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

Alibaba (9988 HK): 3Q24, Unimpressive as Expected, But Turning Focus from Margin to Growth

China Consumption Weekly (19 Feb 2024): Ant Group, Great Wall Motor, JD.com, Baidu, Autohome

Trip.com (9961 HK, TCOM US): 4Q23, Revenue Up by 105%, But Reached Our Last Price Target

BYD (1211 HK): All NEV Stocks Plunged After Strong Industry Data – Opportunity Coming

China Consumption Weekly: HSI, BYD, Trip.com, Kuaishou, Baidu

BYD (1211 HK): Sales Volume Up by 62% in 2023

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

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

<ul>
<li>BYD released its result estimate for 2023, in which net profit rose by 74% to 86% over 2022.</li>
<li>Li auto delivered 31,165 vehicles in January 2024, up by 106% over 2023.</li>
<li>As per rumors reported in the media, Alibaba will sell RT-Mart, a supermarket brand.</li>
</ul>


BYD released its result estimate for 2023, in which net profit rose by 74% to 86% over 2022.
Li auto delivered 31,165 vehicles in January 2024, up by 106% over 2023.
As per rumors reported in the media, Alibaba will sell RT-Mart, a supermarket brand.


China Consumption Weekly (5 Feb 2024): BYD, Li Auto, Alibaba, Sun Art