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Daily Brief TMT/Internet: Meituan, LG Electronics, Alibaba (ADR), Hong Kong Hang Seng Index, Quanta Computer and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Meituan 4Q Food Delivery Updates
  • LG Electronics: A SELL Candidate Amid Difficult Business Condition for Consumer Electronics in 2023
  • ECM Weekly (8th Jan 2022) – Sinohytec, Beauty Farm, Sula, Kfin, Bionote, Meidong, CIFI, Jinxin Fert
  • EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades
  • Long Apple Vs. Short Quanta & Pegatron: Trade Ahead of Apple’s Upcoming Earnings

Meituan 4Q Food Delivery Updates

By Xin Yu, CFA

  • Food delivery daily order growth gradually recovered in late Dec
  • Instashopping continued its growth momentum. Community group purchase has transformed into Next Day Delivery
  • With the recovery of restaurants and travel post re-opening, Meituan is expected to be one of the biggest beneficiaries.

LG Electronics: A SELL Candidate Amid Difficult Business Condition for Consumer Electronics in 2023

By Douglas Kim

  • After a disappointing earnings results in 4Q 2022, we believe LG Electronics (066570 KS) is a SELL candidate.
  • The decline in housing prices in major countries such as the US and South Korea have negatively impacted consumers’ purchases of consumer appliances. 
  • With the consensus that is likely to cut their operating profit estimates significantly in 2023, we think that LG Electronics’ shares could fall another 20-25% over the next year. 

ECM Weekly (8th Jan 2022) – Sinohytec, Beauty Farm, Sula, Kfin, Bionote, Meidong, CIFI, Jinxin Fert

By Sumeet Singh

  • Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs
  • On the IPO front,  only the smaller issuers were active with most following through on year end listing plans.
  • On placements front, HK market got going in a jiffy, riding on the coattails of China reopening.

EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades

By Simon Harris

  • Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets
  • Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days
  • We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces

Long Apple Vs. Short Quanta & Pegatron: Trade Ahead of Apple’s Upcoming Earnings

By Vincent Fernando, CFA

  • Apple shares have fallen significantly on a weakening outloook; Yet manufacturers Quanta and Pegatron’s shares still haven’t reacted negatively.
  • Inventory levels appear too high across Apple’s key contract manufacturers based on our analysis.
  • We see Quanta & Pegatron at risk of margin pressure in 2023E with negative operating leverage potentially causing significant profit declines.

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