Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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>JD.com stock price surged after its 4Q23 results and repurchase decision.</li>
<li>It is not big issue that BYD sales decreased in the weak season.</li>
<li>Alibaba began to close unprofitable Freshippo stores in February, but the company said it has expansion plan.</li>
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JD.com stock price surged after its 4Q23 results and repurchase decision.
It is not big issue that BYD sales decreased in the weak season.
Alibaba began to close unprofitable Freshippo stores in February, but the company said it has expansion plan.


China Consumption Weekly (11 Mar 2024): JD.com, JD Logisitics, BYD, Alibaba, NIO

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>1211 HK: Tesla's German factory caught on arson, interrupting production for a week (-)</li>
<li>BZ: Government’s 2024 new job creation guidance is relatively soft. (-)</li>
<li>9926 HK/9995 HK/1801 HK/1877 HK/BGNE: US senator move forward with bill to constrain Wuxi Apptec-（/）</li>
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1211 HK: Tesla's German factory caught on arson, interrupting production for a week (-)
BZ: Government’s 2024 new job creation guidance is relatively soft. (-)
9926 HK/9995 HK/1801 HK/1877 HK/BGNE: US senator move forward with bill to constrain Wuxi Apptec-（/）


[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV/LI/NIO/ 1211 HK/BZ/9926 HK/9995 HK/1801 HK/1877 HK/BGNE

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Shanghai REFIRE Group / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-refire-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40952:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai REFIRE Group</a> (SRG) is looking to raise around US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunner for the deal is CICC.</li>
<li>SRG designs, develops, manufactures, and sells hydrogen fuel cell systems, hydrogen production systems, and related components, as well as provides fuel cell engineering and technical services.</li>
<li>According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), it ranked first in the hydrogen fuel cell system market in China, with a market share of 25.9%.</li>
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Shanghai REFIRE Group (SRG) is looking to raise around US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunner for the deal is CICC.
SRG designs, develops, manufactures, and sells hydrogen fuel cell systems, hydrogen production systems, and related components, as well as provides fuel cell engineering and technical services.
According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), it ranked first in the hydrogen fuel cell system market in China, with a market share of 25.9%.


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>Maintain HOLD. NIO’s all-time high R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses in 4Q23 once again confirm that it is probably too difficult for the company to control costs.</li><li>The cash burn from CYVN’s capital injection may last shorter than we expected before. We see no sign or persuasive strategies to turn profitable from the earnings call.</li><li>We believe management’s guidance for FY24E GPM could be too optimistic.</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>

Maintain HOLD. NIO’s all-time high R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses in 4Q23 once again confirm that it is probably too difficult for the company to control costs.The cash burn from CYVN’s capital injection may last shorter than we expected before. We see no sign or persuasive strategies to turn profitable from the earnings call.We believe management’s guidance for FY24E GPM could be too optimistic.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.

NIO Inc. (NIO US) - Cash Burn Speeds up with Capital Injection

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<li>LI/XPEV/NIO: Li, Xpeng and GAC AION announced new price actions（+/+/-）</li>
<li>ZLAB: Zai Lab’s revenue growth in 4Q23 is weak, and loss narrowing is limited （-）</li>
<li>1810 HK: Qualcomm exhibited a number of client-side LLM products at MWC Barcelona, covering mobile phones, PCs and communications（+）</li>
</ul>


LI/XPEV/NIO: Li, Xpeng and GAC AION announced new price actions（+/+/-）
ZLAB: Zai Lab’s revenue growth in 4Q23 is weak, and loss narrowing is limited （-）
1810 HK: Qualcomm exhibited a number of client-side LLM products at MWC Barcelona, covering mobile phones, PCs and communications（+）


[Blue Lotus Daily]:1211 HK/XPEV/ 1810 HK/LI/NIO/ZLAB/BGNE/MNSO

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NIO Inc. manufactures and sells automobiles. The Company offers electric vehicles and parts, as well as provides battery charging services. NIO serves customers worldwide.

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NIO (NIO US)

China Consumption Weekly (11 Mar 2024): JD.com, JD Logisitics, BYD, Alibaba, NIO

JD.com stock price surged after its 4Q23 results and repurchase decision. It is not big issue that BYD sales decreased in the weak season. Alibaba...

Ming Lu

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV/LI/NIO/ 1211 HK/BZ/9926 HK/9995 HK/1801 HK/1877 HK/BGNE

Arson at Tesla's German factory halts production for a week, government's job creation guidance for 2024 is lacking, US senator pushes bill to...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Shanghai REFIRE Group Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Shanghai REFIRE Group (SRG) is looking to raise around US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunner for the deal is CICC.

Sumeet Singh

NIO Inc. (NIO US) - Cash Burn Speeds up with Capital Injection

Maintain HOLD. NIO’s all-time high R&D and SG&A expenses in 4Q23 once again confirm that it is probably too difficult for the company to control...

CMB International

[Blue Lotus Daily]:1211 HK/XPEV/ 1810 HK/LI/NIO/ZLAB/BGNE/MNSO

Li, Xpeng, and GAC AION adjust prices; Zai Lab's revenue growth weakens; Qualcomm showcases new products at MWC Barcelona.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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China Consumption Weekly (11 Mar 2024): JD.com, JD Logisitics, BYD, Alibaba, NIO

JD.com stock price surged after its 4Q23 results and repurchase decision. It is not big issue that BYD sales decreased in the weak season. Alibaba...

Ming Lu

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV/LI/NIO/ 1211 HK/BZ/9926 HK/9995 HK/1801 HK/1877 HK/BGNE

​Arson at Tesla's German factory halts production for a week, government's job creation guidance for 2024 is lacking, US senator pushes bill to...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Shanghai REFIRE Group Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Shanghai REFIRE Group (SRG) is looking to raise around US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunner for the deal is CICC.

Sumeet Singh

NIO Inc. (NIO US) - Cash Burn Speeds up with Capital Injection

Maintain HOLD. NIO’s all-time high R&D and SG&A expenses in 4Q23 once again confirm that it is probably too difficult for the company to control...

CMB International

[Blue Lotus Daily]:1211 HK/XPEV/ 1810 HK/LI/NIO/ZLAB/BGNE/MNSO

​Li, Xpeng, and GAC AION adjust prices; Zai Lab's revenue growth weakens; Qualcomm showcases new products at MWC Barcelona.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Arson at Tesla's German factory halts production for a week, government's job creation guidance for 2024 is lacking, US senator pushes bill to...

Li, Xpeng, and GAC AION adjust prices; Zai Lab's revenue growth weakens; Qualcomm showcases new products at MWC Barcelona.