[ET Net News Agency, 8 November 2019] Nomura initiated coverage on China Overseas
Property Management (COPH(02669) with a "neutral" rating and a target price of HK$5.1.
The research house said COPH's AuM (area under management) expansion is growing at the
slowest pace (15% CAGR in FY2019-21) of the companies under Nomura's coverage. Given the
company's reliance on parent company (90% of AuM) and slow external expansion, Nomura
forecast its EPS to increase at only a 22% CAGR over FY2019-21, the lowest among peers.
Nomura sees a bottleneck for its external acquisitions and VAS2C (value-added service to
customers/residents) growth given its relatively weak employee incentive system. (KL)