Longfor Properties (0960) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 0960 does

Longfor Properties (0960) is a Hong Kong Stock Exchange stocks listing in the Real Estate – Development sector. The company, formerly known as Longfor Properties Co. Ltd., operates through three segments: Property Development (developing and selling office, commercial, and residential properties), Investment Property Operation (leasing shopping malls and rental housing), and Property Service (property management and related services). It also owns hotel properties. The holding company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, China, with 29,801 employees.

Key numbers explained

• 5.33 HKD is the current share price, which sits near the 5.15 low of the last 52 weeks and well below the 12.03 high, reflecting a -54.1% price change over the year.
• The forward P/E ratio of 9 compares the price to expected future earnings, a common way to gauge how the market values growth relative to today’s price.
• A dividend yield of 3.54% means the annual dividend represents roughly 3.54% of the current price; the ex-dividend date is 16 mar. 2026.
• The payout ratio of 216% shows that dividends exceed trailing earnings, which can signal that the company is returning capital even when earnings are weak or negative.
• Beta of 2.04 indicates the stock tends to move about twice as much as the broader market in either direction, a measure of volatility.
• Price-to-book of 0.2 means the market price is a fraction of the company’s book value per share, a metric often used to assess whether a stock trades at a discount to its net assets.
• Debt-to-equity of 67.8% expresses leverage as debt relative to shareholders’ equity, a standard measure of financial risk in capital-intensive sectors.

What to watch

As a large-cap Real Estate – Development stock, Longfor Properties (0960) is sensitive to interest-rate cycles, property-market sentiment, and regulatory changes in China. Investors often compare it with peers such as Link REIT (0823), Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited (1997), China Resources Mixc Lifestyle (1209), China Resources Land Limited (1109), Henderson Land Development Company Limited (0012), Hang Lung Properties Limited (0101), and Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (0016) to contextualise valuation and dividend trends. The next earnings release is scheduled for 28 aug. 2026, a date worth noting for updates on revenue, margins, and leverage.