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City Developments LimitedC09.SICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Singapore · SGD·Real Estate›Real Estate Development

Singapore-based real estate developer and hotel owner (via Millennium & Copthorne), with residential, commercial and hospitality assets.

≈ A Singaporean hybrid of a homebuilder and hotel ownerMomentum strong 62
Mkt cap
$5.13B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
49%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$8.77M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
111 days
25 Feb 2027
Close · SGDS$7.22
1D-3.2%
1W-1.6%
1M+1.7%
3M-7.7%
6M-11.0%
YTD-9.8%
1Y+1.7%
ATR %2.2%
52w lowhigh28.4% off high

What City Developments does

Singapore-based real estate developer and hotel owner (via Millennium & Copthorne), with residential, commercial and hospitality assets.

Earns from selling homes, with profit recognised as projects are built and sold, plus rent from offices and malls and room income from hotels, which cushions the swings in home sales. Singapore residential carries most earnings, with overseas projects in markets such as the UK. The Kwek family's Hong Leong Group is the controlling shareholder.

In one line: A Singaporean hybrid of a homebuilder and hotel owner.

Products and services

  • Residential property development
  • Commercial/office property
  • Hotels (Millennium & Copthorne)

Customers

  • Homebuyers (Singapore/overseas)
  • Corporate office tenants
  • Hotel guests

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Real estate development
  • Residential development, commercial…

What could go right

  • Singapore residential launch pipeline
  • Hotel portfolio recovery (travel demand)

What could go wrong

  • Singapore property cooling measures
  • Global hotel demand cyclicality

Moat: narrow (scale, brand, installed base). Long-standing Singapore developer brand and a global hotel portfolio, in a cyclical property market.

Headquarters: Singapore · Founded: 1963 · Employees: 9,546

Named competitors

City Developments at a glance

Size City Developments (C09.SI) is a Singapore Real Estate company (Real Estate Development) with a market value of $5.13B, the 22nd largest of 186 Singapore companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at S$7.22 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.0%, against -8.2% for the median peer and -1.2% for the Singapore market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 36.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 13.9% (peer median 21.0%).

Valuation It trades at 14.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.8× (7th most expensive of 18).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 92C09.SI 89
Six months, rebased to 100: City Developments against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

City Developments financials

Reported figures in SGD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueS$4.64BS$3.61BS$3.30BS$4.95BS$3.31B
Revenue growth—+9%-33%+49%—
Gross profitS$1.63BS$1.48BS$1.49BS$1.66BS$1.26B
EBITDAS$940MS$675MS$684MS$918MS$433M
Net incomeS$840MS$630MS$201MS$317MS$1.29B
Free cash flow-S$1.70B-S$2.39BS$333MS$360M-S$375M
Capital expenditureS$239MS$508MS$185MS$280MS$116M
Total debtn/aS$14.1BS$14.0BS$12.4BS$10.5B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

City Developments competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%-20%0%3231U1402472202600663HHH3289600895GODREJPROPCAST0101LEGMTH8804002244601155600641NRP1908BALD-BC09.SI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. City Developments is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%10×20×30×3231U14600663HHH3289600895GODREJPROPCAST0101LEG88040022446011551908C09.SIRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. City Developments is the large dot.

City Developments competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (C09.SI vs U14.SI vs TQ5.SI vs F17.SI)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
City Developments C09.SI$5.13B-11%+36%14%14.1×n/a
UOL U14.SI$5.23B-23%+2%25%13.8×n/a
Frasers Property TQ5.SI$2.80B-20%-21%29%26.8×n/a
GuocoLand F17.SI$1.75B-16%-24%7%11.5×n/a
CapitaLand Investment 9CI.SI$9.22B-11%-15%29%19.3×n/a
Keppel BN4.SI$13.0B-13%+11%11%18.9×14.8%
Wing Tai W05.SI$846M-10%+168%6%n/an/a
Hongkong Land H78.SI$17.7B-1%-25%23%20.9×n/a

How City Developments compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

City Developments against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureC09.SIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.7%+4.2%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-11.0%-8.2%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-28.4%-25.4%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+36.2%+5.0%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin13.9%21.0%9th lowest of 21
Forward P/E14.1×12.8×7th most expensive of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
City Developments C09.SISingapore$5.13B-11%+36%14%14.1×n/an/a
Nomura Real Estate 3231.TJapan$5.17B-12%+19%14%8.8×n/an/a
UOL U14.SISingapore$5.23B-23%+2%25%13.8×n/an/a
Tsim Sha Tsui Properties 0247.HKHong Kong$5.24B-20%+15%34%n/an/an/a
China Vanke 2202.HKHong Kong$5.28B-30%-35%-27%n/an/an/a
Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development 600663.SSChina$4.81B-10%-21%21%14.0×n/an/a
Howard Hughes HHHUnited States$4.64B+18%+32%15%29.6×n/an/a
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporat 3289.TJapan$5.69B-7%+6%14%8.6×n/an/a
Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development 600895.SSChina$5.71B-33%+89%26%36.4×n/an/a
Godrej Properties GODREJPROP.NSIndia$5.77B-4%+17%21%24.5×n/an/a
Castellum CAST.STSweden$5.94B+10%-3%67%16.1×n/an/a
Hang Lung Ppt 0101.HKHong Kong$4.40B-29%+10%53%11.8×n/an/a
LEG Immobilien LEG.DEGermany$4.39B-11%+1%34%8.1×n/an/a
Meritage Homes MTHUnited States$4.38B+4%-15%7%16.2×n/an/a
Tokyo Tatemono 8804.TJapan$4.37B-6%+17%22%10.3×n/an/a
Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate 002244.SZChina$4.27B-2%-35%6%12.8×n/an/a
Seazen 601155.SSChina$4.23B-15%-39%14%31.9×n/an/a
Shanghai Vital Deeptech 600641.SSChina$4.20B+14%+94%-27%n/an/an/a
NEPI Rockcastle NRP.ASNetherlands$6.34B+9%+20%62%12.1×n/an/a
C&D International Investment 1908.HKHong Kong$4.11B-15%-15%7%8.2×n/an/a
Fastighets AB Balder BALD-B.STSweden$6.43B-2%+4%66%12.2×n/an/a

Questions

Who are City Developments's main competitors?
Named competitors: UOL Group (U14.SI), Frasers Property (TQ5.SI), GuocoLand (F17.SI), CapitaLand Investment (9CI.SI), Keppel (BN4.SI), Wing Tai Holdings (W05.SI). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Nomura Real Estate (3231.T), UOL (U14.SI), Tsim Sha Tsui Properties (0247.HK), China Vanke (2202.HK), Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development (600663.SS), Howard Hughes (HHH).
Is City Developments expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.1× against a peer median of 12.8×, 7th most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has City Developments stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -11.0% against -8.2% for the median peer; over one year +1.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.