HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Besides as nationalistic consumption play, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home (6690 HK)</a> also offers attractive investment theses with bright growth prospects. Despite share price rebound, valuations are still not yet reflecting fundamentals.</li>
<li>The surge in demand for refrigerators and freezers during the pandemic-led lockdowns has boosted HSH's business in 4M22 while it will also reap benefits from Rmb depreciation.</li>
<li>The government's support of healthy development of residential real estate market will be positive towards smart home appliance demand which HSH is set to gain from its leadership position. </li>
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Besides as nationalistic consumption play, Haier Smart Home (6690 HK) also offers attractive investment theses with bright growth prospects. Despite share price rebound, valuations are still not yet reflecting fundamentals.
The surge in demand for refrigerators and freezers during the pandemic-led lockdowns has boosted HSH's business in 4M22 while it will also reap benefits from Rmb depreciation.
The government's support of healthy development of residential real estate market will be positive towards smart home appliance demand which HSH is set to gain from its leadership position. 


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home (6690 HK)</a>'s management is confident about the FY24 outlook, with net profit growth of 12-13% can be sustained.  </li>
<li>Casarte will continue to lead with 10-15% revenue increase. There is room for further margin expansion led by overseas markets and process optimisation in the domestic market.</li>
<li>The plunge in real estate market does not have a material impact on sales and HSH is positive on replacement/upgrade demand. Its FY24F PER of 10.1x is undemanding.</li>
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Haier Smart Home (6690 HK)'s management is confident about the FY24 outlook, with net profit growth of 12-13% can be sustained.  
Casarte will continue to lead with 10-15% revenue increase. There is room for further margin expansion led by overseas markets and process optimisation in the domestic market.
The plunge in real estate market does not have a material impact on sales and HSH is positive on replacement/upgrade demand. Its FY24F PER of 10.1x is undemanding.


Haier Smart Home (6690 HK): Update Suggests Resilience to Sustain

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home (6690 HK)</a>'s acquisition of Carrier commercial refrigeration business is earnings accretive. It will also be strategically positive to its growth outlook. </li>
<li>With net cash of Rmb17.3bn, HSH has no problem funding the deal internally. Instead of earning a single-digit return on cash, the business' 9% earnings yield is attractive. </li>
<li>The transaction will extend HSH's application scenarios from household to commercial while elevating its competitiveness in Europe and allowing it to capture the B-end customers. </li>
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Haier Smart Home (6690 HK)'s acquisition of Carrier commercial refrigeration business is earnings accretive. It will also be strategically positive to its growth outlook. 
With net cash of Rmb17.3bn, HSH has no problem funding the deal internally. Instead of earning a single-digit return on cash, the business' 9% earnings yield is attractive. 
The transaction will extend HSH's application scenarios from household to commercial while elevating its competitiveness in Europe and allowing it to capture the B-end customers. 


Haier Smart Home (6690 HK): Further Expansion of Footprint

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Midea Group Co Ltd A / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/midea-group-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16185:1" rel="noopener">Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH)</a>, one of the world’s largest home appliance producers, aims to raise up to  US$5bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>Midea Group is one of the world’s largest home appliance manufacturing companies with a presence in over 200 countries. Its A-shares have been listed since 2013.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH), one of the world’s largest home appliance producers, aims to raise up to  US$5bn in its H-share listing.
Midea Group is one of the world’s largest home appliance manufacturing companies with a presence in over 200 countries. Its A-shares have been listed since 2013.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Midea A/H Listing - Early Look - Probably Raising Acquisition Currency

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Although 5% GDP growth target for 2023 is at the low end of market speculation of 5.5-6%, we think this reflects the government's conservative stance amid post-COVID recovery. </li>
<li>A 0.2pp higher budget deficit and a special purpose bond quota of Rmb3.8trn suggested that government spending will stay as important economic driver.</li>
<li>Consumption is another major stimulus for economic growth, and more supportive measures will be rolled out - we have seen many cities planning to hand out consumption vouchers.</li>
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Although 5% GDP growth target for 2023 is at the low end of market speculation of 5.5-6%, we think this reflects the government's conservative stance amid post-COVID recovery. 
A 0.2pp higher budget deficit and a special purpose bond quota of Rmb3.8trn suggested that government spending will stay as important economic driver.
Consumption is another major stimulus for economic growth, and more supportive measures will be rolled out - we have seen many cities planning to hand out consumption vouchers.


China NPC: Implications of Government Working Report 2023

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Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. manufactures and distributes appliances. The Company produces air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, small household electrical appliances, and other related products. Haier Smart Home markets its products domestically and internationally.

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