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

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We think the mild recovery is driven by the delayed orders in Jul. and Aug, thus expect transaction volume to be flattish MoM in Sep.</li>
<li>We think the recovery is on-track and expect Oct. volume to begin recovery and expect more meaningful rebound in Mar.-Apr. 2024, supported by 1) strong leading indicators from property agents, </li>
<li>2) refer to the recover trajectory in 2014-2015.  We maintain the stock as BUY rating and maintain TP at US$24/ADS.</li>
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We think the mild recovery is driven by the delayed orders in Jul. and Aug, thus expect transaction volume to be flattish MoM in Sep.
We think the recovery is on-track and expect Oct. volume to begin recovery and expect more meaningful rebound in Mar.-Apr. 2024, supported by 1) strong leading indicators from property agents, 
2) refer to the recover trajectory in 2014-2015.  We maintain the stock as BUY rating and maintain TP at US$24/ADS.


[KE Holdings (BEKE US, BUY, TP US$24) Update]: Our View of Gradual Property Recovery into 2024

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<li>KE Holdings (Beike) reported 2Q23 GTV 5.6% lower than our estimate, revenue (2.6%)/0.4% vs. our estimate/consensus, and non-GAAP NI 21.8%/42.9% higher than our estimate/consensus. </li>
<li>We think 3Q23 is the trough and expect a rebound in 4Q23 as more substantial supportive policies laying out in China. </li>
<li>We maintain the stock as BUY rating and raised TP by US$2 to US$24/ADS</li>
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KE Holdings (Beike) reported 2Q23 GTV 5.6% lower than our estimate, revenue (2.6%)/0.4% vs. our estimate/consensus, and non-GAAP NI 21.8%/42.9% higher than our estimate/consensus. 
We think 3Q23 is the trough and expect a rebound in 4Q23 as more substantial supportive policies laying out in China. 
We maintain the stock as BUY rating and raised TP by US$2 to US$24/ADS


[KE (BEKE US, BUY, TP US$24) TP Change]: Silver Lining Appear in Industry Cycle, Maintain BUY

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>Beike reported (31 Aug) 2Q23 financial results: total revenue was up 41.4% YoY to RMB19.5bn in 2Q23, inline with our forecast and Bloomberg consensus estimates.</li><li>Non-GAAP net income was RMB2.4bn, 34/43% better than our forecast/consensus estimate, which translates into a 12.1% NPM (our estimate: 9.1%), thanks to continuous operating efficiency improvement.</li><li>Given the fluctuation in macro recovery, and that the stimulus policy takes time to transit into housing sales recovery, management guided 3Q23 revenue to be between RMB15.5bn and RMB16.0bn, implying a decline of 9.1-11.9% YoY and 18-20% QoQ. </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.

Beike reported (31 Aug) 2Q23 financial results: total revenue was up 41.4% YoY to RMB19.5bn in 2Q23, inline with our forecast and Bloomberg consensus estimates.Non-GAAP net income was RMB2.4bn, 34/43% better than our forecast/consensus estimate, which translates into a 12.1% NPM (our estimate: 9.1%), thanks to continuous operating efficiency improvement.Given the fluctuation in macro recovery, and that the stimulus policy takes time to transit into housing sales recovery, management guided 3Q23 revenue to be between RMB15.5bn and RMB16.0bn, implying a decline of 9.1-11.9% YoY and 18-20% QoQ. 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.

Ke Holdings (BEKE US) – Short-Term Headwind, but Bottoming Out Is in Sight

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>China’s destocking scheme showed encouraging progress, with Guangzhou announcing to purchase developers’ unsold inventory at cost prices, which could serve as an example for other cities. We think the scheme currently may only benefit SOEs/semi-SOEs as LGFVs may need to divest their financing function at first.</li><li>A number of regions actively implemented mortgage rate related policies after 17 May, and we think there is still room for further adjustment in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.</li><li>Noticeable recovery on property sales was shown with the daily transaction volume post-517 policy for new/second hand home increasing by 23%/21% compared to pre-517 policy. </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.

China’s destocking scheme showed encouraging progress, with Guangzhou announcing to purchase developers’ unsold inventory at cost prices, which could serve as an example for other cities. We think the scheme currently may only benefit SOEs/semi-SOEs as LGFVs may need to divest their financing function at first.A number of regions actively implemented mortgage rate related policies after 17 May, and we think there is still room for further adjustment in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.Noticeable recovery on property sales was shown with the daily transaction volume post-517 policy for new/second hand home increasing by 23%/21% compared to pre-517 policy. 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.

Property - Encouraging Signs on Both Policy Implementation and Property Sales, Reiterate Buy

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Tencent has been busy distributing shares in some of its investments over the past two years, with JD.com’s distribution announced in 2021 and Meituan’s in 2022.</li>
<li>In our earlier note in 2022, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tencent-investee-selldown-the-us-120bn-global-overhang" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:81153" rel="noopener">Tencent Investee Selldown - The US$120bn Global Overhang</a>, we had looked at its overall investment portfolio.</li>
<li>With two of its large investments spun-out, we now re-look at Tencent’s shareholding in various companies to try and gauge which ones it could sell out of and how. </li>
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Tencent has been busy distributing shares in some of its investments over the past two years, with JD.com’s distribution announced in 2021 and Meituan’s in 2022.
In our earlier note in 2022, Tencent Investee Selldown - The US$120bn Global Overhang, we had looked at its overall investment portfolio.
With two of its large investments spun-out, we now re-look at Tencent’s shareholding in various companies to try and gauge which ones it could sell out of and how. 


Tencent Investee Selldown - JD.com Done, Meituan Done, Two More Still Left

China

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