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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.

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<ul><li>In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.</li><li>The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI China index by 5.4ppt, delivering 0.2% return (vs MSCI China 5.6%).</li><li>China Meidong Auto and Innovent Biologics delivered over 20% of return, and 4 of our 21 long ideas outperformed the benchmark.</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.

In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI China index by 5.4ppt, delivering 0.2% return (vs MSCI China 5.6%).China Meidong Auto and Innovent Biologics delivered over 20% of return, and 4 of our 21 long ideas outperformed the benchmark.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.

CMBI Research Focus List (November Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

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<ul><li>Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba) announced (17 Nov) its 2QFY23 (March year- end) results: total revenue was RMB207.2bn, up 3% YoY, 0.8% shy of both our estimate and Bloomberg consensus, mainly due to lower than expected China commerce revenue generation due to soft macro.</li><li>However, driven by effective cost control and operating efficiency improvement, non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders was RMB34.3bn, up 13% YoY, 5/16% ahead of our forecast/consensus estimates.</li><li>With strategic move to focus more on both scale and efficiency, we expect steady non-GAAP net profit growth to sustain in the rest of FY23</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.

Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba) announced (17 Nov) its 2QFY23 (March year- end) results: total revenue was RMB207.2bn, up 3% YoY, 0.8% shy of both our estimate and Bloomberg consensus, mainly due to lower than expected China commerce revenue generation due to soft macro.However, driven by effective cost control and operating efficiency improvement, non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders was RMB34.3bn, up 13% YoY, 5/16% ahead of our forecast/consensus estimates.With strategic move to focus more on both scale and efficiency, we expect steady non-GAAP net profit growth to sustain in the rest of FY23Content 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.

Alibaba (BABA US) – Earnings back on growth track

<div><ul><li>Pull and push to online e-commerce channels propelled the strong YoY growth in online retail sales of physical goods GMV</li><li>Overall consumption sentiment still needs confidence boost.</li><li>Ability to stabilize earnings remains the key focus in the near term.</li></ul></div>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.

Pull and push to online e-commerce channels propelled the strong YoY growth in online retail sales of physical goods GMVOverall consumption sentiment still needs confidence boost.Ability to stabilize earnings remains the key focus in the near term.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.

China Internet – October online retail sales recap

<ul><li>Resilient online sales growth during double 11, where Tik Tok, PDD and JD platforms continued to outperform.</li><li>Based on our channel check and CMBI est., the online GMV growth during 2022’s double 11 was at ~14% YoY, inline with CMBI est. and beat market expectation, similar to online sales growth in Sep 2022 and had picked up vs Oct 2022.</li><li>In terms of platforms, YoY growth for Alibaba (Tmall + Tao Bao)/ JD/ PDD/ TikTok increased by ~flattish/ ~teens/ 27%/ 38%.</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.

Resilient online sales growth during double 11, where Tik Tok, PDD and JD platforms continued to outperform.Based on our channel check and CMBI est., the online GMV growth during 2022’s double 11 was at ~14% YoY, inline with CMBI est. and beat market expectation, similar to online sales growth in Sep 2022 and had picked up vs Oct 2022.In terms of platforms, YoY growth for Alibaba (Tmall + Tao Bao)/ JD/ PDD/ TikTok increased by ~flattish/ ~teens/ 27%/ 38%.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.

China Sportswear Sector – Sequential improvements during double 11

<ul><li>For this year’s Double 11 sales promotion, amid macro headwind, e-commerce platforms maintained their focus on improving user experience and driving for higher merchant engagement, with less focus on the GMV growth numbers.</li><li>On consumer end, e-commerce platforms are continuously improving logistic efficiency and enhancing content ecosystem to enhance customer experience.</li><li>On merchant end, platforms are optimizing traffic allocation, launching more merchant support policies, and helping brands better target on their members to achieve more cost-efficient GMV growth and improve ROI. E-commerce platforms are also deepening their deployment on industrial supply chains and proactively shouldering more social responsibilities to propel better recovery for merchants amid challenging macro.</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.

For this year’s Double 11 sales promotion, amid macro headwind, e-commerce platforms maintained their focus on improving user experience and driving for higher merchant engagement, with less focus on the GMV growth numbers.On consumer end, e-commerce platforms are continuously improving logistic efficiency and enhancing content ecosystem to enhance customer experience.On merchant end, platforms are optimizing traffic allocation, launching more merchant support policies, and helping brands better target on their members to achieve more cost-efficient GMV growth and improve ROI. E-commerce platforms are also deepening their deployment on industrial supply chains and proactively shouldering more social responsibilities to propel better recovery for merchants amid challenging macro.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.

China Internet – Trends observed from this year’s Double 11 shopping festival

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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CMBI Research Focus List (November Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI...

CMB International

Alibaba (BABA US) – Earnings back on growth track

With strategic move to focus more on both scale and efficiency, we expect steady non-GAAP net profit growth to sustain in the rest of FY23

CMB International

China Internet – October online retail sales recap

Pull and push to online e-commerce channels propelled the strong YoY growth in online retail sales of physical goods GMV. Overall consumption...

CMB International

China Sportswear Sector – Sequential improvements during double 11

Based on our channel check and CMBI est., the online GMV growth during 2022’s double 11 was at ~14% YoY, inline with CMBI est. and beat market...

CMB International

China Internet – Trends observed from this year’s Double 11 shopping festival

For this year’s Double 11 sales promotion, amid macro headwind, e-commerce platforms maintained their focus on improving user experience

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