Keppel Land

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The Straits Times
Jan 20, 2012
Keppel Land net profit up 47% for Q4


By Esther Teo

DEVELOPER Keppel Land's fourth-quarter net profit jumped 47 per cent, thanks mainly to a one-time gain from the sale of its stake in Ocean Financial Centre.

Earnings hit $1.17 billion, while revenue for the three months to Dec 31 rocketed 186 per cent to $375.2 million compared with the same period in 2010.

Net profit for the full year gained 30 per cent to a record $1.37 billion - buoyed by a $508.1 million gain from the sale of the group's 87.5 per cent stake in Ocean Financial Centre.

Revenue climbed 39 per cent to $949 million.

Net profit from property trading was 7 per cent lower at $198.5 million last year compared with the year before, with contributions mainly from projects such as The Luxurie, The Lakefront Residences and Marina Bay Suites.

About 480 mainly suburban homes were sold here last year, while more than 2,000 units found buyers overseas.

Keppel Land also warned about various sectors. It said in a statement that the Dec 7 cooling measures amid a weak global economic outlook are expected to affect buyer sentiment. The office market is also expected to moderate this year.

Chief executive Kevin Wong said the firm is expanding its commercial presence overseas. This will allow it to have a more balanced portfolio to moderate the volatility of the different property sectors.

'Asian economies will experience some knock-on effects from global economic uncertainties, but the group's established presence in key Asian markets will position it well to ride on the market recovery when the situation settles,' he added.

Keppel Land's China unit said it is acquiring a stake in a prime commercial site earmarked for office and retail in Beijing's Central Business District for about one billion yuan (S$203 million).

Earnings per share for the full year rose to 93.2 cents, from 73.3 cents in the same period in 2010, while net asset value per share was $3.64, up from $2.85.

A final dividend of 20 cents a share was recommended.

Keppel Land's shares closed up six cents to $2.57 yesterday.
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#2
thanks to its extraordinary around 1 billion profit, Kepland reported 1.17 billion profit. Otherwise, would be really bad.
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#3
I'm actually quite worried about this part. Without the selling of their OFC, would they be able to give such a huge dividend?

"DEVELOPER Keppel Land's fourth-quarter net profit jumped 47 per cent, thanks mainly to a one-time gain from the sale of its stake in Ocean Financial Centre."
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#4
What they leased is 99 years of OFC phase 1.
They still got OFC phase 2 which is targeted to complete by FY2012.

There is another round of capital recycle opportunity.

Apart from other property development, how much do you think Keppel Land is worth? Wink

My 2 cents.
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#5
Will we see a change of tides from 60% increase in 3Q YTD net profit to profit drop in Full year results that going to be released in 2 weeks time? Maybe somebody knows that they have released more units at Keppel Reflections during 4Q and pushed for more profits to balance the effect of OFC in Dec 2011.
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#6
Apparently if you compare the presentations of 3Q report and Nov Investor Report, Keppel land has made some significant progress in Q4 with 100 more units sold for Luxurie and in China Botanica 260 units. I wonder how much profit from these sells will contribute to the top and bottom line for Q4.
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(06-01-2013, 12:32 PM)mrEngineer Wrote: Apparently if you compare the presentations of 3Q report and Nov Investor Report, Keppel land has made some significant progress in Q4 with 100 more units sold for Luxurie and in China Botanica 260 units. I wonder how much profit from these sells will contribute to the top and bottom line for Q4.

I would not worry too much of their FY12 earnings.

Looking forward, they have delayed a large amount of units putting on sale (to be put 1HFY13) in China in FY12. I suspect that they are timing for the right moment to be released for sale for better results.
No worries for them since financially they are strong with low gearing among its local and international competitors.

To quote some examples of my positives on this company:

1. Sale on China - China economy has been improving and property sale has also improved for the past 3 months that reinforce my confidence that Kepland is doing the right things.

2. MBFC Tower 3 is already completed with over 85% of lease committed, it is a matter of time this will be sold/lease to K-Reits, realizing the gains and possible special dividends to be given out.

3. Kepland's fortay is also in township building which they are already been doing in China. With China government emphasized on township building(due to urbanization), it posed many great opportunities for her.

4. They still have their crown jewel of Tianjing Econ City, which they hold a number of prime land banks.

5. The list will go on...

My 2 cents (vested)
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#8
This one is a very high beta stock... alongside sembcorp marine... If bros had jumped in at $2.50 in Oct 2011, it's a very very good return...
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#9
Thats's right, Kepland alongside Sembcorp Marine is high beta stock. That's why it is more important to research on such companies before investing.
At crisis time, when fear strike the market, it will dip way below it's P/B, however during big bull run, it will outrun most stocks.

My humble opinion.
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http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/KLL.3Q13...eID=259949

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Keppel Land 3Q13 Results

• Revenue and profit grew by 151% and 70% year-on-year to $417.9 million and $126.4 million respectively in the third quarter of 2013
• Property trading profit surged 173% year-on-year to $89.7 million on strong contributions from China and Singapore projects
• Profit from fund management rose 45% year-on-year to $16.7 million, lifted by higher fees earned by Keppel REIT Management and Alpha Investment Partners


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