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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>We expect JD to deliver inline-with-Bloomberg consensus revenue growth and a better-than-expected non-GAAP net profit for 3Q24, aided by efficient cost control, and a YoY increase in revenue contribution from services revenue.</li><li>Amid improving consumption sentiment since September, and benefiting from the implementation of home appliance trade-in program nationwide, JD is marginally shifting its emphasis from ROI and cost control to more on GMV and revenue growth.</li><li>Post the recent market rally, quality and sustainable earnings growth of core business as well as enhancement of shareholder return remain key to driving further upside in JD’s stock price, in our view. </li></ul>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.

We expect JD to deliver inline-with-Bloomberg consensus revenue growth and a better-than-expected non-GAAP net profit for 3Q24, aided by efficient cost control, and a YoY increase in revenue contribution from services revenue.Amid improving consumption sentiment since September, and benefiting from the implementation of home appliance trade-in program nationwide, JD is marginally shifting its emphasis from ROI and cost control to more on GMV and revenue growth.Post the recent market rally, quality and sustainable earnings growth of core business as well as enhancement of shareholder return remain key to driving further upside in JD’s stock price, in our view. 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.

JD.com (JD US) - Expecting Inline 3Q Revenue Growth with Upside Coming from Bottom Line

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<ul><li>We update our sector investment views for the next six months post earnings as follows: 1) Companies with solid fundamentals and high revenue and profit growth visibility; 2) sustained profitability and willingness to lift shareholder returns; and 3) a sizeable TAM for new initiatives and business explorations likely to generate a decent ROIC.</li><li>We believe the market will continue to allocate to such names and value them fairly.</li><li>Taking into account 2Q results and recent stock performances, we find our previous view has been testified: better-than-expected earnings are not enough to drive a share rally, but better-than-expected 3Q/full-year outlook and enhanced shareholder return measures could provide key support. </li></ul>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.

We update our sector investment views for the next six months post earnings as follows: 1) Companies with solid fundamentals and high revenue and profit growth visibility; 2) sustained profitability and willingness to lift shareholder returns; and 3) a sizeable TAM for new initiatives and business explorations likely to generate a decent ROIC.We believe the market will continue to allocate to such names and value them fairly.Taking into account 2Q results and recent stock performances, we find our previous view has been testified: better-than-expected earnings are not enough to drive a share rally, but better-than-expected 3Q/full-year outlook and enhanced shareholder return measures could provide key support. 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.

Internet - 2Q24 Recap & Stock-Picking Ideas: Seeking Certainty

<ul><li>JD.com (JD) reported (15 Aug) better-than-expected 2Q24 results: revenue was RMB291.4bn, up 1% YoY, in line with our forecast and Bloomberg consensus; non-GAAP net income was RMB14.5bn, ahead of our forecast/consensus estimates at RMB9.9bn/9.6bn, thanks to stronger-than-expected GPM expansion aided by scale effect, as well as better-than-expected generation from other income.</li><li>Guided by stringent ROI target and benefited from the increasing economies of scale, we remain positive on JD’s earnings growth trajectory in 2H24.</li><li>However, apart from the additional benefits brought by nationwide home appliance trade-in activities, since the current share repurchase program has been largely utilized, JD needs to convince the market with its ability in retaining market share in core electronics and home appliance (E&amp;HA) category, in order to drive for further valuation rerating amid current market environment, in our view. Our DCF-based TP was unchanged at US$51.9. </li></ul>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.

JD.com (JD) reported (15 Aug) better-than-expected 2Q24 results: revenue was RMB291.4bn, up 1% YoY, in line with our forecast and Bloomberg consensus; non-GAAP net income was RMB14.5bn, ahead of our forecast/consensus estimates at RMB9.9bn/9.6bn, thanks to stronger-than-expected GPM expansion aided by scale effect, as well as better-than-expected generation from other income.Guided by stringent ROI target and benefited from the increasing economies of scale, we remain positive on JD’s earnings growth trajectory in 2H24.However, apart from the additional benefits brought by nationwide home appliance trade-in activities, since the current share repurchase program has been largely utilized, JD needs to convince the market with its ability in retaining market share in core electronics and home appliance (E&amp;HA) category, in order to drive for further valuation rerating amid current market environment, in our view. Our DCF-based TP was unchanged at US$51.9. 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.

JD.com (JD US) - Stringent ROI Target on Investments Brings Better-Than-Expected 2Q Earnings Growth

<ul><li>Although the high base in air conditioner category and industrywide soft performance of PC category are likely to weigh on JD’s revenue growth on electronic and home appliance (E&amp;HA) in 2Q24E, its strategies to focus on ROI and quality growth may drive a beat on earnings.</li><li>We forecast JD has logged 2Q24E revenue of RMB290.9bn (up 1.0% YoY), and non-GAAP net income of RMB9.9bn, which translates into non-GAAP net margin of 3.4% and was 16% better than Bloomberg consensus.</li><li>With a normalization in revenue growth of both E&amp;HA and platform business, we expect YoY revenue growth for JD to reaccelerate in 3Q24E, and the GMV growth of JD Retail (JDR) can still outperform that of total retail sales in 2024E. </li></ul>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.

Although the high base in air conditioner category and industrywide soft performance of PC category are likely to weigh on JD’s revenue growth on electronic and home appliance (E&amp;HA) in 2Q24E, its strategies to focus on ROI and quality growth may drive a beat on earnings.We forecast JD has logged 2Q24E revenue of RMB290.9bn (up 1.0% YoY), and non-GAAP net income of RMB9.9bn, which translates into non-GAAP net margin of 3.4% and was 16% better than Bloomberg consensus.With a normalization in revenue growth of both E&amp;HA and platform business, we expect YoY revenue growth for JD to reaccelerate in 3Q24E, and the GMV growth of JD Retail (JDR) can still outperform that of total retail sales in 2024E. 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.

JD.com (JD US) - Expecting an Upbeat Bottom Line for 2Q Results

<ul><li>Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our previous expectation.</li><li>From a full-year perspective, given the rate cut cycle has not yet started and liquidity remains tight, we suggest focusing on: 1) companies capable of boosting shareholder returns or maintaining decent returns, supported by solid fundamentals (strong competitive advantages, steady growth in core business, and stable profitability) and committed to enhancing shareholder returns (also depends on management's willingness), such as Alibaba, Tencent, and NetEase;</li><li>2) companies whose new businesses have significant market potential and are poised to bring considerable capital gains in the long run, particularly from overseas expansion and AI-related initiatives, such as Pinduoduo, Tencent, Alibaba, and Trip.com</li></ul>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.

Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our previous expectation.From a full-year perspective, given the rate cut cycle has not yet started and liquidity remains tight, we suggest focusing on: 1) companies capable of boosting shareholder returns or maintaining decent returns, supported by solid fundamentals (strong competitive advantages, steady growth in core business, and stable profitability) and committed to enhancing shareholder returns (also depends on management's willingness), such as Alibaba, Tencent, and NetEase;2) companies whose new businesses have significant market potential and are poised to bring considerable capital gains in the long run, particularly from overseas expansion and AI-related initiatives, such as Pinduoduo, Tencent, Alibaba, and Trip.comContent 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.

Internet - 1Q24 recap & our three stock-picking ideas

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JD.com (JD US) - Expecting Inline 3Q Revenue Growth with Upside Coming from Bottom Line

We expect JD to deliver inline-with-Bloomberg consensus revenue growth and a better-than-expected non-GAAP net profit for 3Q24, aided by efficient...

CMB International

Internet - 2Q24 Recap & Stock-Picking Ideas: Seeking Certainty

We update our sector investment views for the next six months post earnings as follows: 1) Companies with solid fundamentals and high revenue and...

CMB International

JD.com (JD US) - Stringent ROI Target on Investments Brings Better-Than-Expected 2Q Earnings Growth

JD.com (JD) reported (15 Aug) better-than-expected 2Q24 results: revenue was RMB291.4bn, up 1% YoY, in line with our forecast and Bloomberg consensus

CMB International

JD.com (JD US) - Expecting an Upbeat Bottom Line for 2Q Results

We forecast JD has logged 2Q24E revenue of RMB290.9bn (up 1.0% YoY), and non-GAAP net income of RMB9.9bn, which translates into non-GAAP net margin...

CMB International

Internet - 1Q24 recap & our three stock-picking ideas

Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our...

CMB International

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