1.302 3.3 8.4 9.402 1.2 0.357 3.2 17.5 HK) 2016A 54,799 8,169 1.399 7.5 8.3 10.578 1.1 0.468 4.0 15.7 龙 2017F 72,714 11,194 1.914 36.8 6.1 12.069 1.0 0.641 5.5 18.9 0960 2018F 82,486 12,303 2.104 9.9 5.6 13.720 0.9 0.703 6.0 18.2

(0 湖 2019F 88,465 13,927 2.548 21.1 4.6 16.699 0.7 0.859 7.4 18.3

地 Shares in issue (m) 总股数 (m) 5,841.8 Major shareholder 大股东 Charm Talent Int. Ltd. 44.3% 产 Market cap. (HK$ m) 市值 (HK$ m) 76,678.9 Free float (%) 自由流通比率 (%) 27.5 3 month average vol. 3 个月平均成交股数 (‘000) 6,301.3 FY17 Net gearing (%) FY17 净负债/股东资金 (%) 59.2 52 Weeks high/low (HK$) 52 周高/低 14.080 / 9.500 FY17 Est. NAV (HK$) FY17 每股估值(港元) 19.84

Source: the Company, Guotai Junan International.

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Last Price Price Last 21.650 12.220 12.520 13.120 21.850 22.700 0.650 3.670 2.480 2.980 1.880 3.270 1.240 2.050 2.280 2.920 1.300 1.940 3.330 4.030 7.850 4.570 2.890 7.090 3.490 1.3 5.650 1.750 2.540 3.960 4.220 6.870 6.870 3.290 6.200 0.880 2.430 HK$ 20

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PE 2018F 21.9 18.7 38.9 13.9 19.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 6.8 7.4 6.9 6.8 7.9 4.0 7.1 6.5 5.8 4.3 5.1 6.0 6. 7.8 8.3 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.2 6.2 4.2 4.2 4.3 2.8 3.8 5.6 3.2 3.7 3.0 4.9 7.5 9.5 3

2019F 23.0 36.3 10.8 14.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 5.8 5.2 7.4 3.3 6.2 3.9 3.9 5.2 5.3 5.8 8.1 6.1 5.7 2.6 5.5 3.8 3.3 3.1 4.8 2.7 4.4 6.0 9.1

2017F n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.7 1.7 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.8

PB 2018F n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.6 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 0.6 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0 0.6 1.0 0.8 .5

2019F n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7

2017F D/Y% Longfor Properties Longfor 12.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 4.7 5.1 2.0 6.5 2.3 1.4 6.0 4.7 7.9 2.8 4.4 5.2 8.6 5.8 5.4 5.8 4.3 3.3 1.1 3.6 6.0 3.7 3.9 5.7 5.5 6.5 5.5 8.1 7.9 5.2 4.5 8.5 2.1 0.6 1.0 4.4 4.6

2017F ROE 20.6 13.5 15.7 14.6 18.5 15.3 13.7 14.8 13.5 14.1 19.3 17.8 14.1 20.2 16.8 20.7 13.6 14.5 10.5 11.9 11.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 9.6 6.6 4.0 6.6 9.4 5.1 3.9 9.7 8.5 1.3 8.7 7.9 9.7 8.4 4.3 1.3

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Company Report Longfor Properties 龙湖地产 (00960 HK) 28 March 2017 Se Total equity & liabilities Minority interest Total common equity liabilities Total Total non- Other long- Long- Total currentliabilities Other current liabilities Short Accounts payable Total assets and equivalentsCash cash Trade andother receivables Properties under development Total non- Other non- Investment properties Prepaid leasepayments Year End (RMB Dec m) Dividend payout ratio (RMB) DPS Underlying EPS (RMB) EPS(RMB) Diluted Profit attributable to Profitfor the period Profit before income tax Operating profit Gross Profit Cost of Sales Total revenue Year End (RMB Dec m) FinancialStatements and Total currentassets Other current assets Property andequipment ------Source: the Company, Guotai Junan International Junan Guotai Company, the Source:

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(38,864) 224,830 149,715 224,830 138,489 (2,022) (6,021) (1,428) 13,350 58,253 11,226 47,027 91,462 19,404 66,726 17,258 10,324 89,426 86,342 19,691 49,031 17,422 15,956 15,935 51,441 54,799 61,765 14,575 21,480 2016A 2016A 29.7% 14.3% - 5,333 1.399 0. 1.568 8,169 9,153 9,935 1,434 2,018 1,913 1,445 7.5% 2.3% 1.8% 3.7%

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(58,544) 272,581 176,745 109,713 272,581 103,987 107,561 165,020 (2,864) (9,316) (1,981) 15,605 67,032 14,691 52,341 21,393 83,507 21,215 15,534 17,132 66,271 23,939 12,303 13,744 14,318 23,634 23,942 77,228 82,486 80,231 21,950 24,284 2018F 2018F 29.7% 37.5% 13.1%

4,813 0.703 2.104 2.350 1,735 2,627 3,061 2,198 9.9% 9.6% 9.6% (51) 226 574 219

(62,160) 296,532 188,339 118,017 296,532 114,427 120,005 176,527 (2,980) (9,977) (2,039) 16,912 70,323 15,364 54,958 22,048 91,396 20,767 16,327 17,592 76,177 26,006 13,927 15,725 16,382 26,360 26,305 84,639 88,465 91,280 24,506 25,006 2019F 2019F 29.7% 21.1% 22.4% 14.4%

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