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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We estimate the outflows to be $12.8bn in August and consumer staples, and financials sectors led the outflows.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for CATL, Wuxi Wapptec, Fuyao Glass, Foxconn Industrial, CMB, Wuliangye, Mindray, Moutai, Longi Green.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
We estimate the outflows to be $12.8bn in August and consumer staples, and financials sectors led the outflows.
We highlight flows for CATL, Wuxi Wapptec, Fuyao Glass, Foxconn Industrial, CMB, Wuliangye, Mindray, Moutai, Longi Green.


Northbound Flows Monthly (August): $12.8bn Outflows

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Mindray withstood the negative impact of pandemic/lockdown and continued to achieve solid growth in 2022H1 amid China's “new infrastructure”  projects and the recovery of overseas demand for routine medical care.</li>
<li>The essence of falling shares is the process of optimistic high growth expectations returning to rationality,which takes time until the cyclical shocks brought by the receding of pandemic are digested.</li>
<li>Mindray’s biggest alpha could be the change brought about by M&amp;A. From the perspective of strategic development, the next jump in valuation is likely to depend on subsequent M&amp;A performance.</li>
</ul>


Mindray withstood the negative impact of pandemic/lockdown and continued to achieve solid growth in 2022H1 amid China's “new infrastructure”  projects and the recovery of overseas demand for routine medical care.
The essence of falling shares is the process of optimistic high growth expectations returning to rationality,which takes time until the cyclical shocks brought by the receding of pandemic are digested.
Mindray’s biggest alpha could be the change brought about by M&amp;A. From the perspective of strategic development, the next jump in valuation is likely to depend on subsequent M&amp;A performance.


Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics (300760.CH) 2022H1 - Waiting for the Next Jump in Valuation

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<li>Recent share-price declines in healthcare is mainly related to anti-corruption campaigns. Here're some updates.We recommend investors not to rush to buy the dip, but wait for the bottom.</li>
<li>We recommend A-share healthcare companies to buy back shares/increase dividends, in which case, despite slowing growth, A-shares are still the RMB-asset with the greatest potential for increases in expected returns.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cansino-biologics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27739:1" rel="noopener">CanSino Biologics (6185 HK)</a> has entered a Framework Agreement with AstraZeneca, but investors should not be overly optimistic about the short-term or even medium-term performance contribution brought by this cooperation.</li>
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Recent share-price declines in healthcare is mainly related to anti-corruption campaigns. Here're some updates.We recommend investors not to rush to buy the dip, but wait for the bottom.
We recommend A-share healthcare companies to buy back shares/increase dividends, in which case, despite slowing growth, A-shares are still the RMB-asset with the greatest potential for increases in expected returns.

CanSino Biologics (6185 HK) has entered a Framework Agreement with AstraZeneca, but investors should not be overly optimistic about the short-term or even medium-term performance contribution brought by this cooperation.


China Healthcare Weekly (Aug11)-Anti-Corruption Update, Increase A-Share Shareholder Return, CanSino

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The anti-corruption campaign has significantly accelerated since the beginning of this year. After Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has been involved, the anti-corruption efforts in pharmaceutical/device sectors would be unprecedented.</li>
<li>The main targets are leaders of hospitals/governments. The impact of anti-corruption on companies is indirect. As long as senior management are not investigated/arrested, the impact on stock price isn’t significant.</li>
<li>However, investors not only need to consider the problem of sales growth slowing down in the context of anti-corruption, but also consider whether companies is engaging in financial fraud. </li>
</ul>


The anti-corruption campaign has significantly accelerated since the beginning of this year. After Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has been involved, the anti-corruption efforts in pharmaceutical/device sectors would be unprecedented.
The main targets are leaders of hospitals/governments. The impact of anti-corruption on companies is indirect. As long as senior management are not investigated/arrested, the impact on stock price isn’t significant.
However, investors not only need to consider the problem of sales growth slowing down in the context of anti-corruption, but also consider whether companies is engaging in financial fraud. 


Anti-Corruption in China Healthcare – the Impact and the Outlook

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Consumer Discretionary (inflows of $2,146 million), Financials (inflows of $1,619 million), Consumer Staples (inflows of $1,100 million) led the inflows while led the outflows.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Moutai, CATL, BYD, Wuliangye, East Money, Haitian Flavoring, Luxshare, Longi Green, Wus Printed, Yonyou Network.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Consumer Discretionary (inflows of $2,146 million), Financials (inflows of $1,619 million), Consumer Staples (inflows of $1,100 million) led the inflows while led the outflows.
We highlight flows for Moutai, CATL, BYD, Wuliangye, East Money, Haitian Flavoring, Luxshare, Longi Green, Wus Printed, Yonyou Network.


Northbound Flows Monthly (July): $7.3bn Inflows

China

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes medical equipment. The Company produces life information supporting, in vitro diagnostic, and medical imaging equipment equipment. Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics also produces supporting reagents.

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics (300760 CH)

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Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics (300760 CH)

Northbound Flows Monthly (August): $12.8bn Outflows

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for August and highlight flows for CATL, Wuxi Wapptec, Fuyao Glass, Foxconn Industrial, CMB,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM