A Study on the Financial Situation Changes of Major A-share Real Estate Companies Since the Adjustment of Purchase Restriction Policies

Abstract

To prevent over expansion of property bubbles in China, housing purchase restriction policies were put into effect in 2010. Nevertheless, to be adaptable to economic conditions at that time, there was firstly a relaxation of housing purchase restriction policies in 2014 and after that, several more adjustments were made. By analyzing the financial indicators of the main real estate enterprises in A-share market, this paper wants to find the general trends and common features of those corporations under policy adjustments and changeable market environment. The analysis results show that the majority of firms kept high levels of debt and inventory all the time and from 2014 to 2019, most companies net income margins, net income and operation revenue generally kept increasing. However, as the Coronavirus pandemic broke out at the end of 2019, those profitability measures started to decrease widely and sequentially, even with a new round of policy easing. Facing with this situation, it is suggested that to prevent debt risks, property enterprises could take deleveraging and destocking into consideration and to achieve a soft landing of the housing market, new ways of policy adjustment could be implemented by the government.