Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

A veteran with 19-year experience in equity research.

Geographical coverage:
* Companies operating in China, but listed in Hong Kong and the U.S.
* Previously China A-share (listed in mainland China).

Equity sector coverage:
* Chinese App / Internet-based consumption in China, e.g., Alibaba, Tencent, etc.
* Previously covered education, transportation, telecom, power, bank, advertisement, hotel, etc.

Research methods:
* Generally bottom-up.
* Talk to related people on the ground.  Talk to readers and independent writers for analyzing a news portal.  Talk to parents and teachers for analyzing a tutoring school. 
* Visit stores and show photos as evidence in notes.
* Do technical analysis when finding a short-seller attacking an equity.

Languages:
* English
* Mandarin Chinese (Official language of China)
* Shanghainese (Language of Shanghai, the most developed city in China)
* Cantonese (Language of Hong Kong and Canton Province, one of the most developed provinces in China)

Overseas Chinese Equities

China Consumption Weekly (28 Oct 2024): Kweichow Moutai, JD, New Oriental, TAL, Meituan

China Consumption Weekly (4 Oct 2024): Seres, Great Wall Motor, JD, Nongfu, Caocao, Hozon

Alibaba (BABA US) 2Q25 Earnings Preview: Many Events Happened, But to Boost Later Quarters

China Consumption Weekly (14 Oct 2024): Tencent, Lalatech, Seres, BYD, NIO, Trip.com

Tencent/Netease: One Approval for Tencent in September

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Alibaba is selling Sun Art, a listed supermarket subsidiary, as Sun Art’s revenue is shrinking.</li>
<li>Alibaba gained 6 million new retailers on its Taobao Tmall platform year to date.</li>
<li>In September Tesla’s sales volume increased by 66% YoY and all major Chinese NEV grew strongly.</li>
</ul>


Alibaba is selling Sun Art, a listed supermarket subsidiary, as Sun Art’s revenue is shrinking.
Alibaba gained 6 million new retailers on its Taobao Tmall platform year to date.
In September Tesla’s sales volume increased by 66% YoY and all major Chinese NEV grew strongly.


China Consumption Weekly (21 Oct 2024): Sun Art, Alibaba, Tesla, JD.com