Tongda Group (0698 HK)

Equity Research Tech, Media & Telecom 20 Jan 2015 Tongda Group (0698 HK) Overcoming challenges Forecast revised up with stronger-than-expected client performance: In previous note, we expressed concern on handset capacity constraint and notebook client shrinkage 2H14E. Based on recent conversation with management, key clients Huawei and Xiaomi placed delightful orders for more premium products, and new capacity was well utilized. While we worried about Sony exit, it turns out demand elsewhere absorb shock. For instance, Tongda receive strong orders from Lenovo for notebook pieces A+B+C+D. Numbers are revised-up accordingly. Vendors adopted LDS, yet sales of models were not strong enough: With gradual adoption of LDS among Chinese vendors, we previously expected LDS shipment to be 10m-15m sets for 2014E. Possibly with below 5m sets LDS actual shipment, it represented less than 10% of handset sales for 2014E. For instance, Huawei Ascend G750 and Ascend G660 are carrying Tongda LDS antenna, but they are not top selling models. We delay our LDS adoption schedule for the next years. Outlook 2015 with capacity expansion & metal casing diversification: Heading into 2015E, we believe Tongda is to further expand to 70m nameplate capacity for handset by year end. On the other hand, Tongda is to supply a larger amount of metal casings, up from current 10% of handset shipment. Huawei introduced of Honor 6 and Ascend Mate 7 in 2H 2014 with metal casing / metal frame; Tongda is to further double its 500 CNC machines in 2015E to service the demand. Buy (up from Accumulate) Target price: HK$1.40 (HK$1.30) Share price: HK$0.94 Bloomberg Ticker: 698 HK Reuters: 698.HK Key change Net profit (HK$m) New est. Prev est. 2014E 470.6 422.2 2015E 592.8 581.8 2016E 711.1 707.3 Upgrade to Buy with recent stock price correction, new TP HK$1.40: Tongda showed us better than expected execution in capacity ramp-up and client mix shift. Stock price stabilized at HK$0.77, and we believe our investment theory is still intact. Upgrade to Buy from Accumulate; new TP is HK$1.40, representing 12.9x and 10.8x P/E for 2015E/2016E. HK$m (Yr-end Dec) 2014E 2015E 2016E Revenue 4,628.3 5,599.8 6,547.8 % of growth 27.6% 21.0% 16.9% Core earnings 470.6 592.8 711.1 % of growth 30.7% 26.0% 20.0% Core EPS (HK$) 0.0862 0.1086 0.1303 % of growth 17.1% 26.0% 20.0% P/E (x) 10.90 8.66 7.22 P/B (x) 1.44 1.29 1.14 Dividend Yield 3.2% 4.0% 4.8% ROE 13.2% 14.9% 15.8% Kevin Mak, CFA Analyst +852 35191299 kevin.mak@dfzq.com.hk

Table 1. Selected figures for 2012A-2016E Yr-end Dec (HK$m) 2012A 2013A 2014E 2015E 2016E Handset revenue 1,556.1 1,859.8 2,596.7 3,491.9 4,391.3 Electrical appliances revenue 702.3 542.2 623.5 685.9 720.2 Notebook computers revenue 555.0 558.1 558.1 572.1 586.4 Other revenue 594.7 667.0 850.0 850.0 850.0 Total revenue 3,408.1 3,627.1 4,628.3 5,599.8 6,547.8 Gross profit 730.6 798.0 1,069.8 1,317.9 1,552.2 Net profit 300.0 360.1 470.6 592.8 711.1 Gross margin 21.4% 22.0% 23.1% 23.5% 23.7% Net margin 8.8% 9.9% 10.2% 10.6% 10.9% ROE 13.7% 14.1% 13.2% 14.9% 15.8% ROA 7.1% 7.7% 7.7% 8.6% 9.1% Table 2. Histroical interim results 1H 2013A-2H 2014E Yr-end Dec (HK$m) 1H 2013A 2H 2013A 1H 2014A 2H 2014E 2014E Total revenue 1,689.7 1,937.4 2,100.9 2,527.4 4,628.3 Cost of sales (1,334.0) (1,495.0) (1,618.6) (1,940.0) (3,558.6) Gross profit 355.6 442.4 482.3 587.4 1,069.8 Selling and distribution expenses (39.7) (38.8) (42.9) (56.6) (99.5) Administrative expenses (128.6) (149.2) (177.2) (169.9) (347.1) Other net operating expenses (5.3) (16.0) 0.2 (10.2) (10.0) EBIT 182.1 238.4 262.3 350.8 613.1 Depreciation (77.2) (75.7) (84.0) (105.7) (189.7) Amortization (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.4) (2.6) EBITDA 260.5 315.4 347.5 458.0 805.4 Finance costs (21.4) (30.5) (27.3) (22.1) (49.4) Share of profit of an associate (0.0) (0.1) (0.0) 0.0 0.0 Other income and net gains 14.8 31.8 0.1 29.9 30.0 EBT 175.4 239.7 235.1 358.7 593.8 Income tax (37.2) (8.9) (47.5) (41.5) (89.1) Total profit 138.2 230.7 187.6 317.1 504.7 Net profit 130.3 229.8 167.1 303.5 470.6 Minority interest 7.9 0.9 20.5 13.6 34.1 Table 3. Shareholders Shareholder % holding Chairman Wang Ya Nan and brothers 47.57% Public and others 52.43% Total 100% Source: Orient Securities 2 / 6

Table 4. Valuation matrix at current price and target price Yr-end Dec (HK$m) 2014E 2015E 2016E @HK$0.94 (Current) P/E 10.9 8.7 7.2 P/B 1.4 1.3 1.1 EV/EBITDA 6.3 5.2 4.4 Dividend yield 2.6% 3.2% 4.0% @HK$1.40 (TP) P/E 16.3 12.9 10.8 P/B 2.2 1.9 1.7 EV/EBITDA 9.4 7.7 6.6 Dividend yield 1.8% 2.2% 2.7% Table 5. P&L forecast Year-end Dec (HK$m) 2011A 2012A 2013A 2014E 2015E 2016E Handset 1,420.4 1,556.1 1,859.8 2,596.7 3,491.9 4,391.3 Electrical appliances 784.0 702.3 542.2 623.5 685.9 720.2 Notebook computers 449.2 555.0 558.1 558.1 572.1 586.4 Ironware parts 376.9 491.6 492.4 600.0 600.0 600.0 Communication facilities and others 116.7 103.0 174.6 250.0 250.0 250.0 Total revenue 3,147.1 3,408.1 3,627.1 4,628.3 5,599.8 6,547.8 Cost of sales (2,541.8) (2,677.4) (2,829.1) (3,558.6) (4,282.0) (4,995.5) Gross profit 605.3 730.6 798.0 1,069.8 1,317.9 1,552.2 Selling and distribution expenses (70.4) (81.9) (78.5) (99.5) (120.4) (140.8) Administrative expenses (172.1) (210.6) (277.8) (347.1) (420.0) (491.1) Other net operating expenses (14.5) (9.0) (21.2) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) EBIT 348.3 429.2 420.5 613.1 767.5 910.4 Depreciation (119.9) (136.0) (152.9) (189.7) (219.5) (249.4) Amortization (2.2) (2.4) (2.5) (2.6) (2.8) (3.0) EBITDA 470.4 567.5 575.9 805.4 989.8 1,162.8 Finance costs (53.3) (49.0) (51.9) (49.4) (49.8) (49.6) Share of profit of an associate 2.1 3.5 (0.1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other income and net gains 39.8 17.2 46.6 30.0 30.0 30.0 EBT 336.9 400.9 415.1 593.8 747.7 890.8 Income tax (77.4) (67.4) (46.1) (89.1) (112.2) (133.6) Total profit 259.5 333.5 369.0 504.7 635.5 757.2 Net profit 250.3 300.0 360.1 470.6 592.8 711.1 Minority interest 9.2 33.5 8.9 34.1 42.8 46.1 EPS (HK$) 0.053 0.064 0.074 0.086 0.109 0.130 DPS (HK$) 0.017 0.020 0.025 0.030 0.038 0.046 Source: Orient Securities 3 / 6

Table 6. Balance sheet forecast Year-end Dec (HK$m) 2011A 2012A 2013A 2014E 2015E 2016E Non-current assets 1,327.2 1,478.1 1,608.5 1,684.3 1,809.5 1,912.6 Property, plant and equipment 1,077.6 1,229.7 1,327.6 1,482.4 1,607.6 1,710.6 Prepaid land lease payments 34.0 33.7 34.1 34.1 34.1 34.1 Investment property 51.0 52.0 54.0 54.0 54.0 54.0 Goodwill 22.8 22.8 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 Available-for-sale-investment 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Prepayments 59.1 62.9 63.4 63.4 63.4 63.4 Investment in associates 47.0 40.9 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 Long term deposits 32.0 32.5 78.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 Deferred tax assets 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 Current assets 2,411.5 2,725.8 3,048.3 4,424.0 5,121.5 5,890.8 Inventories 672.9 802.0 1,088.3 1,387.8 1,674.2 1,958.3 Trade and bills receivables 1,303.9 1,455.8 1,585.5 2,013.3 2,441.5 2,861.4 Prepayments, deposits & other receivables 118.8 151.6 132.3 196.7 238.0 278.3 Amount due from related companies 4.6 2.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 Income tax recoverable 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pledged deposits 57.4 92.4 62.8 111.2 120.6 128.3 Restricted bank balance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cash and cash equivalents 253.8 221.5 177.6 715.0 647.2 664.6 Non-current liabilities 278.4 145.1 293.5 306.9 306.9 306.9 Interest-bearing bank borrowings 236.9 88.8 257.9 257.9 257.9 257.9 Loan from MI of sub 7.3 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Deferred tax liabilities 34.2 49.0 35.6 49.0 49.0 49.0 Current liabilities 1,545.1 1,866.0 1,814.2 2,240.3 2,634.9 2,999.0 Trade and bills payables 857.2 1,014.4 894.4 1,334.5 1,605.7 1,873.3 Accrued liabilities and other payables 122.8 115.2 140.5 160.1 192.7 224.8 Due to non-controlling shareholders of sub 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Due to a related company 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tax payable 162.3 172.0 187.5 245.7 336.5 400.8 Interest-bearing bank and other borrowings 402.6 564.3 591.8 500.0 500.0 500.0 Total equity 1,915.1 2,192.9 2,549.2 3,561.2 3,989.2 4,497.5 Issued capital 46.8 47.6 48.6 54.6 54.6 54.6 Reserves 1,811.5 2,054.5 2,406.3 3,378.2 3,763.5 4,225.7 MI 56.9 90.8 94.3 128.4 171.2 217.3 Source: Orient Securities 4 / 6

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