Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy 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>1211 HK: BYD's battery subsidiary FinDreams signed a lithium iron phosphate battery production agreement with Borg Warner (+)</li>
<li>1810 HK: OPPO AI strategic press conference officially announced to be held on February 20, dubbed as 'Opening the era of AI phones for all' (-)</li>
<li>BEKE: Real Estate Industry: Existing home sales increased 70% yoy in CNY holiday(+)</li>
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1211 HK: BYD's battery subsidiary FinDreams signed a lithium iron phosphate battery production agreement with Borg Warner (+)
1810 HK: OPPO AI strategic press conference officially announced to be held on February 20, dubbed as 'Opening the era of AI phones for all' (-)
BEKE: Real Estate Industry: Existing home sales increased 70% yoy in CNY holiday(+)


[Blue Lotus Daily]: 1211 HK/300750 SZ/1810 HK/ATAT/HTHT/3690 HK/BEKE

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We expect KE Holdings (Beike) C4Q23 revenue to be in-line with consensus, with non-GAAP NI 15.6% higher than consensus, mainly due to better existing home sales.</li>
<li>Although overall home living demand remains lukewarm in 2023, the structural substitution from purchasing new home to existing home has accelerated, benefiting Beike, in our view.</li>
<li>We maintain the stock as BUY rating and trim down TP by US$0.5 to US$24.0/ADS to factor in the weak new home sales.</li>
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We expect KE Holdings (Beike) C4Q23 revenue to be in-line with consensus, with non-GAAP NI 15.6% higher than consensus, mainly due to better existing home sales.
Although overall home living demand remains lukewarm in 2023, the structural substitution from purchasing new home to existing home has accelerated, benefiting Beike, in our view.
We maintain the stock as BUY rating and trim down TP by US$0.5 to US$24.0/ADS to factor in the weak new home sales.


[KE Holdings (BEKE US, BUY, TP US$24) Target Price Change]: Benefiting from Structural Change

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<li>300274 SZ: Sungrow preannounced full-year profit to exceed expectations (+)</li>
<li>LI/NIO/XPEV: Li Auto's deliveries rose in the third week of January, ranking first among new forces, but still lower than expected (-)</li>
<li>BEKE: Chongqing raised the levy standard of property tax (+)</li>
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300274 SZ: Sungrow preannounced full-year profit to exceed expectations (+)
LI/NIO/XPEV: Li Auto's deliveries rose in the third week of January, ranking first among new forces, but still lower than expected (-)
BEKE: Chongqing raised the levy standard of property tax (+)


[Blue Lotus Daily]: ATAT/HTHT/TCOM/300750CH/1211HK/835185CH/ 600516CH/LI/NIO/XPEV/BEKE/ZTO

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>The NBS (National Bureau of Statistics) property data was in-line in December 2023, the full year property sales value/property investment decline narrowed to -6.5%/-9.6% YoY (-12.5/-16.5% excluding base adjustment impact) from -26.7/- 10% in 2022，still in bottoming process.</li><li>Looking into 2024, we believe the recovery in new home market will still take time.</li><li>Sales and investments may show a continuous fall at -4/-9% YoY in our view, considering the diminishing policy effect, developers’ debt issue which may squeeze purchase demand to secondary market, low land acquisition in 2023 which may result in a lower level of quality saleable resource, and higher affordable housing supply which may lead to less demand for commercial housing. </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>

The NBS (National Bureau of Statistics) property data was in-line in December 2023, the full year property sales value/property investment decline narrowed to -6.5%/-9.6% YoY (-12.5/-16.5% excluding base adjustment impact) from -26.7/- 10% in 2022，still in bottoming process.Looking into 2024, we believe the recovery in new home market will still take time.Sales and investments may show a continuous fall at -4/-9% YoY in our view, considering the diminishing policy effect, developers’ debt issue which may squeeze purchase demand to secondary market, low land acquisition in 2023 which may result in a lower level of quality saleable resource, and higher affordable housing supply which may lead to less demand for commercial housing. 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.

China Property Sector – NBS Dec data in line, still in bottoming process

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<li>A new draft measure suggested Shenzhen is planning to accelerate its shantytown renovation and offer more Affordable Houses to meet demand of low-income groups, mimicking Singapore’s HDB flat policy.</li>
<li>As China’s property market gradually heading to the Singapore model, we expect the existing home market to enlarge and new home market to shrink.</li>
<li>We expect Beike existing home business and renovation business to benefit, while new home business hurts. We maintained the stock as BUY rating and TP at US$24.5/ADS.</li>
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A new draft measure suggested Shenzhen is planning to accelerate its shantytown renovation and offer more Affordable Houses to meet demand of low-income groups, mimicking Singapore’s HDB flat policy.
As China’s property market gradually heading to the Singapore model, we expect the existing home market to enlarge and new home market to shrink.
We expect Beike existing home business and renovation business to benefit, while new home business hurts. We maintained the stock as BUY rating and TP at US$24.5/ADS.


[KE Holdings(BEKE US, BUY, TP US$24.5) Update]: Singaporization of Real Estate Has LT Plus, ST Minus

China

KE Holdings Inc. operates as an integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services. The Company offers existing and new home sales, home rentals, home renovation, real estate financial solutions, and other services. KE Holdings conducts businesses in China.

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