HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>China may bring ahead quota for special purpose bond issuance in 2023 to 2H22. This may potentially at Rmb1.5trn (US$220bn), which will provide big boost to the economy.</li>
<li>For 5M22, the three most important areas of spending of local government bond proceeds are urban construction and industrial park, social services and transport infrastructure.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-state-construction-int-l-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10038:1" rel="noopener">China State Construction Int'l (3311 HK)</a>, <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>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-railway-group-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:264:1" rel="noopener">China Railway Group (390 HK)</a>, <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> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports (2020 HK)</a> are the top picks.</li>
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China may bring ahead quota for special purpose bond issuance in 2023 to 2H22. This may potentially at Rmb1.5trn (US$220bn), which will provide big boost to the economy.
For 5M22, the three most important areas of spending of local government bond proceeds are urban construction and industrial park, social services and transport infrastructure.

China State Construction Int'l (3311 HK), Anhui Conch Cement (914 HK), China Railway Group (390 HK), China Conch Venture (586 HK) and Anta Sports (2020 HK) are the top picks.


China Stimulus: These Are the Key Beneficiaries

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<li>Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. </li>
<li>Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive <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>. We see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-longyuan-power-group-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14215:1" rel="noopener">China Longyuan Power (916 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongfang-electric-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1251:1" rel="noopener">Dongfang Electric (1072 HK)</a> benefit from new energy initiatives.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-ning-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6047:1" rel="noopener">Li Ning (2331 HK)</a> will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK)</a>.</li>
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Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. 
Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive China Communications Construction (1800 HK). We see China Longyuan Power (916 HK) and Dongfang Electric (1072 HK) benefit from new energy initiatives.

Li Ning (2331 HK) will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK).


Roundup of Government Economic Supportive Policies: Key Winners

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Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A/H premium on 139 stocks over the last week.</li>
<li>Healthcare, consumer discretionary and energy led the week on week A-H premium increase of 3.8ppt. </li>
<li>We highlight A-H premium changes in CICC, GWM, Cansino, CCC, Shanghai Fudan, CNOOC, PetroChina.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A/H premium on 139 stocks over the last week.
Healthcare, consumer discretionary and energy led the week on week A-H premium increase of 3.8ppt. 
We highlight A-H premium changes in CICC, GWM, Cansino, CCC, Shanghai Fudan, CNOOC, PetroChina.


A-H Premium Weekly: CICC, Great Wall Motor, Cansino

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> has bucked the trend of weaker earnings growth in the last two quarters by posting a healthy 17.7% YoY net profit growth for 1Q22.</li>
<li>While gross margin contracted slightly, the good control on selling and administrative expenses have partly absorbed margin contraction. Its new contract value for 1Q22 has also reached record high.</li>
<li>With government's aggressive special purpose bond issue and infrastructure investment, we expect new contract momentum to pick up. Trading at 3.2x PER and 0.22x P/B, CCCC is massively undervalued.</li>
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China Communications Construction (1800 HK) has bucked the trend of weaker earnings growth in the last two quarters by posting a healthy 17.7% YoY net profit growth for 1Q22.
While gross margin contracted slightly, the good control on selling and administrative expenses have partly absorbed margin contraction. Its new contract value for 1Q22 has also reached record high.
With government's aggressive special purpose bond issue and infrastructure investment, we expect new contract momentum to pick up. Trading at 3.2x PER and 0.22x P/B, CCCC is massively undervalued.


China Comm Const (1800 HK): Grossly Undervalued by the Market

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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

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China Communications Construction Company Ltd. is a transportation infrastructure group.  The Company is involved in infrastructure construction, infrastructure design, dredging, and port machinery manufacturing.  China Communications has operations worldwide.

China Communications Construction (1800 HK)

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China Stimulus: These Are the Key Beneficiaries

Potential massive special purpose bond issuance by local governments in 2H22 (brought forward from 2023) will provide a much-needed boost to the...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Roundup of Government Economic Supportive Policies: Key Winners

We expect the government economic supportive policies released in the last few days to drive the infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary...

Osbert Tang, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly: CICC, Great Wall Motor, Cansino

We highlight weekly A-H premium changes in CICC, Great Wall Motor, Cansino, China Communication Construction, Shanghai Fudan, CNOOC, PetroChina.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Comm Const (1800 HK): Grossly Undervalued by the Market

CCCC's 1Q22 result reversed the trend of declining earnings momentum in 2H21, thanks to revenue recovery and improved cost dynamics. We take this...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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

We expect CCCC to maintain a stable earnings trend in FY22. Reduction in losses at concessionary projects, better operating cash flow and lower...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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