China Materials 4 March 2020 ENN Ecological Holdings (600803 CH) ENN Ecol ogical H oldi ngs Target price: CNY13.50 Share price (4 Mar): CNY10.31 | Up/downside: +30.9% Initiation: soon to be China’s only A-share city-gas play Dennis Ip, CFA (852) 2848 4068 Short-term rerating potential from restructuring with ENN Energy
[email protected] Long-term earnings growth from LNG and city-gas development Anna Lu, CFA (852) 2848 4465 Initiating with a Buy (1) and SOTP TP of CNY13.5; 16.6x 2020E PER
[email protected] Investment case: We initiate on ENN Ecological (ENNEC) with a Buy (1) Share price performance rating and 12-month SOTP TP of CNY13.5. ENNEC is engaged currently in (CNY) (%) upstream energy businesses focusing on LNG, energy engineering, coal 13.5 110 mining and coal chemicals in China. However, the company is poised to 12.3 103 generate c.70% of its earnings from ENN Energy (2688 HK, HKD88.00, 11.0 95 9.8 88 Buy [1]) from 2020E after a proposed restructuring with ENN Energy due to 8.5 80 be completed in 3Q20E, thus creating a rerating opportunity for ENNEC. Mar-19 Jun-19 Sep-19 Dec-19 Mar-20 We believe the stock offers a good risk-reward profile for investors seeking ENN Ecolog (LHS) Relative to SHASHR Index (RHS) A-share exposure to China’s growing natural gas sector. We also include a summary of the company’s ESG initiatives on page 29. 12-month range 8.70-13.07 Market cap (USDbn) 1.82 Soon to be the only national city-gas A-share company.