APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mobvoi-information-technology-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36799:1" rel="noopener">Mobvoi (2185047D CH)</a> is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CICC and CMBI.</li>
<li>Mobvoi is an AI company with a focus on generative AI and voice interaction technologies.</li>
<li>As per CIC, the firm is the largest revenue-generating AI company focusing on AI-generated content (AIGC) technologies in terms of 2022 revenue from AIGC solutions.</li>
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Mobvoi (2185047D CH) is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CICC and CMBI.
Mobvoi is an AI company with a focus on generative AI and voice interaction technologies.
As per CIC, the firm is the largest revenue-generating AI company focusing on AI-generated content (AIGC) technologies in terms of 2022 revenue from AIGC solutions.


External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We took an Apollo field trip and hosted a group meeting with Baidu.</li><li>Our key takeaways are as follows: 1) recovery of ads business in 2Q23 is on track aided by the recovery of offline activities, and management remains upbeat on achieving better than GDP growth for ads business in 2023; 2) management believes Ernie Bot has achieved early-mover advantage and noted the Company is well prepared for monetization once received regulatory approval for large scale use; 3) regarding robotaxi, fully driverless ride hailing services are currently available in three cities, and management expects monetization to be more materialize with more license approvals and cost optimization in the coming years.</li><li>Reiterate BUY with SOTP-based target price of US$199.4. Key catalysts include: 1) better than expected recovery of advertising business; 2) kick in of monetization for Ernie Bot; and 3) sooner and greater than expected revenue contribution from Apollo Self Driving (ASD).</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We took an Apollo field trip and hosted a group meeting with Baidu.Our key takeaways are as follows: 1) recovery of ads business in 2Q23 is on track aided by the recovery of offline activities, and management remains upbeat on achieving better than GDP growth for ads business in 2023; 2) management believes Ernie Bot has achieved early-mover advantage and noted the Company is well prepared for monetization once received regulatory approval for large scale use; 3) regarding robotaxi, fully driverless ride hailing services are currently available in three cities, and management expects monetization to be more materialize with more license approvals and cost optimization in the coming years.Reiterate BUY with SOTP-based target price of US$199.4. Key catalysts include: 1) better than expected recovery of advertising business; 2) kick in of monetization for Ernie Bot; and 3) sooner and greater than expected revenue contribution from Apollo Self Driving (ASD).Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Baidu (BIDU US) – Takeaway from Field Trip

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-dmall-e-commerce-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36623:1" rel="noopener">Dmall Inc (1751691D CH)</a> is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Dmall provides cloud-based, end-to-end SaaS platform purpose-built for the Chinese retail industry.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Dmall Inc (1751691D CH) is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Dmall provides cloud-based, end-to-end SaaS platform purpose-built for the Chinese retail industry.
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Dmall Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Path to Profitability Remains Murky and Related Party Sales an Issue

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>Baidu delivered 1Q23 results with top line beat our estimate by 3.5%, and non-GAAP net income beat our estimate by 14.7%. </li>
<li>We expect both its ads and AI cloud revenues to recover with accelerated pace, which could offset the increase of R&amp;D spending in AIGC. </li>
<li>Reiterate BUY rating and slightly raise TP to US$ 178 to reflect the faster recovery. Our TP implies 17.9x PE in 2023.</li>
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Baidu delivered 1Q23 results with top line beat our estimate by 3.5%, and non-GAAP net income beat our estimate by 14.7%. 
We expect both its ads and AI cloud revenues to recover with accelerated pace, which could offset the increase of R&amp;D spending in AIGC. 
Reiterate BUY rating and slightly raise TP to US$ 178 to reflect the faster recovery. Our TP implies 17.9x PE in 2023.


[Baidu (BIDU US, BUY, TP US$178) Target Price Change]: Maintain BUY for Faster Recovery and AIGC

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-dmall-e-commerce-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36623:1" rel="noopener">Dmall Inc (1751691D CH)</a> is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Dmall provides cloud-based, end-to-end SaaS platform purpose-built for the Chinese retail industry.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Dmall Inc (1751691D CH) is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Dmall provides cloud-based, end-to-end SaaS platform purpose-built for the Chinese retail industry.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Dmall Pre-IPO - The Positives - Ambitions of Aiding the Retail Digitization Journey for Retailers

China

Baidu, Inc. operates an Internet search engine. The Company offers algorithmic search, enterprise search, news, MP3, and image searches, voice assistance, online storage, and navigation services. Baidu serves clients globally.

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Mobvoi Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Mobvoi (2185047D CH) is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CICC and CMBI.

Clarence Chu

Baidu (BIDU US) – Takeaway from Field Trip

Recovery of ads business in 2Q23 is on track aided by the recovery of offline activities, and management remains upbeat on achieving better than...

CMB International

[Baidu (BIDU US, BUY, TP US$178) Target Price Change]: Maintain BUY for Faster Recovery and AIGC

We expect both its ads and AI cloud revenues to recover with accelerated pace, which could offset the increase of R&D spending in AIGC.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Dmall Pre-IPO - The Positives - Ambitions of Aiding the Retail Digitization Journey for Retailers

Dmall Inc (1751691D CH) is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of...

Clarence Chu

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Mobvoi Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Mobvoi (2185047D CH) is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CICC and CMBI.

Clarence Chu

Baidu (BIDU US) – Takeaway from Field Trip

Recovery of ads business in 2Q23 is on track aided by the recovery of offline activities, and management remains upbeat on achieving better than...

CMB International

Dmall Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Path to Profitability Remains Murky and Related Party Sales an Issue

Dmall Inc (1751691D CH) is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the not so positive...

Clarence Chu

[Baidu (BIDU US, BUY, TP US$178) Target Price Change]: Maintain BUY for Faster Recovery and AIGC

We expect both its ads and AI cloud revenues to recover with accelerated pace, which could offset the increase of R&D spending in AIGC.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Dmall Pre-IPO - The Positives - Ambitions of Aiding the Retail Digitization Journey for Retailers

Dmall Inc (1751691D CH) is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of...

Clarence Chu