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Chinasoft International / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Chinasoft delivered a weak set of FY22 results with revenue of RMB20.0bn (+9% YoY) and net profit of RMB759mn (-33% YoY) mainly due to GPM erosion (-3.7 ppts to 23.0%) despite better opex control (opex -2% YoY).</li><li>We think the road to recovery will be slow but 1) lower reliance on Huawei (49% of FY22 revenue vs. 54% in FY21), 2) continued workforce restructuring (-11% YoY in FY22) will help margin recovery.</li><li>Key catalyst being Huawei’s new product launch related to MetaERP and Pangu large AI model. 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.

Chinasoft delivered a weak set of FY22 results with revenue of RMB20.0bn (+9% YoY) and net profit of RMB759mn (-33% YoY) mainly due to GPM erosion (-3.7 ppts to 23.0%) despite better opex control (opex -2% YoY).We think the road to recovery will be slow but 1) lower reliance on Huawei (49% of FY22 revenue vs. 54% in FY21), 2) continued workforce restructuring (-11% YoY in FY22) will help margin recovery.Key catalyst being Huawei’s new product launch related to MetaERP and Pangu large AI model. 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.

Chinasoft (354 HK) – On a slow road to recovery

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<ul><li>Media reported that Huawei may launch self-developed ERP (MetaERP) in Apr.</li><li>This is negative to the China ERP market as competition heats up but the impacts to Yonyou and Inspur will be larger than Kingdee as the formers are more largeenterprises/ SOEs focused.</li><li>Also, Huawei has to consider the potential implications to its Cloud business as Kingdee/ Yonyou/ Inspur may scale down their cloud resources usage with Huawei Cloud given direct competition in ERP.</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.

Media reported that Huawei may launch self-developed ERP (MetaERP) in Apr.This is negative to the China ERP market as competition heats up but the impacts to Yonyou and Inspur will be larger than Kingdee as the formers are more largeenterprises/ SOEs focused.Also, Huawei has to consider the potential implications to its Cloud business as Kingdee/ Yonyou/ Inspur may scale down their cloud resources usage with Huawei Cloud given direct competition in ERP.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.

China Software & IT Services – Implications of Huawei MetaERP

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<li>According to WSJ, the Biden’s administration is reviewing Huawei export license policy.</li>
<li>The US may not grant new licenses to US companies (e.g. Qualcomm, Intel) for sales to Huawei over national security concerns.</li>
<li>The new action would extend the covered products from 5G technology to even older 4G products. </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.


According to WSJ, the Biden’s administration is reviewing Huawei export license policy.
The US may not grant new licenses to US companies (e.g. Qualcomm, Intel) for sales to Huawei over national security concerns.
The new action would extend the covered products from 5G technology to even older 4G products. 

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.

Chinasoft (354 HK) – US is reviewing Huawei export license policy

<ul><li>We recently talked to some software and IT services companies regarding FY23E business outlook.</li><li>While most companies are encouraged by China reopening and lifting of COVID restrictions, the pace of business recovery is likely to be slow.</li><li>We suggest investors to focus on the localization theme. Horizontal SaaS and IT services companies with government/ telecom/ financial customer exposure are likely to benefit.</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 recently talked to some software and IT services companies regarding FY23E business outlook.While most companies are encouraged by China reopening and lifting of COVID restrictions, the pace of business recovery is likely to be slow.We suggest investors to focus on the localization theme. Horizontal SaaS and IT services companies with government/ telecom/ financial customer exposure are likely to benefit.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.

China Software & IT Services – Year of rabbit: still about localization

<ul><li>Chinasoft hosted an investor call on 11 Jan to discuss the latest updates regarding KaihongOS development.</li><li>We believe the key takeaways is that Chinasoft is benefiting from the localization trend in a broader sense, from KaihongOS, Kunpeng (ARM) cloud migration, ERP application software and IoT products.</li><li>After a year of workforce restructuring, we expect Chinasoft revenue growth to accelerate in FY23E as enterprise digitalization and IT spending will pick up with loosened COVID restrictions in China. </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.

Chinasoft hosted an investor call on 11 Jan to discuss the latest updates regarding KaihongOS development.We believe the key takeaways is that Chinasoft is benefiting from the localization trend in a broader sense, from KaihongOS, Kunpeng (ARM) cloud migration, ERP application software and IoT products.After a year of workforce restructuring, we expect Chinasoft revenue growth to accelerate in FY23E as enterprise digitalization and IT spending will pick up with loosened COVID restrictions in China. 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.

Chinasoft (354 HK) – Benefiting from localization trend with KaihongOS

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Chinasoft International Limited develops and provides solutions in China to government authorities and its IT (Information Technology) service providers. The Company also provides IT consulting and training services, IT outsourcing services and standalone software products.

Chinasoft International (354 HK)

Chinasoft (354 HK) – On a slow road to recovery

Chinasoft delivered a weak set of FY22 results with revenue of RMB20.0bn (+9% YoY) and net profit of RMB759mn (-33% YoY) mainly due to GPM erosion...

CMB International

China Software & IT Services – Implications of Huawei MetaERP

This is negative to the China ERP market as competition heats up but the impacts to Yonyou and Inspur will be larger than Kingdee as the formers...

CMB International

Chinasoft (354 HK) – US is reviewing Huawei export license policy

The US may not grant new licenses to US companies (e.g. Qualcomm, Intel) for sales to Huawei over national security concerns.

CMB International

China Software & IT Services – Year of rabbit: still about localization

While most companies are encouraged by China reopening and lifting of COVID restrictions, the pace of business recovery is likely to be slow.

CMB International

Chinasoft (354 HK) – Benefiting from localization trend with KaihongOS

We believe the key takeaways is that Chinasoft is benefiting from the localization trend in a broader sense, from KaihongOS, Kunpeng (ARM) cloud...

CMB International