APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zjld-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36734:1" rel="noopener">ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>ZJLD Group (ZJLD) is a Chinese liquor company primarily producing baijiu.</li>
<li>In this note, we discuss our earnings assumptions and share our thoughts on ZJLD’s valuation.</li>
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ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
ZJLD Group (ZJLD) is a Chinese liquor company primarily producing baijiu.
In this note, we discuss our earnings assumptions and share our thoughts on ZJLD’s valuation.


ZJLD Group Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zjld-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36734:1" rel="noopener">ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>ZJLD Group (ZJLD) is a Chinese liquor company primarily producing baijiu.</li>
<li>In this note, we discuss the industry dynamics and undertake a peer comparison.</li>
</ul>



ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
ZJLD Group (ZJLD) is a Chinese liquor company primarily producing baijiu.
In this note, we discuss the industry dynamics and undertake a peer comparison.


ZJLD Group Pre-IPO Peer Comparison - Smallest but Compensated with Growth. Sentiment Picking Up

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>In Q1 2023, 86 different Hong Kong-listed companies bought back shares either locally or on foreign exchanges. Total buybacks were HK$22.856bn.</li>
<li>8 Companies made up 90% of the total. On average, they bought back shares 4 days out of every 10 within the quarter. </li>
<li>A lot of the smaller companies doing buybacks were significant portions of their volume.</li>
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In Q1 2023, 86 different Hong Kong-listed companies bought back shares either locally or on foreign exchanges. Total buybacks were HK$22.856bn.
8 Companies made up 90% of the total. On average, they bought back shares 4 days out of every 10 within the quarter. 
A lot of the smaller companies doing buybacks were significant portions of their volume.


HK Buybacks Q1 2023: 8 Names Are 90% of the Total - AIA, Tencent, StanChart, Greatwall the Big 4

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Despite challenging macro and ecommerce competition, we remain confident in HTD to deliver above-industrial growth with better margin in the long run.</li><li>We suggest to look beyond FY22E (well anticipated), and expect HTD to benefit from consumption recovery post China’s reopening.</li><li>We forecast its FY23E earnings +20% YoY, with moderate but high-quality topline growth (+18% YoY).</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Despite challenging macro and ecommerce competition, we remain confident in HTD to deliver above-industrial growth with better margin in the long run.We suggest to look beyond FY22E (well anticipated), and expect HTD to benefit from consumption recovery post China’s reopening.We forecast its FY23E earnings +20% YoY, with moderate but high-quality topline growth (+18% YoY).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.

Huitongda Network (9878 HK) – Solid recovery and margin improvement ahead

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>Huitongda (HTD) reported its 2H22 revenue (9.2%)/(9.0%) lower than our estimate and consensus. The non-IFRS net income beat our estimate/consensus by 23.6%/12.4% respectively. </li>
<li>HTD generated RMB652mn OCF outflow in 2H22, negatively impacted by both Covid and accounts receivables due to its SME focused model.</li>
<li>We maintain the stock as SELL rating and raise TP by HK$4.5 to HK$18.0 to factor in the shrinking minority interests on market value basis. </li>
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Huitongda (HTD) reported its 2H22 revenue (9.2%)/(9.0%) lower than our estimate and consensus. The non-IFRS net income beat our estimate/consensus by 23.6%/12.4% respectively. 
HTD generated RMB652mn OCF outflow in 2H22, negatively impacted by both Covid and accounts receivables due to its SME focused model.
We maintain the stock as SELL rating and raise TP by HK$4.5 to HK$18.0 to factor in the shrinking minority interests on market value basis. 


[Huitongda (9878 HK, SELL, TP HK$18) Target Price Change]: Concerns Arise on OCF Outflow

China

Huitongda Network is a China-based company primarily engaged in supply chain retail, focusing on lower-tier cities and rural areas. It sells a wide range of merchandise and offers intelligent business and marketing subscription services, including SaaS+ solutions and merchant solutions. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Nanjing, China.

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Huitongda Network (9878 HK)

ZJLD Group Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we discuss our earnings assumptions and share...

Clarence Chu

ZJLD Group Pre-IPO Peer Comparison - Smallest but Compensated with Growth. Sentiment Picking Up

ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we discuss the industry dynamics and undertake...

Clarence Chu

HK Buybacks Q1 2023: 8 Names Are 90% of the Total - AIA, Tencent, StanChart, Greatwall the Big 4

86 names listed in HK bought back shares in Q1. 90% of total buybacks were done by 8 names. half the names bought back less than US$1mm. AIA,...

Travis Lundy