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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 114.4% as of Sep 8th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -3.9ppt week on week, led by real estate, consumer staples, communication services and offset by consumer discretionary.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Huadian Power, Huaneng Power, Shanghai Elect, China Longyuan, Aluminum Corp.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 114.4% as of Sep 8th.
The average A-H premium changed by -3.9ppt week on week, led by real estate, consumer staples, communication services and offset by consumer discretionary.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Huadian Power, Huaneng Power, Shanghai Elect, China Longyuan, Aluminum Corp.


A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 8th): Huadian Power, Huaneng Power, Shanghai Electric, China Longyuan

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

Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd H / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Tsingtao reported 14% growth in 2Q net profits to RMB2.0bn. Driven by 3% volume growth and 5% ASP uptick, revenue stood at RMB11bn, up 8% YoY.</li><li>This compared to HSD growth of CR Beer and 20% of Budweiser.</li><li>Gross/EBIT margins was up approximately 2pp to 33%/21%, respectively, and we expect recurring strengths in both premiumization and cost efficiency to fuel margins expansion into 2H. </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.

Tsingtao reported 14% growth in 2Q net profits to RMB2.0bn. Driven by 3% volume growth and 5% ASP uptick, revenue stood at RMB11bn, up 8% YoY.This compared to HSD growth of CR Beer and 20% of Budweiser.Gross/EBIT margins was up approximately 2pp to 33%/21%, respectively, and we expect recurring strengths in both premiumization and cost efficiency to fuel margins expansion into 2H. 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.

Tsingtao Brewery (168 HK) – 2Q Rev/Np +8%/14% on Recurring Strengths

Budweiser Brewing  APAC  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Bud APAC’s core net profit of US$279mn was slightly below us, owing to 1) a weak S.Korea performance which consisted of a 7% revenue decline and a 30% slip in normalised EBITDA, 2) a normalising effective tax base subsequent to a provision reversal in India, and 3) currency erosion driven by a weak RMB and KRW to USD.</li><li>Excluding the latter, Bud APAC reported an organic 14.9% sales growth for the quarter (vs 7.9% as on reported basis), with the help of the continuous strength in China that consisted of an 11.0% volume growth and a 7.8% ASP uptick.</li><li>While we assert that there is no quick fix to the operational landscape in S.Korea (though transient, per management), we think market might have overlooked the robust China momentum that looks to be parallel to our sector picks such as CR Beer (291HK, Buy) and Tsingtao (168HK, Buy). </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.

Bud APAC’s core net profit of US$279mn was slightly below us, owing to 1) a weak S.Korea performance which consisted of a 7% revenue decline and a 30% slip in normalised EBITDA, 2) a normalising effective tax base subsequent to a provision reversal in India, and 3) currency erosion driven by a weak RMB and KRW to USD.Excluding the latter, Bud APAC reported an organic 14.9% sales growth for the quarter (vs 7.9% as on reported basis), with the help of the continuous strength in China that consisted of an 11.0% volume growth and a 7.8% ASP uptick.While we assert that there is no quick fix to the operational landscape in S.Korea (though transient, per management), we think market might have overlooked the robust China momentum that looks to be parallel to our sector picks such as CR Beer (291HK, Buy) and Tsingtao (168HK, Buy). 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.

Budweiser APAC (1876 HK) – 2Q Organic Sales +15%

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 115.2% as of Jul 21st.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -1.8ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, communication services, information technology and offset by real estate, utilities.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Vanke, New China Life, BYD, CMOC, Asymchem, Huaneng, China Longyuan.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 115.2% as of Jul 21st.
The average A-H premium changed by -1.8ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, communication services, information technology and offset by real estate, utilities.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Vanke, New China Life, BYD, CMOC, Asymchem, Huaneng, China Longyuan.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 21st): China Vanke, New China Life, BYD, CMOC, Asymchem, Huaneng

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 117.2% as of Jul 14th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -3.0ppt week on week, led by consumer discretionary, consumer staples, utilities and offset by real estate, communication services.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for BankComm, ICBC, ABC, CCB, Remegen.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 117.2% as of Jul 14th.
The average A-H premium changed by -3.0ppt week on week, led by consumer discretionary, consumer staples, utilities and offset by real estate, communication services.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for BankComm, ICBC, ABC, CCB, Remegen.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 14th): 52 Week High A-H for Banks

China

Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited produces and distributes beer products.  The Company markets its products throughout China and around the world under the Tsingtao Beer brand name.

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Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd H (168 HK)

A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 8th): Huadian Power, Huaneng Power, Shanghai Electric, China Longyuan

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Huadian Power, Huaneng Power, Shanghai Electric, China...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Tsingtao Brewery (168 HK) – 2Q Rev/Np +8%/14% on Recurring Strengths

Tsingtao reported 14% growth in 2Q net profits to RMB2.0bn. Driven by 3% volume growth and 5% ASP uptick, revenue stood at RMB11bn, up 8% YoY.

CMB International

Budweiser APAC (1876 HK) – 2Q Organic Sales +15%

Bud APAC’s core net profit of US$279mn was slightly below us, owing to 1) a weak S.Korea performance which consisted of a 7% revenue decline and a...

CMB International

A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 21st): China Vanke, New China Life, BYD, CMOC, Asymchem, Huaneng

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for China Vanke, New China Life, BYD, CMOC, Asymchem, Huaneng,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 14th): 52 Week High A-H for Banks

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for BankComm, ICBC, ABC, CCB, Remegen.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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