{"id":12983,"date":"2021-03-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/03\/08\/china-tower-788-hk-continued-to-consolidate-core-advantages-strengthened-profitability-with-payout-ratio-further-increased-to-68\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:00:00","slug":"china-tower-788-hk-continued-to-consolidate-core-advantages-strengthened-profitability-with-payout-ratio-further-increased-to-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/03\/08\/china-tower-788-hk-continued-to-consolidate-core-advantages-strengthened-profitability-with-payout-ratio-further-increased-to-68\/","title":{"rendered":"China Tower (788.HK) Continued to Consolidate Core Advantages; Strengthened Profitability with Payout Ratio Further Increased to 68%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n                            <!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media&#13;<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 8 March 2021 &#8211;\u00a0The world&#8217;s largest telecommunications infrastructure service provider <b>China&#13;<br \/>\nTower Corporation Limited<\/b> (&#8220;China Tower&#8221;, or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (Stock Code:&#13;<br \/>\n0788.HK) is pleased to announce its annual results for the year ended 31&#13;<br \/>\nDecember 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Performance Highlights<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>RMB Million<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>2020<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">2019<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>Change<\/b><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Operating revenue<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>81,099<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">76,428<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>6.1%<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>EBITDA<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>59,527<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">56,696<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>5.0%<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Profit&#13;<br \/>\n  attributable to owners of the Company<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>6,428<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">5,222<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>23.1%<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Basic earnings per share (RMB yuan)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>0.0368<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">0.0297<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>23.9%<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Key operating data<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td colspan=\"3\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Number of tower&#13;<br \/>\n  sites (thousand)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>2,023<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">1,994<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>1.5%<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Number of tower&#13;<br \/>\n  tenants (thousand)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>3,361<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">3,239<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>3.8%<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Tower tenancy ratio&#13;<br \/>\n  (tower tenants \/ tower sites)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>1<\/b><b>.66<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">1.62<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td>&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>2.5%<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Company&#8217;s revenue maintained stable and healthy growth in 2020 while&#13;<br \/>\nprofitability continued to improve. Our operating revenue for 2020 recorded a 6.1%&#13;<br \/>\nyear-on-year increase to reach RMB81,099 million; our EBITDA<sup>1<\/sup>&#13;<br \/>\namounted to RMB59,527 million, with a 73.4% EBITDA margin<sup>2<\/sup>. Profit&#13;<br \/>\nattributable to owners of the Company totaled RMB6,428 million, up by 23.1%&#13;<br \/>\nover the previous year, with a net profit margin of 7.9%.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Our cash flow remained strong while the debt leveraging level was stable&#13;<br \/>\nand healthy. Net cash generated from operating activities amounted to RMB57,548&#13;<br \/>\nmillion in 2020. Capital expenditures amounted at RMB37,122 million, while our free&#13;<br \/>\ncash flow<sup>3<\/sup> reached RMB20,426 million. As of 31 December 2020, our total&#13;<br \/>\nassets reached RMB337,380 million and interest-bearing liabilities amounted to&#13;<br \/>\nRMB112,871 million, with a gearing ratio<sup>4 <\/sup>of 36.7%.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Aligned with our commitment to providing good returns to our shareholders,&#13;<br \/>\nthe Board of Directors recommends to pay a final dividend of RMB0.02235&#13;<br \/>\n(pre-tax) per share for the year ended 31 December 2020, equivalent to a payout&#13;<br \/>\nratio of 68% of our annual distributable net profit.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Supporting 5G network construction efficiently and&#13;<br \/>\nmaintaining stable growth in TSP business <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, in view of the accelerated 5G network deployment and the scaling&#13;<br \/>\nof 5G construction, we strengthened the market-oriented approach with customer&#13;<br \/>\ndemands and 5G new features in mind. We continued to drive resource sharing by&#13;<br \/>\nmaking full use of both existing resources and social resources and stepping up&#13;<br \/>\ntechnological and product innovation to drive construction and service model&#13;<br \/>\ntransformation. By accelerating the implementation of our integrated wireless&#13;<br \/>\ncommunications coverage solutions, we were able to meet customer demands with&#13;<br \/>\ncost-effective, intensive and high-performing network coverage solutions. Our&#13;<br \/>\ncompetitive advantages in low cost, high efficiency and quality services were further&#13;<br \/>\nreinforced, supporting the stable growth of our TSP business.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>As of the end of 2020, we managed a total of 2.023 million tower sites, representing&#13;<br \/>\nan increase of 29,000 compared to the end of 2019. The number of TSP tenants&#13;<br \/>\nreached 3.175 million, representing an increase of 112,000 compared to the end&#13;<br \/>\nof 2019. Our TSP tenancy ratio reached 1.57. With regard to our DAS business,&#13;<br \/>\nwe had covered buildings with a cumulative area of 4,060 million square meters,&#13;<br \/>\nwhile high-speed railway tunnels and subway coverage totaled a cumulative&#13;<br \/>\nlength of 12,702 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, our TSP business revenue reached RMB76,899 million, or a 3.8%&#13;<br \/>\nincrease year-on-year, among which tower business revenue increased by 2.8% to&#13;<br \/>\nRMB73,371 million, while DAS business revenue increased by 32.7% to RMB3,528&#13;<br \/>\nmillion.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Fostering competitive advantages to accelerate the growth&#13;<br \/>\nof Two Wings business <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Developing through sharing and collaboration is our founding principle,&#13;<br \/>\nwhich has enabled us to fully leverage our resources and strengths to promote&#13;<br \/>\nproduct innovation and better platform operation in key sectors. The Two Wings&#13;<br \/>\nbusiness maintained a good development momentum and has become important driver&#13;<br \/>\nfor revenue growth and value enhancement. In 2020, the Two Wings business&#13;<br \/>\nrecorded revenue of RMB3,939 million, or a year-on-year increase of 89.4%.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The TSSAI business sustained rapid growth. Along with the accelerated pace&#13;<br \/>\nof informatization across society, we captured timely opportunities to develop&#13;<br \/>\ntwo types of services around resource sharing and data information. Targeting&#13;<br \/>\nkey clients in important sectors relating to national economy and peoples&#8217;&#13;<br \/>\nlivelihoods, such as environmental protection, forestry, lands, water resources,&#13;<br \/>\nwe enhanced our integrated information service abilities and continued to&#13;<br \/>\ndeliver rapid growth in our TSSAI business. In 2020, revenue generated from our&#13;<br \/>\nTSSAI business reached RMB3,004 million, or a year-on-year growth of 59.2%.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The energy operation business achieved considerable breakthrough in scale.&#13;<br \/>\nLeveraging the advantage of our site resources and expertise in securing power&#13;<br \/>\nsupply and operation, we have taken proactive steps to expand socialized energy&#13;<br \/>\napplications and services. In 2020, aligned to our core business segments of&#13;<br \/>\nbattery exchange and power backup, we enhanced our product platform, expanded&#13;<br \/>\nour customer base and built our brand advantages. While building up our market&#13;<br \/>\ncompetitiveness, we achieved initial breakthrough in scale. As of 31 December&#13;<br \/>\n2020, we have cumulatively developed 301,000 paid users for our battery&#13;<br \/>\nexchange services. In 2020, our energy operation business generated revenue of&#13;<br \/>\nRMB935 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Mr Tong Jilu, Chairman of China Tower<\/b> said, &#8220;Looking forward, we will seize the opportunities to achieve the&#13;<br \/>\ngoal of building an enterprise with the best potential for growth and value&#13;<br \/>\ncreation. We will continue to uphold our resource sharing to promote stable&#13;<br \/>\nrevenue growth and enhance the value of our Company, and to achieve&#13;<br \/>\nhigh-quality development featured &#8216;One Core and Two Wings&#8217; strategy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\"\/>\n<p style=\"max-width: 811.667px;width: 811.656px\"><sup style=\"text-align: justify\">1<\/sup><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1rem\"> EBITDA is&#13;<br \/>\ncalculated by operating profit plus depreciation and amortization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"max-width: 811.667px;width: 811.656px\"><span style=\"text-align: justify\"><sup>2<\/sup> EBITDA margin is calculated by dividing EBITDA by operating revenue, and multiplying the resulting value by 100%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char\"><sup>3<\/sup> Free cash&#13;<br \/>\nflow is the net cash generated from operating activities minus the capital&#13;<br \/>\nexpenditures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char\"><sup>4<\/sup> Gearing&#13;<br \/>\nratio is calculated as net debt divided by the sum of total equity and net&#13;<br \/>\ndebt, then multiplied by 100%.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Net debt is calculated as the amount of&#13;<br \/>\ninterest-bearing liabilities minus the amount of cash and cash equivalents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/View\/67809#Contact\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0Media&#13; OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 8 March 2021 &#8211;\u00a0The world&#8217;s largest telecommunications infrastructure service provider China&#13; Tower Corporation Limited (&#8220;China Tower&#8221;, or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (Stock Code:&#13; 0788.HK) is pleased to announce its annual results for the year ended 31&#13; December 2020. &#13; &#13; \u00a0 &#13; &#13; Performance Highlights &#13; &#13; &#13; RMB Million &#13; &#13; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}