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<ul><li>Maintain BUY. Geely’s 1H24 core earnings beat our prior forecast by 18% even with a lower R&amp;D capitalization ratio.</li><li>We are of the view that the Galaxy E5 BEV based on the GEA platform could be a sales volume driver with better margins than previous Galaxy models.</li><li>Zeekr’s plan to roll out hybrid models could also make it more competitive. We also think Geely’s current valuation is attractive.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Maintain BUY. Geely’s 1H24 core earnings beat our prior forecast by 18% even with a lower R&amp;D capitalization ratio.We are of the view that the Galaxy E5 BEV based on the GEA platform could be a sales volume driver with better margins than previous Galaxy models.Zeekr’s plan to roll out hybrid models could also make it more competitive. We also think Geely’s current valuation is attractive.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Geely Automobile (175 HK) - Solid 1H24 Earnings, Better NEV Outlook

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>WeRide, a pure-play autonomous driving company with operations in 7 countries, may raise up to $120M in upcoming IPO in the United States.</li>
<li>WeRide is expected to IPO this week. The company’s amended prospectus puts the price range per ADS at $15.50 to $18.50, implying a market cap of ~$4.6B at the midpoint.</li>
<li>The company has raised ~$1.4B in equity financing to date and was backed by Qiming Venture Partners and the venture capital fund of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance, among others.</li>
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WeRide, a pure-play autonomous driving company with operations in 7 countries, may raise up to $120M in upcoming IPO in the United States.
WeRide is expected to IPO this week. The company’s amended prospectus puts the price range per ADS at $15.50 to $18.50, implying a market cap of ~$4.6B at the midpoint.
The company has raised ~$1.4B in equity financing to date and was backed by Qiming Venture Partners and the venture capital fund of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance, among others.


WeRide IPO: High-Risk Venture Investment and Unproven Business Model

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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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.

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<li>The retail deliveries of NEV (new energy vehicle) increased by 37% YoY in July.</li>
<li>One of Alibaba’s supermarket chains, Freshippo, will sell its OEM goods, on Lazada.</li>
<li>Tencent will formally start the game, Arena Breakout: Infinite, in August.</li>
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The retail deliveries of NEV (new energy vehicle) increased by 37% YoY in July.
One of Alibaba’s supermarket chains, Freshippo, will sell its OEM goods, on Lazada.
Tencent will formally start the game, Arena Breakout: Infinite, in August.


China Consumption Weekly (12 Aug 2024): Geely, Li Auto, JD.com, Alibaba, Tencent, DDL

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Black Sesame International Holding / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Black Sesame Technologies Inc., a Chinese system-on-a-chip designer focused on autonomous driving systems, is seeking to raise up to HK$1.12 billion ($143 million) from its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong.</li><li>The listing will be the second IPO under the new Chapter 18C listing rules introduced in March 2023, which allow companies engaged in specialty technologies to list in Hong Kong even if they are not yet profitable or unable to meet the Main Board’s earnings requirements.</li><li><a href="https://www.caixinglobal.com/2024-06-05/ai-drug-researcher-quantumpharm-seeks-145-million-in-hong-kong-ipo-102203232.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">QuantumPharm Inc.</a>, a Shenzhen-based AI drug researcher backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., debuted on June 13 as the first, raising HK$1.13 billion.</li></ul>

Black Sesame Technologies Inc., a Chinese system-on-a-chip designer focused on autonomous driving systems, is seeking to raise up to HK$1.12 billion ($143 million) from its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong.The listing will be the second IPO under the new Chapter 18C listing rules introduced in March 2023, which allow companies engaged in specialty technologies to list in Hong Kong even if they are not yet profitable or unable to meet the Main Board’s earnings requirements.QuantumPharm Inc., a Shenzhen-based AI drug researcher backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., debuted on June 13 as the first, raising HK$1.13 billion.

Chinese Auto Chip Maker Black Sesame to Raise $143 Million in Hong Kong IPO

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>We summarize the Jul 2024 leading indicators as below, including the number of leads, customer flows and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.</li><li>Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15- 18 stores for each brand) in 15 cities in China.</li><li>The following data reflect samestore metrics, and the metrics on a company level could be better than these figures, as most players are still expanding their sales network.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We summarize the Jul 2024 leading indicators as below, including the number of leads, customer flows and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15- 18 stores for each brand) in 15 cities in China.The following data reflect samestore metrics, and the metrics on a company level could be better than these figures, as most players are still expanding their sales network.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Auto - Resilient Leading Indicators During Off-Peak Time

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Geely Automobile Holdings Limited operates as a passenger vehicles manufacturing company. The Company provides passenger vehicles development, manufacturing, sales, and other services. Geely Automobile Holdings also exports passenger vehicles.

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Geely Auto (175 HK)

Geely Automobile (175 HK) - Solid 1H24 Earnings, Better NEV Outlook

Zeekr’s plan to roll out hybrid models could also make it more competitive. We also think Geely’s current valuation is attractive.

CMB International

WeRide IPO: High-Risk Venture Investment and Unproven Business Model

WeRide, a Chinese autonomous driving company backed by Yutong and VC investors, is expected to IPO this week in the United States. I view WeRide...

Andrei Zakharov

China Consumption Weekly (12 Aug 2024): Geely, Li Auto, JD.com, Alibaba, Tencent, DDL

The retail deliveries of NEV increased by 37% YoY in July. Freshippo will sell its OEM goods on Lazada. Tencent will formally start the game...

Ming Lu

Chinese Auto Chip Maker Black Sesame to Raise $143 Million in Hong Kong IPO

Black Sesame Technologies Inc., a Chinese system-on-a-chip designer focused on autonomous driving systems, is seeking to raise up to HK$1.12...

Caixin Global

Auto - Resilient Leading Indicators During Off-Peak Time

We summarize the Jul 2024 leading indicators as below, including the number of leads, customer flows and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li...

CMB International

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