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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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Baidu announced (22 Feb) its 4Q22 and full year results: quarterly revenue was RMB33.</li><li>1bn, flat YoY, 4/3% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates; non-GAAP net income was RMB5.4bn, 7/13% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates, driven by stringent cost control.</li><li>Non ad revenue was up 10% YoY and accounted for 30% of Baidu Core revenue (4Q21: 26%). </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.

Baidu announced (22 Feb) its 4Q22 and full year results: quarterly revenue was RMB33.1bn, flat YoY, 4/3% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates; non-GAAP net income was RMB5.4bn, 7/13% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg consensus estimates, driven by stringent cost control.Non ad revenue was up 10% YoY and accounted for 30% of Baidu Core revenue (4Q21: 26%). 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) – Strong AI capability to empower business growth

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Positive to PDD: Temu aired its commercial at the Super Bowl</li>
<li>Negative to FUTU: Bright Smart Securities downsizing the mainland account</li>
<li>Positive to BIDU: Updates on Baidu's ChatGPT-similar product "ERNIE Bot"</li>
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Positive to PDD: Temu aired its commercial at the Super Bowl
Negative to FUTU: Bright Smart Securities downsizing the mainland account
Positive to BIDU: Updates on Baidu's ChatGPT-similar product "ERNIE Bot"


China TMT Update(Feb.11-14): PDD, FUTU, BIDU

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<li>We estimate that Baidu’s 4Q22 top line/bottom line would miss cons. by (1.6%)/(3.1%), mostly driven by the temporal disturbance of increasing COVID cases after reopening in Dec. 2022. </li>
<li>However, we remain optimistic about 2023 outlook: 1) Baidu’s ads would be recovering quickly in 1H23 as macro improves, and 2) leading position in AIGC development gives Baidu more potential.</li>
<li>Maintain BUY rating and raise TP to US$170, implying 17.2X PE in 2023</li>
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We estimate that Baidu’s 4Q22 top line/bottom line would miss cons. by (1.6%)/(3.1%), mostly driven by the temporal disturbance of increasing COVID cases after reopening in Dec. 2022. 
However, we remain optimistic about 2023 outlook: 1) Baidu’s ads would be recovering quickly in 1H23 as macro improves, and 2) leading position in AIGC development gives Baidu more potential.
Maintain BUY rating and raise TP to US$170, implying 17.2X PE in 2023


Baidu (Bidu.US): AIGC to Bring More Potential and Empower Search Biz

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hesai-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36743:1" rel="noopener">Hesai Group (HSAI US)</a> (HSAI) raised around US$190m in its US IPO.</li>
<li>HSAI is a manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging (Lidar) solutions. It has shipped over 103,000 Lidar units from 2017 to the end of 2022.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we will talk about the trading updates.</li>
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Hesai Group (HSAI US) (HSAI) raised around US$190m in its US IPO.
HSAI is a manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging (Lidar) solutions. It has shipped over 103,000 Lidar units from 2017 to the end of 2022.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we will talk about the trading updates.


Hesai Group IPO Trading - Managed to Break the Drought

<ul><li>Baidu’s core ads business is on track for recovery in January 2023 and we expect search ads demand will benefit from faster than expected offline activities recovery in 1Q23, evidenced by robust offline travel and commerce traffic since Chinese New Year.</li><li>Search ads demand faced significant pressure due to offline activities disruptions in 2022, the faster than expected normalization would bring search ads demand back to normalized pace.</li><li>Baidu has accumulated strong AI technological capability, and with improving core search ads business outlook in 2023, the progress in large scale monetization of ASD and earlier than expected breakeven of cloud business would serve as solid fundamentals support for its stock price. </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.

Baidu’s core ads business is on track for recovery in January 2023 and we expect search ads demand will benefit from faster than expected offline activities recovery in 1Q23, evidenced by robust offline travel and commerce traffic since Chinese New Year.Search ads demand faced significant pressure due to offline activities disruptions in 2022, the faster than expected normalization would bring search ads demand back to normalized pace.Baidu has accumulated strong AI technological capability, and with improving core search ads business outlook in 2023, the progress in large scale monetization of ASD and earlier than expected breakeven of cloud business would serve as solid fundamentals support for its stock price. 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) – Core Business Recovery on Track with More to Expect on New Initiatives

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)

Baidu (BIDU US) – Strong AI capability to empower business growth

Baidu announced (22 Feb) its 4Q22 and full year results: quarterly revenue was RMB33. 1bn, flat YoY, 4/3% higher than our forecast/Bloomberg...

CMB International

China TMT Update(Feb.11-14): PDD, FUTU, BIDU

PDD: Temu aired its commercial at the Super Bowl; FUTU: Bright Smart Securities downsizing the mainland account; BIDU: Updates on Baidu's ChatGPT...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Baidu (Bidu.US): AIGC to Bring More Potential and Empower Search Biz

We remain optimistic about Baidu’s 2023 outlook: 1) Baidu’s ads would be recovering quickly in 1H23 as macro improves, and 2) leading position in...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Hesai Group IPO Trading - Managed to Break the Drought

Hesai Group (HSAI US) raised around US$190m in its US IPO. We have looked at the company's performance in our previous note, in this note we will...

Sumeet Singh

Baidu (BIDU US) – Core Business Recovery on Track with More to Expect on New Initiatives

Search ads demand faced significant pressure due to offline activities disruptions in 2022, the faster than expected normalization would bring...

CMB International

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