CICC Anticipates Continued Pressure on CN Developers' 2025 Earnings; CHINA RES LAND, CHINA OVERSEAS, and C&D INTL GROUP Maintain Significant Profit Levels
Earnings Forecast: China's real estate sector is expected to see a significant decline in earnings for covered companies in 2025, with firms like CHINA RES LAND, CHINA OVERSEAS, and C&D INTL GROUP projected to experience a 15-20% year-on-year decrease.
Market Sentiment: Despite the anticipated earnings drop, CICC maintains a positive outlook on the real estate sector for 2023, suggesting potential for positive returns and good value in stock selection for 2026.
Company Performance: Some companies, including GREENTOWN CHINA and YUEXIU PROPERTY, may report marginal profits, while others like LONGFOR GROUP and URBAN CONS DEV could face slight losses, with a few firms expected to see steady core profits.
Stock Ratings: CICC has kept its ratings and target prices unchanged for various Chinese developers, highlighting stocks such as BINJIANG GP and SEAZEN HOLDINGS as outperformers in the market.
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Market Performance: The Hang Seng Index (HSI) fell by 465 points (1.7%) to close at 26,567, while the Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTI) and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) also experienced declines, with market turnover reaching $257.58 billion.
Active Heavyweights: Major stocks like Meituan, Ping An, and HKEX saw significant drops, with Meituan down 3.2% and Ping An down 2.2%. Xiaomi was the only heavyweight to gain, closing up 0.9%.
Notable Declines: Several constituents of the HSI and HSCEI, including Zijin Mining and Sinopec Corp, experienced substantial losses, with Zijin Mining dropping 7.6% and Sinopec Corp down 5.1%.
Gainers and New Highs: Despite the overall market decline, some stocks like Haidilao and WH Group saw gains, with Haidilao up 3.1% and WH Group hitting a new high, closing up 0.9%.

Earnings Forecast: China's real estate sector is expected to see a significant decline in earnings for covered companies in 2025, with firms like CHINA RES LAND, CHINA OVERSEAS, and C&D INTL GROUP projected to experience a 15-20% year-on-year decrease.
Market Sentiment: Despite the anticipated earnings drop, CICC maintains a positive outlook on the real estate sector for 2023, suggesting potential for positive returns and good value in stock selection for 2026.
Company Performance: Some companies, including GREENTOWN CHINA and YUEXIU PROPERTY, may report marginal profits, while others like LONGFOR GROUP and URBAN CONS DEV could face slight losses, with a few firms expected to see steady core profits.
Stock Ratings: CICC has kept its ratings and target prices unchanged for various Chinese developers, highlighting stocks such as BINJIANG GP and SEAZEN HOLDINGS as outperformers in the market.

Fitch Rating Affirmation: Fitch has affirmed CH OVS G OCEANS' Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating at "BBB" with a Stable Outlook, and assigned the same rating to its proposed senior unsecured notes and dim sum bonds.
Comparison with Parent Company: The rating for CH OVS G OCEANS is lower than the Standalone Credit Profile of its parent company, CHINA OVERSEAS, which is rated "BBB+" due to CH OVS G OCEANS' limited scale and lower significance in national housing construction goals.

October 2025 Sales Performance: CH OVS G OCEANS reported property contracted sales of RMB3.739 billion and a contracted GFA of 344,100 square meters, reflecting a year-on-year decrease of 26% and 20.1%, respectively.
Year-to-Date Sales Overview: From January to October 2025, total property contracted sales reached RMB27.326 billion with a total contracted GFA of 2.46 million square meters, showing a year-on-year decline of 13.1% and 10.8%.

Property Sales Performance: In September 2025, China Overseas Grand Oceans reported property contracted sales of RMB 2.804 billion, reflecting a year-on-year decrease of 11%, with a total contracted GFA of 251,700 square meters, down 4% from the previous year.
Year-to-Date Sales Figures: For the first nine months of 2025, total property contracted sales reached RMB 23.587 billion, with a total GFA of 2.116 million square meters, showing year-on-year declines of 10.7% and 9.1%, respectively.

Property Sales Performance: In August, CH OVS G OCEANS reported property contracted sales of RMB2.133 billion and a contracted GFA of 203,200 square meters, showing year-on-year increases of 6.1% and 4.5%, respectively. However, for the first eight months of 2025, total contracted sales decreased by 10.6% to RMB20.783 billion.
New Project Acquisition: The company acquired a new project in Huicheng District, Huizhou, with a GFA of 179,460 square meters for RMB622 million. In total, for the first eight months of 2025, the group acquired land totaling 1.6646 million square meters at a cost of RMB7.1 billion.





