HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpmc-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10427:1" rel="noopener">CPMC Holdings (906 HK)</a> looks to have kept its input cost managed and alleviated such pressure through hedging of raw material costs and raising product prices. The recent retreat in commodity prices upon the government's efforts to keep them under control also partly mitigates the pressure. Interestingly, the company sees influx of orders previously placed with smaller competitors as they are badly affected by elevated cost and power storage.The company revealed that its production has not experienced material interruption during power shortage as its plants are highly-graded by local governments. It continued to expect a stable margin for FY21 despite all disruptive factors in 2H21. At 7.8x PER and 0.65x P/B for FY22F, we think that CPMC is appealing after a 26% retreat in share price from the peak. Its ROE of 9.7% for FY22F is also a historically high level.

CPMC Holdings (906 HK) looks to have kept its input cost managed and alleviated such pressure through hedging of raw material costs and raising product prices. The recent retreat in commodity prices upon the government's efforts to keep them under control also partly mitigates the pressure. Interestingly, the company sees influx of orders previously placed with smaller competitors as they are badly affected by elevated cost and power storage.The company revealed that its production has not experienced material interruption during power shortage as its plants are highly-graded by local governments. It continued to expect a stable margin for FY21 despite all disruptive factors in 2H21. At 7.8x PER and 0.65x P/B for FY22F, we think that CPMC is appealing after a 26% retreat in share price from the peak. Its ROE of 9.7% for FY22F is also a historically high level. 

CPMC (906 HK): Cost Pressure Appears Controlled While Demand Looks Firm

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpmc-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10427:1" rel="noopener">CPMC Holdings (906 HK)</a> has staged another set of good result with net profit grew 36.5% YoY and 20.6% HoH to a record of Rmb249.4m. It is encouraging to see that, even with sharp rise in raw material prices, its gross margin has just contracted marginally and gross profit still rose 20.1% YoY. We think this demonstrated the solid underlying product demand and its ability to pass on a significant portion of higher costs.In the post-result call, management looks to be very optimistic about 2H21, expecting good HoH recovery in margin. The ramp up in production capacity, further price hikes and solid structural demand growth are key drivers. We think CPMC will be able to achieve an ROE of 10% by FY22, and with record profit for next two years, its current 0.76x 12-month forward P/B is clearly not sufficient in reflecting its improvement in profitability over the horizon.

CPMC Holdings (906 HK) has staged another set of good result with net profit grew 36.5% YoY and 20.6% HoH to a record of Rmb249.4m. It is encouraging to see that, even with sharp rise in raw material prices, its gross margin has just contracted marginally and gross profit still rose 20.1% YoY. We think this demonstrated the solid underlying product demand and its ability to pass on a significant portion of higher costs.In the post-result call, management looks to be very optimistic about 2H21, expecting good HoH recovery in margin. The ramp up in production capacity, further price hikes and solid structural demand growth are key drivers. We think CPMC will be able to achieve an ROE of 10% by FY22, and with record profit for next two years, its current 0.76x 12-month forward P/B is clearly not sufficient in reflecting its improvement in profitability over the horizon.  

CPMC Holdings (906 HK): Healthy 1H21 Despite Rising Cost, Highlights from Post-Result Call

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

CK Infrastructure Holdings / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gulf-energy-development-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26038:1" rel="noopener">Gulf Energy (GULF TB)</a>/<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intouch-holdings-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17638:1" rel="noopener">Intouch (INTUCH TB)</a> merger is an opportunistic, bullying method designed to have GULF shareholders buy INTUCH and therefore <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-info-service-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:947:1" rel="noopener">AIS (ADVANC TB)</a> at too low a price. </li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ck-infrastructure-holdings-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:163:1" rel="noopener">CK Infrastructure Holdings (1038 HK)</a>'s interest in a possible London listing coincides with the LSE undergoing a listing regime change.</li>
<li>Management continue to creep their stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhongsheng-group-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10573:1" rel="noopener">Zhongsheng Group (881 HK)</a>, and now hold a shade under 50%. </li>
</ul>


The Gulf Energy (GULF TB)/Intouch (INTUCH TB) merger is an opportunistic, bullying method designed to have GULF shareholders buy INTUCH and therefore AIS (ADVANC TB) at too low a price. 

CK Infrastructure Holdings (1038 HK)'s interest in a possible London listing coincides with the LSE undergoing a listing regime change.
Management continue to creep their stake in Zhongsheng Group (881 HK), and now hold a shade under 50%. 


Last Week in Event SPACE: Gulf Energy/Intouch, CK Infra, Zhongsheng, Thai Beverage, Fraser & Neave

<ul>
<li>I tally 49 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.</li>
<li>Three new deals discussed this week on Smartkarma: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samson-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2767:1" rel="noopener">Samson Holding (531 HK)</a>'s Scheme, and VTOs for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-info-service-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:947:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thaicom-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18019:1" rel="noopener">Thaicom Pcl (THCOM TB)</a>.</li>
<li>Key updates took place on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capitol-health-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14504:1" rel="noopener">Capitol Health (CAJ AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alumina-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:939:1" rel="noopener">Alumina (AWC AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ansarada-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30718:1" rel="noopener">Ansarada (AND AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-traditional-chinese-medicine" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:351:1" rel="noopener">TCM (570 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpmc-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10427:1" rel="noopener">CPMC  (906 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fancl-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15862:1" rel="noopener">Fancl (4921 JP)</a>,and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hollysys-automation-technologies" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26078:1" rel="noopener">Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI US)</a>.</li>
</ul>


I tally 49 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.
Three new deals discussed this week on Smartkarma: Samson Holding (531 HK)'s Scheme, and VTOs for Advanced Info Service (ADVANC TB) and Thaicom Pcl (THCOM TB).
Key updates took place on Capitol Health (CAJ AU), Alumina (AWC AU), Ansarada (AND AU), TCM (570 HK), CPMC  (906 HK), Fancl (4921 JP),and Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI US).


(Mostly) Asia-Pac M&A: AIS/Thaicom, Capitol Health, Alumina, Ansarada, TCM, CPMC, Fancl, Hollysys

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpmc-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10427:1" rel="noopener">CPMC Holdings (906 HK)</a> may potentially receive another takeover proposal from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/org-technology-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17510:1" rel="noopener">ORG Technology Co., Ltd. A (002701 CH)</a> which has a 22% market share in the industry.</li>
<li>ORG has every reason to launch such a proposal and given its operational and financial performance, it looks to have the capability to realise good synergy.</li>
<li>CPMC still looks inexpensive relative to the industry based on its PER valuations. No matter what, the 4th largest player <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunrise-group-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25257:1" rel="noopener">Sunrise Group (002752 CH)</a> will now become interesting.</li>
</ul>



CPMC Holdings (906 HK) may potentially receive another takeover proposal from ORG Technology Co., Ltd. A (002701 CH) which has a 22% market share in the industry.
ORG has every reason to launch such a proposal and given its operational and financial performance, it looks to have the capability to realise good synergy.
CPMC still looks inexpensive relative to the industry based on its PER valuations. No matter what, the 4th largest player Sunrise Group (002752 CH) will now become interesting.


CPMC Holdings (906 HK): Another Potential Contender

China

Shanghai Zi Jiang Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets packaging materials.  The Company's products include PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles, caps and labels, aluminum-plated paper and paperboard, casted polypropylene (CPP) films, PE (polyethylene) curtain coating films, plastic anti-theft caps, and other related materials.

Shanghai Zijiang Enterprise Group (600210 CH)

Shenzhen Beauty Star Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes plastic containers and plastic products. It also vacuum coats plastic products and content fills plastic tubes for cosmetics.

Shantou Dongfeng Printing Company Limited designs, manufactures and sells cigarette packet printings and related packaging materials. The Company's main products include cigarette packets used in cigarette brand packaging.

Jiangsu Shuangxing Color Plastic New Materials Company Limited develops, produces and sells plastic packaging materials. The Company's main product are polyester film, aluminized, PVC film, etc.

Jiangsu Shgxg Clr Plstc New Mtrls (002585 CH)

Shenzhen Jinjia Color Printing Group Co., Ltd. mainly designs trademarks, prints and manufactures standard cigarette boxes for cigarette companies. The Company is also engaged in printing other packaging materials.

Shenzhen Jinjia Color Printing Gp (002191 CH)

Huangshan Novel Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets color printed composite packaging products and vacuum aluminum coated products.

Shanghai Baosteel Packaging Co. Ltd., manufactures steel products. The Company also provides metal packaging services. Shanghai Baosteel Packaging serves customers and clients internationally.

Shanghai Baosteel Packaging-A (601968 CH)

ORG Technology Co., Ltd. develops, designs, manufactures and sells food and beverages metal packaging products. The Company's main products include food and beverage cans.

Sunrise Group Company Limited is a metal containers manufacturer. The Company produces cans and other metal packaging products.

Zhejiang Great Southeast Company Ltd. manufactures a wide range of plastic packaging products. The Company produces plastic film, plastic bags, and other plastic packaging.

Essel Propack Ltd. manufactures fully collapsible (soft squeeze) laminated tubes, flexible packaging and laminated paper. The Company's products are sold to pharmaceutical, consumer products and food packaging companies. Essel Propack's 100% owned subsidiary, Essel Overseas Ltd., is mainly engaged in export business.

Time Technoplast Limited manufactures and sells technology based polymer products for a wide variety of industries.

Cheng Loong Corp. manufactures, designs and markets paper products.  The Company produces a variety of papers, paper boxes, paper boards, office paper products, facial tissues, toilet paper, and paper towels.  The Company also develops real estate.

Zignago Vetro SpA produces glass bottles for the beverage and food market, cosmetic and perfumes markets. The Company also produces specialty glasses.

PT Fajar Surya Wisesa Tbk manufactures industrial paper such as container boards, boxboard, and coated paper for use in the packaging of consumer and industrial goods. The Company's products are sold locally and also exported to other Asian countries, Australia, and the Middle East.

Jai Corporation Ltd. manufactures galvanized plain and corrugated steel sheets; and polypropylene and polyethylene fabrics and sacks.

FP CORPORATION manufactures polystyrene and other synthetic resin food containers.  The Company produces a variety of products, including trays, lunch boxes, and other food containers.  FP also wholesales packing materials and machinery.  The Company focuses on recycle and environment friendly products.

FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. manufactures various packaging-related materials and machinery.  The Company's products include cap seals and labels and plastic containers.  Fuji Seal International also develops shrink wrap seals and tack labels.  The Company has production bases in the United States, England, Netherlands, and Thailand.

Cascades Inc. produces paper and packaging products.  The Company manufactures, converts, and markets specialty products, including boxboard, fine papers, tissue paper, and containerboard.  Cascades and its subsidiaries operate in Canada, the United States, France, Sweden, Germany, and Great Britain.

Youlchon Chemical Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures packaging materials such as single and multilayer oriented polypropylene films and corrugated cardboards for use in consumer product labeling and packaging applications.  The Company also produces laminated tubes to pack toothpaste, cosmetics, and adhesives.  In addition, Youlchon manufactures carrier tapes which carry electronic parts.

CPMC Holdings Ltd. manufactures food packaging products.

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CPMC Holdings (906 HK)

CPMC (906 HK): Cost Pressure Appears Controlled While Demand Looks Firm

CPMC has raised prices to counter the elevated cost pressure from higher aluminium price. It also achieved good grades from local governments which...

Osbert Tang, CFA