China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co. Ltd.

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Company Background

China Resources Beer is a state-owned major beverage maker and a core subsidiary of China Resources (Holdings), a conglomerate that operates electricity, food and other businesses. China Resources beer's business is well known for its "Snow" beverage, accounting for about 20% of the Chinese beer market.

Founded in 1992, the company also runs a distribution business, with about 4,800 shops, including those in the China Resources Vanguard chain. It also operates a food business under its Pacific Coffee unit and has established a mineral water brand "C'estbon" in its beverage business. The company also offers soft drink brands through a joint venture it established in 2011 with Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings.

In May 2015, China Resources Beer announced it will sell all its non-beer businesses to its parent company, aiming to spin off its distribution business, which has been in the red, and focus on its competitive beer business.

In 2014, the company had the largest share of China's beer market for the ninth straight year. Previously, another leading Chinese beer maker Tsingtao Brewery held the country's top market share. It is said there were 800 beer companies in China, and China Resources Enterprise acquired them one after another to reach the top. SABMiller Asia Pacific, a unit under British beer maker SABMiller, has a 49% stake in brewing company China Resources Snow Breweries, a unit under China Resources Beer and also a joint venture, providing technical cooperation for beer production.

Despite its commanding lead in the domestic beer market, China Resources Beer is little known abroad. Although China is the world's largest beer consumer, in 2014 the domestic market contracted from a year earlier, due to the country's economic slowdown and other negative factors. This shows there are signs of uncertainty about the company's outlook.

Business Summary

China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co. Ltd. operates as an investment holding company. It principally engages in the manufacture, sales and distribution of beer products. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Financial Highlights

Dec 2020	HKD	USD
Revenue	35,337.90M	4,556.20M
Gross Profit	13,496.68M	1,740.16M
Operating income	2,414.81M	311.34M
Income before tax	3,381.19M	435.94M
Net income	2,353.01M	303.38M
EBITDA	4,376.78M	564.31M
Diluted EPS	0.72	0.09
Dividends Per Share	0.30	0.03
Total Assets	51,901.40M	6,693.62M
Total liabilities	24,713.48M	3,187.25M
Total equity	25,155.72M	3,244.28M
Operating cash flow	5,124.04M	660.65M
	Currency in HKD	Currency in USD

Historical Data

HKD | USD

	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020
Revenue	33,526.60M	34,283.57M	37,744.99M	37,634.68M	35,337.90M
Gross Profit	11,274.07M	11,537.78M	13,236.27M	13,807.70M	13,496.68M
Operating income	1,631.11M	1,678.89M	1,833.53M	2,216.80M	2,414.81M
Income before tax	2,031.87M	2,094.00M	1,814.58M	2,496.88M	3,381.19M
Net income	734.93M	1,354.87M	1,157.21M	1,487.69M	2,353.01M
EBITDA	3,641.96M	3,646.06M	3,792.62M	4,171.67M	4,376.78M
Diluted EPS	0.25	0.41	0.35	0.45	0.72
Dividends Per Share	0.09	0.17	0.13	0.18	0.30
Total Assets	47,559.79M	48,799.30M	44,782.96M	46,523.50M	51,901.40M
Total liabilities	26,866.87M	24,824.00M	21,604.06M	23,301.46M	24,713.48M
Total equity	19,636.40M	22,113.40M	21,493.45M	22,002.77M	25,155.72M
Operating cash flow	5,006.67M	4,881.01M	4,715.31M	4,694.41M	5,124.04M

	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020
Revenue	4,319.07M	4,399.38M	4,815.92M	4,803.28M	4,556.20M
Gross Profit	1,452.38M	1,480.56M	1,688.82M	1,762.26M	1,740.16M
Operating income	210.12M	215.44M	233.94M	282.92M	311.34M
Income before tax	261.75M	268.70M	231.52M	318.67M	435.94M
Net income	94.67M	173.86M	147.64M	189.87M	303.38M
EBITDA	469.17M	467.87M	483.90M	532.42M	564.31M
Diluted EPS	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.09
Dividends Per Share	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.03
Total Assets	6,134.25M	6,242.47M	5,719.88M	5,970.82M	6,693.62M
Total liabilities	3,465.28M	3,175.52M	2,759.36M	2,990.51M	3,187.25M
Total equity	2,532.70M	2,828.77M	2,745.24M	2,823.83M	3,244.28M
Operating cash flow	644.98M	626.34M	601.63M	599.14M	660.65M

Valuation Measures

Dec 2020
PER	98.44
ROA	4.78%
ROE	9.97%
Operating margin	6.83%
Profit margin	6.65%

Key executives

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director: Xiao Hai Hou
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director: Qiang Wei
Chief Human Resources Officer & Senior VP: Xian Liang Wang
Deputy GM-Corporate Strategy & Development: Carol Chen
Secretary: Wai Keung Leung

Shareholders

China State-Owned Assets Supervision & Admn Commission (51.9%)
HHLR Advisors Ltd. (4.1%)
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (1.4%)
Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. (Investment Management) (1.2%)
Orient Securities Asset Management Co. Ltd. (1.2%)
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC (1.1%)
BlackRock Fund Advisors (1.1%)
E Fund Management Co., Ltd. (1.0%)
Penghua Fund Management Co., Ltd. (0.8%)
Fullgoal Fund Management Co., Ltd. (0.6%)

Contact Details

Website:http://www.crbeer.com.hk
Address: 23/F, China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Phone: +852.2827.1028

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Last Updated on 26 Nov, 2021