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

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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

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

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Equity Bottom-Up

New Oriental Education & Techn / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>MSCI China Funds are starting to engage with New Oriental Education &amp; Technology after a big exodus in 2021 following China’s Tech Crackdown.</li>
<li>Since the lows of 2022, New Oriental Education has been one of the key beneficiaries of active fund rotation.</li>
<li>Previous holders such as HSBC, Mirae and BlackRock have bought back in after closing out in 2021, but there is still a long way to go to reach previous highs.</li>
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MSCI China Funds are starting to engage with New Oriental Education &amp; Technology after a big exodus in 2021 following China’s Tech Crackdown.
Since the lows of 2022, New Oriental Education has been one of the key beneficiaries of active fund rotation.
Previous holders such as HSBC, Mirae and BlackRock have bought back in after closing out in 2021, but there is still a long way to go to reach previous highs.


New Oriental Education & Technology: Back From the Dead

Analyst

Steve Zhou, CFA

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/new-oriental-education-techn" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32210:1" rel="noopener">New Oriental Education &amp; Techn (9901 HK)</a> reported better than expected FY2Q24 results last night, with sales up 36% yoy and net profit up 183% yoy.</li>
<li>The company further guided a 42-45% sales growth in FY3Q24, well above market consensus. </li>
<li>The visibility for the next 2-3 years is actually quite high post-"double reduction" policy.</li>
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New Oriental Education &amp; Techn (9901 HK) reported better than expected FY2Q24 results last night, with sales up 36% yoy and net profit up 183% yoy.
The company further guided a 42-45% sales growth in FY3Q24, well above market consensus. 
The visibility for the next 2-3 years is actually quite high post-"double reduction" policy.


New Oriental Education (EDU US/9901 HK):  A Better Business Model In The Post "Double Reduction" Era

Research on Tech Companies

Evelyn Zhang

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<li>Oriental Selection achieves high-speed user growth through bilingual livestreaming, thanks to Douyin's  algorithmic recommendation mechanism before 6/18 ecommerce, after 6/18 the increase in the follower numbers &amp; GMV dropped sharply.</li>
<li>The unit price of the product is below average, due to the focus on produce and books, Agricultural livestreaming has always been a difficult to grow category</li>
<li>10%-15% Commission  is lower than industry average, and subsequent supply chain control and 1st party products have lower margins.</li>
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Oriental Selection achieves high-speed user growth through bilingual livestreaming, thanks to Douyin's  algorithmic recommendation mechanism before 6/18 ecommerce, after 6/18 the increase in the follower numbers &amp; GMV dropped sharply.
The unit price of the product is below average, due to the focus on produce and books, Agricultural livestreaming has always been a difficult to grow category
10%-15% Commission  is lower than industry average, and subsequent supply chain control and 1st party products have lower margins.


HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Global EdTech venture funding surged 29% YoY to US$20.8bn in 2021. China saw c.75% YoY decline in EdTech venture funding but India recorded over 60% growth.</li>
<li>Into 2022, we expect EdTech spending and market will continue to grow, venture funding becoming more selective and Asia and workforce are the fastest growing markets.</li>
<li>China stays weak in 1H22 and India will thrive. India has 4 new unicorns in 2021 while none for China. We stick to higher education, not EdTech (tutoring) in China.</li>
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Global EdTech venture funding surged 29% YoY to US$20.8bn in 2021. China saw c.75% YoY decline in EdTech venture funding but India recorded over 60% growth.
Into 2022, we expect EdTech spending and market will continue to grow, venture funding becoming more selective and Asia and workforce are the fastest growing markets.
China stays weak in 1H22 and India will thrive. India has 4 new unicorns in 2021 while none for China. We stick to higher education, not EdTech (tutoring) in China.


Asia EdTech and China Education: An Update

China

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. offers educational services. The Company offers foreign language training, test preparation courses for admissions and assessment tests in the United States, the PRC and Commonwealth countries, primary and secondary school education, and other services. New Oriental Education & Technology Group also operates software development.

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New Oriental Education & Techn (EDU US)

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

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...

Sumeet Singh

New Oriental Education & Technology: Back From the Dead

MSCI China Funds are starting to engage with New Oriental Education & Technology after a big exodus in 2021 following China’s Tech Crackdown.

Steven Holden

New Oriental Education (EDU US/9901 HK): A Better Business Model In The Post "Double Reduction" Era

Shares up 8% today in a brutal market - the industry competitive fundamentals have changed for the better. A great opportunity in all stock market...

Steve Zhou, CFA

A New New Oriental?

After the recent doldrums, the education giant New Orient re-entered the spotlight recently with its new found streaming success. But can it last?

Evelyn Zhang

Asia EdTech and China Education: An Update

China's EdTech venture funding lagged behind India's in 2021. We expect regulatory concerns to keep China underperforming in 1H22, with India...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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