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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China Power International / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>China Power International is looking to raise up to US$436m via a top-up placement.</li>
<li>The stock is up more than 274% over the past year, with most of the gains having come over the past few months.</li>
<li>In this note, will we talk about deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework. </li>
</ul>


China Power International is looking to raise up to US$436m via a top-up placement.
The stock is up more than 274% over the past year, with most of the gains having come over the past few months.
In this note, will we talk about deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework. 


China Power International Placement - Won't Do Much for Funding Capacity Expansion

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Power International / Equity Bottom-Up

<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) thinks that power storage in China will stay on in the near term, as supply-side structural issues are further exacerbated by cyclical demand issues. That said, the reform in power tariff will be a major policy direction in the future and will lead to a more market driven power sector in China. In our view, new/renewable energy sub-segment is likely to better place in the industry and we still prefer <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 Group Corp (916 HK)</a>.However, we think CPI is more interesting than many power conglomerates. It has the highest proportion of clean/renewable installed capacity (47.1%) when compared with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-power-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5385:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Power (836 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/datang-international-power-generation-company-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3664:1" rel="noopener">Datang International (991 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/huaneng-power-intl-inc-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28:1" rel="noopener">Huaneng Power Intl (902 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/huadian-power-intl-corp-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2506:1" rel="noopener">Huadian Power Intl (1071 HK)</a>, and this has also protected its 1H21 profit. Its plan to speed up disposal of coal-fired power plants also adds justification to its valuations. Relative to new energy plays' average of 18x PER and 2.1x P/B FY21F, CPI's 11.9x and 0.9x are clearly not expensive.

China Power International (2380 HK) (CPI) thinks that power storage in China will stay on in the near term, as supply-side structural issues are further exacerbated by cyclical demand issues. That said, the reform in power tariff will be a major policy direction in the future and will lead to a more market driven power sector in China. In our view, new/renewable energy sub-segment is likely to better place in the industry and we still prefer China Longyuan Power Group Corp (916 HK).However, we think CPI is more interesting than many power conglomerates. It has the highest proportion of clean/renewable installed capacity (47.1%) when compared with China Resources Power (836 HK), Datang International (991 HK), Huaneng Power Intl (902 HK) and Huadian Power Intl (1071 HK), and this has also protected its 1H21 profit. Its plan to speed up disposal of coal-fired power plants also adds justification to its valuations. Relative to new energy plays' average of 18x PER and 2.1x P/B FY21F, CPI's 11.9x and 0.9x are clearly not expensive. 

China Power International (2380 HK): Industry and Company Updates, Looks Relatively Inexpensive

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Sep 30. The aggregate short value for equities increased by $634m (+1.0%) WoW but decreased by $2,946m (-4.3%) over the preceding four weeks. Most shorted stocks by aggregate short value of positions are Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd./2318 HK($3,222m, +1.6% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($1,958m, -2.9% WoW), Meituan/3690 HK($1,866m, +12.4% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($1,844m, +0.4% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($1,456m, +10.0% WoW).<section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/234/354/original/Hong_Kong_Market_Short_Position_Value_%28line%29_and_1W_Changes_%28bar%29_%28%24m%292021-10-09+17_49_30.png?1633834880" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="234354"></figure></section>

Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Sep 30. The aggregate short value for equities increased by $634m (+1.0%) WoW but decreased by $2,946m (-4.3%) over the preceding four weeks.  Most shorted stocks by aggregate short value of positions are Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd./2318 HK($3,222m, +1.6% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($1,958m, -2.9% WoW), Meituan/3690 HK($1,866m, +12.4% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($1,844m, +0.4% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($1,456m, +10.0% WoW).

HK Short Interest: Wuxi Apptec, China Resource Power Short Spiked in September

In our weekly HK Connect Flow series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the southbound Hong Kong Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine.Since the opening of Hong Kong Connect scheme in 2014, southbound Chinese money started to play an increasingly important role in the Hong Kong stock market. In 2020, Southbound trading accounted for 22% of the equity market ADT. We split the stocks eligible for the Hong Kong Connect trade into three groups: HSCEI component stocks, stocks with a market capitalization between USD 1 billion and USD 5 billion, and stocks with a market capitalization between USD 500 million and USD 1 billion.In this insight, we will highlight inflows into Tencent Holdings Limited (700 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Cnooc Limited (883 HK), China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited (836 HK), Hygeia Healthcare Holdings Co., Limited (6078 HK).

In our weekly HK Connect Flow series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the southbound Hong Kong Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine.Since the opening of Hong Kong Connect scheme in 2014, southbound Chinese money started to play an increasingly important role in the Hong Kong stock market. In 2020, Southbound trading accounted for 22% of the equity market ADT. We split the stocks eligible for the Hong Kong Connect trade into three groups: HSCEI component stocks, stocks with a market capitalization between USD 1 billion and USD 5 billion, and stocks with a market capitalization between USD 500 million and USD 1 billion.In this insight, we will highlight inflows into Tencent Holdings Limited (700 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Cnooc Limited (883 HK), China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited (836 HK), Hygeia Healthcare Holdings Co., Limited (6078 HK).

Hong Kong Connect Flows: What Did Chinese Buy Before National Day

In our weekly HK Connect Flow series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the southbound Hong Kong Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine. Since the opening of Hong Kong Connect scheme in 2014, southbound Chinese money started to play an increasingly important role in the Hong Kong stock market. In a Hong Kong exchange report released in July 2019, the exchange highlighted that flows from mainland China accounted for 12% of the total trading volume in the market and is ahead of the US investors' 10% and UK investors' 7% share respectively.  We split the stocks eligible for the Hong Kong Connect trade into three groups: HSCEI component stocks, stocks with a market capitalization between USD 1 billion and USD 5 billion, and stocks with a market capitalization between USD 500 million and USD 1 billion. In this insight, we will highlight inflows into Tencent Holdings Limited (700 HK), China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited (836 HK), as well as outflows from Wh Group Limited (288 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), and Li Ning Company Limited (2331 HK).

In our weekly HK Connect Flow series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the southbound Hong Kong Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine.  Since the opening of Hong Kong Connect scheme in 2014, southbound Chinese money started to play an increasingly important role in the Hong Kong stock market. In a Hong Kong exchange report released in July 2019, the exchange highlighted that flows from mainland China accounted for 12% of the total trading volume in the market and is ahead of the US investors' 10% and UK investors' 7% share respectively.   We split the stocks eligible for the Hong Kong Connect trade into three groups: HSCEI component stocks, stocks with a market capitalization between USD 1 billion and USD 5 billion, and stocks with a market capitalization between USD 500 million and USD 1 billion.   In this insight, we will highlight inflows into Tencent Holdings Limited (700 HK), China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited (836 HK), as well as outflows from Wh Group Limited (288 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), and Li Ning Company Limited (2331 HK).

Hong Kong Connect Flows: WH Group, Meituan, Li Ling Led the Outflows

Hong Kong

China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited is a power generation company. The Company invests, develops, owns, and operates coal-fired power plants in China.

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China Resources Power (836 HK)

China Power International Placement - Won't Do Much for Funding Capacity Expansion

China Power International is looking to raise up to US$436m via a top-up placement. In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.

Sumeet Singh

China Power International (2380 HK): Industry and Company Updates, Looks Relatively Inexpensive

China Power Intl is interesting as a new/renewable energy play among the traditional large power conglomerates in China. It has a high 47.1%...

Osbert Tang, CFA

HK Short Interest: Wuxi Apptec, China Resource Power Short Spiked in September

We highlighted significant increase in short interest in Wuxi Apptec (2359 HK) and China Resource Power (836 HK) in September based on the latest...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows: What Did Chinese Buy Before National Day

We will highlight weekly Southbound Connect inflows into Tencent, Meituan, Cnooc, China Resources Power, Hygeia Healthcare.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows: WH Group, Meituan, Li Ling Led the Outflows

We highlight Hong Kong connect inflows into Tencent, China Resources Power, and outflows from WH Group, Meituan, and Li Ning.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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