by winston » Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:56 pm
not vested
CHINA RES LAND Slumps 4% to Miss 10MA on More Interim Div despite Falling Results
Blue chip property developer CHINA RES LAND (01109.HK) raised the interim dividend despite worsening interim results.
Citigroup said the company's first-half core profit declined 48% yearly to $3.25 billion, only 18% of the annual core profit as forecast by the research house. Hence, the target price was slightly trimmed by 3.2% to $30 with rating kept at Buy.
The stock reversed the two-day growth and bucked the market to sink below 50MA and 10MA all at once ($23.23 and $22.84).
Bottoming at $22.65, it last traded at $22.7, down 4%, on spiking volume to 18.69 million shares.
CHINA RES LAND announced that announced the result for the six months ended 30 June 2017. During the period, the net profit fell 33% yearly to $5.112 billion.
The EPS equaled HK73.8 cents; an interim dividend of HK10 cents was declared, up 8.7% yearly.
Core profit attributable to the owners of the company excluding revaluation gain from investment properties in the first half of 2017 reached $3.25 billion in the first half of 2017, down by 48% yearly.
During the period, the turnover fell 21% yearly to $35.259 billion; gross profit fell over 18% yearly to $12.316 billion.
Deutsche Bank lifted the target price on the company by 2.5% to $27.1 with rating maintained at Buy.
Source: AAStocks Financial News
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