Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

20 years of experience researching capital markets in Asia and the USA.

Managing Director, Zero One

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Asustek, Acer, and HP's recent quarterly results indicate decreases in inventory days, highlighting potential improvement happening at the leading edge of the PC industry chain.</li>
<li>Asustek (Asus) has substantially underperformed Acer YTD with one factor likely being Asus reporting worse margin performance. Asus is flat YTD after its post-results drop vs. +15% YTD for Acer.</li>
<li>Long/Short: One can explore Long Asustek vs. Short Acer based on expectations of normalization of relative operational performance.</li>
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Asustek, Acer, and HP's recent quarterly results indicate decreases in inventory days, highlighting potential improvement happening at the leading edge of the PC industry chain.
Asustek (Asus) has substantially underperformed Acer YTD with one factor likely being Asus reporting worse margin performance. Asus is flat YTD after its post-results drop vs. +15% YTD for Acer.
Long/Short: One can explore Long Asustek vs. Short Acer based on expectations of normalization of relative operational performance.


PC Industry Monitor: Signs of Inventory Improvement at PC Industry's Leading Edge; Shares Diverged

Asustek Computer

PC Industry Monitor: Signs of Inventory Improvement at PC Industry's Leading Edge; Shares Diverged