HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Osbert Tang is an equity analyst with over 20 years of experience with focuses on China transport, infrastructure, industrials and utilities sectors. He has been based in Shanghai since 2003, accumulated nearly 20 years of on-ground knowledge on the Chinese economy and financial markets, and has a wealth of contacts with China corporates and government entities. 

Osbert has received votes from top-tier institutional investors and has been a highly-ranked transport and infrastructure analyst in the Asiamoney, Institutional Investors and Greenwich surveys. In addition to his extensive experience with international investment banks including RBS, ABN AMRO (both served as Shanghai Chief Representative), Paribas Asia Equity, Maybank Kim Eng and DBS Securities, he has been a senior analyst with Moody’s Investors Service with focus on ratings of China infrastructure and related LGFV issuers. He has also worked in the area of strategic development at Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 

Osbert holds a BBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MSSc in Applied Psychology from the City University of Hong Kong. He was accredited with the CFA charter in 1997, and is a member of both British Psychological Society and Hong Kong Psychological Society.

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China Communications Construction (1800 HK)

<p><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) is definitely one of the worst performing infrastructure-related stocks this year, with 30.2% collapse in its share price YTD. In our view, this should have significantly reflected the concerns on the weak 1H20 result (-37.2% YoY), surge in credit impairment, tight financial position and potential US sanctions. In the post-1H20 result investor call, however, management has already suggested that its profitability should see sequential improvement in 2H20. </p><p>At 4.2x PER and 0.26x P/B on 12-month forward basis, valuations are clearly inexpensive, but there is likely continue pressure on share price in the near term as the market digests negative news. However, we are positive on its prospects with the resumption of toll collection, acceleration of project construction and lower credit impairment. A successful issuance of REIT on its underlying toll road assets will kick-start a re-rating with a narrower discount to book value, in our view.</p>

China Communications Construction (1800 HK) (CCCC) is definitely one of the worst performing infrastructure-related stocks this year, with 30.2% collapse in its share price YTD. In our view, this should have significantly reflected the concerns on the weak 1H20 result (-37.2% YoY), surge in credit impairment, tight financial position and potential US sanctions. In the post-1H20 result investor call, however, management has already suggested that its profitability should see sequential improvement in 2H20. At 4.2x PER and 0.26x P/B on 12-month forward basis, valuations are clearly inexpensive, but there is likely continue pressure on share price in the near term as the market digests negative news. However, we are positive on its prospects with the resumption of toll collection, acceleration of project construction and lower credit impairment. A successful issuance of REIT on its underlying toll road assets will kick-start a re-rating with a narrower discount to book value, in our view.

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