Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Bottom-Up

Singamas Container Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

The conflation of a global pandemic, marginal air freight capacity, the Suez Canal blockage, Chinese port productivity curtailment due to Covid restrictions, a ten-fold increase in freight rates, and skyrocketing steel prices, has culminated in the mother-of-all sub-optimisation recipes.  
I've discussed this situation in <a href="https://skr.ma/SjpKV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Game Of Ports: China's "Suez Blockage" Disruption</a>, <a href="https://skr.ma/dft2W" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Squeeze Box: The Port Congestion Contagion</a>, and <a href="https://skr.ma/GGQfY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yang Ming Marine (2609 TT): Cargo Shipping In First Class</a>.
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singamas-container-hldgs" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13602:1" rel="noopener">Singamas Container Hldgs (716 HK)</a> is the only listed pure-play container manufacturer.  The company announced a positive profit alert on the <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0312/2021031201050.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12 March</a> for FY20, followed by a further profit positive alert on the <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0630/2021063001235.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">30 June</a> for its first half financials. The most recent announcement flagged net profit not less than US$50mn compared to Singamas' then market cap of ~US$180mn.
Shares are up 35% in the last month and 169% in the past twelve months.
This week I had a chat with the Singamas' CFO to get a better understand of the dynamics currently at work, and what to expect going forward.

The conflation of a global pandemic, marginal air freight capacity, the Suez Canal blockage, Chinese port productivity curtailment due to Covid restrictions, a ten-fold increase in freight rates, and skyrocketing steel prices, has culminated in the mother-of-all sub-optimisation recipes.  
I've discussed this situation in Game Of Ports: China's "Suez Blockage" Disruption, Squeeze Box: The Port Congestion Contagion, and Yang Ming Marine (2609 TT): Cargo Shipping In First Class.
Singamas Container Hldgs (716 HK) is the only listed pure-play container manufacturer.  The company announced a positive profit alert on the 12 March for FY20, followed by a further profit positive alert on the 30 June for its first half financials. The most recent announcement flagged net profit not less than US$50mn compared to Singamas' then market cap of ~US$180mn.
Shares are up 35% in the last month and 169% in the past twelve months.
This week I had a chat with the Singamas' CFO to get a better understand of the dynamics currently at work, and what to expect going forward.

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The latest gathering of China’s National People’s Congress has produced some reassuring news for the domestic infrastructure sector. In our view, we should see a similar level of fixed-asset investment, or FAI, growth (8%-9%) in 2017, and the public-private partnership, or PPP, project financing method will play an increasingly instrumental role in infrastructure development. The National Development and Reform Commission, the nation’s top economic development planning agency, is targeting about 8% year-on-year FAI growth, with a heavy emphasis on transportation infrastructure development in both inland regions and prosperous coastal provinces. The implied growth target in 2017 is in line with our assumption and reinforces our view that infrastructure firms with heavy PPP exposure (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/265" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1">China Communications Construction Co Ltd (1800 HK)</a>, or CCCC, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/265" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1">China Communications Construction Co Ltd (1800 HK)</a>, or CSCI) are among the top beneficiaries in the latest transportation driven spending push. Our fair value estimates for no-moat CCCC and narrow-moat CSCI are unchanged at HKD 11.5 per share and HKD 14 per share, respectively, and we will revisit our valuations upon the release of annual results in late March.Analyst: John Hu

The latest gathering of China’s National People’s Congress has produced some reassuring news for the domestic infrastructure sector. In our view, we should see a similar level of fixed-asset investment, or FAI, growth (8%-9%) in 2017, and the public-private partnership, or PPP, project financing method will play an increasingly instrumental role in infrastructure development. The National Development and Reform Commission, the nation’s top economic development planning agency, is targeting about 8% year-on-year FAI growth, with a heavy emphasis on transportation infrastructure development in both inland regions and prosperous coastal provinces. The implied growth target in 2017 is in line with our assumption and reinforces our view that infrastructure firms with heavy PPP exposure (China Communications Construction Co Ltd (1800 HK), or CCCC, and China Communications Construction Co Ltd (1800 HK), or CSCI) are among the top beneficiaries in the latest transportation driven spending push. Our fair value estimates for no-moat CCCC and narrow-moat CSCI are unchanged at HKD 11.5 per share and HKD 14 per share, respectively, and we will revisit our valuations upon the release of annual results in late March.Analyst: John Hu

The Latest Government FAI Target Warrants Stable Growth Prospects for Infrastructure Sector

Making sense of the Global Market, Euromonitor International Ltd.

Yu Mitsuhashi

Making sense of the Global Market

Euromonitor International Ltd.

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China’s wage has been increasing and is now higher than some of its peers. This means operating in China involves paying more in wages, which can cause the profit margin to narrow. An important question for businesses is if they can save by moving or planning future expansions in countries where wages are still below China. This article explores the implication of China’s rising wage rates for business organisations and forms a part of our upcoming briefing titled Facilitating Trade.

China’s wage has been increasing and is now higher than some of its peers. This means operating in China involves paying more in wages, which can cause the profit margin to narrow. An important question for businesses is if they can save by moving or planning future expansions in countries where wages are still below China. This article explores the implication of China’s rising wage rates for business organisations and forms a part of our upcoming briefing titled Facilitating Trade.

China Still Lucrative for Businesses Despite the Rising Wage Rates

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Susan Finder

Founder

Supreme Peoples Court Monitor

About a year and a half ago, many of the major business media (<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f4edabe4-d36e-11e4-a792-00144feab7de" target="_blank">Financial Times</a>, <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/12/17/awash-in-duds-chinas-bad-banks-are-looking-good/" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>, and <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/12/17/awash-in-duds-chinas-bad-banks-are-looking-good/" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>) reported on the sale of Chinese distressed assets on Taobao and other Chinese online platforms.  This note provides a quick look at what a search of Taobao turns up.From this <a href="https://zc-paimai.taobao.com/zc/npl.htm?spm=a219w.7976194.237368.4.jgJsfL" target="_blank">page</a> (asset exchange, distressed assets):<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/021/514/original/Screen%20Shot%202017-02-25%20at%209.00.13%20AM.png?1487984504" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="21514"></figure>the diligent person can review the type of assets being auctioned: real estate, creditors rights, intellectual property rights, and then further drill down on the…

About a year and a half ago, many of the major business media (Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg) reported on the sale of Chinese distressed assets on Taobao and other Chinese online platforms.  This note provides a quick look at what a search of Taobao turns up.From this page (asset exchange, distressed assets):the diligent person can review the type of assets being auctioned: real estate, creditors rights, intellectual property rights, and then further drill down on the…

Unbeknownst to the flying public, the Chinese aviation industry is facing labor disputes, particularly from their  pilots, according to a recent Chinese <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5NTMwMDgzMA==&amp;mid=2655481692&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=4392dc43b94c7826d6e3ee7313c9bfc4&amp;chksm=8bf2b2edbc853bfb9a3212686e55ee20e7036a0c210af5525bbd54ff1de90038b70498cff5f8&amp;mpshare=1&amp;scene=5&amp;srcid=01206ao9dvXq9enFqEyKSwMj#rd" target="_blank">law firm report</a>.  The shortage of pilots in China has been well-reported in the press, in sources ranging from the<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d7117f1e-d963-11e5-a72f-1e7744c66818" target="_blank"> Financial Times</a> to <a href="http://www.chinadailyasia.com/asiaweekly/2016-04/29/content_15425326.html" target="_blank">China Daily</a>. That has led to job-hopping among Chinese pilots and a large increase in disputes between pilots and the airlines, including at least one foreign pilot hired by a Chinese airline. Pilots are highly…

Unbeknownst to the flying public, the Chinese aviation industry is facing labor disputes, particularly from their  pilots, according to a recent Chinese law firm report.  The shortage of pilots in China has been well-reported in the press, in sources ranging from the Financial Times to China Daily. That has led to job-hopping among Chinese pilots and a large increase in disputes between pilots and the airlines, including at least one foreign pilot hired by a Chinese airline. Pilots are highly…

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China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. designs and manufactures containers, airport facilities, internal combustion power-generating equipment, and trailers.  The Company also operates in the timber industry and real estate development.

China International Marine Containers A (000039 CH)

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Singamas (716 HK): Q&A With The CFO

Even assuming Singamas makes a conservative US$50mn for FY22E, and applying an 8x PER multiple, its average over a four-year period in 2011-2014, I...

David Blennerhassett

The Latest Government FAI Target Warrants Stable Growth Prospects for Infrastructure Sector

The latest gathering of China’s National People’s Congress has produced some reassuring news for the domestic infrastructure sector. In our view,...

Morningstar, Inc.

China Still Lucrative for Businesses Despite the Rising Wage Rates

China’s wage has been increasing and is now higher than some of its peers. This means operating in China involves paying more in wages, which can...

Euromonitor International Ltd.

China Distressed Assets on Taobao

About a year and a half ago, many of the major business media (Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg) reported on the sale of Chinese...

Susan Finder

Labor Disputes at the Chinese Airlines

Unbeknownst to the flying public, the Chinese aviation industry is facing labor disputes, particularly from their pilots, according to a recent...

Susan Finder

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