Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

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Focusing on Asian logistics, transportation, and travel companies

Equity Capital Markets

Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>We compare Lalatech's scale, P&amp;L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow to peers</li>
<li>On several measures, Lalatech is comparable to Full Truck Alliance, SF-Intra</li>
<li>Small, unprofitable GOGOX <em>not</em> an appropriate comp for Lalatech, in our view</li>
</ul>


We compare Lalatech's scale, P&amp;L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow to peers
On several measures, Lalatech is comparable to Full Truck Alliance, SF-Intra
Small, unprofitable GOGOX not an appropriate comp for Lalatech, in our view


Lalatech Compared to Full Truck Alliance, SF Intra-City, and GOGOX in Eleven Easy Charts

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>FTA's revenue growth accelerated in Q124 and exceeded management guidance</li>
<li>Gross and OpInc margins (cash basis) both improved sharply in Q124</li>
<li>Growth, profitability, mix improved, but FTA no longer so cheap; HOLD</li>
</ul>


FTA's revenue growth accelerated in Q124 and exceeded management guidance
Gross and OpInc margins (cash basis) both improved sharply in Q124
Growth, profitability, mix improved, but FTA no longer so cheap; HOLD


Full Truck Alliance Q124 Results: Strong Financials Match Recent Strong Share Performance - HOLD

<ul>
<li>Q423 revenue growth, core margins, and expense control all looked strong</li>
<li>Evolving revenue mix bodes well for long-term improvement in core margin</li>
<li>Buyback update &amp; Q124 guidance both +ive; appears cheap at 14x consensus</li>
</ul>


Q423 revenue growth, core margins, and expense control all looked strong
Evolving revenue mix bodes well for long-term improvement in core margin
Buyback update &amp; Q124 guidance both +ive; appears cheap at 14x consensus


Full Truck Alliance: Strong Q423 Results | Solid Q124 Guidance | Cheap at 14x Consensus '24 EPS

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

<ul>
<li>After a long wait, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/full-truck-alliance-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33429:1" rel="noopener">Full Truck Alliance (YMM US)</a> could (finally!) be added to a global index in May.</li>
<li>Passives need to buy a fair bit, and the stock price has started to move higher over the last few weeks.</li>
<li>While there will be positioning in the stock, it appears to be lower than what passives need to buy and there could be more upside in the near-term.</li>
</ul>


After a long wait, Full Truck Alliance (YMM US) could (finally!) be added to a global index in May.
Passives need to buy a fair bit, and the stock price has started to move higher over the last few weeks.
While there will be positioning in the stock, it appears to be lower than what passives need to buy and there could be more upside in the near-term.


Full Truck Alliance (YMM US): Global Index Inclusion (Finally!)

<ul>
<li>As expected, the pace of top-line growth slowed in Q425 following a strategic change in Q325</li>
<li>We're encouraged by the company's strong improvement in Q425 Adjusted OpInc margin</li>
<li>Modest forward PER and strong capital returns suggest BUY closer to US$8 per ADS</li>
</ul>


As expected, the pace of top-line growth slowed in Q425 following a strategic change in Q325
We're encouraged by the company's strong improvement in Q425 Adjusted OpInc margin
Modest forward PER and strong capital returns suggest BUY closer to US$8 per ADS


Full Truck Alliance Q425 Results: Q325 Change Hit Top-Line Growth, but Lifted OPM%; Buy near US$8

China

Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. operates as a software company. The Company develops digital freight and logistics platform.

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Full Truck Alliance (YMM US)

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