HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Osbert Tang is an equity analyst with over 20 years of experience with focuses on China transport, infrastructure, industrials and utilities sectors. He has been based in Shanghai since 2003, accumulated nearly 20 years of on-ground knowledge on the Chinese economy and financial markets, and has a wealth of contacts with China corporates and government entities. 

Osbert has received votes from top-tier institutional investors and has been a highly-ranked transport and infrastructure analyst in the Asiamoney, Institutional Investors and Greenwich surveys. In addition to his extensive experience with international investment banks including RBS, ABN AMRO (both served as Shanghai Chief Representative), Paribas Asia Equity, Maybank Kim Eng and DBS Securities, he has been a senior analyst with Moody’s Investors Service with focus on ratings of China infrastructure and related LGFV issuers. He has also worked in the area of strategic development at Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 

Osbert holds a BBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MSSc in Applied Psychology from the City University of Hong Kong. He was accredited with the CFA charter in 1997, and is a member of both British Psychological Society and Hong Kong Psychological Society.

Xinhua Winshare (811 HK): Still the Place to Be

Xinhua Winshare (811 HK): Unmatched Strengths

Xinhua Winshare (811 HK): On Track to Sustain Stable & Secured Yield

Xinhua Winshare (811 HK): Manageable Impact in 1Q20 and Good Recovery on Track

Xinhua Winshare (811 HK): Revisiting a Solid Yield Play Fully Backed by Net Cash

Xinhua Winshare (811 HK): We like the Net Cash Cushion - 68% of Share Price

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Despite solid outperformance, share price of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xinhua-winshare-publishing-media-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15072:1" rel="noopener">Xinhua Winshare (811 HK)</a> is more than 100% covered by net cash of Rmb7.6bn. DPS has also risen uninterruptedly in the last 3 years. </li>
<li>1Q23 result demonstrated operating resilience as recurring profit soared 48.5%. Its franchise in textbook publication and distribution stayed well protected, securing profitability outlook.</li>
<li>We like XW's boring businesses in the current depressed market. It trades on 4.5x PER with secured 6.6% dividend yield. The HA discount has widened to 10pp deeper than average. </li>
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Despite solid outperformance, share price of Xinhua Winshare (811 HK) is more than 100% covered by net cash of Rmb7.6bn. DPS has also risen uninterruptedly in the last 3 years. 
1Q23 result demonstrated operating resilience as recurring profit soared 48.5%. Its franchise in textbook publication and distribution stayed well protected, securing profitability outlook.
We like XW's boring businesses in the current depressed market. It trades on 4.5x PER with secured 6.6% dividend yield. The HA discount has widened to 10pp deeper than average. 


Xinhua Winshare (811 HK): We Love the Boredom