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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The NetEase Q4 earnings revealed several strengths and weaknesses in the company.</li><li>On the positives, NetEase reported a 7% increase in total net revenue for 2023 to RMB 103.5 billion (USD 14.6 billion), driven by momentum across its businesses.</li><li>The revenue growth was attributed mainly to increased revenue contribution from the launch of new games such as Justice Mobile, and sustainably developed titles like Egg Party.</li></ul>

The NetEase Q4 earnings revealed several strengths and weaknesses in the company.On the positives, NetEase reported a 7% increase in total net revenue for 2023 to RMB 103.5 billion (USD 14.6 billion), driven by momentum across its businesses.The revenue growth was attributed mainly to increased revenue contribution from the launch of new games such as Justice Mobile, and sustainably developed titles like Egg Party.

NetEase Inc.: How The Company Has Built A Robust Gaming Ecosystem! - Major Drivers

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

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>NetEase reported C4Q23 top line, GAAP operating profit and GAAP net income (4.8%), (16%) and (9.0%) vs. our estimates, and (3.6%), (12%) and (6.8%) vs. consensus， mainly due to..</li>
<li>The positive, however, is the acceleration of launch of &lt;Naraka Mobile&gt; by 1-2 quarters. Our estimate of the gross billing remains the same;</li>
<li>We remain optimistic about the upcoming pipeline, and we raise our TP to US$122. Our new TP implies 15.4X PE, which is 12% above current price.</li>
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NetEase reported C4Q23 top line, GAAP operating profit and GAAP net income (4.8%), (16%) and (9.0%) vs. our estimates, and (3.6%), (12%) and (6.8%) vs. consensus， mainly due to..
The positive, however, is the acceleration of launch of &lt;Naraka Mobile&gt; by 1-2 quarters. Our estimate of the gross billing remains the same;
We remain optimistic about the upcoming pipeline, and we raise our TP to US$122. Our new TP implies 15.4X PE, which is 12% above current price.


[NetEase, Inc. (NTES US, BUY, TP US$122) TP Change]: Strong Games Pipelines Offering More Potentials

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

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<li>China announced game approval for the Feb batch. The number of games approved remained at a higher level than 2023.</li>
<li>The pace of China game approval appears to be accelerating, to the same level as pre-tightening.</li>
<li>Netease gets one game approved but we don't see that the acceleration of game approval benefits big names proportionally.</li>
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China announced game approval for the Feb batch. The number of games approved remained at a higher level than 2023.
The pace of China game approval appears to be accelerating, to the same level as pre-tightening.
Netease gets one game approved but we don't see that the acceleration of game approval benefits big names proportionally.


Tencent/Netease: Approval Rotation to Netease in Feb

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<li>We expect NetEase to report C4Q23 revenue, GAAP op. profit and GAAP net income 4.9%, 5.7% and 8.5% vs. consensus.</li>
<li>The robust topline growth was mainly contributed by revenue recognition of &lt;<em>Justice Mobile</em>&gt; in the peak summer season. </li>
<li>The grossing of legacy titles like &lt;FWWJ&gt; is also growing steadily due to the low-price strategy. We raise our TP to US$118 to reflect the rich and diversified pipeline...</li>
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We expect NetEase to report C4Q23 revenue, GAAP op. profit and GAAP net income 4.9%, 5.7% and 8.5% vs. consensus.
The robust topline growth was mainly contributed by revenue recognition of &lt;Justice Mobile&gt; in the peak summer season. 
The grossing of legacy titles like &lt;FWWJ&gt; is also growing steadily due to the low-price strategy. We raise our TP to US$118 to reflect the rich and diversified pipeline...


[NetEase, Inc. (NTES US, BUY, TP US$118) TP Change]: Strong In-House Game Performance Drives Margins

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Event-Driven

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<li>PCAOB officials concluded their Hong Kong visit last month and PCAOB is due to announce its annual judgment on whether it had adequate access to US listed China companies.</li>
<li>The Hong Kong visit was on the back of the 26th Aug 2022 announcement by PCAOB and CSRC that they had entered into an agreement with US authorities for access.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll talk about the latest developments, possible outcomes and implications.</li>
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PCAOB officials concluded their Hong Kong visit last month and PCAOB is due to announce its annual judgment on whether it had adequate access to US listed China companies.
The Hong Kong visit was on the back of the 26th Aug 2022 announcement by PCAOB and CSRC that they had entered into an agreement with US authorities for access.
In this note, we'll talk about the latest developments, possible outcomes and implications.


China ADRs Delisting - Friday Could Be Judgment Day for over US$800bn Mcap of Stocks

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NetEase, Inc. is an Internet technology company that develops applications, services and other Internet technologies in China. The Company's core businesses consist of email service, web portal and online entertainment, including online gaming services. NetEase also offers online advertising, search, mobile applications and e-commerce.

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NetEase Inc.: How The Company Has Built A Robust Gaming Ecosystem! - Major Drivers

The NetEase Q4 earnings revealed several strengths and weaknesses in the company. On the positives, NetEase reported a 7% increase in total net...

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