In today’s briefing:
- Alibaba, Tencent Continue to Tear Down Walls Between Their Meeting Platforms
- [Miniso Group (MNSO US, BUY, TP US$31) Target Price Change]: Near Term Story Is Still the Americas
- MT/ Meituan (3690 HK) Earnings Preview: Fourth Positive EPS, 99% Upside
- Morning Views Asia: Agung Podomoro Land, China Vanke
- Qunabox Group Pre-IPO Tearsheet
Alibaba, Tencent Continue to Tear Down Walls Between Their Meeting Platforms
- Alibaba Group’s office messaging and meeting app DingTalk is allowing users of Tencent Holdings’ rival social media app WeChat to directly join any meeting initiated on DingTalk without first registering.
- DingTalk users can now share a meeting link with WeChat users, who can enter the meeting within WeChat.
- Previously, DingTalk required participants to download its meeting app and register.
[Miniso Group (MNSO US, BUY, TP US$31) Target Price Change]: Near Term Story Is Still the Americas
- Miniso report C4Q23 revenue in-line/7.9% vs. our estimate/consensus, non-GAAP NI is 5.1%/10.5% higher than our estimate/consensus on strong overseas sales from North and Latin Americas.
- Company guided for soft operating margin thanks to robust new store openings, which we believe to be accretive to earnings in the long run
- We maintain the stock as BUY and but cut TP by US$2 to US$31/ADS
MT/ Meituan (3690 HK) Earnings Preview: Fourth Positive EPS, 99% Upside
- In 4Q23, we believe total revenue will grow by 20% YoY and MT will have the fourth profitable quarter.
- We believe Douyin will not threaten MT in the long run according to other competitors’ failure.
- We believe EPS will reach RMB0.35 in 4Q23 and RMB2.23 in 2023.
Morning Views Asia: Agung Podomoro Land, China Vanke
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Qunabox Group Pre-IPO Tearsheet
- Qunabox Group Limited (QUNA HK) is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunner on the deal is Haitong.
- Qunabox Group Limited (Qunabox) is a marketing service provider in China, focusing on outdoor marketing for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG).
- As per CIC, the firm was the fifth largest FMCG outdoor marketing service provider in China in terms of 2022 sales, with a market share of 0.9%.