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

Meituan (3690 HK): Meituan Spending Money, But Agents Accumulating Customers for Themselves

Meituan Placement - Might Not Do a Tencent but Low-End Looks Enticing

Meituan Placement - Small Passive Inflow; HSI, HSCEI Trackers Will Buy in June

Meituan (3690 HK): Financials Rallied in 2Q20, But Stock Has Surged for Months, 18% Downside

Meituan (3690 HK): Paused AliPay for the Third Time, The Dilemma Can Be Top Risk After Pandemic

Meituan (3690 HK): Good News, Recovery Continued in 3Q20, Bad News, Overvalued

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>“Initiatives” lost RMB6 billion in operation in 4Q20, as Meituan joined a price war of community group purchase.</li>
<li>We do not believe Meituan will win, as there are many strong competitors.</li>
<li>We set a down side of 13%~15% for the end of 2022.</li>
</ul>


“Initiatives” lost RMB6 billion in operation in 4Q20, as Meituan joined a price war of community group purchase.
We do not believe Meituan will win, as there are many strong competitors.
We set a down side of 13%~15% for the end of 2022.


Meituan (3690 HK): Q4, “Community Group Purchase” Broke Bottom Line