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东江环保(00895.HK):疫情、竞争加剧致净利润下滑28% 期待未来资质进一步投运

Dongjiang Environmental Protection (00895.HK): the epidemic situation and intensified competition lead to a 28% decline in net profit and look forward to the further operation of qualifications in the future.

中金公司 ·  Mar 30, 2021 00:00

2020 performance is lower than we expected.

The company announced 2020 results: revenue of 3.315 billion yuan, a decrease of 4.15% compared with the same period last year; net profit of 303 million yuan, corresponding to 0.34 yuan per share, a decrease of 28.49% compared with the same period last year, which is lower than our forecast. We believe that the decline in performance is mainly due to the reduction in industry demand as a result of the epidemic and the company's provision of goodwill and impairment of accounts receivable totaling 80 million yuan.

The decline in the profitability of hazardous waste disposal business is mainly due to: 1) due to the impact of the epidemic, the reduction of upstream and downstream enterprises leads to a decline in hazardous waste disposal; 2) the industry capacity put into production leads to intensified competition, resource disposal business costs rise and harmless disposal prices decline. From a business point of view: the company's revenue from the resource business was 1.05 billion yuan, down 1.95% from the same period last year, the gross profit margin was reduced by 3.2ppt to 20.0% from the same period last year, the revenue from the harmless business was 1.6 billion yuan, down 4.05% from the same period last year, and the gross profit margin decreased by 1.3ppt to 49.1% from the same period last year.

During the period, the expense rate fell 0.6ppt to 21.2%, of which the sales expense rate was well controlled, falling 0.5ppt to 3% year-on-year, and the financial expense rate fell 0.5ppt to 3.6% year-on-year. The company's operating cash flow decreased by 21.1% to 974 million yuan compared with the same period last year, mainly due to the receipt of 440 million yuan in special environmental protection funds in 2019, but not in 2020.

Trend of development

In the hand production capacity is sufficient, continue to expand the layout of hazardous waste industries. At present, the company has put into operation capacity qualification of 2.20 million tons / year, reserve capacity of nearly 400000 tons, and the utilization rate of the company's qualification during the reporting period is only 41% (42.6%, 60.2%, 67.5% and 18.3% respectively for resource utilization, incineration, landfill and physicochemical). There is room for further improvement in the future capacity utilization. During the reporting period, the company continued to develop hazardous waste business and planned to acquire 70% of Chenzhou Xiongfeng Environmental Protection in cash. Xiongfeng Environmental Protection is mainly engaged in the comprehensive recovery of non-ferrous metal resources, with a production capacity of about 130000 tons. We believe that the acquisition of Xiongfeng environmental protection will help the company to improve the layout of the industrial chain, broaden the scope of business, and help the company to continue to develop in the field of hazardous waste. We look forward to the gradual operation of the company's qualifications to drive the steady growth of the company's performance in the future.

The company plans to increase, if the smooth landing is conducive to the long-term development of the company. During the reporting period, the company announced the planning of a non-public offering of A-shares, the current related issues are still in the process of argumentation, there is still uncertainty. By the end of 2020, the company's debt ratio is 48.5%. We believe that if the fixed increase lands smoothly, it will help to enhance the company's financial strength, optimize the company's capital structure, and be conducive to the long-term development of the company in the future.

Profit forecast and valuation

Taking into account the intensification of market competition, we reduce the company's 2021 net profit by 12% to 493 million yuan and introduce a 2022 net profit of 558 million yuan. The current share price of A shares corresponds to the price-to-earnings ratio of 15.5 pounds 13.7 times 2021 pounds. The A-share list price will be lowered by 8% to 11.8 yuan, corresponding to the price-to-earnings ratio of 21.1 times earnings in 2021 and 2022, maintaining an outperforming industry rating, with 36% upside compared to the current stock price. The current price of Hong Kong stocks corresponds to a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.2gamma to 2021x2022, with a target price of 12.5% to HK $7, and a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.5% to HK $9.3 in 2022, with 30% upside space, maintaining an outperforming industry rating.

Risk

The risk of impairment of accounts receivable, the risk of decline in the price of hazardous waste disposal, and the risk of project promotion.

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