Equity, Bottom-up Analyst, Investics Research

Sameer Taneja

Equity, Bottom-up Analyst

Investics Research

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Equity Bottom-up Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We reviewed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lever-style-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35760:1" rel="noopener">Lever Style's (1346 HK)</a>  <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0115/2025011501101.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">positive profit alert</a> and project a final dividend of 7-7.5 cents, an increase from 3 cents per share in H1 FY24.</li>
<li>The overall dividend of 10-10.5 cents indicates a yield over 9%, with positive remarks on new customer additions and increased penetration within the existing customer base.</li>
<li>Our top sector picks include <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jnby-design-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23642:1" rel="noopener">JNBY Design Ltd (3306 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pacific-textiles-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12638:1" rel="noopener">Pacific Textiles (1382 HK)</a>, with a favorable mention of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nameson-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22670:1" rel="noopener">Nameson Holdings (1982 HK)</a>  due to its attractive dividend yield.</li>
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We reviewed Lever Style's (1346 HK)  positive profit alert and project a final dividend of 7-7.5 cents, an increase from 3 cents per share in H1 FY24.
The overall dividend of 10-10.5 cents indicates a yield over 9%, with positive remarks on new customer additions and increased penetration within the existing customer base.
Our top sector picks include JNBY Design Ltd (3306 HK) and Pacific Textiles (1382 HK), with a favorable mention of Nameson Holdings (1982 HK)  due to its attractive dividend yield.


HK-Listed Apparel & Footwear Screener: Parsing Lever Styles (1346 HK) Profit Alert

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>We see 38 potential and close adds and 51 potential and close deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. Some of the stocks are close on market cap/liquidity.</li>
<li>There have been many new listings in the last weeks of December. Some of them are fairly large and will be added and that increases the number of potential deletions.</li>
<li>There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.</li>
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We see 38 potential and close adds and 51 potential and close deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. Some of the stocks are close on market cap/liquidity.
There have been many new listings in the last weeks of December. Some of them are fairly large and will be added and that increases the number of potential deletions.
There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.


HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect: Updated Potential Changes in March 2025

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<li>We see 32 potential and close adds and 44 potential and close deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. Some of the stocks are close on market cap/liquidity.</li>
<li>We expect 29 stocks to be added to Southbound Stock Connect following the rebalance while 31 stocks could be deleted from the trading link and become Sell-only.</li>
<li>There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.</li>
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We see 32 potential and close adds and 44 potential and close deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. Some of the stocks are close on market cap/liquidity.
We expect 29 stocks to be added to Southbound Stock Connect following the rebalance while 31 stocks could be deleted from the trading link and become Sell-only.
There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.


HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect: Potential Changes in March 2025

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/hk-listed-apparel-footwear-screener-right-stocks-listed-in-the-wrong-market-attractive-yield-rapid-expansion-outside-china-sep-2024" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:158210" rel="noopener">HK-Listed Apparel &amp; Footwear Screener: Right Stocks Listed in the Wrong Market - Attractive Yield &amp; Rapid Expansion Outside China - Sep 2024</a>  helped us screen out great names.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jnby-design-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23642:1" rel="noopener">JNBY Design Ltd (3306 HK)</a>, an apparel retailer trading at 9.2x FY24 with a ~10% yield and a long-term track record of &gt;34% 10 Yr-average ROCEs, is one such name. </li>
<li>Even with modest single-digit growth guidance, we see a growing yield and a great cash buffer (20% of the market cap), and dividends are sustainable. </li>
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HK-Listed Apparel &amp; Footwear Screener: Right Stocks Listed in the Wrong Market - Attractive Yield &amp; Rapid Expansion Outside China - Sep 2024  helped us screen out great names.

JNBY Design Ltd (3306 HK), an apparel retailer trading at 9.2x FY24 with a ~10% yield and a long-term track record of &gt;34% 10 Yr-average ROCEs, is one such name. 
Even with modest single-digit growth guidance, we see a growing yield and a great cash buffer (20% of the market cap), and dividends are sustainable. 


JNBY (3306 HK): >34% ROCE Track Record/10% Dividend Yield/Net Cash Business

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<li>The HK market is moving, and the share prices of high-yield companies are increasing. Despite the average YTD returns of 36%, stocks are trading at 5-18% dividend yields. </li>
<li>We await the November results of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pacific-textiles-holdings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pacific Textiles (1382 HK)</a>, which we will soon initiate coverage on.</li>
<li>We note <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yue-yuen-industrial-holdings-limited" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings (551 HK)</a> continues with its buybacks, having repurchased 3.2 million shares (0.2% of outstanding shares) since August 28th, 2024. </li>
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The HK market is moving, and the share prices of high-yield companies are increasing. Despite the average YTD returns of 36%, stocks are trading at 5-18% dividend yields. 
We await the November results of Pacific Textiles (1382 HK), which we will soon initiate coverage on.
We note that Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings (551 HK) continues with its buybacks, having repurchased 3.2 million shares (0.2% of outstanding shares) since August 28th, 2024. 


HK-Listed Apparel & Footwear Screener:  Attractive Yield & Rapid Expansion Outside China - Oct 2024

Hong Kong

Crystal International is a global apparel manufacturer that produces a diversified portfolio of products, including lifestyle wear, denim, intimate apparel, sweaters, sportswear, and outdoor apparel. The company serves leading global brands through a "co-creation" business model. It was founded in Hong Kong in 1970.

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Crystal International (2232 HK)

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Insight highlights HK-listed apparel and footwear stocks with attractive yields and expansion outside China. JNBY Design Ltd (3306 HK) stands out...

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