Financials Air China Limited Shanghai S.E.

Equities

601111

CNE000001NN0

Airlines

End-of-day quote Shanghai S.E. Other stock markets 18:00:00 2024-04-25 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
7.61 ^CNY	+2.56%		+7.33%	+3.68%

04-26	Air China to buy 100 C919 jets from Chinese planemaker COMAC	RE
04-26	Earnings Flash (AIRC.L) AIR CHINA LD Reports FY23 Revenue RMB141.1B	MT

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	128,759	98,007	111,194	133,440	106,023	107,557	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	164,134	174,453	279,478	257,277	241,956	301,575	295,729	278,611
P/E ratio	15 x	-4.9 x	-3.66 x	-2.18 x	-66.6 x	10.3 x	7.43 x	4.49 x
Yield	0.63%	-	-	-	-	1.17%	1.59%	-
Capitalization / Revenue	0.95 x	1.41 x	1.49 x	2.52 x	0.75 x	0.62 x	0.59 x	0.53 x
EV / Revenue	1.21 x	2.51 x	3.75 x	4.86 x	1.71 x	1.75 x	1.61 x	1.38 x
EV / EBITDA	8.52 x	-19.2 x	68.6 x	-6.93 x	28.5 x	7.46 x	7.29 x	6.18 x
EV / FCF	6.31 x	-16.6 x	-21.4 x	-10.8 x	17.3 x	47.5 x	25.1 x	21.3 x
FCF Yield	15.8%	-6.02%	-4.67%	-9.22%	5.77%	2.1%	3.98%	4.7%
Price to Book	1.1 x	0.96 x	1.05 x	-	-	1.26 x	1.19 x	0.95 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	14,524,815	14,524,815	14,524,815	14,524,815	16,200,793	16,593,720	-	-
Reference price ²	7.069	5.134	4.433	6.138	4.490	3.832	3.832	3.832
Announcement Date	20-03-31	21-03-30	22-03-30	23-03-30	24-03-28	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	136,181	69,504	74,532	52,898	141,100	172,553	183,657	201,211
EBITDA ¹	19,258	-9,094	4,072	-37,124	8,502	40,425	40,592	45,084
EBIT ¹	9,178	-18,500	-16,862	-46,085	-3,324	12,201	14,923	27,072
Operating Margin	6.74%	-26.62%	-22.62%	-87.12%	-2.36%	7.07%	8.13%	13.45%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	9,105	-18,475	-21,826	-45,877	-1,660	8,168	21,849	18,853
Net income ¹	6,409	-14,409	-16,635	-38,617	-1,046	8,517	16,955	13,195
Net margin	4.71%	-20.73%	-22.32%	-73%	-0.74%	4.94%	9.23%	6.56%
EPS ²	0.4700	-1.049	-1.211	-2.812	-0.0674	0.3726	0.5156	0.8535
Free Cash Flow ¹	25,998	-10,497	-13,040	-23,727	13,973	6,347	11,782	13,091
FCF margin	19.09%	-15.1%	-17.5%	-44.85%	9.9%	3.68%	6.42%	6.51%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	134.99%	-	-	-	164.35%	15.7%	29.03%	29.04%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	405.67%	-	-	-	-	74.52%	69.49%	99.22%
Dividend per Share ²	0.0444	-	-	-	-	0.0447	0.0610	-
Announcement Date	20-03-31	21-03-30	22-03-30	23-03-30	24-03-28	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019 S2	2020 S1	2021 Q4	2021 S2	2022 Q1	2022 Q2	2022 S1	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2022 S2	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 S1	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2023 S2	2024 Q2	2024 S1	2024 Q3	2024 Q4	2024 S2	2025 S1
Net sales ¹	70,868	29,646	17,074	36,868	12,918	11,035	23,953	18,136	10,809	28,945	25,068	34,545	59,613	45,864	35,623	81,487	44,373	88,747	-	-	59,809	63,683
EBITDA ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,098	-	20,189	-3,149	-	-
EBIT ¹	-	-	-7,173	-10,820	-10,450	-12,608	-16,973	-16,373	-12,739	-18,471	-3,295	-2,388	-795.5	5,253	-2,894	3,897	1,913	-	-	-	-18,471	-898
Operating Margin	-	-	-42.01%	-29.35%	-80.9%	-114.26%	-70.86%	-90.28%	-117.86%	-63.81%	-13.14%	-6.91%	-1.33%	11.45%	-8.12%	4.78%	4.31%	-	-	-	-30.88%	-1.41%
Earnings before Tax (EBT)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-22,801	-	-	-	-	-	2,710	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net income	3,269	-	-6,321	-9,854	-8,900	-10,537	-19,437	-	-	-19,181	-	-	-	-	-	2,408	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net margin	4.61%	-	-37.02%	-26.73%	-68.9%	-95.49%	-81.15%	-	-	-66.27%	-	-	-	-	-	2.96%	-	-	-	-	-	-
EPS	-	-	-	-0.7200	-	-	-	-	-	-1.396	-	-	-0.2239	-	-	0.1565	-	0.2000	-	-	0.2000	-
Dividend per Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Announcement Date	20-03-31	20-08-28	22-03-30	22-03-30	22-04-28	22-08-30	22-08-30	22-10-28	23-03-30	23-03-30	23-04-26	23-08-30	23-08-30	23-10-26	24-03-28	24-03-28	-	-	-	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	35,375	76,446	168,284	123,837	135,933	194,018	188,172	171,054
Net Cash position ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	1.837 x	-8.406 x	41.32 x	-3.336 x	15.99 x	4.799 x	4.636 x	3.567 x
Free Cash Flow ¹	25,998	-10,497	-13,040	-23,727	13,973	6,347	11,782	13,091
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	7.09%	-16.9%	-23.8%	-90.9%	-2.77%	17.2%	25.3%	19.9%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	2.38%	-4.98%	-5.67%	-13%	-0.33%	1.79%	3.59%	3.8%
Assets ¹	268,929	289,172	293,493	296,692	317,567	475,172	472,637	347,224
Book Value Per Share ²	6.440	5.340	4.230	-	-	3.030	3.230	4.020
Cash Flow per Share ²	2.790	0.1000	0.5200	-	-	2.030	1.860	1.870
Capex ¹	12,342	11,905	20,170	6,965	21,446	19,231	19,103	23,330
Capex / Sales	9.06%	17.13%	27.06%	13.17%	15.2%	11.14%	10.4%	11.67%
Announcement Date	20-03-31	21-03-30	22-03-30	23-03-30	24-03-28	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

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Mean consensus

OUTPERFORM

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Last Close Price

3.832 CNY

Average target price

5.419 CNY

Spread / Average Target

+41.41%

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