Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zeekr-intelligent-technology-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36785:1" rel="noopener">ZEEKR (ZK US)</a>, a premium EV brand by Geely, raised around US$440m in its US listing, after the deal was upsized and priced at the top.</li>
<li>Zeekr was formed in Mar 2021 as a JV between Geely and its founder. Its first model was launched in Apr 21 with deliveries starting in Oct 21.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and provided our thoughts on valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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ZEEKR (ZK US), a premium EV brand by Geely, raised around US$440m in its US listing, after the deal was upsized and priced at the top.
Zeekr was formed in Mar 2021 as a JV between Geely and its founder. Its first model was launched in Apr 21 with deliveries starting in Oct 21.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and provided our thoughts on valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Zeekr IPO Trading - Not as Cheap as It Looks but Float Is Tiny

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<ul><li>Series of mysterious and unexplained stock market crashes involving major companies like Viacom, Discovery, Tencent, and Baidu</li><li>A little-known family office called Archegos Capital Management led by Bill Hwang is revealed to be the mastermind behind the chaos</li><li>Bill Hwang's past involvement in hedge fund scandals and illegal activities sheds light on the criminal nature of the implosion of Archegos Capital Management</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Series of mysterious and unexplained stock market crashes involving major companies like Viacom, Discovery, Tencent, and BaiduA little-known family office called Archegos Capital Management led by Bill Hwang is revealed to be the mastermind behind the chaosBill Hwang's past involvement in hedge fund scandals and illegal activities sheds light on the criminal nature of the implosion of Archegos Capital ManagementThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

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.

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<ul><li>Driven by recovery in offline activities and a low base, Baidu’s advertising business is on track to deliver steady recovery in 2Q23, in our view.</li><li>Cloud business revenue growth re-acceleration could take time, due to softness in demand and strategically focusing more on quality growth.</li><li>We lowered our SOTP based target price by 2% to US$195.0 mainly to account for slower than expected recovery for cloud revenue growth.</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.

Driven by recovery in offline activities and a low base, Baidu’s advertising business is on track to deliver steady recovery in 2Q23, in our view.Cloud business revenue growth re-acceleration could take time, due to softness in demand and strategically focusing more on quality growth.We lowered our SOTP based target price by 2% to US$195.0 mainly to account for slower than expected recovery for cloud revenue growth.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.

Baidu (BIDU US) – Recovery of Advertising Business on Track

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

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

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<li>We estimate Baidu's ads revenue growth in 2Q23 will be 10.8% YoY. We largely cut our forecast of 3Q23’s ads revenue growth from 14.7% to 7.1%.</li>
<li>We lower Baidu's core other revenue growth in 2Q23 from 18.0% to 9.0% YoY. Baidu’s smart transportation AI cloud business has been affected by the contraction in local government expenses.</li>
<li>We expect Baidu's 2Q23’s rev./non-GAAP net income to be (2.3%)/ (1.9%) vs cons, also cut the TP to $162, which implies 16.5X PE in 2023.</li>
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We estimate Baidu's ads revenue growth in 2Q23 will be 10.8% YoY. We largely cut our forecast of 3Q23’s ads revenue growth from 14.7% to 7.1%.
We lower Baidu's core other revenue growth in 2Q23 from 18.0% to 9.0% YoY. Baidu’s smart transportation AI cloud business has been affected by the contraction in local government expenses.
We expect Baidu's 2Q23’s rev./non-GAAP net income to be (2.3%)/ (1.9%) vs cons, also cut the TP to $162, which implies 16.5X PE in 2023.


[Baidu, Inc. (BIDU US, BUY, TP US$162) TP Change]: Cut TP Due to Weaker Outlook in Ads and Cloud

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Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Baidu managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Baidu Core's revenue growth reaccelerated year-on-year in Q1, supported by an improvement in operating margin and a positive impact from China's overall economic recovery.</li><li>In Q1, Baidu reported revenue growth for AI Cloud, solid progress in the Intelligent Driving sector, and positive year-over-year growth in online marketing revenue for the Mobile Ecosystem.</li></ul>

Baidu managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.Baidu Core's revenue growth reaccelerated year-on-year in Q1, supported by an improvement in operating margin and a positive impact from China's overall economic recovery.In Q1, Baidu reported revenue growth for AI Cloud, solid progress in the Intelligent Driving sector, and positive year-over-year growth in online marketing revenue for the Mobile Ecosystem.

Baidu Inc.: AI Cloud Profitability Is A Breath Of Fresh Air – Key Drivers

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Baidu, Inc. operates an Internet search engine. The Company offers algorithmic search, enterprise search, news, MP3, and image searches, voice assistance, online storage, and navigation services. Baidu serves clients globally.

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Baidu (BIDU US)

Zeekr IPO Trading - Not as Cheap as It Looks but Float Is Tiny

ZEEKR (ZK US), a premium EV brand by Geely, raised around US$440m in its US listing, after the deal was upsized and priced at the top. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Was the Archegos implosion illegal?

The Archegos Capital Management scandal reveals how one man's actions can have a significant and unexpected impact on the financial markets,...

Behind the Money

Baidu (BIDU US) – Recovery of Advertising Business on Track

Driven by recovery in offline activities and a low base, Baidu’s advertising business is on track to deliver steady recovery in 2Q23, in our view.

CMB International

[Baidu, Inc. (BIDU US, BUY, TP US$162) TP Change]: Cut TP Due to Weaker Outlook in Ads and Cloud

We expect Baidu's 2Q23’s rev./non-GAAP net income to be (2.3%)/ (1.9%) vs cons, also cut the TP to $162, which implies 16.5X PE in 2023

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Baidu Inc.: AI Cloud Profitability Is A Breath Of Fresh Air – Key Drivers

Baidu managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street. Baidu Core's revenue growth reaccelerated...

Baptista Research

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