China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>TSLA/XPEV/1211: Tesla starts presales of revamped Model 3 in China at higher starting price (/-/-)</li>
<li>IQ：iQiYi’s drama pipeline was affected by lead actress Zu‘er(Lareina) Song’s tax evasion inspection (-)</li>
<li>Real Estate Industry Update/Beke: Beijing and Shanghai followed on implementing the housing loan loosening policy, transaction willingness improved immediately</li>
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TSLA/XPEV/1211: Tesla starts presales of revamped Model 3 in China at higher starting price (/-/-)
IQ：iQiYi’s drama pipeline was affected by lead actress Zu‘er(Lareina) Song’s tax evasion inspection (-)
Real Estate Industry Update/Beke: Beijing and Shanghai followed on implementing the housing loan loosening policy, transaction willingness improved immediately


China TMT Update-TSLA/XPEV/1211/IQ/Beke:Beijing and Shanghai Housing Loan Loosening;revamped Model 3

Research from Water Tower Research, Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

Equity Research Firm

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RROYF provides a non-dilutive royalty financing solution (through a combination of short-term loans and the acquisition of revenue-based royalties) to privately held and publicly traded renewable energy and clean energy technology companies.RROYF’s objective is to acquire a portfolio of long-term, stable, diversified renewable energy royalty and income streams to provide shareholders with capital appreciation and a growing, sustainable, long-term cash distribution.RROYF is a pioneer and the first publicly traded company to provide this royalty financing for the renewable energy and clean technology sector.

Weekly Sustainable Investing Surveyor - Week Ended August 25, 2023

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<li>Bilibili has announced the latest incentive policies for the "Spark Program."</li>
<li>XPEV/DiDi: Xpeng to acquire DiDi's Smart EV project and establish strategic partnership with DiDi (+/+)</li>
<li>SE / PDD: Temu enters the Philippines ( - / +)</li>
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Bilibili has announced the latest incentive policies for the "Spark Program."
XPEV/DiDi: Xpeng to acquire DiDi's Smart EV project and establish strategic partnership with DiDi (+/+)
SE / PDD: Temu enters the Philippines ( - / +)


China TMT Update-Bili/XPEV/DiDi/SE/PDD-Xpeng Acquire DiDi's EV Project/Temu Enters the Philippines

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<li>PDD: Temu reportedly increases product prices in certain regions (+)</li>
<li>Atour Lifestyle: Summar vacation season is coming to a end, hotel RevPAR begin to decline</li>
<li>XPEV/NIO/LI: Xpeng to launch G9 facelift in September ( +/-/-)</li>
</ul>


PDD: Temu reportedly increases product prices in certain regions (+)
Atour Lifestyle: Summar vacation season is coming to a end, hotel RevPAR begin to decline
XPEV/NIO/LI: Xpeng to launch G9 facelift in September ( +/-/-)


China TMT Update-PDD/ATAT/XPEV/NIO/LI-Temu Increases Prices/Hotel RevPAR Declines/G9 Facelift

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>Maintain HOLD. Although we revise up Xpeng’s FY24E sales volume forecast to 0.22mn units following the G6’s aggressive pricing, its low GPM could persist, especially with two new models next year likely to be priced below the G6.</li><li>We project single-digit GPM for FY24E and we believe its current valuation is fair.</li><li>2Q23 ASP and GPM miss. Xpeng’s 2Q23 revenue was 6% lower than we had expected, largely due to increased sales promotion, in our view.</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Maintain HOLD. Although we revise up Xpeng’s FY24E sales volume forecast to 0.22mn units following the G6’s aggressive pricing, its low GPM could persist, especially with two new models next year likely to be priced below the G6.We project single-digit GPM for FY24E and we believe its current valuation is fair.2Q23 ASP and GPM miss. Xpeng’s 2Q23 revenue was 6% lower than we had expected, largely due to increased sales promotion, in our view.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.

Xpeng Inc. (XPEV US) – 2Q23 GPM Miss; Still a Long Way for Healthy GPM

China

XPeng Inc. designs, produces, and distributes electric vehicles. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets smart smart electric vehicles, as well as finance, parts, and maintenance services. XPeng serves customers in China.

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XPeng (XPEV US)

China TMT Update-TSLA/XPEV/1211/IQ/Beke:Beijing and Shanghai Housing Loan Loosening;revamped Model 3

Tesla starts presales of revamped Model 3 in China ;iQiYi’s drama pipeline was affected by lead actress Zu‘er(Lareina) Song’s tax evasion...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Weekly Sustainable Investing Surveyor - Week Ended August 25, 2023

RROYF is a pioneer and the first publicly traded company to provide this royalty financing for the renewable energy and clean technology sector.

Water Tower Research

China TMT Update-Bili/XPEV/DiDi/SE/PDD-Xpeng Acquire DiDi's EV Project/Temu Enters the Philippines

Bilibili has announced the latest incentive policies for the "Spark Program.";XPEV/DiDi: Xpeng to acquire DiDi's Smart EV project(+/+);SE/PDD: Temu...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China TMT Update-PDD/ATAT/XPEV/NIO/LI-Temu Increases Prices/Hotel RevPAR Declines/G9 Facelift

PDD: Temu reportedly increases product prices in certain regions (+)/Atour Lifestyle: hotel RevPAR begin to decline/XPEV/NIO/LI: Xpeng to launch G9...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Xpeng Inc. (XPEV US) – 2Q23 GPM Miss; Still a Long Way for Healthy GPM

2Q23 ASP and GPM miss. Xpeng’s 2Q23 revenue was 6% lower than we had expected, largely due to increased sales promotion, in our view.

CMB International

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