Equity Analyst

Steve Zhou, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fenbi-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36640:1" rel="noopener">Fenbi Ltd (2469 HK)</a> announced after market today a very strong positive profit alert for 1H2023, with adjusted net profit up not less than 182% yoy.  </li>
<li>As a reminder, share price was heavily sold off in June due to pre-IPO shareholders selling, as well as weak market sentiment, niche sector, and new stock (under researched).</li>
<li>Even with the recent bounce back in share price with heavy volume, Fenbi is still very undervalued.</li>
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Fenbi Ltd (2469 HK) announced after market today a very strong positive profit alert for 1H2023, with adjusted net profit up not less than 182% yoy.  
As a reminder, share price was heavily sold off in June due to pre-IPO shareholders selling, as well as weak market sentiment, niche sector, and new stock (under researched).
Even with the recent bounce back in share price with heavy volume, Fenbi is still very undervalued.


Fenbi (2469 HK):  Strong Positive Profit Alert for 1H2023

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<li>According to China state media reports, a record number of more than 3 million people attended China's annual civil service exam last weekend, up from 2.6 million last year.  </li>
<li>A civil servant job is viewed in China as highly stable.  In the current weak macro environment where youth unemployment is high, job security is increasingly vital.</li>
<li>The company now trades at 18x forward earnings, with around 30% expected earnings growth. </li>
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According to China state media reports, a record number of more than 3 million people attended China's annual civil service exam last weekend, up from 2.6 million last year.  
A civil servant job is viewed in China as highly stable.  In the current weak macro environment where youth unemployment is high, job security is increasingly vital.
The company now trades at 18x forward earnings, with around 30% expected earnings growth. 


Fenbi (2469 HK):  Beneficiary Of A Weak Job Market In China

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

Event-Driven

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<li>The December rebalance of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kraneshares-csi-china-internet-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28208:1" rel="noopener">KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US)</a> will take place at the close of trading on 8 December.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fenbi-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36640:1" rel="noopener">Fenbi Ltd (2469 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ysb-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35982:1" rel="noopener">YSB (9885 HK)</a> will be added to the index and there are no deletions.</li>
<li>There is a big lock-up expiry in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ysb-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35982:1" rel="noopener">YSB (9885 HK)</a> soon after the index inclusion and this could be an opportunity to access liquidity in the stock.</li>
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The December rebalance of the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US) will take place at the close of trading on 8 December.

Fenbi Ltd (2469 HK) and YSB (9885 HK) will be added to the index and there are no deletions.
There is a big lock-up expiry in YSB (9885 HK) soon after the index inclusion and this could be an opportunity to access liquidity in the stock.


KWEB Index Rebalance: Fenbi (2469 HK) & YSB (9885 HK) Added

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fenbi-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36640:1" rel="noopener">Fenbi Ltd (2469 HK)</a> is a newly listed China edtech company that focuses on tutoring for China civil servant exams.  </li>
<li>The company's share price was caught by a perfect storm in June, dropping by as much as 70% during the month.</li>
<li>Very interesting opportunity to have exposure to a quality company in a sector that is very different from K12 tutoring.  </li>
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Fenbi Ltd (2469 HK) is a newly listed China edtech company that focuses on tutoring for China civil servant exams.  
The company's share price was caught by a perfect storm in June, dropping by as much as 70% during the month.
Very interesting opportunity to have exposure to a quality company in a sector that is very different from K12 tutoring.  


Fenbi (2469 HK): Rightfully Sold, Wrongfully Punished

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Meituan, CNOOC, PICC P&amp;C, China Mobile, and outflows from Tencent, Xiaomi, HKEx, Wuxi Biologics, CCB.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight inflows into Meituan, CNOOC, PICC P&amp;C, China Mobile, and outflows from Tencent, Xiaomi, HKEx, Wuxi Biologics, CCB.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (December): Six Months of Inflows

Hong Kong

Fenbi Ltd. offers non formal vocational education and training services. The Company provides career test preparation, recruitment and qualification examination tutoring, and other services. Fenbi provides its services throughout Hong Kong.

Fenbi Ltd (2469 HK)

Fenbi (2469 HK): Strong Positive Profit Alert for 1H2023

Fenbi announced a strong positive profit alert for 1H2023 with adjusted net profit up not less than 182% yoy to RMB270m.

Steve Zhou, CFA

Fenbi (2469 HK): Beneficiary Of A Weak Job Market In China

China's annual civil service exam attracted a record-breaking 3 million participants, highlighting the increasing importance of stable job...

Steve Zhou, CFA

KWEB Index Rebalance: Fenbi (2469 HK) & YSB (9885 HK) Added

Fenbi and YSB will be bought by the KWEB ETF at the close on 8 December. Fenbi also has some passive inflows at month end. YSB has a big lock up...

Brian Freitas

Fenbi (2469 HK): Rightfully Sold, Wrongfully Punished

Strong recent share price momentum - worth taking a look. Market is more comfortable with the company after the interim report, as great...

Steve Zhou, CFA

Hong Kong Connect Flows (December): Six Months of Inflows

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for December and highlight flows for Meituan, CNOOC, PICC P&C, China Mobile, Tencent, Xiaomi, HKEx, Wuxi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Fenbi (2469 HK): Strong Positive Profit Alert for 1H2023

Fenbi announced a strong positive profit alert for 1H2023 with adjusted net profit up not less than 182% yoy to RMB270m.

Steve Zhou, CFA

Fenbi (2469 HK): Beneficiary Of A Weak Job Market In China

​China's annual civil service exam attracted a record-breaking 3 million participants, highlighting the increasing importance of stable job...

Steve Zhou, CFA

KWEB Index Rebalance: Fenbi (2469 HK) & YSB (9885 HK) Added

Fenbi and YSB will be bought by the KWEB ETF at the close on 8 December. Fenbi also has some passive inflows at month end. YSB has a big lock up...

Brian Freitas

Fenbi (2469 HK): Rightfully Sold, Wrongfully Punished

Strong recent share price momentum - worth taking a look. Market is more comfortable with the company after the interim report, as great...

Steve Zhou, CFA

Hong Kong Connect Flows (December): Six Months of Inflows

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for December and highlight flows for Meituan, CNOOC, PICC P&C, China Mobile, Tencent, Xiaomi, HKEx, Wuxi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China's annual civil service exam attracted a record-breaking 3 million participants, highlighting the increasing importance of stable job...