Chinese stocks ‘not particularly cheap’ with weak earnings power, JPMorgan says

Chinese equities are not as cheap as they seem because the nation’s economic slowdown has weakened corporate earnings, making it imperative for investors to screen stocks and sectors carefully to pick winners, according to JPMorgan Asset Management.
While they traded at 14 times historic earnings in line with the average valuation over the past decade, investors were getting less oomph from the current scenario because the return on equity was faltering due to weaker profitability trend, said…