In today’s briefing:
- Alibaba Potential IPOs – The Final Part – Quick Look at Investees and Eventual Holdco
- CR Power (836 HK): Upside From Clean Energy Spin-Off
- Alibaba IPOs, Freshippo IPO: Conflict of Interest Arising from Competition with Tmall Supermarket
- Beauty Farm Medical (BFM HK): Expectations Are Flying Too High; 1H23 Result Will Set the Path
- Pre-IPO Kelun Biotech (PHIP Updates) – Some Points Worth the Attention
- Tencent Investee Selldown – JD.com Done, Meituan Done, Two More Still Left
- Morning Views Asia: Country Garden Holdings Co, Yuexiu Property
Alibaba Potential IPOs – The Final Part – Quick Look at Investees and Eventual Holdco
- On 28th Mar 2023, Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US) announced that it would adopt a new organizational and governance structure, splitting into six major business groups and other investments.
- Alibaba also stated that each of the business groups would be set up as an independent entity with its own board and the groups will eventually seek to list.
- In this note, we will talk about some of the company’s investments and how the overall Holdco would look post restructuring.
CR Power (836 HK): Upside From Clean Energy Spin-Off
- Late March, SOE-backed power play China Resources Power Holdings Co Ltd. (836 HK) announced it intends to spin off its energy unit via an A-share listing.
- Shares gained 4.9% on the news – gains which were promptly given back over the ensuing fortnight.
- Renewable energy profits have been the driving force behind CRP’s bottom line strength the last two years. But how best to assign a value to the remaining loss-making thermal ops?
Alibaba IPOs, Freshippo IPO: Conflict of Interest Arising from Competition with Tmall Supermarket
- Freshippo (Hema) is set to be the first Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US) company to have an IPO after the business split into six units.
- Two key concerns for Freshippo’s IPO are its failure to secure outside funding in two attempts last year and the potential conflict of interest arising from competition with Tmall Supermarket.
- While it is still premature to make a definitive assessment of Freshippo’s IPO prospects, we maintain a level of skepticism towards the company.
Beauty Farm Medical (BFM HK): Expectations Are Flying Too High; 1H23 Result Will Set the Path
- Beauty Farm Medical and Health Industry (BFM HK) reported decline in revenue and net profit in 2022, due to the implementation of nationwide pandemic prevention and control policies.
- The company is seeing recovery in 2023. During January–May, customer traffic and average transaction value achieved double-digit growth YoY, while customer spending increased 20%+ YoY.
- In 2023, revenue and EPS are expected to grow 34% and 106%, YoY, respectively. The preliminary business operation overview seems to fall short of the expectations.
Pre-IPO Kelun Biotech (PHIP Updates) – Some Points Worth the Attention
- We don’t think A166 makes much sense on the commercialization level when faced with DS-8201. Unsatisfactory sales of Trodelvy also makes us start worrying about SKB264 after its market launch.
- MNCs are scrambling to in-license ADC products, which actually reflected their “general anxiety”, leading to a “sentiment-driven valuation premium”. Would the final outcome of ADC be the same as PD-1?
- We’re “confused” about the valuation of Kelun-Biotech if look deeper. The valuation in last round of financing before IPO wasn’t cheap, which makes us cautious considering the outlook and sentiment.
Tencent Investee Selldown – JD.com Done, Meituan Done, Two More Still Left
- Tencent has been busy distributing shares in some of its investments over the past two years, with JD.com’s distribution announced in 2021 and Meituan’s in 2022.
- In our earlier note in 2022, Tencent Investee Selldown – The US$120bn Global Overhang, we had looked at its overall investment portfolio.
- With two of its large investments spun-out, we now re-look at Tencent’s shareholding in various companies to try and gauge which ones it could sell out of and how.
Morning Views Asia: Country Garden Holdings Co, Yuexiu Property
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