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Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Communications Construction / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a> targets for at least 6% growth in revenue with slight operating margin expansion for FY22; and these should sustain its stable growth trend. </li>
<li>It will increase focus on "big city" projects where there are more opportunities. We think its target of at least 11.8% new contract value growth in FY22 is conservative.</li>
<li>Reduction in losses at concessionary projects, improvement in operating cash flow and lowering of gearing levels all indicate that CCCC is moving in the right direction.</li>
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China Communications Construction (1800 HK) targets for at least 6% growth in revenue with slight operating margin expansion for FY22; and these should sustain its stable growth trend. 
It will increase focus on "big city" projects where there are more opportunities. We think its target of at least 11.8% new contract value growth in FY22 is conservative.
Reduction in losses at concessionary projects, improvement in operating cash flow and lowering of gearing levels all indicate that CCCC is moving in the right direction.


China Comm Const (1800 HK): Takeaways from Post-FY21 Result Call

China Everbright Environment / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>China's special purpose bonds (SPB) issuance by local governments stayed high for 4Q21; but as from NDRC, proceeds of these bonds will be used in 1Q22 to boost economic growth.</li>
<li>NDRC has already made early release of Rmb1.46trn SPB quota for 2022 to local governments, and provided guidance and supervision to ensure speedy and targeted use of proceeds in early-2022.</li>
<li>Both <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-everbright-environment-group-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15946:1" rel="noopener">China Everbright Environment (257 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a> are well placed to capture SPB-funded projects. Yet their valuations are still very appealing despite good YTD performance.</li>
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China's special purpose bonds (SPB) issuance by local governments stayed high for 4Q21; but as from NDRC, proceeds of these bonds will be used in 1Q22 to boost economic growth.
NDRC has already made early release of Rmb1.46trn SPB quota for 2022 to local governments, and provided guidance and supervision to ensure speedy and targeted use of proceeds in early-2022.
Both China Everbright Environment (257 HK) and China Communications Construction (1800 HK) are well placed to capture SPB-funded projects. Yet their valuations are still very appealing despite good YTD performance.


Special Purpose Bonds in 2022: Benefiting China Everbright Env (257 HK) & China Comm Const (1800 HK)

3Q21 result of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a> (CCCC) marks another steady quarter with reported growth of 4.9% YoY. We believe the improvement in construction business has been partly offset by weaker toll road operation given the negative traffic impact from higher domestic COVID-19 cases during the summer time. Hence, recurring profit was weaker with a marginal 1.2% decline in 3Q21. Nonetheless, 9M21 vs. 9M19 still sees a steady CAGR of 4.8% in earnings. Also, there is good YoY growth in operating cash flow.We expect a recovery in traffic to bode well for CCCC's investment projects, adding to its good cost management and positive reversal in credit and asset impairments. The encouraging 3Q21 new contract momentum (+57.6% YoY) and the sharp rebound in overseas contracts signed is expected to underpin CCCC's outlook for the next two years. Valuation multiples are clearly still very undemanding - 0.21x P/B, 3.3x PER and 6% dividend yield.

3Q21 result of China Communications Construction (1800 HK) (CCCC) marks another steady quarter with reported growth of 4.9% YoY. We believe the improvement in construction business has been partly offset by weaker toll road operation given the negative traffic impact from higher domestic COVID-19 cases during the summer time. Hence, recurring profit was weaker with a marginal 1.2% decline in 3Q21. Nonetheless, 9M21 vs. 9M19 still sees a steady CAGR of 4.8% in earnings. Also, there is good YoY growth in operating cash flow.We expect a recovery in traffic to bode well for CCCC's investment projects, adding to its good cost management and positive reversal in credit and asset impairments. The encouraging 3Q21 new contract momentum (+57.6% YoY) and the sharp rebound in overseas contracts signed is expected to underpin CCCC's outlook for the next two years. Valuation multiples are clearly still very undemanding - 0.21x P/B, 3.3x PER and 6% dividend yield. 

China Comm Const (1800 HK): Sustaining a Stable Track in 3Q21

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a> (CCCC) has a very solid 1H21 with net profit growth of 88.3% YoY. While the low base in 1H20 has exaggerated the growth rate; relative to 1H19, net profit still increased 18.3%, implying a healthy operational recovery back to pre-pandemic level. The remarkable 28.5% YoY increase in new contract value also demonstrated its strong foothold in the domestic market. All in all, we believe the market should be happy with CCCC's interim result. We believe CCCC will maintain good new contract momentum for the rest of the year as supported by the acceleration of issuance of special purpose bonds by local governments. Having already achieved 58% of its full-year target, there is potential for it to beat its FY21 expectation. The current excellent backlog, which equals to 4.75x its FY20 revenue, also implies that forward earnings are well secured. At 0.2x P/B, 2.8x PER and 6.6% dividend yield for FY21, we believe CCCC is grossly undervalued.

China Communications Construction (1800 HK) (CCCC) has a very solid 1H21 with net profit growth of 88.3% YoY. While the low base in 1H20 has exaggerated the growth rate; relative to 1H19, net profit still increased 18.3%, implying a healthy operational recovery back to pre-pandemic level. The remarkable 28.5% YoY increase in new contract value also demonstrated its strong foothold in the domestic market. All in all, we believe the market should be happy with CCCC's interim result. We believe CCCC will maintain good new contract momentum for the rest of the year as supported by the acceleration of issuance of special purpose bonds by local governments. Having already achieved 58% of its full-year target, there is potential for it to beat its FY21 expectation. The current excellent backlog, which equals to 4.75x its FY20 revenue, also implies that forward earnings are well secured. At 0.2x P/B, 2.8x PER and 6.6% dividend yield for FY21, we believe CCCC is grossly undervalued. 

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