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<ul><li>Tencent Holdings Ltd. (腾讯) reported weaker-than-expected results in the fourth quarter of 2023, as the Chinese internet behemoth faced challenges growing its gaming business, particularly in China’s domestic market.</li><li>During the three-month period, Hong Kong-listed Tencent generated 155.2 billion yuan ($21.9 billion) in revenue, up 7% from 2022, according to its earnings report released Wednesday. That missed the average estimate of 157.4 billion yuan by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.</li><li>Quarterly net profit also fell short of expectations, down 75% year-on-year at 27 billion yuan, compared to average analysts’ predictions of 33.3 billion yuan.</li></ul>

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (腾讯) reported weaker-than-expected results in the fourth quarter of 2023, as the Chinese internet behemoth faced challenges growing its gaming business, particularly in China’s domestic market.During the three-month period, Hong Kong-listed Tencent generated 155.2 billion yuan ($21.9 billion) in revenue, up 7% from 2022, according to its earnings report released Wednesday. That missed the average estimate of 157.4 billion yuan by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.Quarterly net profit also fell short of expectations, down 75% year-on-year at 27 billion yuan, compared to average analysts’ predictions of 33.3 billion yuan.

Tencent Posts Weaker Quarterly Results Amid Gaming Challenges 

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>Audit /: U.S. watchdog fines three KPMG China partners for audit violations</li><li>Law enforcement /: As profit-driven, cross-regional law enforcement grows, scholars suggest fines be turned over to central government</li><li>China-Ukraine /: Ukraine’s top diplomat says China has ‘big potential’ role to help end war with Russia</li></ul>

Audit /: U.S. watchdog fines three KPMG China partners for audit violationsLaw enforcement /: As profit-driven, cross-regional law enforcement grows, scholars suggest fines be turned over to central governmentChina-Ukraine /: Ukraine’s top diplomat says China has ‘big potential’ role to help end war with Russia

CX Daily: U.S. Watchdog Fines Three KPMG China Partners for Audit Violations

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Mar 22nd based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Dongyue (189 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Mar 22nd based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Dongyue (189 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Mar 22nd): Aia, Swire Pacific, Kuaishou Technology

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mixue-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40623:1" rel="noopener">Mixue Group</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mixue-group-bab2ff71-b80e-406a-8746-77d70acaa16e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40625:1" rel="noopener">MIXUE Group</a> (MIXUE) is a freshly-made drinks company providing affordable products to consumers, including freshly-made fruit drinks, tea, ice cream and coffee, typically priced at around one USD per item.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the past performance and undertaken a peer comparison. In this note, we provide our initial thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Mixue Group is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.

MIXUE Group (MIXUE) is a freshly-made drinks company providing affordable products to consumers, including freshly-made fruit drinks, tea, ice cream and coffee, typically priced at around one USD per item.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the past performance and undertaken a peer comparison. In this note, we provide our initial thoughts on valuation.


MIXUE Pre-IPO - Initial Thoughts on Valuation

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>Tencent announced its 4Q23 results on 20 Mar: total revenue grew by 7% YoY to RMB155.2bn in 4Q23, largely in line with our/consensus estimate of RMB156.1/157.4bn.</li><li>Non-IFRS net income was up by 44% YoY to RMB42.7bn in 4Q23, ahead of our/consensus estimate of RMB40.0/42.0bn, mainly due to solid GPM expansion (+7.3ppt YoY).</li><li>FY23 total revenue grew by 10% YoY to RMB609.0bn, and non-IFRS net income increased by 36% YoY to RMB157.7bn. </li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Tencent announced its 4Q23 results on 20 Mar: total revenue grew by 7% YoY to RMB155.2bn in 4Q23, largely in line with our/consensus estimate of RMB156.1/157.4bn.Non-IFRS net income was up by 44% YoY to RMB42.7bn in 4Q23, ahead of our/consensus estimate of RMB40.0/42.0bn, mainly due to solid GPM expansion (+7.3ppt YoY).FY23 total revenue grew by 10% YoY to RMB609.0bn, and non-IFRS net income increased by 36% YoY to RMB157.7bn. 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.

Tencent (700 HK) - Unleashing Business Model Advantages

China

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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Sumeet Singh

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