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

China Consumption Weekly (25 Dec 2023): Tencent, NetEase, NIO, Xpeng, Alibaba, Meituan, Douyin

China Consumption Weekly (1 Jan 2024): Tencent, NetEase, Alibaba, JD.com, PDD

Tencent (700 HK) 4Q23 Earnings Preview: Stable Growth and Margin Improvement Will Continue

Tencent (700 HK): 2Q23, Ad and FinTech Recovering, Margin Higher, Buy

Tencent (700 HK) 3Q23 Earnings Preview: No Concern on EPS Decline, 58% Upside

Tencent (700 HK): Board Meets Next Week; In-Specie Dividend Candidates

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

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<li>Advertising, international game, and Fintech grew by two digits, but domestic entertainments were stagnant.</li>
<li>The gross margins of all business lines improved and admin expense as percentage of total revenue decreased.</li>
<li>We believe the stock has an upside of 30% for the year end of 2024.</li>
</ul>


Advertising, international game, and Fintech grew by two digits, but domestic entertainments were stagnant.
The gross margins of all business lines improved and admin expense as percentage of total revenue decreased.
We believe the stock has an upside of 30% for the year end of 2024.


Tencent (700 HK): Raise Margin Estimates After 3Q23 Results, 30% Upside, Buy