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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Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>BABA reported CY2Q23 top-line and non-GAAP net profit 10% and in-line vs. our estimate, and 12% and 20% vs. consensus, respectively. Taobao/T-mall 3P, international retail, and DME beat our estimate.</li>
<li>We suspect WeChat cooperation has been a main driver for increasing DAU of a cohort of previously untapped users. This also drove merchants to return to the platform.</li>
<li>We maintain BUY and raise TP to US$ 120 to reflect (1) higher growth of Taobao/Tmall, and (2) improved profitability of most business groups.</li>
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BABA reported CY2Q23 top-line and non-GAAP net profit 10% and in-line vs. our estimate, and 12% and 20% vs. consensus, respectively. Taobao/T-mall 3P, international retail, and DME beat our estimate.
We suspect WeChat cooperation has been a main driver for increasing DAU of a cohort of previously untapped users. This also drove merchants to return to the platform.
We maintain BUY and raise TP to US$ 120 to reflect (1) higher growth of Taobao/Tmall, and (2) improved profitability of most business groups.


[Alibaba (BABA US, BUY, TP US$120) Target Price Change]: Return of Users and Merchants Will Continue

Greater China Equity Long/Short Analyst

Eric Chen

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<li>Alibaba delivered a strong June quarter that beat consensus by a wide margin and across the board, showcasing an acceleration of recovery.</li>
<li>The strong results were however clouded by China’s weak macro signals and investors’ lingering concern about China consumption of which Alibaba is commonly seen as a proxy.</li>
<li>Alibaba trades at 9x our revised-up FY24 earnings. The most certain thing about Alibaba amidst all the uncertainties is it is getting cheaper and it is not a value trap.</li>
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Alibaba delivered a strong June quarter that beat consensus by a wide margin and across the board, showcasing an acceleration of recovery.
The strong results were however clouded by China’s weak macro signals and investors’ lingering concern about China consumption of which Alibaba is commonly seen as a proxy.
Alibaba trades at 9x our revised-up FY24 earnings. The most certain thing about Alibaba amidst all the uncertainties is it is getting cheaper and it is not a value trap.


Alibaba (BABA US): Stronger Results, Higher Conviction and Cheaper Valuation

Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Emerging Market Equities

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

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<li>The Global Emerging Markets Weekly provides a summary of the key news and related developments impacting the largest countries and constituents of the Global Emerging Markets equity indices.</li>
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 Macro data points: Indonesia and Philippines GDP growth, China trade data.</li>
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 Companies mentioned:<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/one-97-communications-limited-paytm" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26149:1" rel="noopener">Paytm (PAYTM IN)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ant-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24240:1" rel="noopener">Ant Group (6688 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nvidia-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5891:1" rel="noopener">NVIDIA Corp (NVDA US)</a>
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The Global Emerging Markets Weekly provides a summary of the key news and related developments impacting the largest countries and constituents of the Global Emerging Markets equity indices.

 Macro data points: Indonesia and Philippines GDP growth, China trade data.

 Companies mentioned:Paytm (PAYTM IN), Ant Group (6688 HK), NVIDIA Corp (NVDA US)



GEMWeekly (11 Aug 2023): Indonesia, China, Philippines; Paytm, Ant, Nvidia

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.

<ul><li>Alibaba announced (10 Aug) its 1QFY24 (March year-end) results: total revenue was RMB234.2bn, up 13.9% YoY, 4/5% ahead of our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates, mainly driven by better-than-expected revenue growth in customer management revenue (CMR) and Cainiao.</li><li>Fueled by operating efficiency improvement across business lines and a beat in relatively highmargin CMR, non-GAAP net income grew 48% YoY to RMB44.9bn, 13/17% ahead of our estimates/consensus.</li><li>The results, in our view, demonstrated BAB’s early-stage success in Taobao and Tmall business transformation to focus on quality user growth and better user retention through product supply and merchants ROI enhancement, which in turn improved number of daily active paying merchants for CMR business. Maintain BUY.</li></ul>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.

Alibaba announced (10 Aug) its 1QFY24 (March year-end) results: total revenue was RMB234.2bn, up 13.9% YoY, 4/5% ahead of our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates, mainly driven by better-than-expected revenue growth in customer management revenue (CMR) and Cainiao.Fueled by operating efficiency improvement across business lines and a beat in relatively highmargin CMR, non-GAAP net income grew 48% YoY to RMB44.9bn, 13/17% ahead of our estimates/consensus.The results, in our view, demonstrated BAB’s early-stage success in Taobao and Tmall business transformation to focus on quality user growth and better user retention through product supply and merchants ROI enhancement, which in turn improved number of daily active paying merchants for CMR business. Maintain BUY.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.

Alibaba (BABA US) – User First Strategy Delivered Early-Stage Results

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:787:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US)</a>'s 1QFY24 revenue and OP beat consensus by RMB 9.2bn and RMB 14.4bn respectively, possibly on the back of a successful 6.18 shopping festival.</li>
<li>It looks like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK)</a> has decided to abandon its New Retail Strategy and instead, put more effort into e-commerce, especially on popular platforms like Taobao and Tmall.</li>
<li>Although this is a good-sign and could rally the stock short-term, we would still steer clear of Alibaba as we remain skeptical about the overall health of the Chinese economy.</li>
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Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US)'s 1QFY24 revenue and OP beat consensus by RMB 9.2bn and RMB 14.4bn respectively, possibly on the back of a successful 6.18 shopping festival.
It looks like Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK) has decided to abandon its New Retail Strategy and instead, put more effort into e-commerce, especially on popular platforms like Taobao and Tmall.
Although this is a good-sign and could rally the stock short-term, we would still steer clear of Alibaba as we remain skeptical about the overall health of the Chinese economy.


China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK)

[Alibaba (BABA US, BUY, TP US$120) Target Price Change]: Return of Users and Merchants Will Continue

We maintain BUY and raise TP to US$ 120 to reflect (1) higher growth of Taobao/Tmall, and (2) improved profitability of most business groups.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Alibaba (BABA US): Stronger Results, Higher Conviction and Cheaper Valuation

Alibaba's stronger June quarter results make us more convinced of our bullish stance and FY24 earnings estimate off which the stock trades at 9xPE.

Eric Chen

GEMWeekly (11 Aug 2023): Indonesia, China, Philippines; Paytm, Ant, Nvidia

The Global Emerging Markets Weekly provides a summary of the key news and related developments impacting the largest countries and constituents of...

Wium Malan, CFA

Alibaba (BABA US) – User First Strategy Delivered Early-Stage Results

Alibaba announced (10 Aug) its 1QFY24 (March year-end) results: total revenue was RMB234.2bn, up 13.9% YoY, 4/5% ahead of our forecast/Bloomberg...

CMB International

Alibaba: A Quick Take on 1QFY24

It looks like Alibaba has decided to abandon its New Retail Strategy and instead, put more effort into e-commerce, especially on popular platforms...

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

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