Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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 Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Revenue grew by 2% YoY in 3Q22, as the decrease of online sales offset the increase of physical stores.</li>
<li>The operating margin began to improve, as the company cut sales and marketing expenses in minor businesses.</li>
<li>We believe the stock has an upside of 78% for March 2024 and the price target will be HK$170.</li>
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Revenue grew by 2% YoY in 3Q22, as the decrease of online sales offset the increase of physical stores.
The operating margin began to improve, as the company cut sales and marketing expenses in minor businesses.
We believe the stock has an upside of 78% for March 2024 and the price target will be HK$170.


Alibaba (9988 HK): 3Q23, Growth Flat, But Margin Up, Buy

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.

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<li>Following several years of sustained revenue share loss, Search’s digital advertising revenue market share has stabilised, having seemingly retained its core advertising customers.</li>
<li>With China’s economic growth recovery, Baidu is perfectly positioned to accelerate its core marketing revenue growth, which is also a high-margin operation.</li>
<li>Baidu is set up for significant group margin expansion as the higher-margin core marketing business returns to positive annualised growth and it continues to expand AI Cloud margins.</li>
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Following several years of sustained revenue share loss, Search’s digital advertising revenue market share has stabilised, having seemingly retained its core advertising customers.
With China’s economic growth recovery, Baidu is perfectly positioned to accelerate its core marketing revenue growth, which is also a high-margin operation.
Baidu is set up for significant group margin expansion as the higher-margin core marketing business returns to positive annualised growth and it continues to expand AI Cloud margins.


Baidu: Undervalued Cyclical Revenue Growth Acceleration and Margin Expansion Story

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Jiangsu Fangzhou Chemical / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fangzhou-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36560:1" rel="noopener">Fangzhou Group (FANGZHOU HK)</a> is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Fangzhou (FZ) is an online chronic disease management (CDM) service provider in China.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Fangzhou Group (FANGZHOU HK) is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Fangzhou (FZ) is an online chronic disease management (CDM) service provider in China.
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Fangzhou Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Hard to Shake off Loss-Making Tendencies

Senior Equity Derivatives Trader

Simon Harris

Event-Driven

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<li>Alibaba (BABA US) is set to report earnings tomorrow on the 23rd</li>
<li>Stock has pulled back from the highs but earnings could be the next catalyst to determine direction</li>
<li>We use the derivatives market to extract market expectations and suggest some suitable trades</li>
</ul>


Alibaba (BABA US) is set to report earnings tomorrow on the 23rd
Stock has pulled back from the highs but earnings could be the next catalyst to determine direction
We use the derivatives market to extract market expectations and suggest some suitable trades


EQD | Alibaba (BABA US): Playing the Earnings Via Derivatives

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fangzhou-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36560:1" rel="noopener">Fangzhou Group (FANGZHOU HK)</a> is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Fangzhou (FZ) is an online chronic disease management (CDM) service provider in China.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Fangzhou Group (FANGZHOU HK) is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Fangzhou (FZ) is an online chronic disease management (CDM) service provider in China.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Fangzhou Pre-IPO - The Positives - Regulatory Changes and COVID Spurred Growth

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 (BABA US)

Alibaba (9988 HK): 3Q23, Growth Flat, But Margin Up, Buy

Revenue grew by 2% YoY in 3Q22, but the operating margin began to improve. We believe the stock has an upside of 78% for March 2024.

Ming Lu

Baidu: Undervalued Cyclical Revenue Growth Acceleration and Margin Expansion Story

In this insight, we analyse Baidu’s search query and digital advertising revenue market share trends, revenue growth outlook, margin expansion...

Wium Malan, CFA

Fangzhou Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Hard to Shake off Loss-Making Tendencies

Fangzhou Group (FANGZHOU HK) is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive...

Clarence Chu

EQD | Alibaba (BABA US): Playing the Earnings Via Derivatives

We look at the derivatives market to extract expected moves for the upcoming earnings release in BABA US. We consider some trading options based on...

Simon Harris

Fangzhou Pre-IPO - The Positives - Regulatory Changes and COVID Spurred Growth

Fangzhou Group (FANGZHOU HK) is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects...

Clarence Chu

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