$1.72

-0.24 (-12.30%)

10/15/2008 3:32 PM

China Housing & Land Development, Inc. (CHLN)

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The Company, through its subsidiary Xian Tsining Housing Development Company Inc., is engaged in acquisition, development, management, and sale of commercial and residential real estate properties.

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China Housing & Land Development, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$1.72
Last Trade Time:	10/15/2008 3:32 PM
Open:	$1.85
Previous Close:	$1.96
Daily Range:	$1.65 - $1.85
52-Week Range:	$1.10 - $5.35
Volume:	6,102
Market Cap:	$59.08M
P/E Ratio:	3.56
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5 China Housing & Land Development, Inc. (CHLN)

Avatar trumanburbank (< 20) Submitted: 8/13/08 5:58 PM

One of many reasons to love CHLN: they own a 487 acre development site (Baqiao) that is 6km from central Xi'an, China (home of the teracotta army) that is valued, very conservatively, at $1 mil per acre or over $14 per share (based on a recent sale of 25 acres). The Xi'an government approved a plan...More

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3 China Housing & Land Development, Inc. (CHLN)

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Recs 5 (CHLN) trumanburbank (< 20) Submitted: 8/13/08 5:58 PM : Start Price: $3.83 CHLN Score: -25.51 One of many reasons to love CHLN: they own a 487 acre development site (Baqiao) that is 6km from central Xi'an, China (home of the teracotta army) that is valued, very conservatively, at $1 mil per acre or over $14 per share (based on a recent sale of 25 acres). The Xi'an government approved a plan for the area in May 2008 that calls for expenditure of $7 billion in infrastructure development including a new subway line linking the site to downtown and the international airport. The Xi'an plan calls for acommodation of 900,000 new residents in middle- and upper-income housing in this area over the next few years. CHLN is the largest residential developer in Xi'an and has a 1 billion RMB line of credit from the China Construction Bank. More reasons: the company was listed on NASDAQ in July 2008 (the only Chinese real estate developer listed there), and has an excellent track record of profitable large-scale development. Finally, management must hit a make-good after-tax profit target in order to receive stock-based bonuses for 2008. If they hit the make-good target for 2008 it will be over $1 per share earnings, making the 2008 P/E about 3.5, with a full pipeline of lucrative development deals stretching to the horizon for the next several years as they build out the Baqiao site. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 2 (CHLN) terminusaquo (< 20) Submitted: 8/13/08 3:25 PM : Start Price: $3.74 CHLN Score: -23.90 Nostalgia junkies beware, we are not talking about Billy the Kid, the Oregon Trail, or thousands of miles of white hot railroad, but China’s “Go West” initiative is, nonetheless, the real deal. And small-cap company China Housing & Land has adroitly positioned itself to reap maximum benefit. While our Olympic host country’s eastern cities (Beijing et al.) are experiencing a well-earned residential real estate correction, western cities such as CHLN-served Xi’an are chugging along nicely thanks to a growing middle class and government sponsored economic initiatives. Of course, there are downsides to this little stock. CHLN reports earnings as a percentage of projects completed, which makes for lumpy and downright ugly quarters, as well as offends the delicate, jittery sensibilities of many Western investors. In addition, there is the case of heavy borrowing by Chinese municipalities in order to fund expansion, which, if such a pattern were to suddenly alter course, would largely yank the concrete and reebar out from under CHLN’s operations. Risks acknowledged, we are living in a market that aims to eliminate all risk and/or excise the guilt of greed by applying equal measures of paranoia across the ticker, and such a situation has mired CHLN’s stock price in a drainage ditch. I’m the first to admit that I come up with nada when trying to identify a near-term catalyst for the stock, but I’m an optimistic guy, and sooner or later, John Wayne always rides into town. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CHLN) egerearl (23.80) Submitted: 8/01/08 2:31 PM : Start Price: $4.14 CHLN Score: -29.93 China Housing and Land has good management, an important credit line and is in a rapidly expanding market. It also has a low P/E and other good financial numbers. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CHLN) bean1999 (87.47) Submitted: 7/09/08 5:39 PM : Start Price: $4.07 CHLN Score: -30.11 Xian is a Tier 2 city that is booming. Cina is investing in its infrastructure and CHLN is poised to reap real estate rewards for developing land. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 1 (CHLN) SmallCapper (< 20) Submitted: 7/06/08 8:44 PM : Start Price: $4.24 CHLN Score: -30.44 CHLN is a company in china that is in the business of developing and selling realestate. CHLN's largest amount of property is currently in Xian. They received the land from the government for a cheap price and now have to develop the land (install sewer systems, streets and sidewalks, electric, etc...) They are going to sell a portion in the beginning to build more capital. (it is much harder to borrow money in China) CHLN wil then develop the remaining land building its own buildings. CHLN has free reign to build any type of structure along with a few other companies in the area. The barriers to entry in the industry are large, there is a minimal five year process for a new company to legally develop all types of structures in the areas CHLN is working in. The population of XIan is supposed to increase by 8 million over the next decade and the govenment will help to fund the process. Although chinese stocks have been getting hit hard I like the niche CHLN is in. Good Long-Term investment. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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