HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Power International / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We think the underperformance of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-power-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15548:1" rel="noopener">China Power International (2380 HK)</a> (CPI) against the market in this year is unjustified given a projected improvement in profitability.</li>
<li>CPI has secured coal supply with more than 60% of contracts on annual long-term basis within the benchmark price range. Also, power tariff is expected to be on an uptrend.</li>
<li>The proposed new management incentive scheme will better align management's and shareholders' interests. CPI also indicated good room to lower leverage in this year while sustaining growth. </li>
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We think the underperformance of China Power International (2380 HK) (CPI) against the market in this year is unjustified given a projected improvement in profitability.
CPI has secured coal supply with more than 60% of contracts on annual long-term basis within the benchmark price range. Also, power tariff is expected to be on an uptrend.
The proposed new management incentive scheme will better align management's and shareholders' interests. CPI also indicated good room to lower leverage in this year while sustaining growth. 


China Power International (2380 HK): Moving in the Right Direction

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. </li>
<li>Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a>. We see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-longyuan-power-group-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14215:1" rel="noopener">China Longyuan Power (916 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongfang-electric-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1251:1" rel="noopener">Dongfang Electric (1072 HK)</a> benefit from new energy initiatives.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-ning-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6047:1" rel="noopener">Li Ning (2331 HK)</a> will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK)</a>.</li>
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Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. 
Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive China Communications Construction (1800 HK). We see China Longyuan Power (916 HK) and Dongfang Electric (1072 HK) benefit from new energy initiatives.

Li Ning (2331 HK) will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK).


Roundup of Government Economic Supportive Policies: Key Winners

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

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<li>Utilities ownership among Asia Ex-Japan funds has fallen to its lowest levels on record. Average fund weights stand at an all-time low of 0.98%, with just 41.3% of funds invested</li>
<li>Record underweights driven by benchmark increases in stocks that active managers have ignored (Adani Green Energy, Adani Transmission and Adani Gas).</li>
<li>Investor flight driven by Growth investors, with Aggressive Growth strategies all but abandoning the sector.  If risk assets continue to deteriorate, some of that rotation may start to reverse.</li>
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Utilities ownership among Asia Ex-Japan funds has fallen to its lowest levels on record. Average fund weights stand at an all-time low of 0.98%, with just 41.3% of funds invested
Record underweights driven by benchmark increases in stocks that active managers have ignored (Adani Green Energy, Adani Transmission and Adani Gas).
Investor flight driven by Growth investors, with Aggressive Growth strategies all but abandoning the sector.  If risk assets continue to deteriorate, some of that rotation may start to reverse.


Utilities: Record Underweight as Active Managers Exit

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-longyuan-power-group-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14215:1" rel="noopener">China Longyuan Power (916 HK)</a> will see accelerating earnings momentum in the rest of the year - after a weak start due to high base for YoY comparison.</li>
<li>We believe the combination of increase in utilisation hours, growth in installed capacity, improvement in power tariff and better cash flow and cost performance are the major drivers.</li>
<li>Share price has been weak in this year, and has returned the stock to less demanding level of 13.3x FY22 PER which we think cannot adequately reflects earnings prospects.</li>
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China Longyuan Power (916 HK) will see accelerating earnings momentum in the rest of the year - after a weak start due to high base for YoY comparison.
We believe the combination of increase in utilisation hours, growth in installed capacity, improvement in power tariff and better cash flow and cost performance are the major drivers.
Share price has been weak in this year, and has returned the stock to less demanding level of 13.3x FY22 PER which we think cannot adequately reflects earnings prospects.


China Longyuan (916 HK): On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xinjiang-goldwind-science-technology-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10112:1" rel="noopener">Xinjiang Goldwind Science &amp; Technology (2208 HK)</a> sees recent recovery in WTG price to be positive; and the increase in average unit size should be good to unit costs.</li>
<li>Gross margin contracted 3.1pp YoY in 1Q22 and it has put in place many cost reduction initiatives to contain cost inflation. It expects more impacts can be realised in 2H22.</li>
<li>External order backlog up 6.3% YoY to 16.97GW, with an encouraging 37.7% growth for overseas contracts. We think its 9.9x FY22F PER is inexpensive relative to the clean energy plays.</li>
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Xinjiang Goldwind Science &amp; Technology (2208 HK) sees recent recovery in WTG price to be positive; and the increase in average unit size should be good to unit costs.
Gross margin contracted 3.1pp YoY in 1Q22 and it has put in place many cost reduction initiatives to contain cost inflation. It expects more impacts can be realised in 2H22.
External order backlog up 6.3% YoY to 16.97GW, with an encouraging 37.7% growth for overseas contracts. We think its 9.9x FY22F PER is inexpensive relative to the clean energy plays.


Xinjiang Goldwind (2208 HK): Key Takeaways from 1Q22 Call

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China Longyuan Power Group Corp Ltd designs, develops, manages, and operates wind farms.  The Company also sells the electricity generated by the wind farms.

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Osbert Tang, CFA

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Osbert Tang, CFA

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Osbert Tang, CFA

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