Equity, Bottom-up Analyst, Investics Research

Sameer Taneja

Equity, Bottom-up Analyst

Investics Research

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Shougang Fushan Resources / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shougang-fushan-resources-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19494:1" rel="noopener">Shougang Fushan Resources (639 HK)</a> is a play on strengthening coking coal prices with downside protection due to its net cash reserves of 1.1 bn USD (Vs. Mkt Cap 2.1).</li>
<li>At the lower end of the cost curve, its EBITDA margins have averaged 54% (last 16 years), with its lowest EBITDA number of 19% in FY15.</li>
<li>With an 80% payout, the company trades at a trailing yield of 9% (the average spot price assumed is 1900 RMB/ton).</li>
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Shougang Fushan Resources (639 HK) is a play on strengthening coking coal prices with downside protection due to its net cash reserves of 1.1 bn USD (Vs. Mkt Cap 2.1).
At the lower end of the cost curve, its EBITDA margins have averaged 54% (last 16 years), with its lowest EBITDA number of 19% in FY15.
With an 80% payout, the company trades at a trailing yield of 9% (the average spot price assumed is 1900 RMB/ton).


Fushan Energy (639 HK): Coking Coal Prices To Strengthen With Anglo Accident

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<li>We preview <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shougang-fushan-resources-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19494:1" rel="noopener">Shougang Fushan Resources (639 HK)</a> earnings for FY23. We expect revenue /profit growth of -15%/12% YoY with H2FY23 revenue/profit -1.7%/2.3% YoY due to lower coking coal prices.</li>
<li>We expect the company to pay an FY23 dividend of 36 HKD cents, implying an 11.3% yield. At the current spot price, the implied yield is 11.3%. </li>
<li>The company's balance sheet is rich in cash, with more than a billion USD (~50% of market capitalization). However, we are skeptical that the company will pay big special dividends. </li>
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We preview Shougang Fushan Resources (639 HK) earnings for FY23. We expect revenue /profit growth of -15%/12% YoY with H2FY23 revenue/profit -1.7%/2.3% YoY due to lower coking coal prices.
We expect the company to pay an FY23 dividend of 36 HKD cents, implying an 11.3% yield. At the current spot price, the implied yield is 11.3%. 
The company's balance sheet is rich in cash, with more than a billion USD (~50% of market capitalization). However, we are skeptical that the company will pay big special dividends. 


Shougang Fushan Resource (639 HK): FY23 Earnings, 11% Dividend Yield With ~50% of Mkt Cap in Cash

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shougang-fushan-resources-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19494:1" rel="noopener">Shougang Fushan Resources (639 HK)</a> energy, a pure play on high coking coal prices, now trades at 5.7x FY24 PE (1.5x EV-EBITDA), assuming 2,200 RMB/ton prices (vs spot 2500). </li>
<li>The company has ~7.5 bn HKD of net cash (on H12023), representing 50% of the market cap despite conducting a recent buyback of 5% and paying all its outstanding dividends/taxes. </li>
<li>With an 80% payout, we can also expect a dividend yield of 14% for FY24 if prices average 2200 RMB/ton.  </li>
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Shougang Fushan Resources (639 HK) energy, a pure play on high coking coal prices, now trades at 5.7x FY24 PE (1.5x EV-EBITDA), assuming 2,200 RMB/ton prices (vs spot 2500). 
The company has ~7.5 bn HKD of net cash (on H12023), representing 50% of the market cap despite conducting a recent buyback of 5% and paying all its outstanding dividends/taxes. 
With an 80% payout, we can also expect a dividend yield of 14% for FY24 if prices average 2200 RMB/ton.  


Fushan Energy: Coking Coal Prices High and Dividend Yield >10% with ~50% of Mkt Cap in Cash

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<li>The pivot in capital allocation plans of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/whitehaven-coal-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14253:1" rel="noopener">Whitehaven Coal (WHC AU)</a> by suspending its buyback program (up to 25% of outstanding shares) is a big negative for us. </li>
<li>We think the increase in capex spending in a frothy pricing environment and focus on M&amp;A for spending the 2.6 bn of cash is a coin toss on capital allocation. </li>
<li>We prefer names that keep their capital allocation plans consistent, e.g., <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indo-tambangraya-megah-tbk-p" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15891:1" rel="noopener">Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITMG IJ)</a>, and would take money off the table here.</li>
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The pivot in capital allocation plans of Whitehaven Coal (WHC AU) by suspending its buyback program (up to 25% of outstanding shares) is a big negative for us. 
We think the increase in capex spending in a frothy pricing environment and focus on M&amp;A for spending the 2.6 bn of cash is a coin toss on capital allocation. 
We prefer names that keep their capital allocation plans consistent, e.g., Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITMG IJ), and would take money off the table here.


Whitehaven Coal Suspension of Buyback: A Negative Despite Rising Coal Price/ Potential Acquisition

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Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 15th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for ICBC, Innovent Biologics, CCB, Sunac China.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 15th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for ICBC, Innovent Biologics, CCB, Sunac China.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 15th): ICBC, Innovent Biologics, CCB, Sunac China

Hong Kong

Shougang Fushan Resources is an investment holding company primarily engaged in the mining, production, and sale of coking coal products, including premium hard coking coal and semi-hard coking coal. It operates three coking coal mines in Liulin County, Shanxi Province, China. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong and was founded in 1985.

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Shougang Fushan Resources (639 HK)

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Sameer Taneja

Whitehaven Coal Suspension of Buyback: A Negative Despite Rising Coal Price/ Potential Acquisition

We provide a rationale for why we do not like Whitehaven Coal's suspension of its buy back program despite the strong coal price environment and...

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Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 15th): ICBC, Innovent Biologics, CCB, Sunac China

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for ICBC, Innovent Biologics, CCB, Sunac China.

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