Macquarie ups China Vanke (02202) to HK$36.37
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Macquarie Research lifted its target price for China Vanke (02202) to HK$36.37 from HK$28.14, and reiterated its "outperform" rating. The research house said the most surprising part about Vanke's results was not the cut in dividend payout ratio from 41.5% to 35.4% but the strong political correctness in both the speech of newly elected Chairman Yu Liang at the analysts' briefing and the longer-than-usual "To Shareholders" section in the annual report. "19th NCCPC" and its spirit were mentioned 8 times (7 more throughout the rest of the report) versus "shareholder" only twice. This may be due to Shenzhen Metro now owning 29.38% of the company, the retirement of Wang Shi from the Board and stronger influence of the central government. Chairman Yu commented that the company is no longer in search of just profits and growth but is looking for a path or business model to follow the central government's mandate to make a better life for the people. The various off-balance sheet businesses, skiing resort, education and elderly care, are trendy but they don't seem to have good ROE in the near term or much synergies with Vanke's core business, Macquarie said. |
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