Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Tracking Traffic

Focusing on Asian logistics, transportation, and travel companies

Equity Capital Markets

Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>In this insight we show drivers of LalaTech's +US$1bn turnaround in OpInc</li>
<li>We also evaluate which drivers are likely to generate future improvements</li>
<li>Lalatech won't repeat incredible 2021-23 CoR, OpEx performances, in our view</li>
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In this insight we show drivers of LalaTech's +US$1bn turnaround in OpInc
We also evaluate which drivers are likely to generate future improvements
Lalatech won't repeat incredible 2021-23 CoR, OpEx performances, in our view


Lalatech IPO: New Filing Shows March From Losses To Profits Between 2021 and 2023

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<li>In an updated HKEX filing posted on September 28th, Lalatech disclosed H123 financial results</li>
<li>Solid Revenue growth plus sharp expense reductions led to +28 ppt OP margin expansion</li>
<li>Is this progress sustainable, defendable? Lalatech management needs to explain gains</li>
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In an updated HKEX filing posted on September 28th, Lalatech disclosed H123 financial results
Solid Revenue growth plus sharp expense reductions led to +28 ppt OP margin expansion
Is this progress sustainable, defendable? Lalatech management needs to explain gains


Lalatech IPO: New Filing's H123 P&L Shows Impressive Growth, Unanswered Questions

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<li>Lalatech's largest segment by revenue -- Chinese intra-city on-demand freight -- features many of the attributes that are attractive to online logistics intermediaries</li>
<li>At the top of the list of red flags in its prospectus is Lalatech's company's dramatic 71% Y/Y reduction in Sales and Marketing expenses last year</li>
<li>Although Lalatech appears to be the leading platform for Chinese intra-city on-demand freight matching, the company faces 'hidden' competition from several larger groups</li>
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Lalatech's largest segment by revenue -- Chinese intra-city on-demand freight -- features many of the attributes that are attractive to online logistics intermediaries
At the top of the list of red flags in its prospectus is Lalatech's company's dramatic 71% Y/Y reduction in Sales and Marketing expenses last year
Although Lalatech appears to be the leading platform for Chinese intra-city on-demand freight matching, the company faces 'hidden' competition from several larger groups


TRACKING TRAFFIC/Lalatech IPO: Attractive Segment | 'Unbelievable' Cost Control | Hidden Competition

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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<li>In this note, we will look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with US ADRs, after having looked at HK, India, Japan and Korea earlier.</li>
<li>This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.</li>
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In this note, we will look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with US ADRs, after having looked at HK, India, Japan and Korea earlier.
This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources
The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.


Aequitas 2024 Asia IPO Pipeline - US ADRs

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Full Truck Alliance reported strong growth in Q3, from the right sources</li>
<li>Improved sales mix &amp; progress on expense control lifted core margins</li>
<li>With 22% upside to US$9.5 based on 21x PER, our high conviction pick</li>
</ul>


Full Truck Alliance reported strong growth in Q3, from the right sources
Improved sales mix &amp; progress on expense control lifted core margins
With 22% upside to US$9.5 based on 21x PER, our high conviction pick


2024 High Conviction: Full Truck Alliance | Strong Top Line, Margins in Q3 | Worth US$9.5 on 21x PER

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

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Lalatech IPO: New Filing Shows March From Losses To Profits Between 2021 and 2023

We doubt Lalatech will be able to repeat anything like the dramatic improvements in CoR and OpEx the company showed between 2021 and 2023.

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Lalatech IPO: New Filing's H123 P&L Shows Impressive Growth, Unanswered Questions

For us, the most urgent questions for Lalatech still revolve around its "incredible" progress on cost control and how the company will successfully...

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TRACKING TRAFFIC/Lalatech IPO: Attractive Segment | 'Unbelievable' Cost Control | Hidden Competition

Chinese intra-city freight platform Lalatech has once again filed to list its shares in Hong Kong, after an earlier filing from September 2023...

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Aequitas 2024 Asia IPO Pipeline - US ADRs

In this note, we will look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with US ADRs, after having looked at HK, India, Japan and Korea...

Sumeet Singh

2024 High Conviction: Full Truck Alliance | Strong Top Line, Margins in Q3 | Worth US$9.5 on 21x PER

In Q323 Full Truck Alliance reported strong revenue growth and impressive margin expansion compared to Q322. We believe the company's shares are...

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