股 票 研 [Table_Title] Company Report: China Merchants Port (00144 HK) Spencer Fan 范明 究 (86755) 2397 6686 Equity Research 公司报告: 招商局港口 (00144 HK)
[email protected] 13 October 2017 Steady[Table_Summary Operation] and Clear Blueprint, Maintain “Buy” 主业稳健,蓝图清晰,维持“买入” 1H17 results stable. Revenue rose 5.4% YoY to HK$4,055 mn, in line with [Table_Rank] expectations, mainly due to increased contribution from CIMC. Shareholders’ Rating: Buy Maintained profit surged 86.3% YoY to HK$3,148 mn, exceeding expectations, mainly 公 due to the HK$813 mn disposal gain from CIMC. Port operations remained 评级: 买入 (维持) 司 stable. 报 CMP’s horizontal competition case was expected to be solved within 3 6[Table_Price]-18m TP 目标价 : HK$27.20 告 years. In late August 2017, CMP entrusted SCW to handle Mega SCT in Revised from 原目标价: HK$27.20 Shekou, Shenzhen. We expect CMP to gradually consolidate its western Company Report Shenzhen homebase assets amid China’s upcoming wave of port Share price 股价: HK$23.600 consolidation. CMP’s Shenzhen division will also benefit from economic growth of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. CMP continued its expansion both domestically and internationally. In Stock performance Brazil, CMP acquired a 90% share in its second largest port, TCP, for R$2.89 股价表现 bn (HK$7,228 mn). TCP’s operations cover 45% of Brazil’s population and [Table_QuotePic] 35.0 % of return 48% GDP. Domestically, CMP plans to acquire 51% of Zhongshan Port 30.0 Group for RMB484.5 mn, implying a 12.5x 2016 PER and 2.0 x 2016 PBR.