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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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CSPC Pharmaceutical Group / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Strong double-digit growth in 1Q24. CSPC reported 1Q24 revenue of RMB8.98bn (+11.5% YoY, +18.4% QoQ) and attributable net profit of RMB1.61bn (+12.9% YoY, +17.0% QoQ), regaining double-digit growth, and representing 26% and 20% of our previous full-year estimates, respectively.</li><li>The GP margin in 1Q24 increased to 72.3% (vs 68.5% in 1Q23), mainly due to a higher proportion of revenue from finished drugs (84.2% in 1Q24 vs 79.7% in 1Q23).</li><li>Selling expense ratio increased to 33.0% in 1Q24 (vs 30.9% in 1Q23), due to the higher proportion of revenue from finished drugs, in our view. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Strong double-digit growth in 1Q24. CSPC reported 1Q24 revenue of RMB8.98bn (+11.5% YoY, +18.4% QoQ) and attributable net profit of RMB1.61bn (+12.9% YoY, +17.0% QoQ), regaining double-digit growth, and representing 26% and 20% of our previous full-year estimates, respectively.The GP margin in 1Q24 increased to 72.3% (vs 68.5% in 1Q23), mainly due to a higher proportion of revenue from finished drugs (84.2% in 1Q24 vs 79.7% in 1Q23).Selling expense ratio increased to 33.0% in 1Q24 (vs 30.9% in 1Q23), due to the higher proportion of revenue from finished drugs, in our view. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

CSPC Pharmaceutical (1093 HK) - Accelerating Growth in Finished Drug Sales