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/china-resources-beverage" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:41984:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beverage (2460 HK)</a> (CRB) raised around US$750m in its Hong Kong IPO in October 2024. The lockup on its PE investor is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>China Resources Beverage manufactures and sells packaged drinking water and RTD soft beverages in China and is one of the largest players in its categories.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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China Resources Beverage (2460 HK) (CRB) raised around US$750m in its Hong Kong IPO in October 2024. The lockup on its PE investor is set to expire soon.
China Resources Beverage manufactures and sells packaged drinking water and RTD soft beverages in China and is one of the largest players in its categories.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


China Resources Beverage IPO Lockup - US$1bn+ PE Release

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

China Resources Beverage / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The Company’s 1H25 revenue/NP dropped 18.5/29% YoY, in line with the profit warning.</li><li>The weakness was attributable to a 23% YoY decline in the water biz (hit by weak demand, fierce competition and channel reform) and moderated beverage growth (+21% YoY) driven by volume growth but price decline.</li><li>We expect full-year revenue decline to narrow given low 2H24 base and positive sales in Jul-Aug. </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.

The Company’s 1H25 revenue/NP dropped 18.5/29% YoY, in line with the profit warning.The weakness was attributable to a 23% YoY decline in the water biz (hit by weak demand, fierce competition and channel reform) and moderated beverage growth (+21% YoY) driven by volume growth but price decline.We expect full-year revenue decline to narrow given low 2H24 base and positive sales in Jul-Aug. 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.

CR Beverage (2460 HK) - 1H25 Earnings Under ST Pressure...

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Arun George

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China Resources Beverage / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-beverage" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:41984:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beverage (2460 HK)</a> trades 4.0% below its IPO of HK$14.50 per share. The first six-month lock-up period expires on 22 April.</li>
<li>At the end of the first lock-up expiry, shares representing 727.1m (30.32% of outstanding) will be eligible for sale. However, there is a low risk of substantial sales.</li>
<li>The fundamentals remain good, with margin improvement, beverage’s fast-paced growth, narrowing of the margin gap with Nongfu and undemanding valuation.</li>
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China Resources Beverage (2460 HK) trades 4.0% below its IPO of HK$14.50 per share. The first six-month lock-up period expires on 22 April.
At the end of the first lock-up expiry, shares representing 727.1m (30.32% of outstanding) will be eligible for sale. However, there is a low risk of substantial sales.
The fundamentals remain good, with margin improvement, beverage’s fast-paced growth, narrowing of the margin gap with Nongfu and undemanding valuation.


CR Beverage (2460 HK): Keep Calm Heading into the Lock-Up Expiry

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-beverage" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:41984:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beverage (2460 HK)</a> raised around US$750m in its Hong Kong IPO in October 2024. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>China Resources Beverage manufactures and sells packaged drinking water and RTD soft beverages in China and is one of the largest players in its categories.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
</ul>



China Resources Beverage (2460 HK) raised around US$750m in its Hong Kong IPO in October 2024. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to expire soon.
China Resources Beverage manufactures and sells packaged drinking water and RTD soft beverages in China and is one of the largest players in its categories.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


China Resources Beverage IPO Lockup- Cornerstones Coming Out of Lockup Ahead of the Large PE Release

<ul><li>CR Beverage's FY24 revenue was flat YoY at RMB13.5bn, missing CMBI's forecast by 6% due to stiffer packaged water competition and headwinds from the consumption climate, extreme weather in core areas and capacity limits of beverage products.</li><li>Net profit rose 23.1% YoY to RMB1.6bn, or 25% excluding listing costs, beating CMBI's estimate by 4%, as gross margin rose 3pct to 47.3% on a higher proportion of self-owned capacity.</li><li>The company has lifted its 2025 self-owned capacity proportion target to 70% from 60%, which should support sustained high growth in profit in our view. </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.

CR Beverage's FY24 revenue was flat YoY at RMB13.5bn, missing CMBI's forecast by 6% due to stiffer packaged water competition and headwinds from the consumption climate, extreme weather in core areas and capacity limits of beverage products.Net profit rose 23.1% YoY to RMB1.6bn, or 25% excluding listing costs, beating CMBI's estimate by 4%, as gross margin rose 3pct to 47.3% on a higher proportion of self-owned capacity.The company has lifted its 2025 self-owned capacity proportion target to 70% from 60%, which should support sustained high growth in profit in our view. 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.

CR Beverage (2460 HK) - FY24: Pleasant Surprises from Special Dividends and Target Hike

China

China Resources Beverage (Holdings) Company Limited manufactures and distributes drink products. The Company produces drinking water, lemon tea, chrysanthemum tea, sour plum soups, oolong tea, fruit tea, milk tea, and other products. China Resources Beverage (Holdings) markets its products throughout Hong Kong.

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China Resources Beverage (2460 HK)

China Resources Beverage IPO Lockup - US$1bn+ PE Release

China Resources Beverage (2460 HK) (CRB) raised around US$750m in its Hong Kong IPO in October 2024. The lockup on its PE investor is set to expire...

Sumeet Singh

CR Beverage (2460 HK) - 1H25 Earnings Under ST Pressure...

The Company’s 1H25 revenue/NP dropped 18.5/29% YoY, in line with the profit warning. The weakness was attributable to a 23% YoY decline in the...

CMB International

CR Beverage (2460 HK): Keep Calm Heading into the Lock-Up Expiry

The shares are trading 4.0% below the IPO price. The first six-month lock-up period expires on 22 April. However, there is a low risk of...

Arun George

China Resources Beverage IPO Lockup- Cornerstones Coming Out of Lockup Ahead of the Large PE Release

China Resources Beverage (2460 HK) raised around US$750m in its Hong Kong IPO in October 2024. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to...

Sumeet Singh

CR Beverage (2460 HK) - FY24: Pleasant Surprises from Special Dividends and Target Hike

The company has lifted its 2025 self-owned capacity proportion target to 70% from 60%, which should support sustained high growth in profit in our...

CMB International

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