Longfor Shares In Focus After Nine Month Operating Results

• Longfor Group Holdings released nine month 2026 operating data, reporting aggregated contracted sales of RMB23.14b and revenue excluding tax from property operation and property service of RMB20.44b across 2,506,000 sqm of gross floor area.
• Property operation and property service contributed a relatively balanced split to Longfor Group Holdings revenue, with RMB10.93b from property operation and RMB9.51b from property service. This highlights how service income now sits alongside development activity as a core pillar of the business model.
• Attention now turns to how Longfor Group Holdings investment narrative absorbs this nine month revenue mix between property operation and property service.

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What Is Longfor Group Holdings' Investment Narrative?

To back Longfor Group Holdings, you need to believe this mix of contracted sales and recurring service income can support a capital intensive model that is still working through losses. The latest nine month update shows property operation and property service revenue close in size, which points to a business that is not relying solely on selling new projects. For a Chinese developer with a share price that has fallen sharply over 1 and 5 years, that balance matters more than any single monthly sales print.

In the short term, the key swing factors are execution on existing developments, pricing power in contracted sales, and the company’s ability to handle interest costs, given earnings currently do not cover those payments well. The fresh RMB23.14b contracted sales and RMB20.44b of operating and service income do not resolve that funding pressure, although they do show ongoing customer demand. With the stock trading on a low P/S multiple, the question is whether this revenue mix can translate into the profitability that forecasts are pointing to.

Yet the picture looks less straightforward once you factor in ...

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