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‘Red flags’ as some China property developers say they can’t release earnings on time

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‘Red flags’ as some China property developers say they can’t release earnings on time

A slew of Chinese real estate developers said this week that they are either not able to release their financial results on time or have yet to set board meetings for them.

Among them is troubled property developer Evergrande which shook investment markets last year as a result of its debt crisis.

The developers gave a variety of reasons for not being able to do so.

In a filing to the Hong Kong exchange on Tuesday, Evergrande said that due to the “drastic changes” in its operational environment since the second half of last year, its auditor added “a large number of additional audit procedures” this year.

Coupled with “the effect caused by the Covid-19 outbreak,” Evergrande will not be able to publish results by the end of March for its year ended Dec. 31, 2021, it said in the filing.

It said that it will publish the audited results “as soon as practicable” after the audit is completed.

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Late Tuesday, another major developer Kaisa also said in a filing that it would not be able to publish earnings by Mar. 31, as the audit hasn’t been completed due to a recent Covid lockdown in Shenzhen. Due to this delay, its shares will halt trading from April 1, it said.

Other developers said the resignation of auditors meant they could not issue their financial year (FY) 2021 earnings on time, according to Japanese bank Nomura.

Developer Ronshine said Monday that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has quit, citing insufficient time for the audit as well as the Covid resurgence in China as two main reasons for the resignation.

In the past two months, developers such as Aoyuan, Shanghai Shimao and Hopson also announced change of auditors.

Read: Government moves to reduce cost of affordable housing units by 50%

“When developers change auditors ahead of their full-year results season, it typically raises red flags regarding potential auditing issues and should lead to serious market concerns about the trustworthiness of their financial numbers,” Nomura said in a Monday note.

Squeezed margins and fall in profits expected

As of Monday, nine property developers have yet to announce the dates of their FY2021 board meetings, Nomura noted.

The likelihood of more developers being unable to release their results on time is rising, Nomura said, considering that listed firms need to announce their board meeting dates at least seven working days prior to their actual results dates – which are set to be 31 March by the latest.

“Even if developers manage to issue their FY21 results on time, we expect qualified opinions and weak results in general (squeezed margins, declined profit and reduced dividend payout for FY21-22F) for the sector in the coming two weeks, which should further weigh down the sector’s share prices, in our view,” Nomura said.

Property sales of leading developers continued to plunge this year, according to Nomura data. Evergrande’s sales have fallen more than 90% year-on-year in this first two months of this year, Shimao tumbled by 60% in the same period, and Sunac fell by 26%.

Outlook for property

Investor confidence was boosted in mid-March when China signaled support for Chinese stocks, and indicated that authorities would work toward stability in its struggling real estate sector. That sent markets in Hong Kong soaring last week, including property stocks.

However, real estate shares have struggled for direction since, wavering between gains and losses.

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