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In today’s briefing:
- Shanghai Longcheer: Leading ODM Vendor Leveraging Its Expertise for AR/VR
- [Baidu (BIDU US) Target Price Change]: Better Recovery with Leading Position in AIGC
- IMotion Automotive Technology Pre-IPO Tearsheet
- [JD Logistics, Inc. (2618 HK) Earnings Preview]: JDL Absent from JD and Douyin Strategies
- Weekly Wrap – 14 Apr 2023
Shanghai Longcheer: Leading ODM Vendor Leveraging Its Expertise for AR/VR
- Shanghai Longcheer Technology is a Chinese company that specializes in providing smart products and services including smart phone ODMs, tablets, VR/AR headbands, smart wearables and smart home products.
- Founded in 2022, the company is one of top three global integrated service providers of smartphone ODMs.
- Longcheer’s previous attempt to go public in 2018 was rejected, however, it has revived its IPO plans and in 2023, expressed its interest in seeking a public listing.
[Baidu (BIDU US) Target Price Change]: Better Recovery with Leading Position in AIGC
- We estimate that Baidu’s 1Q23/2023 bottom line would beat cons. by 13.2%/6.5%, mostly driven by better-than-expected recovery of ads business and cost-saving measures.
- We remain optimistic about Baidu’s AIGC leading position, because Baidu still gains the edge for its first-mover advantage and continuous investment.
- Maintain BUY rating and raise TP to US$175, implying 17.9X PE in 2023
IMotion Automotive Technology Pre-IPO Tearsheet
- IMotion Automotive Technology (1812706D CH) is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming HK IPO. The deal will be run by Citibank, Huatai and CCB International.
- The company possesses advanced full-stack R&D capabilities including self-developed algorithms and hardware-software co-design capabilities. It provides two AD domain controller product lines, and the self-designed iDC series.
- Its solutions and products cover a wide price range of vehicles and all types of driving scenarios, including highways, ring roads, complex urban roads, country roads, and parking areas.
[JD Logistics, Inc. (2618 HK) Earnings Preview]: JDL Absent from JD and Douyin Strategies
- We expect JDL to report C1Q23 net revenue in-line with cons., and non-IFRS net margin lower than cons. by (0.5ppts).
- Our FY23 revenue and net-profit forecasts are (5%) and (6%) below consensus, respectively. JDL’s key customers JD and Douyin are pushing new services that favor shipment via logistics competitors;
- JDL’s key customers JD and Douyin are pushing new services that favor shipment via logistics competitors; We maintain JDL’s SELL rating and cut its TP to HK$ 9.2.
Weekly Wrap – 14 Apr 2023
Lucror Analytics Weekly Wraps provide an overview of all Morning Views comments and reports published by our analyst team in the past week, and also showcase a list of the most-read reports.
In this Insight:
- Softbank Group
- Central China Real Estate
- Sino-Ocean Group
- Seazen (Formerly Future Land)
- Vedanta Resources
and more…
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