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Author｜Wu Ya
On April 15, Sunshine City Group (000671.SZ) released its 2020 annual report and held a 2020 annual performance briefing.
“Entering the profit-oriented development stage” became the signal released by Sunshine City at this performance meeting. “The low profit rate is not terrible, but the terrible thing is the loss.” Zhu Rongbin, Executive Chairman and President of Sunshine City, was at the performance meeting. Said so.
In 2020, the overall performance of Sunshine City increased significantly, with annual revenue of 82.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.60%; net profit attributable to the parent company was 5.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.85%. However, the gross profit margin was 18.88% during the same period, a year-on-year decrease of 6.66%.
In 2020, Sunshine City will achieve full-caliber sales of 21.011 billion yuan, equity sales of 139.565 billion yuan, and equity accounted for 64.02%, reaching its annual sales target; in 2021, it will exceed 220 billion yuan in annual sales.
As of the end of 2020, Sunshine City’s debt-to-asset ratio of 79.1% after excluding advance accounts is still “stepping on the line”; Zhu Rongbin said that Sunshine City will continue to maintain its “yellow profile” in 2021.
“The most impressive highlight in 2020 is the company’s successful introduction of Taikang Life Insurance as a strategic shareholder.” After Shoukang became a strategic shareholder, Sunshine City also announced the “Two Five-Year Plans” for the first time under the “Ten Year Gambling Agreement”. The future development goals of the company.
Gross profit margin problem: low profits are not terrible, but the terrible loss is
In 2020, Sunshine City will achieve revenue of 82.171 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.60%. Among them, the construction industry segment revenue was 897 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 193.56%; the real estate industry contributed 96.01% of revenue to 78.889 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.27%.
During the same period, Sunshine City achieved a double reduction in management expenses, marketing expenses and fee rates throughout the year. Among them, management expenses were 1.978 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.58%, management fees were 2.41%, a year-on-year decrease of 1.18 percentage points; marketing expenses were 2.402 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.49%; marketing expenses were 2.92%, a year-on-year decrease of 1.28 percentage points.
In 2020, Sunshine City realized a net profit of 5.22 billion yuan attributable to its parent, a year-on-year increase of 29.85%; deducting non-net profit of 5.191 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.52%.
Under the downward trend of the industry, the gross profit margin of Sunshine City in 2020 was 18.88%, a year-on-year decrease of 6.66%. Previously, from 2017 to 2019, this indicator was 18.73%, 20.48%, and 21.55%.
During the same period, Sunshine City’s net profit margin was 6.68%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%. Prior to 2017~2019, this indicator was 11.8%, 13.3%, and 12.19%, respectively.
Regarding this, Zhu Rongbin, executive chairman and president of Sunshine City Group, said frankly that in recent years, due to price restrictions and adjustments, the profit rate of the industry has indeed been declining. “Because our profit rate was not high in the past, we are still in a stable situation. “.
In his view, the real estate industry has bid farewell to the era of high dividends. After adapting to the regulation, the profit rate will remain stable after a period of decline.
He said that behind the expansion of the profit scale, it is important to ensure the realization of the safety of profits. “The low profit rate is not terrible, but the terrible thing is to generate losses.”
Insurance capital invested 94.2 billion in net profit of “10-year gambling”, and proposed two “five-year plans”
In fact, with Shoukang’s shareholding, under the “10-year gambling agreement”, for Sunshine City, “delivering on performance and profit growth promises” has become a top priority.
In 2020, the real estate market staged two “marriage” dramas between insurance funds and real estate companies. In the end, China Merchants Shekou failed to introduce Ping An, and Sunshine City successfully partnered with Taikang. At that time, Sunshine City introduced Taikang’s 3.4 billion war investment and signed a 10-year net profit gambling agreement of 94.2 billion.
Specifically, Sunshine City promises a “10-year commitment”: the total net profit attributable to the parent in the first 5 years will be no less than 34 billion yuan, and the cumulative net profit attributable to the parent in the next 5 years will reach 60.164 billion yuan, and the total net profit attributable to the parent in the 10 years Reached 94.223 billion yuan; and if the performance does not meet the target, Sunshine City must provide corresponding cash compensation to Taikang.
“The strongest highlight in 2020 is the successful introduction of Taikang Life Insurance as a strategic shareholder.” Zhu Rongbin said at the performance meeting that Taikang’s shareholding ratio exceeded 13%. At the same time, two directors were stationed to participate in the management of the company and optimize governance with modern company management concepts. The structure improves the management standard; on April 5, Taikang and Sunshine City also formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement to cooperate in various business sectors such as capital, project investment and property listing.
“Sunshine City has made a ten-year performance commitment. This will be a severe test for our operation and management.” He said that in accordance with the development goals, Sunshine City has formulated the company’s development plan for the next 10 years, namely two “five years”. Annual plan”.
Sohu Finance understands that in the planning of the first “Five-Year Plan” (2020 to the end of 2024), Sunshine City seeks “continuous and steady growth in profit scale” and “three red lines” all meet the standards, and “green smart home becomes IP “Achievement of other goals.
In the planning of the second “five-year plan” (2025 to the end of 2029), Sunshine City stated that it will open up a new track in real estate-related fields, have the ability to obtain stable income and sustainable development, and build a future-oriented, self-made blood. , An iterative sustainable development organization.
Sunshine City is a member of Fujian-based real estate companies. From 2016 to 2019, Sunshine City’s sales were 48.7 billion yuan, 91.5 billion yuan, 162.9 billion yuan, and 211 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 57%, 88%, 78%, 30%.
In terms of sales performance, in 2020, Sunshine City will achieve a full-caliber sales of 21.811 billion yuan. Although the annual sales target has been reached, the growth rate is only 3.3%; for the 2021 annual sales target, Sunshine City seeks “stability” and only sets it as “2200+” “If calculated at 220 billion yuan, this year’s sales growth rate is only 0.9% year-on-year.
The annual report shows that in 2020, Sunshine City will pay a total land price of 70.7 billion yuan for the whole year, of which the equity land price is 40.2 billion yuan, and the total supplementary equity land reserve is about 7.2596 million square meters; the total value of newly confirmed rights is 180 billion yuan, first- and second-tier goods The value accounted for about 70%, and the greater Fujian, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta accounted for about 63%.
As of the end of 2020, Sunshine City’s accumulated land reserves totaled 42.519,700 square meters, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%. Among them, first- and second-tier cities are expected to account for 75.96% of the future saleable value.
“At the beginning of 2019, Sunshine City set a sales target of 200 billion yuan+. This is the cause of the epidemic on the one hand, and Sunshine City’s prediction of future development.” In Zhu Rongbin’s view, for real estate companies, the scale , Profit and financial indicators are the “impossible triangle” and it is impossible to take care of them all.
He said that in 2021, Sunshine City will strictly abide by the “three revenues and three expenditures”: investment, sales and replenishment based on sales; and to promote the “trillion-yuan reform” strategy. “In order to achieve this goal, Sunshine City has already completed the project at the beginning of this year. The organization of the marketing area is sinking, bringing the marketing command closer to the front line.”
Talking about the “Three Red Lines”: “Keep in the Yellow File in 2021”
In just four years, the sales of Sunshine City went from 30 billion yuan to 200 billion yuan, and the financial indicators once deteriorated. From 2016 to 2019, the debt-to-asset ratio of Sunshine City was above 83%; the net debt ratio was 259.93%, 252.25%, 182.22%, and 138.2%, respectively.
With the cash generated by sales growth and the deleveraging and structural adjustment since 2017, Sunshine City has achieved the “three red lines” from the “orange level” to the “yellow level” six months in advance.
In 2020, Sunshine City’s total assets were 352.301 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.55%; the net assets attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 306.93%, a year-on-year increase of 14.76%.
In the same period, the scale of Sunshine City’s interest-bearing liabilities was 106.039 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 5.59%. Among them, the scale of short-term interest-bearing debt was 32.524 billion yuan, down 3.06% year-on-year; non-bank financing accounted for 24.94% compared to the end of last year, and continued to drop to 20.34%.
As of the end of 2020, Sunshine City’s asset-liability ratio was 83.18%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.25 percentage points; the interest-bearing asset-liability ratio reached 30.10%, a year-on-year decrease of 6.41 percentage points; the net debt ratio was 94.90%, a year-on-year decrease of 43.04 percentage points.
At the end of the period, Sunshine City’s book currency funds were 49.805 billion yuan, which could fully cover short-term interest-bearing liabilities of 32.524 billion yuan, and the cash short-term debt ratio was 1.53 (after deducting restricted funds of 9.290 billion yuan and pre-sale supervision funds of 6.021 billion yuan, cash short-term debts) The ratio is 1.06).
However, as of the end of 2020, Sunshine City’s debt-to-asset ratio after excluding advance accounts was 79.1%, a year-on-year increase that still did not meet the regulatory requirements, a year-on-year increase of 1.5 percentage points.
The annual report shows that in 2020, Sunshine City’s advance receipts are 68.94 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 13.94% from the 80.11 billion yuan in 2019.
In this regard, Zhu Rongbin said, “It is possible to stay in the yellow file for a long time in the future, and it is indeed a bit difficult to strive for the first five years to achieve the “three red lines” to fully meet the target.”
New track expansion: spin off property listings and force Mengxiangjia
At the performance meeting, Sunshine City revealed that it will expand in new tracks in 201. On the same day, Sunshine City disclosed the plan to spin-off its subsidiary, Shanghai Sunshine Zhibo Life Service Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Sunshine Zhibo”) to list overseas (Hong Kong Stock Exchange).
According to the announcement, Sunshine Zhibo was established in July 2020. As of the announcement date, Sunshine City and its wholly-owned subsidiary Fujian Sunshine Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. hold 72.39% of its shares (including the direct shareholding ratio of Sunshine City). 71.68%).
In 2020, Sunshine Zhibo will achieve operating income of 1.371 billion yuan, a total profit of 226 million yuan, and a net profit of 173 million yuan, of which the net profit attributable to the owners of the parent company is 173 million yuan.
As of the end of 2020, Sunshine Zhibo’s consolidated total assets are 1.437 billion yuan, total liabilities are 814 million yuan, and net assets are 624 million yuan. Among them, the owner’s equity attributable to the parent company is 624 million yuan.
“After the independent listing of Sunshine Zhibo, it will not have any material adverse impact on the continuous operation of the company’s other business segments, and will not affect the company’s independent listing status.” Sunshine City said in the announcement that Sunshine Zhibo will continue to be listed overseas. Maintain a controlling interest in Sunshine Zhibo; after Sunshine Zhibo is listed overseas, it will help to enhance Sunshine Zhibo’s own market competitiveness.
At the performance meeting, Wu Jianbin, executive vice president of Sunshine City, said that the progress of the listing is currently being comprehensively arranged and promoted. “If it goes well, it can be completed this year.”
The spin-off and listing of property companies is currently the path that many real estate companies will choose. Sunshine Zhibo’s more detailed financial data and operating conditions will not be announced until the prospectus is submitted.
Mengxiangjia is a brand new business incubated by Sunshine City, dedicated to providing one-stop full-cycle home improvement and home integration services for urban families.
Real estate companies’ home improvement business is not a new thing. Before Sunshine City, Vanke “Wanke” and Country Garden “Orange Home” have entered the home improvement industry; Evergrande, Greenland, Poly and many other leading real estate companies have also entered into the home improvement industry. Home furnishing companies have cooperation.
The operating entity of Mengxiangjia is Shanghai Mengxiangjia Enterprise Development Co., Ltd., which was established in July 2019; In July 2020, Sunshine World Commercial Management Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sunshine City) withdrew from the investment company Shanghai Mengxiang Home, Sunshine City is currently a wholly-owned holding company.
On March 5 this year, the Mengxiangjia Division officially announced that “the real estate industry in 2021 will still face many uncertainties, which requires our advanced strategic vision and wisdom to deal with it.” At that time, Zhu Rong said. .
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