Lianhua Supermarket Holdings

DB:LSJ

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Excellent balance sheet and overvalued.

The Snowflake is generated from 30 checks in 5 different areas, read more below.

LSJ

HK$2B

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LSJ Share Price and Events

7 Day Returns

-3.1%

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-0.8%

Europe Consumer Retailing

0.8%

DE Market

1 Year Returns

-18.1%

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0.7%

Europe Consumer Retailing

-4.5%

DE Market

LSJ Shareholder Return

	7 Day	30 Day	90 Day	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings (LSJ)	-3.1%	24.4%	27.4%	-18.1%	-50.6%	-59.5%
Europe Consumer Retailing	-0.8%	-0.2%	0.1%	0.7%	-2.7%	-9.5%
DE Market	0.8%	6.9%	8.1%	-4.5%	10.4%	13.9%

1 Year Return vs Industry and Market

LSJ underperformed the Consumer Retailing industry which returned 0.7% over the past year.
LSJ underperformed the Market in Germany which returned -4.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

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Industry

5yr Volatility vs Market

Related Companies

Sorry, no analysis for Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's competitors could be found in our database.

Value

Is Lianhua Supermarket Holdings undervalued based on future cash flows and its price relative to the stock market?

Value is all about what a company is worth versus what price it is available for. If you went into a grocery store and all the bananas were on sale at half price, they could be considered undervalued.

INTRINSIC VALUE BASED ON FUTURE CASH FLOWS

It is not possible to calculate the future cash flow value for Lianhua Supermarket Holdings. This is due to cash flow or dividend data being unavailable. The share price is €0.158.

PRICE RELATIVE TO MARKET

We can also value a company based on what the stock market is willing to pay for it. This is similar to the price of fruit (e.g. Mangoes or Avocados) increasing when they are out of season, or how much your home is worth.

The amount the stock market is willing to pay for Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's earnings, growth and assets is considered below, and whether this is a fair price.

Price based on past earnings

Are Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's earnings available for a low price, and how does this compare to other companies in the same industry?

Raw Data

DB:LSJ PE (Price to Earnings) Ratio Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
Earnings Per Share *	Company Filings (2018-12-31) in CNY	CN¥-0.20
SEHK:980 Share Price **	SEHK (2019-04-25) in HKD	HK$1.51
SEHK:980 Share Price converted to CNY reporting currency	Exchange rate (HKD/ CNY) 0.86	CN¥1.3
Europe Consumer Retailing Industry PE Ratio	Median Figure of 32 Publicly-Listed Consumer Retailing Companies	19.44x
Germany Market PE Ratio	Median Figure of 424 Publicly-Listed Companies	20.1x

* Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual GAAP earnings per share excluding extraordinary items.

** Primary Listing of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings.

DB:LSJ PE (Price to Earnings) Ratio Calculation
	Calculation	Outcome
PE Ratio	= SEHK:980 Share Price ÷ EPS (both in CNY) = 1.3 ÷ -0.20	-6.65x

Learn more about our ratios and growth rates in Simply Wall St’s analysis model >

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings is loss making, we can't compare its value to the Europe Consumer Retailing industry average.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings is loss making, we can't compare the value of its earnings to the Germany market.

Price based on expected Growth

Does Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's expected growth come at a high price?

Raw Data

DB:LSJ PEG (Price to Earnings to Growth) Ratio Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
PE Ratio	See PE Ratio Section	-6.65x
Net Income Annual Growth Rate	See Future Growth Section. Line of Best Fit* through Consensus Estimate Earnings of 2 Analysts	28.2%per year
Europe Consumer Retailing Industry PEG Ratio	Median Figure of 24 Publicly-Listed Consumer Retailing Companies	1.52x
Germany Market PEG Ratio	Median Figure of 268 Publicly-Listed Companies	1.57x

*Line of best fit is calculated by linear regression .

Learn more about our ratios and growth rates in Simply Wall St’s analysis model >

Unable to calculate PEG ratio for Lianhua Supermarket Holdings, we can't assess if its growth is good value.

Price based on value of assets

What value do investors place on Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's assets?

Raw Data

DB:LSJ PB (Price to Book) Ratio Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
Book Value per Share	Company Filings (2018-12-31) in CNY	CN¥1.93
SEHK:980 Share Price *	SEHK (2019-04-25) in HKD	HK$1.51
SEHK:980 Share Price converted to CNY reporting currency	Exchange rate (HKD/ CNY) 0.86	CN¥1.3
Europe Consumer Retailing Industry PB Ratio	Median Figure of 41 Publicly-Listed Consumer Retailing Companies	1.55x
Germany Market PB Ratio	Median Figure of 574 Publicly-Listed Companies	1.87x

DB:LSJ PB (Price to Book) Ratio Calculation
	Calculation	Outcome
PB Ratio	= SEHK:980 Share Price ÷ Book Value per Share (both in CNY) = 1.3 ÷ 1.93	0.67x

* Primary Listing of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings.

Learn more about our ratios and growth rates in Simply Wall St’s analysis model >

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings is good value based on assets compared to the Europe Consumer Retailing industry average.

Value checks

We assess Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's value by looking at:

Is the discounted cash flow value less than 20%, or 40% of the share price? (2 checks) ( Click here or on bar chart for details of DCF calculation. )
Is the PE ratio less than the market average, and/ or less than the Consumer Retailing industry average (and greater than 0)? (2 checks)
Is the PEG ratio within a reasonable range (0 to 1)? (1 check)
Is the PB ratio less than the Consumer Retailing industry average (and greater than 0)? (1 check)

Full details on the Value part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

Future Performance

How is Lianhua Supermarket Holdings expected to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 2 analysts?

The future performance of a company is measured in the same way as past performance, by looking at estimated growth and how much profit it is expected to make.

Future estimates come from professional analysts. Just like forecasting the weather, they don’t always get it right!

28.2%

Expected annual growth in earnings.

Earnings growth vs Low Risk Savings

Is Lianhua Supermarket Holdings expected to grow at an attractive rate?

Unable to compare Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's earnings growth to the low risk savings rate as it is expected to be loss making during the next 1-3 years.

Growth vs Market Checks

Unable to compare Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's earnings growth to the Germany market average as it is expected to be loss making during the next 1-3 years.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's revenue growth is positive but not above the Germany market average.

Annual Growth Rates Comparison

Raw Data

DB:LSJ Future Growth Rates Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value (per year)
DB:LSJ Future Earnings Growth Rate	Line of Best Fit* through Consensus Estimate Earnings of 2 Analysts	28.2%
DB:LSJ Future Revenue Growth Rate	Line of Best Fit* through Consensus Estimate Revenue of 2 Analysts	1%
Europe Consumer Retailing Industry Earnings Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	12%
Europe Consumer Retailing Industry Revenue Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	3.8%
Germany Market Earnings Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	11.8%
Germany Market Revenue Growth Rate	Market Cap Weighted Average	4.8%

*Line of best fit is calculated by linear regression .

Industry and Market average data is calculated daily.

Learn more about our growth rate calculations in Simply Wall St’s analysis model.

Analysts growth expectations

Raw Data

DB:LSJ Analysts Growth Expectations Data Sources
Data Point	Source	Value
Past Financials	Company Filings (3 months ago)	See Below
Future Estimates	Average of up to 2 Analyst Estimates (S&P Global)	See Below

All numbers in CNY Millions and using Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.

DB:LSJ Future Estimates Data
Date (Data in CNY Millions)	Revenue	Cash Flow	Net Income *	Avg. No. Analysts
2020-12-31	25,913	531	-112	2
2019-12-31	25,805	284	-236	1

DB:LSJ Past Financials Data
Date (Data in CNY Millions)	Revenue	Cash Flow	Net Income *
2018-12-31	25,389		-219
2018-09-30	25,228		-229
2018-06-30	25,066	352	-239
2018-03-31	25,146	178	-261
2017-12-31	25,225	4	-283
2017-09-30	25,523	107	-370
2017-06-30	25,820	210	-458
2017-03-31	26,243	158	-454
2016-12-31	26,666	106	-450
2016-09-30	26,947	20	-483
2016-06-30	27,229	-65	-515
2016-03-31	27,226	-141	-506

*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.

High Growth Checks

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings is not considered high growth as it is expected to be loss making for the next 1-3 years.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's revenue is expected to grow by 1% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).

Past and Future Earnings per Share

The accuracy of the analysts who estimate the future performance data can be gauged below. We look back 3 years and see if they were any good at predicting what actually occurred. We also show the highest and lowest estimates looking forward to see if there is a wide range.

Raw Data

DB:LSJ Past and Future Earnings per Share
Data Point	Source	Value
Past Financials	Company Filings (3 months ago)	See Below
Future Estimates	Average of up to 2 Analyst Estimates (S&P Global)	See Below

All data from Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.

DB:LSJ Future Estimates Data
Date (Data in CNY Millions)	EPS *	EPS High Estimate	EPS Low Estimate	Avg. No. Analysts
2020-12-31	-0.10	-0.10	-0.10	1.00
2019-12-31	-0.21	-0.21	-0.21	1.00

DB:LSJ Past Financials Data
Date (Data in CNY Millions)	EPS *
2018-12-31	-0.20
2018-09-30	-0.20
2018-06-30	-0.21
2018-03-31	-0.23
2017-12-31	-0.25
2017-09-30	-0.33
2017-06-30	-0.41
2017-03-31	-0.41
2016-12-31	-0.40
2016-09-30	-0.43
2016-06-30	-0.46
2016-03-31	-0.45

*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.

Performance in 3 years

In the same way as past performance we look at the future estimated return (profit) compared to the available funds. We do this looking forward 3 years.

Unable to establish if Lianhua Supermarket Holdings will efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity greater than 20%) as it is not expected to be profitable.

Future performance checks

We assess Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's future performance by looking at:

Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to beat the low risk savings rate, plus a premium to keep pace with inflation?
Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to beat the average growth rate in earnings of the Europe market? (1 check)
Is the annual revenue growth rate expected to beat the average growth rate in revenue of the Europe market? (1 check)
Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to be above 20%? (1 check)
Is the annual revenue growth rate expected to be above 20%? (1 check)
Is the Return on Equity in 3 years expected to be over 20%? (1 check)

Some of the above checks will fail if the company is expected to be loss making in the relevant year.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has a total score of 0/6, see the detailed checks below.

Note 1: We use GAAP Net Income Excluding Exceptional Items for our Earnings in all our calculations.

Full details on the Future part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

Past Performance

How has Lianhua Supermarket Holdings performed over the past 5 years?

The past performance of a company can be measured by how much growth it has experienced and how much profit it makes relative to the funds and assets it has available.

Past earnings growth

Below we compare Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's growth in the last year to its industry (Consumer Retailing).

Past Earnings growth analysis

We also check if the company has grown in the past 5 years, and whether it has maintained that growth in the year.

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings does not make a profit and their year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years.
Unable to compare Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's 1-year earnings growth to the 5-year average as it is not currently profitable.
Unable to compare Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's 1-year growth to the Europe Consumer Retailing industry average as it is not currently profitable.

Earnings and Revenue History

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's revenue and profit over the past 5 years is shown below, any years where they have experienced a loss will show up in red.

Raw Data

All data from Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.

DB:LSJ Past Revenue, Cash Flow and Net Income Data
Date (Data in CNY Millions)	Revenue	Net Income *	G+A Expenses
2018-12-31	25,389.08	-218.72	6,190.91
2018-09-30	25,227.59	-228.65	6,219.32
2018-06-30	25,066.09	-238.57	6,247.72
2018-03-31	25,145.74	-260.67	6,306.02
2017-12-31	25,225.39	-282.76	6,364.31
2017-09-30	25,522.93	-370.24	6,464.18
2017-06-30	25,820.47	-457.72	6,564.04
2017-03-31	26,243.27	-453.84	6,617.19
2016-12-31	26,666.07	-449.96	6,670.34
2016-09-30	26,947.36	-482.50	6,695.15
2016-06-30	27,228.65	-515.05	6,719.97
2016-03-31	27,225.67	-506.02	6,752.10
2015-12-31	27,222.70	-496.99	6,784.23
2015-09-30	27,715.07	-271.30	6,770.08
2015-06-30	28,207.43	-45.61	6,755.93
2015-03-31	28,679.94	-7.29	6,809.09
2014-12-31	29,152.45	31.03	6,862.25
2014-09-30	29,476.67	-4.65	6,901.87
2014-06-30	29,800.88	-40.33	6,941.49
2014-03-31	30,092.15	6.31	6,928.35
2013-12-31	30,383.42	52.95	6,915.21
2013-09-30	30,197.98	126.07	6,866.48
2013-06-30	30,012.55	199.19	6,817.75
2013-03-31	29,500.05	269.57	6,710.10
2012-12-31	28,987.55	339.95	6,602.45
2012-09-30	28,528.03	453.24	6,490.31
2012-06-30	28,068.51	566.53	6,378.18

*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.

Performance last year

We want to ensure a company is making the most of what it has available. This is done by comparing the return (profit) to a company's available funds, assets and capital.

It is difficult to establish if Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%) as it is loss-making.
It is difficult to establish if Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the Europe Consumer Retailing industry average (Return on Assets) as it is loss-making.
It is difficult to establish if Lianhua Supermarket Holdings improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) as it is currently loss-making.

Past performance checks

We assess Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's performance over the past 5 years by checking for:

Has earnings increased in past 5 years? (1 check)
Has the earnings growth in the last year exceeded that of the Consumer Retailing industry? (1 check)
Is the recent earnings growth over the last year higher than the average annual growth over the past 5 years? (1 check)
Is the Return on Equity (ROE) higher than 20%? (1 check)
Is the Return on Assets (ROA) above industry average? (1 check)
Has the Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) increased from 3 years ago? (1 check)

The above checks will fail if the company has reported a loss in the most recent earnings report. Some checks require at least 3 or 5 years worth of data.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has a total score of 0/6, see the detailed checks below.

Note: We use GAAP Net Income excluding extraordinary items in all our calculations.

Full details on the Past part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

Health

How is Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's financial health and their level of debt?

A company's financial position is much like your own financial position, it includes everything you own (assets) and owe (liabilities).

The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's finances.

The net worth of a company is the difference between its assets and liabilities.

Net Worth

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's short term (1 year) commitments are greater than its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.

Balance sheet

This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's finances. If any of them are yellow this indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the checks below.

Assets

Liabilities and shares

The 'shares' portion represents any funds contributed by the owners (shareholders) and any profits.

High level of physical assets or inventory.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has no debt, it does not need to be covered by short term assets.

Historical Debt

Nearly all companies have debt. Debt in itself isn’t bad, however if the debt is too high, or the company can’t afford to pay the interest on its debts this may have impacts in the future.

The graphic below shows equity (available funds) and debt, we ideally want to see the red area (debt) decreasing.

If there is any debt we look at the companies capability to repay it, and whether the level has increased over the past 5 years.

Raw Data

All data from Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago.

DB:LSJ Past Debt and Equity Data
Date (Data in CNY Millions)	Total Equity	Total Debt	Cash & Short Term Investments
2018-12-31	2,459.93	0.00	8,640.60
2018-09-30	2,459.93	0.00	8,640.60
2018-06-30	2,771.78	0.00	8,951.22
2018-03-31	2,771.78	0.00	8,951.22
2017-12-31	2,488.83	2.00	6,946.83
2017-09-30	2,488.83	2.00	6,946.83
2017-06-30	2,731.73	2.00	7,389.07
2017-03-31	2,731.73	2.00	7,389.07
2016-12-31	2,753.88	2.00	7,442.62
2016-09-30	2,753.88	2.00	7,442.62
2016-06-30	3,166.53	2.00	6,488.50
2016-03-31	3,166.53	2.00	6,488.50
2015-12-31	3,199.09	2.00	5,775.12
2015-09-30	3,199.09	2.00	5,775.12
2015-06-30	3,676.90	2.00	6,515.14
2015-03-31	3,676.90	2.00	6,515.14
2014-12-31	3,674.39	2.00	6,376.42
2014-09-30	3,674.39	2.00	6,376.42
2014-06-30	3,724.28	2.00	6,752.07
2014-03-31	3,724.28	2.00	6,752.07
2013-12-31	3,648.62	2.00	6,563.32
2013-09-30	3,648.62	2.00	6,563.32
2013-06-30	3,912.04	2.00	7,490.81
2013-03-31	3,912.04	2.00	7,490.81
2012-12-31	3,768.68	2.00	3,756.32
2012-09-30	3,768.68	2.00	3,756.32
2012-06-30	3,823.96	2.00	4,166.17

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has no debt.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has no debt compared to 5 years ago when it was 0.1%.

CASH RUNWAY ANALYSIS

For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years based on current free cash flow.
Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of -45.6% each year.

Show me more healthy companies in the Consumer Retailing industry

Financial health checks

We assess Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's financial health by checking for:

Are short term assets greater than short term liabilities? (1 check)
Are short term assets greater than long term liabilities? (1 check)
Has the debt to equity ratio increased in the past 5 years? (1 check)
Is the debt to equity ratio over 40%? (1 check)
Is the debt covered by operating cash flow? (1 check)
Are earnings greater than 5x the interest on debt (if company pays interest at all)? (1 check)

For companies that are loss making and have been so on average in the past we replace the last 2 checks with:

Does cash and short term investments cover stable operating expenses (recurring G&A and R&D) for more than 3 years? (1 check)
Does cash and short term investments cover growing operating expenses (recurring G&A and R&D) for more than 3 years? (1 check)

Full details on the Health part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

Dividends

What is Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividends are regular cash payments to you from the company, similar to a bank paying you interest on a savings account.

Annual Dividend Income

Current annual income from Lianhua Supermarket Holdings dividends. Estimated to be 0% next year.

If you bought €2,000 of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings shares you are expected to receive €0 in your first year as a dividend.

Dividend Amount

Here we look how much dividend is being paid, if any. Is it above what you can get in a savings account? It is up there with the best dividend paying companies?

Unable to evaluate Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to evaluate Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.

Annualized Historical and Future Dividends

It is important to see if the dividend for a company is stable, and not wildly increasing/decreasing each year. This graph shows you the historical rate to count toward your assessment of the stock.

We also check to see if the dividend has increased in the past 10 years.

Raw Data

DB:LSJ Annualized Past and Future Dividends
Data Point	Source	Value
Past Annualized Dividend Yield	S&P Global Market Data	See Below
Past Dividends per Share	Company Filings/ Annualized Dividend Payments	See Below
Future Dividends per Share Estimates	Average of up to 2 Analyst Estimates (S&P Global)	See Below
Europe Consumer Retailing Industry Average Dividend Yield	Market Cap Weighted Average of 34 Stocks	3.7%
Germany Market Average Dividend Yield	Market Cap Weighted Average of 326 Stocks	3%
Germany Minimum Threshold Dividend Yield	10th Percentile	0.8%
Germany Bottom 25% Dividend Yield	25th Percentile	1.4%
Germany Top 25% Dividend Yield	75th Percentile	3.7%

Industry and Market average data is calculated daily.

Note all dividend per share amounts are annualized and not quarterly or other period.

DB:LSJ Future Dividends Estimate Data
Date (Data in CN¥)	Dividend per Share (annual)	Avg. No. Analysts
2020-12-31	0.00	1.00
2019-12-31	0.00	1.00

DB:LSJ Past Annualized Dividends Data
Date (Data in CN¥)	Dividend per share (annual)	Avg. Yield (%)
2014-09-16	0.000	0.000
2014-08-28	0.000	0.000
2014-04-22	0.000	0.000
2014-03-26	0.000	0.000
2013-09-05	0.000	0.000
2013-08-21	0.000	0.000
2013-06-18	0.150	4.657
2012-08-28	0.160	3.264
2012-03-23	0.200	3.089
2011-06-28	0.330	3.474
2011-03-28	0.183	1.215
2011-03-09	0.183	1.229
2010-08-31	0.172	1.058
2010-05-06	0.156	1.093
2009-08-26	0.150	1.483

Learn more about our ratios and growth rates in Simply Wall St’s analysis model >

Unable to perform a dividend volatility check as Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has not reported any payouts.
Unable to verify if Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's dividend has been increasing as the company has not reported any payouts.

Current Payout to shareholders

What portion of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's earnings are paid to the shareholders as a dividend.

Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has not reported any payouts.

Future Payout to shareholders

No need to calculate the sustainability of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's dividends in 3 years as they are not expected to pay a notable one for Germany.

Income/ dividend checks

We assess Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's dividend by checking for:

Firstly is the company paying a notable dividend (greater than 0.8%) - if not then the rest of the checks are ignored.
Is current dividend yield above the bottom 25% of dividend payers? (1 check)
Is current dividend yield above the top 25% of dividend payers? (1 check)
Have they paid a dividend for 10 years, and during this period has the dividend been volatile (drop of more than 25%)? (1 check)
If they have paid a dividend for 10 years has it increased in this time? (1 check)
How sustainable is the dividend, can Lianhua Supermarket Holdings afford to pay it from its earnings today and in 3 years (Payout ratio less than 90%)? (2 checks)

Full details on the Dividends part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

Management

What is the CEO of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?

Management is one of the most important areas of a company. We look at unreasonable CEO compensation, how long the team and board of directors have been around for and insider trading.

CEO

Tao Xu

COMPENSATION	CN¥1,675,730
AGE	44
TENURE AS CEO	1.6 years

CEO Bio

Mr. Tao Xu has been General Manager and Executive Director of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd. since September 27, 2017. Mr. Xu has extensive experience in corporate management and operations and finance of retail sector. From 1998 to 2010, Mr. Xu worked at Unilever Company, successively served as financial management, sales operations manager, senior finance manager of food business solutions unit, Head of internal control in Greater China and finance director of food business. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Xu worked at Rentokil Initial, where he served as Asia finance excellence director and general manager of Greater China. From 2014 to September 2017, Mr. Xu worked at Mannings China, where he has served as Executive director of China and chief executive officer of China. He graduated from Beijing Jiaotong University with a bachelor's degree in information management system in 1997.

CEO Compensation

Insufficient data for Tao to compare compensation growth.
Tao's remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in Germany.

Management Team Tenure

Average tenure and age of the Lianhua Supermarket Holdings management team in years:

2.6

Average Tenure

Average Age

The tenure for the Lianhua Supermarket Holdings management team is about average.

TITLE

Deputy Secretary of Party Committee

COMPENSATION

CN¥210K

AGE

47

Board of Directors Tenure

Average tenure and age of the Lianhua Supermarket Holdings board of directors in years:

2.8

Average Tenure

Average Age

The average tenure for the Lianhua Supermarket Holdings board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.

Board of Directors

Yong-Ming Ye

TITLE

Chairman of the Board

AGE

54

TENURE

3.4 yrs

Tao Xu

65

TENURE

13.8 yrs

A-Guo Yang

56

TENURE

3.4 yrs

Xiao-Yun Zheng

TITLE

Non-Executive Director

AGE

56

TENURE

3.4 yrs

Jun Zhang

TITLE

Independent Non-Executive Director

COMPENSATION

CN¥106K

AGE

42

TENURE

2.1 yrs

Who owns this company?

Recent Insider Trading

No 3 month insider trading information.

Recent Insider Transactions

Announced	Type	Name	Entity	Start	End	Shares	Max Price (€)	Value (€)
11. Feb 19	Sell	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Asset Management Arm	Company	11. Feb 19	11. Feb 19	-104,000	€0.14	€-14,271
14. Jan 19	Sell	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Asset Management Arm	Company	14. Jan 19	14. Jan 19	-610,000	€0.13	€-80,684
27. Dec 18	Sell	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Asset Management Arm	Company	27. Dec 18	27. Dec 18	-600,000	€0.14	€-84,254
04. Dec 18	Sell	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Asset Management Arm	Company	04. Dec 18	04. Dec 18	-580,000	€0.19	€-108,182
01. Nov 18	Sell	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Asset Management Arm	Company	01. Nov 18	01. Nov 18	-142,000	€0.20	€-27,948

Management checks

We assess Lianhua Supermarket Holdings's management by checking for:

Is the CEO's compensation unreasonable compared to market cap? (1 check)
Has the CEO's compensation increased more than 20% whilst the EPS is down more then 20%? (1 check)
Is the average tenure of the management team less than 2 years? (1 check)
Is the average tenure of the board of directors team less than 3 years? (1 check)

Note: We use the top 6 management executives and board members in our calculations.

Note 2: Insider trading include any internal stakeholders and these transactions .

Full details on the Management part of the Simply Wall St company analysis model.

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Company Info

Description

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates supermarkets, hypermarkets, and convenience stores primarily in the eastern region of the People's Republic of China. The company operates its stores under the Century Mart, Lianhua Supermarket, Hualian Supermarket, and Lianhua Quik brands. It is also involved in the sale of merchandise to wholesalers; and provides logistic services for wholesale business, as well as franchises its stores. In addition, the company sells its products through Internet. As of December 31, 2016, it operated a total of 3,421 outlets spanning 17 provinces and municipalities. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China. Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Shanghai Bailian Group Co., Ltd.

Details

Name:	Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd.
Ticker:	LSJ
Exchange:	DB
Founded:	1991
Market Cap:	HK$193,506,068
Shares outstanding:	1,119,600,000
Website:	http://lianhua.todayir.com
Address:	Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd. No. 1258 Zhen Guang Road, 5th to 14th Floors, Shanghai, China

Listings

Exchange Symbol	Ticker Symbol	Security	Exchange	Country	Currency	Listed on
SEHK	980	Foreign Shares-Foreign Listed	The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd.	HK	HKD	27. Jun 2003
OTCPK	LHUA.F	Foreign Shares-Foreign Listed	Pink Sheets LLC	US	USD	27. Jun 2003
DB	LSJ	Foreign Shares-Foreign Listed	Deutsche Boerse AG	DE	EUR	27. Jun 2003

Number of employees

Current staff

37,579

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings employees.

Industry

Industry:	Hypermarkets and Super Centers
Sector:	Consumer Retailing

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Area	Date (UTC time)
Company Analysis updated:	2019/04/25 21:12
End of day share price update:	2019/04/25 00:00
Last estimates confirmation:	2019/04/01
Last earnings filing:	2019/03/29
Last earnings reported:	2018/12/31
Last annual earnings reported:	2018/12/31

All dates and times in UTC. All financial data provided by Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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