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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.

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<ul><li>JD.com (JD) reported (16 Aug) 2Q23 results: revenue was RMB287.9bn, up 7.6% YoY, 2.5/3.2% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus.</li><li>Non-GAAP net income was RMB8.6bn, ahead of our estimates/consensus at RMB8.2/7.8bn, thanks to better-than-expected loss reduction for new businesses, and translated into a non-GAAP NPM of 3.0% (2Q22: 2.4%).</li><li>Despite the beat on overall margins, the 0.2pp miss on OPM of JD Retail (JDR) sparked concerns that its core business margin expansion trajectory could face fluctuations. </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.

JD.com (JD) reported (16 Aug) 2Q23 results: revenue was RMB287.9bn, up 7.6% YoY, 2.5/3.2% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus.Non-GAAP net income was RMB8.6bn, ahead of our estimates/consensus at RMB8.2/7.8bn, thanks to better-than-expected loss reduction for new businesses, and translated into a non-GAAP NPM of 3.0% (2Q22: 2.4%).Despite the beat on overall margins, the 0.2pp miss on OPM of JD Retail (JDR) sparked concerns that its core business margin expansion trajectory could face fluctuations. 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.

JD.com (JD US) – Grinding through growth strategy pains

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<ul><li>Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our previous expectation.</li><li>From a full-year perspective, given the rate cut cycle has not yet started and liquidity remains tight, we suggest focusing on: 1) companies capable of boosting shareholder returns or maintaining decent returns, supported by solid fundamentals (strong competitive advantages, steady growth in core business, and stable profitability) and committed to enhancing shareholder returns (also depends on management's willingness), such as Alibaba, Tencent, and NetEase;</li><li>2) companies whose new businesses have significant market potential and are poised to bring considerable capital gains in the long run, particularly from overseas expansion and AI-related initiatives, such as Pinduoduo, Tencent, Alibaba, and Trip.com</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.

Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our previous expectation.From a full-year perspective, given the rate cut cycle has not yet started and liquidity remains tight, we suggest focusing on: 1) companies capable of boosting shareholder returns or maintaining decent returns, supported by solid fundamentals (strong competitive advantages, steady growth in core business, and stable profitability) and committed to enhancing shareholder returns (also depends on management's willingness), such as Alibaba, Tencent, and NetEase;2) companies whose new businesses have significant market potential and are poised to bring considerable capital gains in the long run, particularly from overseas expansion and AI-related initiatives, such as Pinduoduo, Tencent, Alibaba, and Trip.comContent 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.

Internet - 1Q24 recap & our three stock-picking ideas

<ul><li>Based on NBS data, 2M24 online retail sales GMV/online physical goods GMV reached RMB2.2tn/1.8tn, up 15.3/14.4% YoY, which implied a two-year CAGR of 10.7/9.8%.</li><li>The growth of total online retail sales GMV continued to outpace that of online physical goods GMV, which was likely due to the robust growth in online travel bookings during the CNY holiday.</li><li>Leading e-commerce platforms are prioritizing GMV and revenue growth over margin improvement in 2024, and guided to reinvest incremental operating profit generated to drive further business growth, which likely indicates more intensified industry competition. </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.

Based on NBS data, 2M24 online retail sales GMV/online physical goods GMV reached RMB2.2tn/1.8tn, up 15.3/14.4% YoY, which implied a two-year CAGR of 10.7/9.8%.The growth of total online retail sales GMV continued to outpace that of online physical goods GMV, which was likely due to the robust growth in online travel bookings during the CNY holiday.Leading e-commerce platforms are prioritizing GMV and revenue growth over margin improvement in 2024, and guided to reinvest incremental operating profit generated to drive further business growth, which likely indicates more intensified industry competition. 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.

Internet - 2M24 online retail sales recap

<ul><li>For this year’s Double 11 sales promotion, overall industry delivered positive and stable YoY GMV growth (2.1%, per Syntun data), with Alibaba and JD.com (JD) both delivered positive YoY growth in GMV, order volume, and user volume.</li><li>Live streaming e-commerce GMV growth was still solid given a relatively lower base compared to horizontal e-commerce platform.</li><li>Ecommerce platforms are enhancing supply chain efficiency, product supply, and content ecosystem, as well as optimizing traffic allocation, to enhance user engagement, strengthen consumer mindshare on value for money products, and facilitate transactions, which in turn driving better ROI for merchants, and increasing merchants’ willingness to spend more on advertising. </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.

For this year’s Double 11 sales promotion, overall industry delivered positive and stable YoY GMV growth (2.1%, per Syntun data), with Alibaba and JD.com (JD) both delivered positive YoY growth in GMV, order volume, and user volume.Live streaming e-commerce GMV growth was still solid given a relatively lower base compared to horizontal e-commerce platform.Ecommerce platforms are enhancing supply chain efficiency, product supply, and content ecosystem, as well as optimizing traffic allocation, to enhance user engagement, strengthen consumer mindshare on value for money products, and facilitate transactions, which in turn driving better ROI for merchants, and increasing merchants’ willingness to spend more on advertising. 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.

China Internet – Trends observed from this year’s Double 11 shopping festival

<ul><li>Based on NBS data, 7M23 online retail sales GMV/ online physical goods GMV reached RMB8.3/7.0tn, up 12.5/10.0% YoY.</li><li>The YoY growth of online physical goods GMV in July 2023 came in at 5.0% (June 2023: 7.1%; July 2022: 6.3%), which indicates that consumption recovery still takes time.</li><li>Although overall topline growth of e-commerce platforms is likely to face short-term fluctuation due to macro uncertainties, e-commerce platforms are driving revenue growth and scale expansion in an efficient way and targeting for operating efficiency improvement, which likely leads to a benign than expected industry competition, and better than expected earnings growth in 2Q-3Q23. </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.

Based on NBS data, 7M23 online retail sales GMV/ online physical goods GMV reached RMB8.3/7.0tn, up 12.5/10.0% YoY.The YoY growth of online physical goods GMV in July 2023 came in at 5.0% (June 2023: 7.1%; July 2022: 6.3%), which indicates that consumption recovery still takes time.Although overall topline growth of e-commerce platforms is likely to face short-term fluctuation due to macro uncertainties, e-commerce platforms are driving revenue growth and scale expansion in an efficient way and targeting for operating efficiency improvement, which likely leads to a benign than expected industry competition, and better than expected earnings growth in 2Q-3Q23. 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.

China Internet – July online retail sales recap

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JD.com (JD US) – Grinding through growth strategy pains

JD.com (JD) reported (16 Aug) 2Q23 results: revenue was RMB287.9bn, up 7.6% YoY, 2.5/3.2% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus.

CMB International

Internet - 1Q24 recap & our three stock-picking ideas

Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our...

CMB International

Internet - 2M24 online retail sales recap

Based on NBS data, 2M24 online retail sales GMV/online physical goods GMV reached RMB2.2tn/1.8tn, up 15.3/14.4% YoY, which implied a two-year CAGR...

CMB International

China Internet – Trends observed from this year’s Double 11 shopping festival

For this year’s Double 11 sales promotion, overall industry delivered positive and stable YoY GMV growth (2.1%, per Syntun data), with Alibaba and...

CMB International

China Internet – July online retail sales recap

The YoY growth of online physical goods GMV in July 2023 came in at 5.0% (June 2023: 7.1%; July 2022: 6.3%), which indicates that consumption...

CMB International

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