SEHK:9639Construction
Wing Lee Development Construction Holdings (SEHK:9639) Stock Faces Margin Squeeze And Rich P/E
Wing Lee Development Construction Holdings came into today with its stock at HK$0.89 and a three month share price decline of about 21%. Yet the latest full year earnings tell a different story about where the real pressure sits. The headline is margin strain. Net profit margin over the last 12 months sits at 3% compared with 7.7% a year earlier, while the stock still trades on a trailing P/E of 48.3x against an industry average of 12.2x. The market is already uneasy and this earnings mix...