HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Osbert Tang is an equity analyst with over 20 years of experience with focuses on China transport, infrastructure, industrials and utilities sectors. He has been based in Shanghai since 2003, accumulated nearly 20 years of on-ground knowledge on the Chinese economy and financial markets, and has a wealth of contacts with China corporates and government entities. 

Osbert has received votes from top-tier institutional investors and has been a highly-ranked transport and infrastructure analyst in the Asiamoney, Institutional Investors and Greenwich surveys. In addition to his extensive experience with international investment banks including RBS, ABN AMRO (both served as Shanghai Chief Representative), Paribas Asia Equity, Maybank Kim Eng and DBS Securities, he has been a senior analyst with Moody’s Investors Service with focus on ratings of China infrastructure and related LGFV issuers. He has also worked in the area of strategic development at Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 

Osbert holds a BBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MSSc in Applied Psychology from the City University of Hong Kong. He was accredited with the CFA charter in 1997, and is a member of both British Psychological Society and Hong Kong Psychological Society.

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lonking-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3944:1" rel="noopener">Lonking Holdings (3339 HK)</a> has been a laggard among the Chinese construction machinery companies in last year's rally. However, we think that the company has excellent exposure to a recovery in China's infrastructure spending, given its number one position in the wheel loader market in the country. </p><p>We like Lonking's quality management, willingness to reward shareholders, strong financial position and undemanding valuations. We estimate that the stock is now trading on just 5.9x PER and 11% dividend yield for FY20; and it is a cheap and quality alternative to peers including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sany-heavy-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20183:1" rel="noopener">Sany Heavy Industry Co., (600031 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zoomlion-heavy-industry-s-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:425:1" rel="noopener">Zoomlion Heavy Industry S A (000157 CH)</a> which have run up by 102.3% and 92.2%, respectively, in last year.</p>

Lonking Holdings (3339 HK) has been a laggard among the Chinese construction machinery companies in last year's rally. However, we think that the company has excellent exposure to a recovery in China's infrastructure spending, given its number one position in the wheel loader market in the country. We like Lonking's quality management, willingness to reward shareholders, strong financial position and undemanding valuations. We estimate that the stock is now trading on just 5.9x PER and 11% dividend yield for FY20; and it is a cheap and quality alternative to peers including Sany Heavy Industry Co., (600031 CH) and Zoomlion Heavy Industry S A (000157 CH) which have run up by 102.3% and 92.2%, respectively, in last year.

Lonking (3339 HK): A Cheap and Quality Pick for China's Infrastructure Spending