Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

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>BZ US: Enterprises’ Recruitment Confidence Shows Slight Recovery in July(+)</li>
<li>3690HK: Meituan and Restaurant Brands Collaborate to Establish Take-out Satellite Stores, Further Penetrating Offline Catering in China.(+)</li>
<li>PDD US/BABA US /SHEIN/SE US: Hundreds of Temu merchants protest at Guangzhou headquarters (-/+/+)</li>
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BZ US: Enterprises’ Recruitment Confidence Shows Slight Recovery in July(+)
3690HK: Meituan and Restaurant Brands Collaborate to Establish Take-out Satellite Stores, Further Penetrating Offline Catering in China.(+)
PDD US/BABA US /SHEIN/SE US: Hundreds of Temu merchants protest at Guangzhou headquarters (-/+/+)


[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:BZ US/3690HK/PDD US/BABA US/SE US/JD US/700HK/NTES US/BIDU/MSFT/TCOM

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Due to weakening hiring demand from both manufacturing and service, we expect BZ’s cash billing to decline 5% QoQ in 2Q24, 9% below consensus. </li>
<li>We believe BZ’s user matrices still growing and leading. The weakness is mainly attributable to the employer/hiring side;</li>
<li>We cut TP by US$3 to US$19/ADS while keep the BUY rating.</li>
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Due to weakening hiring demand from both manufacturing and service, we expect BZ’s cash billing to decline 5% QoQ in 2Q24, 9% below consensus. 
We believe BZ’s user matrices still growing and leading. The weakness is mainly attributable to the employer/hiring side;
We cut TP by US$3 to US$19/ADS while keep the BUY rating.


[Kanzhun (BZ US, BUY, TP US$19) TP Change]: Impacted by Poor Macro but Still on Top of Competition

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<li>1810 HK/AAPL: Xiaomi’s China unit volume grew 17% yoy in 2Q (+/-)</li>
<li>1810 HK: Xiaomi acquires more land to build another EV factory (+)</li>
<li>981 HK/1810 HK: SMIC’s upcoming “5nm” process to feature significant efficiency improvement (+/-)</li>
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1810 HK/AAPL: Xiaomi’s China unit volume grew 17% yoy in 2Q (+/-)
1810 HK: Xiaomi acquires more land to build another EV factory (+)
981 HK/1810 HK: SMIC’s upcoming “5nm” process to feature significant efficiency improvement (+/-)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:1810 HK/AAPL/981 HK/LKNCY US/BZ US/LI US/1211 HK

Andy Fu

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<li>We call the communique courageous because it pressed ahead on three fundamental, long standing issues of Chinese economy: fiscal revenue, social security and over-capacity;</li>
<li>But we question its timing as well as the wisdom of staunch refusal to print money to revive consumption. In our view, such measure doesn't run counter to the communique;</li>
<li>We believe the likelihood points to prolonged slow recovery in consumption, investment, job market and eventually manufacturing. But we see positive momentum in healthcare, infrastructure and eventually consumption.</li>
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We call the communique courageous because it pressed ahead on three fundamental, long standing issues of Chinese economy: fiscal revenue, social security and over-capacity;
But we question its timing as well as the wisdom of staunch refusal to print money to revive consumption. In our view, such measure doesn't run counter to the communique;
We believe the likelihood points to prolonged slow recovery in consumption, investment, job market and eventually manufacturing. But we see positive momentum in healthcare, infrastructure and eventually consumption.


The 3rd Plenum of CCPCC Announced An Courageous But Tough-To-Execute Communique

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/timee-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43690:1" rel="noopener">Timee Inc (215A JP)</a> raised US$300m in its Japan IPO. The IPO had been a 100% secondary selldown by existing shareholders.</li>
<li>Timee operates an on-demand staffing platform that connects part-time jobseekers with businesses in Japan.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Timee Inc (215A JP) raised US$300m in its Japan IPO. The IPO had been a 100% secondary selldown by existing shareholders.
Timee operates an on-demand staffing platform that connects part-time jobseekers with businesses in Japan.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Timee IPO Trading - Garnered a Strong Demand, Should Pop

China

Kanzhun Limited provides online recruitment services. The Company connects job seekers and enterprise users through its mobile application. Kanzhun offers a mobile-native product that promotes instant direct chats between enterprise users and job seekers.

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Kanzhun (BZ US)

[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:BZ US/3690HK/PDD US/BABA US/SE US/JD US/700HK/NTES US/BIDU/MSFT/TCOM

Enterprises in the US show slight recovery in recruitment confidence, Meituan and Restaurant Brands collaborate to establish take-out satellite...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Kanzhun (BZ US, BUY, TP US$19) TP Change]: Impacted by Poor Macro but Still on Top of Competition

Expecting a 5% YoY decline in cash billing for BZ in 2Q24 due to weakening hiring demand, but user matrices are still growing. TP lowered to US$19...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Daily]:1810 HK/AAPL/981 HK/LKNCY US/BZ US/LI US/1211 HK

Xiaomi's China unit sees growth, acquires land for new EV factory, while SMIC's upcoming "5nm" process promises efficiency boost.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

The 3rd Plenum of CCPCC Announced An Courageous But Tough-To-Execute Communique

The communique of CCP's 3rd Plenum of the 20th CC has pressed forward with tough reforms in the next five years. While timing is quite bad, it...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Timee IPO Trading - Garnered a Strong Demand, Should Pop

Timee Inc (215A JP) raised US$300m in its Japan IPO. The IPO had been a 100% secondary selldown by existing shareholders.

Clarence Chu

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[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:BZ US/3690HK/PDD US/BABA US/SE US/JD US/700HK/NTES US/BIDU/MSFT/TCOM

​Enterprises in the US show slight recovery in recruitment confidence, Meituan and Restaurant Brands collaborate to establish take-out satellite...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Kanzhun (BZ US, BUY, TP US$19) TP Change]: Impacted by Poor Macro but Still on Top of Competition

​Expecting a 5% YoY decline in cash billing for BZ in 2Q24 due to weakening hiring demand, but user matrices are still growing. TP lowered to US$19...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Daily]:1810 HK/AAPL/981 HK/LKNCY US/BZ US/LI US/1211 HK

​Xiaomi's China unit sees growth, acquires land for new EV factory, while SMIC's upcoming "5nm" process promises efficiency boost.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

The 3rd Plenum of CCPCC Announced An Courageous But Tough-To-Execute Communique

​The communique of CCP's 3rd Plenum of the 20th CC has pressed forward with tough reforms in the next five years. While timing is quite bad, it...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Timee IPO Trading - Garnered a Strong Demand, Should Pop

Timee Inc (215A JP) raised US$300m in its Japan IPO. The IPO had been a 100% secondary selldown by existing shareholders.

Clarence Chu

Enterprises in the US show slight recovery in recruitment confidence, Meituan and Restaurant Brands collaborate to establish take-out satellite...

Expecting a 5% YoY decline in cash billing for BZ in 2Q24 due to weakening hiring demand, but user matrices are still growing. TP lowered to US$19...

Xiaomi's China unit sees growth, acquires land for new EV factory, while SMIC's upcoming "5nm" process promises efficiency boost.

The communique of CCP's 3rd Plenum of the 20th CC has pressed forward with tough reforms in the next five years. While timing is quite bad, it...