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Thursday, September 17, 2015 China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Ltd. Company Report Hong Kong Equity Research Country Garden (2007 HK) John So Hayden Zhang +852 3189 6357 +852 3189 6354 Weak growth amid slow recovery in Tier-3 cities [email protected] [email protected] ■ We remain cautious on CG’s contracted sales pick-up in Tier-3 cities. Barring massive promotion incentives, we think CG could WHAT’S NEW miss its annual sales target by 5% TP/EPS revised ■ Factoring in slower price and sales volume recovery in Tier-3 cities, we estimate only 3% core EPS CAGR in FY14-17E NEUTRAL ■ Maintain NEUTRAL and trimmed TP to HK$2.7 (from HK$3.2) Previous NEUTRAL Expect little improvements in contracted sales We noted that CG’s sales progress remained weak in Jul/Aug with 8M15 Price HK$2.73 contracted sales at RMB71.4 bn or -2% YoY. We think it would either miss 12-month Target Price HK$2.7 (-1%) its annual sales target of RMB132 bn or CG has to offer massive (Potential downside) promotion incentives or direct price cut in order to boost contracted sales in the remaining 4 months of the year (implying RMB15 bn monthly sales Previous HKD3.2 in Sep-Dec/15, which appears challenging). CG’s recent decision to Price Performance actively add landbanks in Tier-1/2 cities also implies a weak prospect in Tier-3 city projects. We estimate FY15E contracted sales at RMB125 bn, CG 2007 MSCI China/real Estate 50% 5% lower than its own target. 40% 30% FY15/16E earnings forecasts revised by +1%/-7% 20% 10% For FY16E, we lower project completion GFA and ASP estimates 0% considering the below-expectation progress in contracted sales. We also -10% incorporate the negative impact of Malaysian Ringgit depreciation against -20% -30% RMB on Malaysia Danga Bay project. Overall, we revise FY15/16E Sep/14 Oct/14 Dec/14 Jan/15 Mar/15 Apr/15 May/15 Jul/15 Aug/15 earnings by +1%/-7% (FY15E up slightly 1% mainly due to lower selling Source: Capital IQ expense estimates under lower contracted sales). Despite continued % 1m 6m 12m 2007 HK (7.2) (7.8) (14.8) landbank expansion and increased borrowings, CG will only see 3% core MSCI China/real (9.4) (12.0) (10.1) EPS CAGR in FY14-17E, based on our forecast. Our FY15E/16E estate earnings are 5.7%/6.8% below Bloomberg consensus. Lack of catalysts and weak growth prospects Industry: Property Hang Seng Index 21967 The stock looks unappealing on unexciting contracted sales and earnings HSCEI 9905 growth. We trimmed TP to HK$2.7, based on 46% (previous: 40%) Key Data discount to our lowered end-FY15 NAV of HK$5.0/share (previous: 52-week range (HK$) 2.38-4.55 HK$5.4/share), equivalent to 1SD below 6-year historical mean, a similar Market cap (HK$ mn) 61,665 level as the sector average. We think stock could see further downside if Avg. daily volume (mn) 42.28 the coming contracted sales continues to be disappointing. BVPS (HK$) at FY15 y.e. 3.6 Shareholdings Structure Financials Yang’s Family 53.6% RMB mn 2013 2014 2015E 2016E 2017E Ping An Insurance 9.9% Yang Erzhu 7.0% Revenue 62,724 84,549 107,021 108,598 108,261 Free float 29.5% Revenue growth (%) 50% 35% 27% 1% 0% Core net profit 8,001 9,081 9,460 10,673 11,695 Related Research Core profit growth (%) 18% 13% 4% 13% 10% Country Garden (2007 HK) - Continuous margin pressure in FY15E; d/g to NEUTRAL, March 12, 2015 Core EPS (HK$) 0.53 0.58 0.52 0.58 0.63 Country Garden (2007 HK) - Awaiting for re-rating catalysts, June Net gearing (%) 64% 62% 68% 59% 48% 25, 2015 P/E (core EPS) 5.1x 4.7x 5.2x 4.7x 4.3x Country Garden (2007 HK) - Lack positive earnings drivers in P/B 0.9x 0.8x 0.8x 0.7x 0.6x 2H15, Aug 20, 2015 Dividend yield 7.8% 6.8% 5.3% 6.3% 6.9% Sources: Company data, CMS (HK) estimates Please see penultimate page for additional important disclosures. China Merchants Securities (CMS) is a foreign broker-dealer unregistered in the USA. CMS research is prepared by research analysts who are not registered in the USA. CMS research is distributed in the USA pursuant to Rule 15a-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 solely by Rosenblatt Securities, an SEC registered and FINRA-member broker-dealer. 1 Thursday, September 17, 2015 Focus Charts Figure 1: Large developers’ contracted sales in 8M15 Figure 2: CG’s Contracted sales (2012-2017E) 8M15 YoY growth RMB mn YoY chg 140,000 140% Company Ticker (RMB mn) (%) 120% CR Land 1109 HK 56,590 54% 120,000 100% Gemdale 600383 CH 32,500 38% 100,000 80% Evergrande 3333 HK 117,520 31% 80,000 Poly Real Estate 600048 CH 98,109 22% 60% 60,000 China Vanke 000002 CH 156,060 21% 40% 40,000 Greentown China 3900 HK 43,400 15% 20% Longfor 960 HK 30,120 7% 20,000 0% Agile 3383 HK 26,610 0% - -20% FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E FY17E Country Garden 2007 HK 71,380 -2% Total YoY change Shimao 813 HK 39,789 -9% Sources: Bloomberg, CMS (HK) Sources: Company data, CMS (HK) Figure 3: Revenue and core net profit growth Figure 4: Net gearing 60% Net gearing (%) 70% 50% 65% 40% 60% 30% 55% 20% 50% 10% 45% 0% 40% 2013 2014 2015E 2016E 2017E -10% 35% 30% Revenue Core net profit 2012 2013 2014 2015E 2016E 2017E Sources: Company data, CMS (HK) Sources: Company data, CMS (HK) Figure 5: Interest coverage Figure 6: Landbank (GFA) at 2014 year-end (x) Malaysia, Tier-1 4.0 2% city, 2% Tier-2 3.5 city, 5% 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 Tier-3 1.0 2012 2013 2014 2015E 2016E 2017E city, 90% Source: CMS (HK) Sources: Company data, CMS (HK) Note: Operating profit / total interest (including the capitalized portion) To access our research reports on the Bloomberg terminal, type CMHK <GO> 2 Thursday, September 17, 2015 Contracted sales review Not seen any star projects from new launches It achieved 123% YoY contracted sales growth in year 2013 thanks to the successful launch of a series of new projects, including huge contribution from Malaysia Danga Bay (RMB6.8 bn), Huizhou Ten Miles Beach (RMB2.9 bn) and Shenyang Galaxy Palace (RMB5.1 bn). However, in 2015, we do not see CG successfully add any new star projects to make significant contributions to contracted sales. We believe CG should have just 3-4 projects (total new launches around 50 projects in 2015) probably reaching about RMB2 bn in 2015. The old projects sales in slowing progress Meanwhile, we are concerned about the slowing contracted sales progress of CG’s typical projects in Tier-3 cities. It experienced a decline in contracted sales contribution from RMB772 mn in 2013 to RMB511 mn in 2014 on a per project basis. We estimate it is further slowing down to about RMB400 mn/project in FY15E. Thus, it resulted in a faster growth in PUD and inventories than contracted sales. That implied a slower asset turnover and weaker cashflows. Figure 7: Country Garden contracted sales breakdown 2012 2013 2014 2015E No. of new projects launching 18 37 77 50 Contracted sales from new projects (RMB mn) 9,600 28,800 41,400 30,000 Average contracted sales per project (RMB mn) 533 778 538 600 No. of existing projects 90 100 171 238 Contracted sales from existing projects (RMB mn) 38,000 77,200 87,400 95,200 Average contracted sales per project (RMB mn) 422 772 511 400 Total 47,600 106,000 128,800 125,200 Sources: Company, CMS (HK) Figure 7.1: Country Garden contracted sales vs PUD changes in 2011-2017E 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015E 2016E 2017E PUD and inventory growth (%) 38% 23% 52% 37% 16% 13% 17% Contracted sales growth (%) 24% 10% 123% 22% -3% 3% 3% Contracted sales YoY chg (Rmb mn) (1) 8,238 4,400 58,400 22,800 (3,800) 3,750 3,863 PUD & inventories YoY chg (Rmb mn) (2) 18,559 15,555 43,121 47,362 27,655 26,466 38,298 Net change (1) - (2) (10,321) (11,155) 15,279 (24,562) (31,455) (22,716) (34,436) Sources: Company, CMS (HK) To access our research reports on the Bloomberg terminal, type CMHK <GO> 3 Thursday, September 17, 2015 Figure 8: Changes in P&L estimates FY15E FY16E FY17E (RMB mn) Original New chg (%) Original New chg (%) Original New chg (%) Revenue 106,767 107,021 0% 110,789 108,598 -2% 112,624 108,261 -4% Cost of goods sold (82,643) (82,996) 0% (83,774) (83,663) 0% (82,879) (81,528) -2% Gross Profit 24,123 24,025 0% 27,015 24,935 -8% 29,745 26,733 -10% General & admin expense (3,245) (3,141) -3% (3,455) (3,193) -8% (3,558) (3,289) -8% Selling expense (4,549) (4,180) -8% (4,736) (4,378) -8% (4,878) (4,509) -8% Interest Expense (435) (435) 0% (461) (461) 0% (482) (482) 0% Interest Income 214 214 0% 280 280 0% 280 280 0% JCE & Associate items (17) (17) 0% 0 0 n.a. 0 0 n.a. Others 183 (1,097) -699% 0 0 n.a.