These Factors Make China Everbright Limited (HKG:165) An Interesting Investment

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China Everbright Limited (HKG:165) is a company with exceptional fundamental characteristics. Upon building up an investment case for a stock, we should look at various aspects. In the case of 165, it is a well-regarded dividend payer that has been a rockstar for income investors, currently trading at an attractive share price. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. If you're interested in understanding beyond my broad commentary, take a look at the report on China Everbright here.

Undervalued established dividend payer

165 is currently trading below its true value, which means the market is undervaluing the company's expected cash flow going forward. Investors have the opportunity to buy into the stock to reap capital gains, if 165's projected earnings trajectory does follow analyst consensus growth, which determines my intrinsic value of the company. Also, relative to the rest of its peers with similar levels of earnings, 165's share price is trading below the group's average. This bolsters the proposition that 165's price is currently discounted.

SEHK:165 Price Estimation Relative to Market, August 22nd 2019
SEHK:165 Price Estimation Relative to Market, August 22nd 2019

Income investors would also be happy to know that 165 is one of the highest dividend payers in the market, with current dividend yield standing at 7.3%. 165 has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.

SEHK:165 Historical Dividend Yield, August 22nd 2019
SEHK:165 Historical Dividend Yield, August 22nd 2019

Next Steps:

For China Everbright, I've put together three fundamental aspects you should further research:

  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for 165’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for 165’s outlook.

  2. Historical Performance: What has 165's returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of 165? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

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