HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Conch Environment Protection Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

China Conch Environment Protection Holdings

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<li>The sharp plunge in share price of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-conch-environment-protection-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4827:1" rel="noopener">China Conch Environment Protection Holdings (587 HK)</a> has not yet brought its valuations back to more reasonable levels and we see more downside.</li>
<li>Its 10.1x PER for FY22F is at a significant premium over peer average. Even taking into account the impressive ROE, we still cannot find justifications for its high P/B multiple.  </li>
<li>Negative catalysts include overly aggressive expansion target, slower profit growth than rise in capacity and surge in gearing and finance costs - they will potentially lead to earnings disappointment.</li>
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The sharp plunge in share price of China Conch Environment Protection Holdings (587 HK) has not yet brought its valuations back to more reasonable levels and we see more downside.
Its 10.1x PER for FY22F is at a significant premium over peer average. Even taking into account the impressive ROE, we still cannot find justifications for its high P/B multiple.  
Negative catalysts include overly aggressive expansion target, slower profit growth than rise in capacity and surge in gearing and finance costs - they will potentially lead to earnings disappointment.


Conch Environment (587 HK): Don't Overly Bet on the Blue Sky Scenario

China Conch Venture Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Following CCEP spin-off and share price decline, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-conch-venture-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19943:1" rel="noopener">China Conch Venture (586 HK)</a> is now at more attractive valuations relative to the stub, on sum-of-the-parts and on PER multiple. </li>
<li>Growth profile should improve in next two years and it has an optimistic expectation of of 76% increase in waste treatment and 79% growth in on-grid electricity for FY22.</li>
<li>New business initiatives including anode and cathode materials of lithium iron phosphate and lithium batteries and used lithium batteries treatment may provide potential medium term upside.</li>
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Following CCEP spin-off and share price decline, China Conch Venture (586 HK) is now at more attractive valuations relative to the stub, on sum-of-the-parts and on PER multiple. 
Growth profile should improve in next two years and it has an optimistic expectation of of 76% increase in waste treatment and 79% growth in on-grid electricity for FY22.
New business initiatives including anode and cathode materials of lithium iron phosphate and lithium batteries and used lithium batteries treatment may provide potential medium term upside.


Conch Venture (586 HK): Improving Risk-Reward Profile

China Everbright Environment / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Share price was off 23% in the last two days, yet we think <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> has posted a set of healthy result, though somewhat behind expectations.</li>
<li>Good new project momentum, further increase in operation revenue and collection of national subsidies are key factors backing earnings growth and improvement in cash flow over the next 2 years.</li>
<li>Longer term, management stays bullish on the industry growth opportunities. Its 14.5% ROE and mid-teens earnings growth both suggest the stock's 3.3x PER, 0.45x P/B and 9.4% yield inexpensive.</li>
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Share price was off 23% in the last two days, yet we think China Everbright Environment (257 HK) has posted a set of healthy result, though somewhat behind expectations.
Good new project momentum, further increase in operation revenue and collection of national subsidies are key factors backing earnings growth and improvement in cash flow over the next 2 years.
Longer term, management stays bullish on the industry growth opportunities. Its 14.5% ROE and mid-teens earnings growth both suggest the stock's 3.3x PER, 0.45x P/B and 9.4% yield inexpensive.


China Everbright Environment (257 HK): Sell-Down Unwarranted Given Positive Prospects

In the latest update by <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>, the tone is generally bullish for the outlook in the next two years. We think the key drivers include the growth from operational projects, good capacity expansion potential, positive track of receivable collections, upside on waste treatment tariffs and manageable capex to support new projects. We see it to achieve resilient EPS CAGR of 20% but trading on just 4.8x PER and 0.67x P/B, the stock remains deeply undervalued. CEE believes that the efficiency of its waste-to-energy projects can improve as electricity generated per tonne still has good room to rise and it will also look into more M&amp;A opportunities under the 14th 5-year Plan. Meanwhile, CEE seeks to increase the waste treatment tariffs following the central government's policy to increase the share of subsidy responsibility of the local governments. All these should point to better profitability going forward, in our view.

In the latest update by China Everbright Environment (257 HK), the tone is generally bullish for the outlook in the next two years. We think the key drivers include the growth from operational projects, good capacity expansion potential, positive track of receivable collections, upside on waste treatment tariffs and manageable capex to support new projects. We see it to achieve resilient EPS CAGR of 20% but trading on just 4.8x PER and 0.67x P/B, the stock remains deeply undervalued. CEE believes that the efficiency of its waste-to-energy projects can improve as electricity generated per tonne still has good room to rise and it will also look into more M&amp;A opportunities under the 14th 5-year Plan. Meanwhile, CEE seeks to increase the waste treatment tariffs following the central government's policy to increase the share of subsidy responsibility of the local governments. All these should point to better profitability going forward, in our view.

China Everbright Environment (257 HK): Management Updates Suggest Resilience

We think that after the spin-off of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-conch-environment-protection-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34405:1" rel="noopener">China Conch Environment Protection Holdings (CEP HK)</a>, the businesses being left with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-conch-venture-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19943:1" rel="noopener">China Conch Venture Holdings (586 HK)</a> will be even smaller and render it more like a holding company. We think such development is not positive to Conch Venture, and also, based on our sum-of-the-parts valuation; it is trading on 4% premium, suggesting that there is minimal upside from here, in our view.What's left with Conch Venture will mainly be the waste incineration solution business, or waste-to-energy, but its capacity is significantly behind that for <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/canvest-environmental-protection-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:100:1" rel="noopener">Canvest Environmental Protection Group (1381 HK)</a>. Also, the remaining assets (excluding <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anhui-conch-cement-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:159:1" rel="noopener">Anhui Conch Cement (914 HK)</a>) will see slower earnings growth than with CEP.  The 16% rally in share price since Sep should have reflected most of the news. We have also provided in this Insight a matrix table indicating the SOTP value for different levels of CEP's PER and A-share price of Conch Cement.

We think that after the spin-off of China Conch Environment Protection Holdings (CEP HK), the businesses being left with China Conch Venture Holdings (586 HK) will be even smaller and render it more like a holding company. We think such development is not positive to Conch Venture, and also, based on our sum-of-the-parts valuation; it is trading on 4% premium, suggesting that there is minimal upside from here, in our view.What's left with Conch Venture will mainly be the waste incineration solution business, or waste-to-energy, but its capacity is significantly behind that for China Everbright Environment (257 HK) and Canvest Environmental Protection Group (1381 HK). Also, the remaining assets (excluding Anhui Conch Cement (914 HK)) will see slower earnings growth than with CEP.  The 16% rally in share price since Sep should have reflected most of the news. We have also provided in this Insight a matrix table indicating the SOTP value for different levels of CEP's PER and A-share price of Conch Cement. 

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Zhejiang Weiming Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. provides solid waste disposal services. The Company provides services in garbage disposal projects' technical development, equipment manufacturing, project investment, project construction, and operation management.

Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection Co Ltd (603568 CH)

Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection Co Ltd

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Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection Co Ltd (603568 CH)

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Osbert Tang, CFA

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Osbert Tang, CFA

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