For the use of Gree Electric Appliances’ huge amount of idle funds, only some information may be obtained from the financial data of the 2017 annual report. Gree Electric's 2017 annual report shows: The company's account has 99.6 billion yuan in monetary funds.
Gree Electric stated that according to the 2018 business plan and long-term industrial planning, the company expects capital expenditures in terms of capacity expansion and diversification expansion will be relatively large. In order to seek long-term development of the company and shareholders' long-term interests, the company needs to make appropriate funds. Reserves. The company's retained funds will be used for production base construction, smart factory upgrades, and smart equipment, smart appliances, integrated circuits and other new industries of technology research and development and marketing.
If Gree is really aggressive in the integrated circuit industry, the amount of money may not be too large, but no concrete plans have yet been seen. As of now, it is not clear to the outside world that the decision-making process of the Gree Electric Appliance Board regarding the non-profit decision and the specific reasons .
However, investors in the capital market chose to use their feet to vote. Gree Electric was surprised that Gree Electric had a total share capital of 6.016 billion shares. As of last Friday's close, Gree’s total market value evaporated on 26th, 27th, 6.1 billion yuan in two days. .
Previously, Gree Electric Appliances had published the plan of Gree Electric's shareholder return for the next three years (2016-2018). The shareholder return plan clearly stated that 'according to the company's operating conditions, if there is no major investment plan during the planning period, If a major cash outflow item (except for a raised capital investment project) occurs, the company's cash dividend amount for that year shall be no less than the average dividend ratio of the parent company for the current year, ie not less than 60%.
In 2015, Gree Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.'s dividend payments in 2016 reached 9 billion yuan and 10.8 billion yuan, and the proportion was not less than 60%. If the estimated net profit of Gree Electric Appliances attributable to parent company in 2017 was 24.402 billion yuan, the dividend amount should be 13.5 billion yuan. Yuan above.
Institutional views are now divided
Gree Electric Co., Ltd. does indeed have huge amounts of idle funds on its books. The interpretation of the latest dividend decision made by several agencies for Gree Electric Appliances is: Gree Electric will have large capital expenditures in the future, and the scale of mergers and acquisitions may exceed that of the last acquisition of Zhuhai Yinlong. This time the new financing, for the future development of the company will have what effect, as of last weekend there is no new confirmation news.
A number of agencies issued research reports urgently, expounding the long-term still insisting on the judgment of Gree Electric Appliance industry leader, but on the other hand, they adjusted Gree Electric's investment assessment to 'wait and see'.
According to Guolian Securities, Gree Electric Appliances Co., Ltd. is still in the leading position in the domestic air-conditioning market, but in 2018, the domestic air-conditioning market has already bid farewell to the abnormal growth trend in 2017, and has even more towards normal growth. Significant increase, diversification strategy advancement. Taking into account the market's over-reaction to the company's new industry development and the first time no dividends, the company's short-term investment rating adjusted to 'wait and see', but does not change its long-term value as the industry leader.
Shen Wanhongyuan believes that Gree Electric Appliances expects to pay dividends in the middle of 2018, and short-term disruption will not change the value of long-term investment. The company's terminal sales in the first quarter of this year are still in good condition. Meanwhile, the company’s advance receipts amounted to RMB 14.9 billion, an increase of 11.68% year-on-year, reflecting the enthusiasm of dealers Higher. Other current liabilities are basically the same as the same period of last year, which shows that the company did not bring high revenue growth through channel pressure, and it is expected that channel inventory will remain low, and it is expected to maintain high growth throughout the year.
Regarding the dividend policy, the company stated in its letter of response that it expects to pay dividends in mid-2018, and believes that the short-term dividend policy disturbance will not change the long-term investment value of the company.
Gree Electric Co., Ltd. stated that the global industrial group with diversified corporate transformation has increased its R&D investment. Gree Electric Appliances has changed from a single professional air-conditioning company to a diversified global industrial group. As stated in the announcement, smart equipment, smart appliances, integrated circuits, etc. The industry needs a large amount of R&D funds. At the same time, the retained funds will also be used for the production base and the smart factory will be upgraded.