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CMB International

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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>CGH released FY23 earnings. Net profit was HK$4,293mn, down 44% YoY which was lower than consensus and our estimates.</li><li>However, its cash flow turned positive to HK$10.03bn.</li><li>Based on the recent announcement of spin-off of “Smart Living” and mgmt’s optimistic FY24 guidance on gas sales business, we believe CGH’s FY24E results performance will be improve and its potential value will be unlocked afterwards. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

CGH released FY23 earnings. Net profit was HK$4,293mn, down 44% YoY which was lower than consensus and our estimates.However, its cash flow turned positive to HK$10.03bn.Based on the recent announcement of spin-off of “Smart Living” and mgmt’s optimistic FY24 guidance on gas sales business, we believe CGH’s FY24E results performance will be improve and its potential value will be unlocked afterwards. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Gas Holdings (384 HK) – Expecting Bottoming Out

<ul><li>CGH released pressured 1HFY23 results, but its FCF turned positive.</li><li>Looking ahead in 2HFY23E, CGH’s mgmt. were optimistic, considering: 1) higher gas demand during the heating season; 2) better epidemic control measures may stimulate economic recovery and boost gas demand recovery; 3) effective price-through measures enabled CGH to achieve full-year dollar margin target of RMB0.5cbm; 4) ”Smart Living” maintains robust growth momentum.</li><li>CGH is trading at undemanding valuation at around 7x FY23 forward PE. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

CGH released pressured 1HFY23 results, but its FCF turned positive.Looking ahead in 2HFY23E, CGH’s mgmt. were optimistic, considering: 1) higher gas demand during the heating season; 2) better epidemic control measures may stimulate economic recovery and boost gas demand recovery; 3) effective price-through measures enabled CGH to achieve full-year dollar margin target of RMB0.5cbm; 4) ”Smart Living” maintains robust growth momentum.CGH is trading at undemanding valuation at around 7x FY23 forward PE. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Gas Holdings (384 HK) – Expect mild recovery ahead

Hong Kong

China Gas Holdings Ltd. invests in, operates and manages natural gas distribution pipelines.  The Company distributes and sells natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial users, and bottles and sells compressed natural gas.  China Gas also constructs and operates gas stations.

China Gas Holdings (384 HK)