Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Emerging Market Equities

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Chinese digital advertising revenue growth has slowed down considerably over the past 4 quarters and Baidu has continued to consistently lose market share to the broader industry.</li>
<li>Non-Marketing revenue has led the growth for Baidu over the past 2 years and now contributes roughly 26% to Baidu Core (excludes iQiyi) revenue.</li>
<li>On a PE basis, Baidu is trading at only a slight discount to global giant, Alphabet, which testifies to the negative impact on earnings expectations from Baidu’s growth engines.</li>
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Chinese digital advertising revenue growth has slowed down considerably over the past 4 quarters and Baidu has continued to consistently lose market share to the broader industry.
Non-Marketing revenue has led the growth for Baidu over the past 2 years and now contributes roughly 26% to Baidu Core (excludes iQiyi) revenue.
On a PE basis, Baidu is trading at only a slight discount to global giant, Alphabet, which testifies to the negative impact on earnings expectations from Baidu’s growth engines.


Baidu: Can AI Cloud, Intelligent Driving Save the Day as Marketing Continues to Lose Market Share?

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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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<li>CALB aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>CALB undertakes design, R&amp;D, production and sales of EV batteries and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) products. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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CALB aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its Hong Kong IPO.
CALB undertakes design, R&amp;D, production and sales of EV batteries and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) products. 
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


CALB Pre-IPO - The Positives - Has Been Growing Fast

Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd H / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Fosun aims to raise around US$527m via selling a 3.5% stake in Tsingtao.</li>
<li>This is not the first selldown by Fosun, we have covered three prior deals in Dec 2020, Apr 2021 and Dec 2021.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Fosun aims to raise around US$527m via selling a 3.5% stake in Tsingtao.
This is not the first selldown by Fosun, we have covered three prior deals in Dec 2020, Apr 2021 and Dec 2021.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Tsingtao Placement - Ending the Selldowns with the Biggest One so Far

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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<li>PDD achieved high growth rates in main businesses and a higher operating margin in 1Q22.</li>
<li>However, we believe third-party retailers are scared about the logistics problem caused by the lockdown.</li>
<li>We set a downside of 17% and a price target of US$40.</li>
</ul>


PDD achieved high growth rates in main businesses and a higher operating margin in 1Q22.
However, we believe third-party retailers are scared about the logistics problem caused by the lockdown.
We set a downside of 17% and a price target of US$40.


Pinduoduo (PDD): 1Q22, Good Quarter, But Lockdown Scares Third-Party Retailers

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<li>Delhivery raised around US$680m in its India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank.</li>
<li>Delhivery is an online logistics service provider which covers express parcel delivery, heavy goods delivery, part truckload (PTL) freight, truckload (TL) freight, supply chain solutions, cross border solutions etc.</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics. </li>
</ul>


Delhivery raised around US$680m in its India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank.
Delhivery is an online logistics service provider which covers express parcel delivery, heavy goods delivery, part truckload (PTL) freight, truckload (TL) freight, supply chain solutions, cross border solutions etc.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics. 


Delhivery IPO Trading - Anchor Book Was Good but Overall Demand Was Still Tepid

China

PDD Holdings Inc. is a multinational commerce group that owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. The Company focuses on digital economy so that local communities and small businesses can benefit from the increased productivity and new opportunities. PDD Holdings has built a network of sourcing, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities for its underlying businesses.

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CALB Pre-IPO - The Positives - Has Been Growing Fast

CALB aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its Hong Kong IPO to ramp-up its battery production. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the...

Sumeet Singh

Tsingtao Placement - Ending the Selldowns with the Biggest One so Far

Fosun aims to raise around US$527m via selling a 3.5% stake in Tsingtao. We have covered three other selldowns by Fosun before.

Sumeet Singh

Pinduoduo (PDD): 1Q22, Good Quarter, But Lockdown Scares Third-Party Retailers

PDD achieved high growth rates in main businesses and a higher operating margin in 1Q22. However, we believe third-party retailers are scared about...

Ming Lu

Delhivery IPO Trading - Anchor Book Was Good but Overall Demand Was Still Tepid

Delhivery raised around US$680m in its India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh

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Baidu: Can AI Cloud, Intelligent Driving Save the Day as Marketing Continues to Lose Market Share?

In this insight, we look at the Chinese digital ad market, Baidu’s market share loss, and analyse whether AI Cloud and Intelligent Driving could...

Wium Malan, CFA

CALB Pre-IPO - The Positives - Has Been Growing Fast

CALB aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its Hong Kong IPO to ramp-up its battery production. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the...

Sumeet Singh

Tsingtao Placement - Ending the Selldowns with the Biggest One so Far

Fosun aims to raise around US$527m via selling a 3.5% stake in Tsingtao. We have covered three other selldowns by Fosun before.

Sumeet Singh

Pinduoduo (PDD): 1Q22, Good Quarter, But Lockdown Scares Third-Party Retailers

PDD achieved high growth rates in main businesses and a higher operating margin in 1Q22. However, we believe third-party retailers are scared about...

Ming Lu

Delhivery IPO Trading - Anchor Book Was Good but Overall Demand Was Still Tepid

Delhivery raised around US$680m in its India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh