[ET Net News Agency, 6 November 2019] J.P. Morgan lifted its target price for China
Overseas Land & Investment (COLI)(00688) to HK$36 from HK$35.5 and maintained its
"overweight" rating.
The research house said the beauty of COLI is not its ability to grow the fastest among
major developers, but the fact that it offers an option to invest in the volatile China
property market in a very conservative way.
This is why, despite the fact that COLI does not offer the strongest growth profile
among big-caps, JPM still thinks COLI should trade broadly on par with its peers, because
of its stability and ability to operate through different cycles.
With less volatility in sales growth, earnings and margins, JPM believes COLI's
shareholder base will be more stable too and this should eventually lead to a re-rating.
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