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Jennifer Song
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Huaneng’s Net Loss in Fourth-Quarter 2016 is Disappointing; Lowering FVE to HKD 6.80.

We lower our fair value estimate for no-moat-rated Huaneng to HKD 6.80 per share, from HKD 7.40, following the company’s disappointing fourth-quarter 2016 result that missed our expectation, with a quarterly net loss of CNY 0.6 billion, which led to a 37.6% decline in full-year 2016 net profit to CNY 8.5 billion. The sharp 26% sequential jump in fourth-quarter coal prices hurt Huaneng, and we estimate Huaneng will continue to be loss-making in first-quarter 2017, as the weekly average of BSPI re...
Underlying
Huaneng Power International Inc. Class A

Huaneng Power International is engaged in investment, construction, operation and management of power plants. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is also engaged in power generation; development of wind power project; production and sale of electricity; heat supply; construction and operation of power plants and related construction projects; wholesale of coal; construction, operation and management of hydropower, cogeneration power and related projects; provision of utility services; and consultancy in waste recycling industrial waste management and recycling. As of Dec 31 2010, Co. had controlling generation capacity and equity-based generation capacity of 50,935 MW and 45,340 MW, respectively.

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Jennifer Song

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