COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd.
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Company Background
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings is China's major state-run shipping company. It owns a roughly 44% stake in container terminal operator Cosco Pacific. It also has container shipping company Cosco Container Lines and bulk carrier operator China Cosco Bulk Shipping (Group) under its umbrella.
China Cosco Holdings was established in March 2005. The company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) in June 2005 and on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2007.
The company is actively expanding overseas. In 2005, it acquired a 20% shareholding in a container terminal on the Suez Canal, in Egypt, and jointly began a high-speed shipping service from South China to the Middle East with Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha.
It has also started operating a terminal at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with Japanese and South Korean companies. In addition, it has teamed up with Japan Freight Railway to pick up cargo at Japanese or Chinese ports and carry it by rail from there.
As of the end of 2014, Cosco Pacific had container berths at 123 locations at 21 ports around the world. Its annual handling capacity is 65.75 million TEU; it controls about 9.3% of the global share of the total transaction volume.
The company was able to transport 174 container ships, or 756,979 containers, as of the end of 2012. As of the end of 2011, it was able to transport 374 bulk carriers and had carrying capacity of 33.8 million tons.
Business Summary
Financial Highlights
| Dec 2020 | HKD | USD |
| Revenue | 192,442.41M | 24,812.08M |
| Gross Profit | 26,284.91M | 3,388.98M |
| Operating income | 15,875.06M | 2,046.81M |
| Income before tax | 13,309.21M | 1,715.99M |
| Net income | 11,155.01M | 1,438.24M |
| EBITDA | 29,732.18M | 3,833.44M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.69 | 0.09 |
| Dividends Per Share | 0 | 0 |
| Total Assets | 322,406.49M | 41,580.18M |
| Total liabilities | 229,100.09M | 29,546.62M |
| Total equity | 52,066.04M | 6,714.86M |
| Operating cash flow | 48,358.52M | 6,234.98M |
| Currency in HKD | Currency in USD |
Historical Data
| Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | |
| Revenue | 81,594.36M | 104,237.99M | 142,539.88M | 170,700.45M | 192,442.41M |
| Gross Profit | -1,337.18M | 8,597.32M | 9,747.14M | 16,484.57M | 26,284.91M |
| Operating income | -5,313.76M | 2,760.86M | 3,270.23M | 6,085.76M | 15,875.06M |
| Income before tax | -8,010.30M | 4,613.59M | 1,861.77M | 2,266.78M | 13,309.21M |
| Net income | -8,444.91M | 3,069.44M | 1,282.83M | 1,536.46M | 11,155.01M |
| EBITDA | -2,215.94M | 5,390.05M | 8,168.44M | 19,735.56M | 29,732.18M |
| Diluted EPS | -0.65 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 0.69 |
| Dividends Per Share | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Assets | 133,489.54M | 159,887.31M | 260,165.41M | 293,322.59M | 322,406.49M |
| Total liabilities | 91,598.47M | 107,415.15M | 195,902.99M | 215,999.42M | 229,100.09M |
| Total equity | 20,442.22M | 24,812.34M | 26,098.45M | 39,553.17M | 52,066.04M |
| Operating cash flow | 201.88M | 6,972.50M | 7,250.49M | 20,371.89M | 48,358.52M |
| Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | |
| Revenue | 10,511.40M | 13,376.16M | 18,186.80M | 21,786.36M | 24,812.08M |
| Gross Profit | -172.26M | 1,103.23M | 1,243.64M | 2,103.91M | 3,388.98M |
| Operating income | -684.54M | 354.28M | 417.25M | 776.72M | 2,046.81M |
| Income before tax | -1,031.92M | 592.03M | 237.54M | 289.30M | 1,715.99M |
| Net income | -1,087.91M | 393.88M | 163.67M | 196.09M | 1,438.24M |
| EBITDA | -285.46M | 691.66M | 1,042.21M | 2,518.83M | 3,833.44M |
| Diluted EPS | -0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Dividends Per Share | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Assets | 17,217.45M | 20,453.01M | 33,229.50M | 37,645.03M | 41,580.18M |
| Total liabilities | 11,814.35M | 13,740.69M | 25,021.61M | 27,721.37M | 29,546.62M |
| Total equity | 2,636.63M | 3,174.03M | 3,333.41M | 5,076.25M | 6,714.86M |
| Operating cash flow | 26.00M | 894.73M | 925.09M | 2,600.04M | 6,234.98M |
Valuation Measures
| Dec 2020 | |
| PER | 8.62 |
| ROA | 3.62% |
| ROE | 24.35% |
| Operating margin | 8.24% |
| Profit margin | 5.79% |
Key executives
- General Manager & Executive Director: Zhi Jian Yang
- Deputy General Manager: Jian Ping Ye
- Chief Accountant: Ming Wen Zhang
- Head-Investor Relations: Xiao Jing Ma
- Secretary & General Counsel: Hua Wei Guo
Shareholders
- AQR Capital Management LLC (4.9%)
- The Vanguard Group, Inc. (3.4%)
- BlackRock Fund Advisors (2.4%)
- UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG (1.7%)
- Value Partners Ltd. (1.6%)
- BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. (1.6%)
- UBS Switzerland AG (Investment Management) (1.5%)
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.3%)
- Foresight Fund Management Co., Ltd. (1.1%)
- BlackRock (Netherlands) BV (0.9%)
Contact Details
- Website:http://www.chinacosco.com
- Address: 2/F, 12 Yuanhang Commercial Center, Zhongxin Avenue, Tianjin, 300461, China
- Phone: +86.22.6627.0898
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Competitors
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