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

Pinduoduo (PDD): 1Q22, Good Quarter, But Lockdown Scares Third-Party Retailers

Pinduoduo (PDD): 2Q22, Viewpoint Opposite to Marvelous Performance

Pinduoduo (PDD): High-Performing Financials, But Low-Profile Management, 23% Downside

Pinduoduo (PDD): 3Q21, Market Hates Low Growth, But We Love Profit

Pinduoduo (PDD): Made Profit After Giving up Direct Sales and User Accumulation

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

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>PDD’s total revenue growth was low 4Q21, as the company gave up on direct sales.</li>
<li>However, we believe the revenue growth will bounce back in 2023.</li>
<li>PDD cut sales and marketing expense, so we believe operating margin will improve in following two years.</li>
</ul>


PDD’s total revenue growth was low 4Q21, as the company gave up on direct sales.
However, we believe the revenue growth will bounce back in 2023.
PDD cut sales and marketing expense, so we believe operating margin will improve in following two years.


Pinduoduo (PDD): 4Q21, Undervalued Growth Rate and Record Profit Since IPO, Buy

PDD Holdings

Pinduoduo (PDD): 4Q21, Undervalued Growth Rate and Record Profit Since IPO, Buy