HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zto-express-cayman-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33488:1" rel="noopener">ZTO Express Cayman Inc (2057 HK)</a> has outperformed industry volume growth in 1Q22 and such trend continues into 2Q22 with good ASP improvement and cost control. </li>
<li>Its strong operating cash flow and declining capex will lead to an accumulation of cash over the next few years, adding to the 1Q22 net cash position of Rmb4.1bn. </li>
<li>We think the stock's underperformance against peers not warranted. With a below-sector earnings multiple, leadership position and successful business model, we consider ZTO a "Growth at a reasonable price".</li>
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ZTO Express Cayman Inc (2057 HK) has outperformed industry volume growth in 1Q22 and such trend continues into 2Q22 with good ASP improvement and cost control. 
Its strong operating cash flow and declining capex will lead to an accumulation of cash over the next few years, adding to the 1Q22 net cash position of Rmb4.1bn. 
We think the stock's underperformance against peers not warranted. With a below-sector earnings multiple, leadership position and successful business model, we consider ZTO a "Growth at a reasonable price".


ZTO Express (2057 HK/ZTO US): Growth at a Reasonable Price

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<li>Delhivery is now looking to raise around US$700m in its upcoming India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank.</li>
<li>Delhivery is an online logistics service provider which covers express parcel delivery, heavy goods delivery, part truckload (PTL) freight, truckload (TL) freight, supply chain solutions, cross border solutions etc.</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison. </li>
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Delhivery is now looking to raise around US$700m in its upcoming India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank.
Delhivery is an online logistics service provider which covers express parcel delivery, heavy goods delivery, part truckload (PTL) freight, truckload (TL) freight, supply chain solutions, cross border solutions etc.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison. 


Delhivery IPO - Peer Comparison, What It Gains in Growth It Gives up in Margins

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<li>JD Logistics (JDL) aims to raise around US$1.1bn, with US$400m coming via an institutional placement. The balance will be funded by issuing shares at the same price to JD.com.</li>
<li>We have covered the stock extensively, links to our previous notes are below.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
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JD Logistics (JDL) aims to raise around US$1.1bn, with US$400m coming via an institutional placement. The balance will be funded by issuing shares at the same price to JD.com.
We have covered the stock extensively, links to our previous notes are below.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


JD Logistics Placement - Not Wholly Convinced, JD’s US$700m Support Helps

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Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hangzhou-sf-intra-city-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34916:1" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City (1874747D CH)</a> is the largest independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider in China. It is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to reports. </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sf-intra-city-industrial-ipo-initiation-missed-delivery" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:60224" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City Industrial IPO Initiation: Missed Delivery</a>, we stated that it offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of gross losses and cash burn. </li>
<li>The PHIP which discloses 5M21 results continues to highlight the growth at all costs strategy. We continue to think that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. </li>
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SF Intra-City (1874747D CH) is the largest independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider in China. It is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to reports. 
In SF Intra-City Industrial IPO Initiation: Missed Delivery, we stated that it offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of gross losses and cash burn. 
The PHIP which discloses 5M21 results continues to highlight the growth at all costs strategy. We continue to think that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. 


SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ane-logistics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34119:1" rel="noopener">ANE Logistics (1292621D CH)</a> operates a leading express freight network in China’s less-than-truckload (LTL) market. ANE operated the largest express freight network in China as measured by annual total freight volume in each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, according to iResearch.</p><p>ANE is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to press reports. ANE’s shareholders include Centurium, Carlyle, CDH, CPE, NWS, Ping An, Goldman Sachs and Yili.</p><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ane-logistics-ipo-initiation-home-delivery" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:57807" rel="noopener">ANE Logistics IPO Initiation: Home Delivery</a>, we stated that ANE is a play on China’s LTL market which offers substantial opportunities for market consolidation as the top 10 LTL operators in China had a market share of 5.7% by shipper spend in 2020, according to iResearch. As the largest (by freight volume), fastest-growing and most profitable player, ANE is well-positioned to be a market consolidator. We concluded that ANE’s fundamentals are solid. </p><div class="content-highlight"><p>In this note, we look at the PHIP which discloses the 4M21 results and recent developments. The PHIP continues to support our view that the ANE IPO is worth a look for investors willing to brave the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs.</p></div>

ANE Logistics (1292621D CH) operates a leading express freight network in China’s less-than-truckload (LTL) market. ANE operated the largest express freight network in China as measured by annual total freight volume in each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, according to iResearch.ANE is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to press reports. ANE’s shareholders include Centurium, Carlyle, CDH, CPE, NWS, Ping An, Goldman Sachs and Yili.In ANE Logistics IPO Initiation: Home Delivery, we stated that ANE is a play on China’s LTL market which offers substantial opportunities for market consolidation as the top 10 LTL operators in China had a market share of 5.7% by shipper spend in 2020, according to iResearch. As the largest (by freight volume), fastest-growing and most profitable player, ANE is well-positioned to be a market consolidator. We concluded that ANE’s fundamentals are solid. In this note, we look at the PHIP which discloses the 4M21 results and recent developments. The PHIP continues to support our view that the ANE IPO is worth a look for investors willing to brave the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs.

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ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. operates as an express delivery company. The Company provides express delivery service through their nationwide network, as well as other value-added logistics services. ZTO Express serves customers globally.

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ZTO Express Cayman (2057 HK)

ZTO Express (2057 HK/ZTO US): Growth at a Reasonable Price

ZTO Express has outperformed industry volume growth with healthy pricing levels so far into FY22. We anticipate it will continue to add net cash to...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Delhivery IPO - Peer Comparison, What It Gains in Growth It Gives up in Margins

Delhivery is now looking to raise around US$700m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

JD Logistics Placement - Not Wholly Convinced, JD’s US$700m Support Helps

JD Logistics (JDL) aims to raise around US$1.1bn, with US$400m coming via an institutional placement. The balance will be funded by issuing shares...

Sumeet Singh

SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses

SF Intra-city is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 m. The PHIP continues to show that it offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at...

Arun George

ANE IPO: The Freight Debate

ANE is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 m. The PHIP continues to support our view that the ANE is worth a look for investors willing...

Arun George

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