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上港集团(600018):1H22业绩略超预期 疫情下港口龙头彰显韧性

SIPG Group (600018): 1H22 performance slightly exceeded expectations, port leaders showed resilience under the pandemic

中金公司 ·  Aug 30, 2022 00:00  · Researches

1H22's performance slightly exceeded our expectations.

The company announced 1H22 results: revenue in the first half of the year reached 20.09 billion yuan, an increase of 15.7% over the same period last year, an increase of 18.7% compared with the same period last year. The net profit of returning to the mother was 10.81 billion yuan, corresponding to 0.46 yuan per share, an increase of 24.0% over the same period last year, and an increase of 81.3% over the previous year, slightly exceeding our expectations, mainly due to the increase in income and profit of subsidiaries and the investment income brought by the participating companies. The corresponding revenue of 2Q22 company was 7.68 billion yuan, down 20.6% from the same period last year, 38.1% from 1Q, and the net profit from home was 5.32 billion yuan, down 7.7% from the same period last year, and 3.2% from 1Q. Affected by the epidemic, the port cargo throughput ring of 1H22 decreased by 15.7% and 11.5% respectively compared with the same period last year, and the container throughput ring decreased by 6.4% and 1.7% respectively compared with the same period last year. We believe that the profit growth of the company in the first half of the year mainly comes from the profit contribution of subsidiary Ruitai Development, Ruixiang Real Estate Development, Jinjiang Shipping and the investment income contribution of the participating companies.

Trend of development

The impact of the epidemic is gradually drifting away, and the main business of the port shows resilience. Affected by the epidemic in Shanghai, the production volume and operational efficiency of the company's home port decreased. In April, the cargo throughput and container throughput of Shanghai Port decreased by 30.3% and 24.8% respectively compared with March. The average anchoring hours and operating hours of Shanghai Port increased by 199.4% and 149.1% respectively compared with March. With the improvement of the epidemic and the resumption of production and work in the hinterland, the throughput of Shanghai Port has rebounded rapidly. At present, production and operation have returned to the pre-epidemic level. In July, the amount of imports and exports in Shanghai increased by 16.7% compared with the same period last year. Cargo throughput and container throughput increased by 2.0% and 16.2% respectively. We believe that with the steady growth of domestic demand and the increase in the scale of import and export trade in Shanghai in the second half of the year, the company's main port business is expected to maintain rapid growth.

The diversified layout advantage appears, and the participating holding company is expected to bring profit flexibility to the company. According to the company announcement, 1H22 subsidiaries Ruitai Development, Ruixiang Real Estate Development and Jinjiang Shipping contributed 7.99 billion yuan and 2.13 billion yuan to the company's income and net profit, an increase of 34.5% and 35.0% over the same period last year. In the first half of the year, the company earned an investment income of 6.49 billion yuan through equity participation, of which OOCL, Bank of Shanghai and Postal Savings Bank of China contributed a total investment income of 5.96 billion yuan, an increase of 41.2 percent over the same period last year. In the first half of the year, the company invested in Ruihe Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., and we believe that the continuous diversified business layout is expected to bring better profit contribution to the company.

Profit forecast and valuation

We keep our profit forecasts for 2022 and 2023 unchanged. The current share price corresponds to a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.1 times 2023 / 7.9 times 2023. Maintain an outperform industry rating and a list price of 7.28 yuan, corresponding to 10.9 times 2022 price-to-earnings ratio and 10.7 times 2023 price-to-earnings ratio, which has 35.1% upward space compared with the current stock price.

Risk

The macroeconomic downturn, port rates cut, the epidemic spread more than expected, and the growth rate of import and export trade slowed down.

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