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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>TSLA/XPEV/1211: Tesla starts presales of revamped Model 3 in China at higher starting price (/-/-)</li>
<li>IQ：iQiYi’s drama pipeline was affected by lead actress Zu‘er(Lareina) Song’s tax evasion inspection (-)</li>
<li>Real Estate Industry Update/Beke: Beijing and Shanghai followed on implementing the housing loan loosening policy, transaction willingness improved immediately</li>
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TSLA/XPEV/1211: Tesla starts presales of revamped Model 3 in China at higher starting price (/-/-)
IQ：iQiYi’s drama pipeline was affected by lead actress Zu‘er(Lareina) Song’s tax evasion inspection (-)
Real Estate Industry Update/Beke: Beijing and Shanghai followed on implementing the housing loan loosening policy, transaction willingness improved immediately


China TMT Update-TSLA/XPEV/1211/IQ/Beke:Beijing and Shanghai Housing Loan Loosening;revamped Model 3

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>IQ reported 2Q23 revenue and non-GAAP net income 0.2%/28.5% vs cons.</li>
<li>We cut our projections for 3Q23's membership services revenue, but increased estimations for online ads services revenue, and raised margin forecasts for 2023.  </li>
<li>We maintain our US$ 6.25 TP, implying 16.2X PE in 2023.</li>
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IQ reported 2Q23 revenue and non-GAAP net income 0.2%/28.5% vs cons.
We cut our projections for 3Q23's membership services revenue, but increased estimations for online ads services revenue, and raised margin forecasts for 2023.  
We maintain our US$ 6.25 TP, implying 16.2X PE in 2023.


[iQIYI, Lnc. (IQ US, BUY, TP US$6.25) Review]: Ads Revenue Will Continue to Have Fair Growth

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.

<ul><li>Despite soft season and content delay, IQ still delivered solid 2Q23 results with in-line topline and upbeat margin.</li><li>Market concern may lie on its low subs retention and limited visibility on 2H23E subs net adds, but we believe its rich, high-quality and exclusive content would support long-term subs value.</li><li>We forecast 3Q23E rev +8% YoY (in which subs/ads +20%/37% YoY), with adj. OP at RMB815mn. </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 soft season and content delay, IQ still delivered solid 2Q23 results with in-line topline and upbeat margin.Market concern may lie on its low subs retention and limited visibility on 2H23E subs net adds, but we believe its rich, high-quality and exclusive content would support long-term subs value.We forecast 3Q23E rev +8% YoY (in which subs/ads +20%/37% YoY), with adj. OP at RMB815mn. 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.

iQIYI (IQ US) – Prioritizing on long-term subs value

Greater China Equity Long/Short Analyst

Eric Chen

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<li>IQiyi failed to give its share price a lift with  stronger-than-expected 2Q results except for slight miss in paying subscribers .</li>
<li>We believe that investors are expecting the end of its remarkable turnaround story and embracing a stable and moderate growth stage.</li>
<li>While iQiyi trades at ~10x our FY23 earnings, the cheap valuation by itself doesn’t stand out among China internet peers as a group. We would wait for better entry points.</li>
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IQiyi failed to give its share price a lift with  stronger-than-expected 2Q results except for slight miss in paying subscribers .
We believe that investors are expecting the end of its remarkable turnaround story and embracing a stable and moderate growth stage.
While iQiyi trades at ~10x our FY23 earnings, the cheap valuation by itself doesn’t stand out among China internet peers as a group. We would wait for better entry points.


IQIYI (IQ US): Embracing Moderate yet Stable Growth

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<li>We updated our revenue forecasts for ByteDance (China domestic) , with the industry models. We estimate that ByteDance's domestic ad revenue/eCommerce GMV/local lifestyle GTV will grow by 17%/50%/134% this year.</li>
<li>In the advertising space, we recommend Tencent and iQIYI. Both Tencent and iQIYI experienced a decline in their advertising revenue market share in 2022, followed by a rebound in 2023.</li>
<li>In transactional GMV/GTV, we prefer Meituan and Pinduoduo. Meituan's market share experienced a significant decline in 2022, but the decline rate is expected to narrow significantly this year.</li>
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We updated our revenue forecasts for ByteDance (China domestic) , with the industry models. We estimate that ByteDance's domestic ad revenue/eCommerce GMV/local lifestyle GTV will grow by 17%/50%/134% this year.
In the advertising space, we recommend Tencent and iQIYI. Both Tencent and iQIYI experienced a decline in their advertising revenue market share in 2022, followed by a rebound in 2023.
In transactional GMV/GTV, we prefer Meituan and Pinduoduo. Meituan's market share experienced a significant decline in 2022, but the decline rate is expected to narrow significantly this year.


[Blue Lotus Multi-Platform Sector Update]: ByteDance Forecasts and Implications for China Internet

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iQIYI, Inc. offers video entertainment services. The Company provides movies, television dramas, variety shows, and other video contents. iQIYI offers services worldwide.

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iQIYI Inc (IQ US)

China TMT Update-TSLA/XPEV/1211/IQ/Beke:Beijing and Shanghai Housing Loan Loosening;revamped Model 3

Tesla starts presales of revamped Model 3 in China ;iQiYi’s drama pipeline was affected by lead actress Zu‘er(Lareina) Song’s tax evasion...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[iQIYI, Lnc. (IQ US, BUY, TP US$6.25) Review]: Ads Revenue Will Continue to Have Fair Growth

We cut our projections for 3Q23's membership services revenue, but increased estimations for online ads services revenue, and raised margin...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

iQIYI (IQ US) – Prioritizing on long-term subs value

Market concern may lie on its low subs retention and limited visibility on 2H23E subs net adds, but we believe its rich, high-quality and exclusive...

CMB International

IQIYI (IQ US): Embracing Moderate yet Stable Growth

IQ reported stronger-than-expected 2Q results, yet investors are expecting the end of remarkable turnaround and embracing moderate growth.

Eric Chen

[Blue Lotus Multi-Platform Sector Update]: ByteDance Forecasts and Implications for China Internet

We estimate that ByteDance's domestic ad revenue/eCommerce GMV/local lifestyle GTV will grow by 17%/50%/134% this year. We prefer Tencent, iQiyi,...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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