Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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 Bottom-Up

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<li>On October 18, JD denies there is a run on JD Finance.</li>
<li>Many male users claimed they boycott JD for the invitation of Miss Yang, a talk show celebrity.</li>
<li>We believe the event will negatively impact JD and benefit Alibaba.</li>
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On October 18, JD denies there is a run on JD Finance.
Many male users claimed they boycott JD for the invitation of Miss Yang, a talk show celebrity.
We believe the event will negatively impact JD and benefit Alibaba.


JD.com (JD US): Boycotted by Male Users, Denies Run on JD Finance

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>Real Estate Industry Update: Press Conference of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: Restarting Monetized Resettlement May Drive a 3%-7% Increase in Property Transactions Value(+)</li>
<li>1585 HK/NIU US/603529 CH: Shanghai announces trade-in subsidy for electric bikes (+/+/+)</li>
<li>1211HK/1810HK/XPEVUS/NIOUS/LIUS:Electric vehicle sales surged in the 41st week of 2024, BYD,Xiaomi,andXpeng took the lead, Tesla was unexpectedly weak,and Aion did not enter the top ten for the second week (/////////)</li>
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Real Estate Industry Update: Press Conference of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: Restarting Monetized Resettlement May Drive a 3%-7% Increase in Property Transactions Value(+)
1585 HK/NIU US/603529 CH: Shanghai announces trade-in subsidy for electric bikes (+/+/+)
1211HK/1810HK/XPEVUS/NIOUS/LIUS:Electric vehicle sales surged in the 41st week of 2024, BYD,Xiaomi,andXpeng took the lead, Tesla was unexpectedly weak,and Aion did not enter the top ten for the second week (/////////)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:1585 HK/NIU US/603529 CH/1211HK/1810 HK/XPEV US/NIO US/LI US/Real Estate Industry

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Horizon Robotics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-robotics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35637:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics</a> is looking to raise up to US$696m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>Horizon Robotics (HR) is a provider of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) solutions for passenger vehicles, empowered by its proprietary software and hardware technologies.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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Horizon Robotics is looking to raise up to US$696m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
Horizon Robotics (HR) is a provider of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) solutions for passenger vehicles, empowered by its proprietary software and hardware technologies.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


Horizon Robotics IPO - Peers Are Down a Lot, Its Valuation Isn’t

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-industrial-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36875:1" rel="noopener">JD Industrial Technology</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO.</li>
<li>JDI is a leading industrial supply chain technology and service provider in China in terms of GMV in each year during the Track Record Period, according to CIC.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company background and provided our initial thoughts on valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the refiling updates.</li>
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JD Industrial Technology is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO.
JDI is a leading industrial supply chain technology and service provider in China in terms of GMV in each year during the Track Record Period, according to CIC.
We have looked at the company background and provided our initial thoughts on valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the refiling updates.


JD Industrials Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Few Hits, Few Misses

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 expect 3Q24 earnings of some leading Chinese automakers including BYD, Geely and Li Auto to rise substantially from 2Q24, which could beat investors’ expectation.</li><li>We expect Great Wall’s 3Q24 earnings to be resilient and at a similar level as 2Q24. Although both Xpeng and NIO launched competitive new models in 3Q24, we do not expect their net losses to narrow QoQ as the increase in gross profits may not be able to cover the R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses growth.</li><li>As valuation becomes less attractive now, we prefer automakers with more solid earnings, such as Geely and Li Auto. </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 expect 3Q24 earnings of some leading Chinese automakers including BYD, Geely and Li Auto to rise substantially from 2Q24, which could beat investors’ expectation.We expect Great Wall’s 3Q24 earnings to be resilient and at a similar level as 2Q24. Although both Xpeng and NIO launched competitive new models in 3Q24, we do not expect their net losses to narrow QoQ as the increase in gross profits may not be able to cover the R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses growth.As valuation becomes less attractive now, we prefer automakers with more solid earnings, such as Geely and Li Auto. 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 - 3Q Earnings Preview: Leading Players to Beat

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)

JD.com (JD US): Boycotted by Male Users, Denies Run on JD Finance

JD denies there is a run on JD Finance. Many male users claimed they boycott JD for the invitation of Miss Yang, a talk show celebrity.

Ming Lu

[Blue Lotus Daily]:1585 HK/NIU US/603529 CH/1211HK/1810 HK/XPEV US/NIO US/LI US/Real Estate Industry

Government initiatives like monetized resettlement and trade-in subsidies are driving growth in the real estate and electric vehicle industries,...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Horizon Robotics IPO - Peers Are Down a Lot, Its Valuation Isn’t

Horizon Robotics is looking to raise up to US$696m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes, in...

Sumeet Singh

JD Industrials Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Few Hits, Few Misses

JD Industrial Technology is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO. We have looked at its past performance in our earlier notes. In...

Sumeet Singh

Auto - 3Q Earnings Preview: Leading Players to Beat

We expect 3Q24 earnings of some leading Chinese automakers including BYD, Geely and Li Auto to rise substantially from 2Q24, which could beat...

CMB International

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JD.com (JD US): Boycotted by Male Users, Denies Run on JD Finance

JD denies there is a run on JD Finance. Many male users claimed they boycott JD for the invitation of Miss Yang, a talk show celebrity.

Ming Lu

[Blue Lotus Daily]:1585 HK/NIU US/603529 CH/1211HK/1810 HK/XPEV US/NIO US/LI US/Real Estate Industry

​Government initiatives like monetized resettlement and trade-in subsidies are driving growth in the real estate and electric vehicle industries,...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Horizon Robotics IPO - Peers Are Down a Lot, Its Valuation Isn’t

Horizon Robotics is looking to raise up to US$696m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes, in...

Sumeet Singh

JD Industrials Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Few Hits, Few Misses

JD Industrial Technology is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO. We have looked at its past performance in our earlier notes. In...

Sumeet Singh

Auto - 3Q Earnings Preview: Leading Players to Beat

We expect 3Q24 earnings of some leading Chinese automakers including BYD, Geely and Li Auto to rise substantially from 2Q24, which could beat...

CMB International

Government initiatives like monetized resettlement and trade-in subsidies are driving growth in the real estate and electric vehicle industries,...