Survivors: A Comparison of Seazen, Longfor & Vanke

Pius Xue, CFA - Senior Analyst, CreditSights

28 October 2025

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Insights into Survivors: A Comparison of Seazen, Longfor & Vanke including:

Recurring income provides stability: Investment property rental revenue and property management fees offer coverage over interest expense with operational certainty supporting refinancing capabilities through asset-backed lending arrangements.

Deleveraging progress amid fundamentals variation: One developer demonstrates strongest position through positive free cash flow generation across segments while maintaining disciplined capital structure optimization with long debt tenor.

Shareholder support critical for distressed names: SOE backing proves essential for managing heavy near-term maturities despite weak operating performance with continued liquidity provision addressing public debt obligations following management changes.

Valuation approach shifts from price to yield: Market participants transition away from dollar price frameworks toward yield-to-maturity assessment as traditional asset-based valuation models lose relevance amid sector asset impairments.

Policy backdrop underpins investment premise: Sector stabilization and supportive government measures represent fundamental requirement for private developer investability with highly idiosyncratic risk profiles limiting cross-issuer comparability.

Executive Summary

We wrote this informational note on three topical performing private sector Chinese property developers. The analysis responds to rising investor interests in Seazen, Longfor and Vanke.

Their $ bonds currently screen with optically high yields against tight spreads elsewhere in Asian credits. This comes amid a stabilizing macro and supportive policy backdrop.

We are not officially covering these names. Therefore we did not attempt to be exhaustive in our analysis.

The note provides a side-by-side comparison of key financial and operating metrics. It summarizes key credit positives and negatives, 1H25 results, FY25 outlook, and liquidity considerations.

From a fundamental perspective, we assign high value to stability in recurring income and certainty in refinancing short term maturities. We also prioritize sustainability of capital structure and strength in shareholder support while being mindful of headline risks.

After weighing these considerations against current $ bond yields, we prefer Seazen among the three. We consider Longfor and Vanke as offering fair and similar risk-reward.

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