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>A translated article shows why Chinese are refrained from buying new homes but not so on buying existing homes. The Chinese <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pMRYOjIIzxxU1G_J90dNvf_zUKNuU_LYOhnWrtM5O5I/edit?tab=t.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">link</a> is here. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13W_8_9qyOHx2RIOYF2rGKEyHmPDO9eO5-nE8Pa5IADk/edit?tab=t.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">English</a> here by Qwen;</li>
<li>XPeng, Xiaomi, Zeekr and BYD recovered above the line post CNY in EV delivery, LI, Tesla, LEAP and Luxeed in line, AITO, Deepal and NIO are below the line;</li>
<li>CATL's JV with Didi is a serious threat to NIO.</li>
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A translated article shows why Chinese are refrained from buying new homes but not so on buying existing homes. The Chinese link is here. English here by Qwen;
XPeng, Xiaomi, Zeekr and BYD recovered above the line post CNY in EV delivery, LI, Tesla, LEAP and Luxeed in line, AITO, Deepal and NIO are below the line;
CATL's JV with Didi is a serious threat to NIO.


[Blue Lotus China New Consumer Weekly, 8/52] Existing Home Recovers First Post CNY

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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/mixue-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40623:1" rel="noopener">Mixue Group (MIX HK)</a> is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>MIXUE Group (MIXUE) is a freshly-made drinks company providing affordable products to consumers, including freshly-made fruit drinks, tea, ice cream and coffee, typically priced at around one USD per item.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the past performance, undertaken a peer comparison and spoken about valuations. In this note, we refresh our valuation.</li>
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Mixue Group (MIX HK) is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
MIXUE Group (MIXUE) is a freshly-made drinks company providing affordable products to consumers, including freshly-made fruit drinks, tea, ice cream and coffee, typically priced at around one USD per item.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the past performance, undertaken a peer comparison and spoken about valuations. In this note, we refresh our valuation.


MIXUE Pre-IPO - Updated Thoughts on Valuation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mixue-group-bab2ff71-b80e-406a-8746-77d70acaa16e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40625:1" rel="noopener">MIXUE Group</a> Mixue Group is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>MIXUE Group (MIXUE) is a freshly-made drinks company providing affordable products to consumers, including freshly-made fruit drinks, tea, ice cream and coffee, typically priced at around one USD per item.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the past performance, undertaken a peer comparison and spoken about valuations. In this note, we refresh the peer comparison.</li>
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MIXUE Group Mixue Group is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
MIXUE Group (MIXUE) is a freshly-made drinks company providing affordable products to consumers, including freshly-made fruit drinks, tea, ice cream and coffee, typically priced at around one USD per item.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the past performance, undertaken a peer comparison and spoken about valuations. In this note, we refresh the peer comparison.


MIXUE Pre-IPO - Updated Peer Comparison - Bigger, Faster, Stronger

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>We summarize the Jan 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.</li><li>Note that Jan discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Dec 2024 retail sales volume for each model, as Jan 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>The industrywide average discounts widened by 0.3ppts MoM in Jan 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by Chinese automakers, including BYD, Leapmotor and GAC Aion, and German brands, such as BMW and Audi. BYD plans to cover the majority of its models with autonomous driving (AD) functions this year, which may have resulted in higher discounts for its existing models. </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>

We summarize the Jan 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.Note that Jan discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Dec 2024 retail sales volume for each model, as Jan 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.The industrywide average discounts widened by 0.3ppts MoM in Jan 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by Chinese automakers, including BYD, Leapmotor and GAC Aion, and German brands, such as BMW and Audi. BYD plans to cover the majority of its models with autonomous driving (AD) functions this year, which may have resulted in higher discounts for its existing models. 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.

Auto - Leap, BYD, Aion Led Discount Increase in Jan

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (1364 HK)</a> raised US$233m in its Hong Kong IPO. Guming Holdings (Guming) sells freshly-made beverages in China.</li>
<li>Guming Holdings (Guming) sells freshly-made beverages in China. Guming focuses on the mid-priced freshly-made tea beverage market with product prices typically ranging between RMB10-18.</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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Guming Holdings (1364 HK) raised US$233m in its Hong Kong IPO. Guming Holdings (Guming) sells freshly-made beverages in China.
Guming Holdings (Guming) sells freshly-made beverages in China. Guming focuses on the mid-priced freshly-made tea beverage market with product prices typically ranging between RMB10-18.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


Guming Holdings IPO Trading - Strong Retail Demand, with Decent Coverage on the Insti Tranche

China

Li Auto Inc. manufactures automobiles. The Company designs, develops, and sells smart new energy electric sport utility vehicles. Li Auto conducts businesses in China.

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Li Auto (LI US)

[Blue Lotus China New Consumer Weekly, 8/52] Existing Home Recovers First Post CNY

Chinese prefer buying existing homes over new ones, XPeng, Xiaomi, Zeekr, and BYD lead in EV delivery post CNY, CATL's JV with Didi poses a threat...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

MIXUE Pre-IPO - Updated Thoughts on Valuation

Mixue Group (MIX HK) is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

MIXUE Pre-IPO - Updated Peer Comparison - Bigger, Faster, Stronger

MIXUE Group Mixue Group is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we update our earlier peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Auto - Leap, BYD, Aion Led Discount Increase in Jan

Note that Jan discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Dec 2024 retail sales volume for each model, as Jan 2025...

CMB International

Guming Holdings IPO Trading - Strong Retail Demand, with Decent Coverage on the Insti Tranche

Guming Holdings (1364 HK) raised US$233m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note. In this note, we...

Clarence Chu

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[Blue Lotus China New Consumer Weekly, 8/52] Existing Home Recovers First Post CNY

​Chinese prefer buying existing homes over new ones, XPeng, Xiaomi, Zeekr, and BYD lead in EV delivery post CNY, CATL's JV with Didi poses a threat...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

MIXUE Pre-IPO - Updated Thoughts on Valuation

Mixue Group (MIX HK) is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

MIXUE Pre-IPO - Updated Peer Comparison - Bigger, Faster, Stronger

MIXUE Group Mixue Group is now looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we update our earlier peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Auto - Leap, BYD, Aion Led Discount Increase in Jan

Note that Jan discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Dec 2024 retail sales volume for each model, as Jan 2025...

CMB International

Guming Holdings IPO Trading - Strong Retail Demand, with Decent Coverage on the Insti Tranche

Guming Holdings (1364 HK) raised US$233m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note. In this note, we...

Clarence Chu

Chinese prefer buying existing homes over new ones, XPeng, Xiaomi, Zeekr, and BYD lead in EV delivery post CNY, CATL's JV with Didi poses a threat...