Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>In Q1 2023, 86 different Hong Kong-listed companies bought back shares either locally or on foreign exchanges. Total buybacks were HK$22.856bn.</li>
<li>8 Companies made up 90% of the total. On average, they bought back shares 4 days out of every 10 within the quarter. </li>
<li>A lot of the smaller companies doing buybacks were significant portions of their volume.</li>
</ul>


In Q1 2023, 86 different Hong Kong-listed companies bought back shares either locally or on foreign exchanges. Total buybacks were HK$22.856bn.
8 Companies made up 90% of the total. On average, they bought back shares 4 days out of every 10 within the quarter. 
A lot of the smaller companies doing buybacks were significant portions of their volume.


HK Buybacks Q1 2023: 8 Names Are 90% of the Total - AIA, Tencent, StanChart, Greatwall the Big 4

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Despite challenging macro and ecommerce competition, we remain confident in HTD to deliver above-industrial growth with better margin in the long run.</li><li>We suggest to look beyond FY22E (well anticipated), and expect HTD to benefit from consumption recovery post China’s reopening.</li><li>We forecast its FY23E earnings +20% YoY, with moderate but high-quality topline growth (+18% YoY).</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>

Despite challenging macro and ecommerce competition, we remain confident in HTD to deliver above-industrial growth with better margin in the long run.We suggest to look beyond FY22E (well anticipated), and expect HTD to benefit from consumption recovery post China’s reopening.We forecast its FY23E earnings +20% YoY, with moderate but high-quality topline growth (+18% YoY).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.

Huitongda Network (9878 HK) – Solid recovery and margin improvement ahead

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>Huitongda (HTD) reported its 2H22 revenue (9.2%)/(9.0%) lower than our estimate and consensus. The non-IFRS net income beat our estimate/consensus by 23.6%/12.4% respectively. </li>
<li>HTD generated RMB652mn OCF outflow in 2H22, negatively impacted by both Covid and accounts receivables due to its SME focused model.</li>
<li>We maintain the stock as SELL rating and raise TP by HK$4.5 to HK$18.0 to factor in the shrinking minority interests on market value basis. </li>
</ul>


Huitongda (HTD) reported its 2H22 revenue (9.2%)/(9.0%) lower than our estimate and consensus. The non-IFRS net income beat our estimate/consensus by 23.6%/12.4% respectively. 
HTD generated RMB652mn OCF outflow in 2H22, negatively impacted by both Covid and accounts receivables due to its SME focused model.
We maintain the stock as SELL rating and raise TP by HK$4.5 to HK$18.0 to factor in the shrinking minority interests on market value basis. 


[Huitongda (9878 HK, SELL, TP HK$18) Target Price Change]: Concerns Arise on OCF Outflow

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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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zjld-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36734:1" rel="noopener">ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>ZJLD is a Chinese liquor company primarily producing baijiu. As per F&amp;S, the firm was the fourth largest privately-owned baijiu company in terms of FY21 sales.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the firm’s PHIP updates.</li>
</ul>



ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) is looking to raise up to US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. 
ZJLD is a Chinese liquor company primarily producing baijiu. As per F&amp;S, the firm was the fourth largest privately-owned baijiu company in terms of FY21 sales.
In this note, we look at the firm’s PHIP updates.


ZJLD Group Pre-IPO PHIP Updates - Benefited from Higher ASPs, Although Inventory Build up a Concern

Shum Yip Property Operations Group / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shum-yip-property-operations-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36812:1" rel="noopener">Shum Yip Property Operations Group (SYPOG HK)</a> is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Shum Yip Property Operations Group (SYPOG) is a property management, commercial operational and city services provider in China.</li>
<li>As per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm was eighth among comprehensive property management, commercial operational and city services providers in China as per 2021 revenue.</li>
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Shum Yip Property Operations Group (SYPOG HK) is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Shum Yip Property Operations Group (SYPOG) is a property management, commercial operational and city services provider in China.
As per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm was eighth among comprehensive property management, commercial operational and city services providers in China as per 2021 revenue.


Shum Yip Property Operations Group Pre-IPO Tearsheet

China

Huitongda Network Co., Ltd. develops a sinking market retail industry transaction and service platform. The Company provides supply chain solutions development, deal matching, logistics and after sales supporting, and other services. Huitongda Network provides its services throughout China.

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Huitongda (9878 HK)

HK Buybacks Q1 2023: 8 Names Are 90% of the Total - AIA, Tencent, StanChart, Greatwall the Big 4

86 names listed in HK bought back shares in Q1. 90% of total buybacks were done by 8 names. half the names bought back less than US$1mm. AIA,...

Travis Lundy

Huitongda Network (9878 HK) – Solid recovery and margin improvement ahead

Despite challenging macro and ecommerce competition, we remain confident in HTD to deliver above-industrial growth with better margin in the long run.

CMB International