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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We revise down our 2024E/25E earnings forecast by 5/2%, after incorporating our new industry HDT sales forecast (for details, please refer to our sector report “China Heavy-duty Truck – Headwinds in 4Q24 in both China &amp; export; Eyes on policy-driven recovery in 2025”).</li><li>We forecast ~20% YoY earnings decline in 2H24E, before recovering in 2025E. We rolled over our target valuation to 2025E, with a new TP of HK$21.4 (previously HK$19.5) which is based on 4.5x EV/EBITDA (equivalent to the historical average).</li><li>We believe the earnings downside risk has yet to be reflected in the current share price, in particular after recent rally. Maintain HOLD.</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.

We revise down our 2024E/25E earnings forecast by 5/2%, after incorporating our new industry HDT sales forecast (for details, please refer to our sector report “China Heavy-duty Truck – Headwinds in 4Q24 in both China &amp; export; Eyes on policy-driven recovery in 2025”).We forecast ~20% YoY earnings decline in 2H24E, before recovering in 2025E. We rolled over our target valuation to 2025E, with a new TP of HK$21.4 (previously HK$19.5) which is based on 4.5x EV/EBITDA (equivalent to the historical average).We believe the earnings downside risk has yet to be reflected in the current share price, in particular after recent rally. Maintain HOLD.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.

Sinotruk (Hong Kong) (3808 HK) - Earnings risk not yet priced in

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>Post market close on Friday, Hang Seng Indexes will announce the changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)</a> that will be implemented at the close on 6 December.</li>
<li>With no increase in the number of index constituents this calendar year, there could be inclusions in December. The process of getting to 100 index constituents could drag into 2026.</li>
<li>Short interest is especially large in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sinotruk-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19764:1" rel="noopener">Sinotruk</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/giant-biogene-holding-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35950:1" rel="noopener">Giant Biogene</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kuaishou-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29725:1" rel="noopener">Kuaishou Technology</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/asm-pacific-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15061:1" rel="noopener">ASMPT</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-logistics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31500:1" rel="noopener">JD Logistics</a> and inclusion could set off some short covering.</li>
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Post market close on Friday, Hang Seng Indexes will announce the changes for the Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) that will be implemented at the close on 6 December.
With no increase in the number of index constituents this calendar year, there could be inclusions in December. The process of getting to 100 index constituents could drag into 2026.
Short interest is especially large in Sinotruk, Giant Biogene, Kuaishou Technology, ASMPT and JD Logistics and inclusion could set off some short covering.


Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for December

<ul><li>Sinotruk pre-announced impressive net profit growth of 2x-2.4x YoY for 2023 (to RMB5.0-5.68bn), which is &gt;20% above consensus.</li><li>We believe the surprise came from the strong operating leverage.</li><li>We revise up our 2023E-25E earnings forecast substantially by 43%-52%, due to higher sales volume and, more importantly, higher operating margin. </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.

Sinotruk pre-announced impressive net profit growth of 2x-2.4x YoY for 2023 (to RMB5.0-5.68bn), which is &gt;20% above consensus.We believe the surprise came from the strong operating leverage.We revise up our 2023E-25E earnings forecast substantially by 43%-52%, due to higher sales volume and, more importantly, higher operating margin. 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.

Sinotruk (Hong Kong) (3808 HK) – Big Surprise on 2023E Earnings; TP Raised

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>We revise down our 2024E/25E heavy-duty truck (HDT) sales forecast by 10%/5% to 856k/ 954k units, following our cut in forecast in Aug, due to further deterioration of HDT demand over the last two months.</li><li>We now expect 5% YoY decline in HDT sales (China sales + exports) in 2024E, followed by 10%/9% recovery in 2025E/26E.</li><li>We are cautious on export market as Russia, the major market for Chinese trucks, will likely see further decline due to high base and impact of high tax recycling tax (starting in Oct).</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.

We revise down our 2024E/25E heavy-duty truck (HDT) sales forecast by 10%/5% to 856k/ 954k units, following our cut in forecast in Aug, due to further deterioration of HDT demand over the last two months.We now expect 5% YoY decline in HDT sales (China sales + exports) in 2024E, followed by 10%/9% recovery in 2025E/26E.We are cautious on export market as Russia, the major market for Chinese trucks, will likely see further decline due to high base and impact of high tax recycling tax (starting in Oct).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.

Capital Goods - Headwinds in 4Q24 in Both China & Export; Eyes on Policy-Driven Recovery in 2025

<ul><li>The HK market had a strong run over the past two weeks following the dramatic policy changes announced by the Chinese government.</li><li>In order to have a closer look at the sources of buying forces, we analysed ~13,000 data points of shareholdings over the past nine settlement days (23 Sep - 4 Oct on T+2 basis) for four HK-listed names under our coverage, namely Weichai PowerH (2338 HK, BUY), Zoomlion-H (1157 HK, BUY), SANYI (631 HK, BUY) and Sinotruk (3808 HK, HOLD). Our analysis is based on CCASS data, which represented brokers’ holdings on behalf of clients.</li><li>We divided ~380 brokers into six categories: (1) Hong Kong, (2) the Chinese mainland, (3) Stock connect, (4) the US, (5) Europe and (6) other foreign brokers (excluding the US and Europe). </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.

The HK market had a strong run over the past two weeks following the dramatic policy changes announced by the Chinese government.In order to have a closer look at the sources of buying forces, we analysed ~13,000 data points of shareholdings over the past nine settlement days (23 Sep - 4 Oct on T+2 basis) for four HK-listed names under our coverage, namely Weichai PowerH (2338 HK, BUY), Zoomlion-H (1157 HK, BUY), SANYI (631 HK, BUY) and Sinotruk (3808 HK, HOLD). Our analysis is based on CCASS data, which represented brokers’ holdings on behalf of clients.We divided ~380 brokers into six categories: (1) Hong Kong, (2) the Chinese mainland, (3) Stock connect, (4) the US, (5) Europe and (6) other foreign brokers (excluding the US and Europe). 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.

Capital Goods - Who Are Buying/Selling the Sector?

China

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd is a heavy truck manufacturer in China.  The company specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of heavy trucks and related key parts and components, including cabins, engines and axles.

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