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

PDD Holdings (PDD US): Earnings Call Spooks Investors. Is There More than Meets the Eye?

PDD Holdings (PDD US) : Could U.S. Elections Impact Temu's Dominance?

Weekly Consumer Tales: Meituan's Margin Gain, H&H's Pain, PDD's Stock Crash

China Consumption Weekly (10 Jun 2024): Tencent, PDD, Meituan, NIO, Tuniu, Smart Share

PDD (PDD US): 1Q24, Rev Up by 131% and Margin Reaching 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

<ul>
<li>The stock plunged today after the announcement of excellent performance for 2Q24.</li>
<li>In 2Q24, revenue grew by 86% YoY and the operating margin improved 10 percentage points YoY.</li>
<li>We believe investors should buy, as it is just a tactic from major stock sellers.</li>
</ul>


The stock plunged today after the announcement of excellent performance for 2Q24.
In 2Q24, revenue grew by 86% YoY and the operating margin improved 10 percentage points YoY.
We believe investors should buy, as it is just a tactic from major stock sellers.


PDD (PDD US): Stock Plunged After Excellent 2Q24 Result – Your Time to Buy