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Iris Tan
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

CMB’s First-Half Earning Alerts Posted Better-Than-Expected Profit Growth

The 11.4% year-on-year profit before tax growth revealed by CMB’s first-half earning alert exceeded our expectations. We suspect this was driven by reduced credit costs, as CMB’s bad-debt ratio fell 5 basis points to 1.71% from the first quarter. CMB will likely lead the industry in a recovery in credit quality due to its lower exposure to overcapacity manufacturers and state-owned enterprise sectors. We slightly lower our 2017 credit cost assumption to 1.94% from 2.2%. However, we remain convin...
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China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. Class H

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Morningstar
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Iris Tan

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