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

JD.com (9618 HK) Earnings Preview: To Continue A Strategy of Low Growth and High Margin

JD.com (9618 HK): 1Q23, Expected Performance and Unexpected CEO Change, 92% Upside

JD.com (9618 HK) Earnings Preview: Weak Q4, But Strong 2023

China Internet Weekly (6Mar2023): JD, Kuaishou, Baidu, Weibo, Vipshop

JD.com (9618 HK): 3Q22, Growth Recovered, Margin Reached Historical High

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

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<li>JD’s revenue growth rate reached its historical low in 2022, but we believe it will recover in following two years.</li>
<li>JD’s operating margin hit its historical high in 2022 and we believe the improvement will continue.</li>
<li>We believe EPS will grow by more than 100% in 2022 and the stock has an upside of 42%.</li>
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JD’s revenue growth rate reached its historical low in 2022, but we believe it will recover in following two years.
JD’s operating margin hit its historical high in 2022 and we believe the improvement will continue.
We believe EPS will grow by more than 100% in 2022 and the stock has an upside of 42%.


JD.com (9618 HK): 2022, Historical Low Growth, But Historical High Margin.