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>BIDU/1810 HK: Samsung plans to configure Baidu Ernie large language model into Galaxy S24 (+/-)</li>
<li>1211 HK/LI/XPEV/NIO: EV Deliveries for the Fourth Week of 2024 Show Continued Recovery Across the Board(+)</li>
<li>ATAT/TCOM/3690 HK: Tourism: Traveling trips beat expectation in the first four days of “Spring Move”(+)</li>
</ul>


BIDU/1810 HK: Samsung plans to configure Baidu Ernie large language model into Galaxy S24 (+/-)
1211 HK/LI/XPEV/NIO: EV Deliveries for the Fourth Week of 2024 Show Continued Recovery Across the Board(+)
ATAT/TCOM/3690 HK: Tourism: Traveling trips beat expectation in the first four days of “Spring Move”(+)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:BIDU/1810 HK/BZ/300750 SZ/1211 HK/LI/XPEV/NIO/TCOM/ATAT/3690 HK

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

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<li>BABA/1801 HK: Taobao officially starts the development of native HarmonyOS applications, accelerating the mobile ecosystem to de-Androidize (+/-)</li>
<li>NTES/700 HK: The first batch of game version numbers announced in 2024 once again exceeded 100 (-/+)</li>
<li>BABA/700 HK/BIDU: The U.S. Commerce Department requires U.S. cloud companies to deny access to foreign entities, which is favorable for Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Baidu Cloud</li>
</ul>


BABA/1801 HK: Taobao officially starts the development of native HarmonyOS applications, accelerating the mobile ecosystem to de-Androidize (+/-)
NTES/700 HK: The first batch of game version numbers announced in 2024 once again exceeded 100 (-/+)
BABA/700 HK/BIDU: The U.S. Commerce Department requires U.S. cloud companies to deny access to foreign entities, which is favorable for Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Baidu Cloud


[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:BABA/1801 HK/NTES/700 HK/BIDU

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>We believe Hang Seng Index’s tumble was due to a comment in a governmental newspaper.</li>
<li>BYD announced that it will sell three models of new energy vehicles in Indonesia.</li>
<li>Trip.com began to sell tickets of scenic locations via the Kuaishou app.</li>
</ul>


We believe Hang Seng Index’s tumble was due to a comment in a governmental newspaper.
BYD announced that it will sell three models of new energy vehicles in Indonesia.
Trip.com began to sell tickets of scenic locations via the Kuaishou app.


China Consumption Weekly: HSI, BYD, Trip.com, Kuaishou, Baidu

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>We expect Baidu to deliver inline 4Q23 revenue growth, with likely better-thanexpected operating profit growth aided by more disciplined-than-expected operating cost spent.</li><li>The ramp-up in revenue generation from generative AIrelated advertising and AI cloud was on track in 4Q23, in our view, and could drive further revenue growth in 2024.</li><li>We fine-tune our SOTP-based target price to USD195.7 (previous: USD195.6), which translates into 17.9x 2024E nonGAAP PE. Maintain BUY.</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 expect Baidu to deliver inline 4Q23 revenue growth, with likely better-thanexpected operating profit growth aided by more disciplined-than-expected operating cost spent.The ramp-up in revenue generation from generative AIrelated advertising and AI cloud was on track in 4Q23, in our view, and could drive further revenue growth in 2024.We fine-tune our SOTP-based target price to USD195.7 (previous: USD195.6), which translates into 17.9x 2024E nonGAAP PE. Maintain BUY.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) – Ramp-Up of Generative AI-Related Revenue on Track

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for HK IPOs and placements in 2023. </li>
<li>The following dataset includes all HK IPOs and placements above US$100m, which amounted to a total of 27 deals.
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<li>The deals you see in this note are based on our historical IPO and placement tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information.</li>
</ul>


In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for HK IPOs and placements in 2023. 
The following dataset includes all HK IPOs and placements above US$100m, which amounted to a total of 27 deals.

The deals you see in this note are based on our historical IPO and placement tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information.


Aequitas HK IPOs + Placements Broker Performance 2023

China

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)

[Blue Lotus Daily]:BIDU/1810 HK/BZ/300750 SZ/1211 HK/LI/XPEV/NIO/TCOM/ATAT/3690 HK

Samsung plans to integrate Baidu's language model into Galaxy S24; EV deliveries show recovery; and travel trips exceed expectations during the...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:BABA/1801 HK/NTES/700 HK/BIDU

Taobao begins developing HarmonyOS apps, reducing reliance on Android. Game code for 2024 surpass 100. US Commerce Department's decision benefits...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Consumption Weekly: HSI, BYD, Trip.com, Kuaishou, Baidu

We believe Hang Seng Index’s tumble was due to a comment on a governmental newspaper. BYD will sell vehicles in Indonesia. Trip.com began to sell...

Ming Lu

Aequitas HK IPOs + Placements Broker Performance 2023

In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for HK IPOs and placements in 2023, which includes all HK IPOs and placements above...

Ethan Aw

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Dividend (Yield)

[Blue Lotus Daily]:BIDU/1810 HK/BZ/300750 SZ/1211 HK/LI/XPEV/NIO/TCOM/ATAT/3690 HK

​Samsung plans to integrate Baidu's language model into Galaxy S24; EV deliveries show recovery; and travel trips exceed expectations during the...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:BABA/1801 HK/NTES/700 HK/BIDU

​Taobao begins developing HarmonyOS apps, reducing reliance on Android. Game code for 2024 surpass 100. US Commerce Department's decision benefits...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Consumption Weekly: HSI, BYD, Trip.com, Kuaishou, Baidu

We believe Hang Seng Index’s tumble was due to a comment on a governmental newspaper. BYD will sell vehicles in Indonesia. Trip.com began to sell...

Ming Lu

Baidu (BIDU US) – Ramp-Up of Generative AI-Related Revenue on Track

We expect Baidu to deliver inline 4Q23 revenue growth, with likely better-thanexpected operating profit growth aided by more disciplined-than...

CMB International

Aequitas HK IPOs + Placements Broker Performance 2023

In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for HK IPOs and placements in 2023, which includes all HK IPOs and placements above...

Ethan Aw

Samsung plans to integrate Baidu's language model into Galaxy S24; EV deliveries show recovery; and travel trips exceed expectations during the...

Taobao begins developing HarmonyOS apps, reducing reliance on Android. Game code for 2024 surpass 100. US Commerce Department's decision benefits...