Analyst

Steve

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-ning-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6047:1" rel="noopener">Li Ning (2331 HK)</a> is trading down 18% today due to a bad 3Q23 operational date. </li>
<li>Retail sales grew by only mid-single-digit yoy, while same-store-sales recorded a mid-single-digit decline yoy. </li>
<li>Given the operational update, FY23 earnings should be revised down, to likely flat or low-single-digit growth.</li>
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Li Ning (2331 HK) is trading down 18% today due to a bad 3Q23 operational date. 
Retail sales grew by only mid-single-digit yoy, while same-store-sales recorded a mid-single-digit decline yoy. 
Given the operational update, FY23 earnings should be revised down, to likely flat or low-single-digit growth.


Li Ning (2331 HK):  Bearish Thesis Playing Out

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)</a> achieved a decent 3Q23 with sales performance of major brands outperformed. With a low comparison base, 4Q23 sales will be even more impressive. </li>
<li>Indications are that sales for the Golden Week are satisfactory and "double-11" sales are optimistic. The acquisition of MAIA ACTIVE will further add to its product portfolio.</li>
<li>Amer's IPO is another catalyst and reports are that this has been filed in the US. Anta Sports' stake may be valued at US$4bn, almost 12% of its market cap.</li>
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Anta Sports Products (2020 HK) achieved a decent 3Q23 with sales performance of major brands outperformed. With a low comparison base, 4Q23 sales will be even more impressive. 
Indications are that sales for the Golden Week are satisfactory and "double-11" sales are optimistic. The acquisition of MAIA ACTIVE will further add to its product portfolio.
Amer's IPO is another catalyst and reports are that this has been filed in the US. Anta Sports' stake may be valued at US$4bn, almost 12% of its market cap.


Anta Sports (2020 HK): Bucking the Challenging Trend

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<li>Since my bearish insight on August 11 (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/li-ning-2331-hk-low-quality-earnings-beat" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:110159" rel="noopener">Li Ning (2331 HK):  Low Quality Earnings Beat</a>), Li Ning's share price has declined by 27% in less than 2 months.</li>
<li>Anta's share price on the other hand has been flat during the same time frame (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/anta-sports-2020-hk-most-resilient-in-industry-down-cycles" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111097" rel="noopener">Anta Sports (2020 HK):  Most Resilient In Industry Down-Cycles</a>).</li>
<li>In this insight, we look at if there are now any positive catalysts on the name, given the steep share price decline.</li>
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Since my bearish insight on August 11 (Li Ning (2331 HK):  Low Quality Earnings Beat), Li Ning's share price has declined by 27% in less than 2 months.
Anta's share price on the other hand has been flat during the same time frame (Anta Sports (2020 HK):  Most Resilient In Industry Down-Cycles).
In this insight, we look at if there are now any positive catalysts on the name, given the steep share price decline.


Li Ning (2331 HK):  No Positive Catalysts In Sight

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 8th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for ICBC, CNOOC, CCB, HKEx, China Petroleum &amp; Chemical.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 8th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for ICBC, CNOOC, CCB, HKEx, China Petroleum &amp; Chemical.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 8th): ICBC, CNOOC, CCB, HKEx, China Petroleum & Chemical

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 1st.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Meituan, Xpeng, CNOOC, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 1st.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Meituan, Xpeng, CNOOC, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 1st): Meituan, Xpeng, CNOOC, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology

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Li Ning Company Limited researches, designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails sports footwear, apparel and accessories for sport and leisure use.

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Li Ning (2331 HK)

Li Ning (2331 HK): Bearish Thesis Playing Out

Li Ning (2331 HK) stock dropped 18% after disappointing 3Q23 operational results, with retail sales growing only mid-single-digit YoY and same...

Steve

Anta Sports (2020 HK): Bucking the Challenging Trend

Anta Sports had a solid 3Q23, with major brand sales outperforming. 4Q23 sales are expected to be even better. Acquisition of MAIA ACTIVE and...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Li Ning (2331 HK): No Positive Catalysts In Sight

The share price of Li Ning has declined by 27% in less than 2 months, while Anta's share price has remained flat. We look at if there are any...

Steve

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 8th): ICBC, CNOOC, CCB, HKEx, China Petroleum & Chemical

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for last week and highlight flows for ICBC, CNOOC, CCB, HKEx, China Petroleum & Chemical.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 1st): Meituan, Xpeng, CNOOC, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for last week and highlight flows for Meituan, Xpeng, CNOOC, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Li Ning (2331 HK): Bearish Thesis Playing Out

​Li Ning (2331 HK) stock dropped 18% after disappointing 3Q23 operational results, with retail sales growing only mid-single-digit YoY and same...

Steve

Anta Sports (2020 HK): Bucking the Challenging Trend

​Anta Sports had a solid 3Q23, with major brand sales outperforming. 4Q23 sales are expected to be even better. Acquisition of MAIA ACTIVE and...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Li Ning (2331 HK): No Positive Catalysts In Sight

​The share price of Li Ning has declined by 27% in less than 2 months, while Anta's share price has remained flat. We look at if there are any...

Steve

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 8th): ICBC, CNOOC, CCB, HKEx, China Petroleum & Chemical

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for last week and highlight flows for ICBC, CNOOC, CCB, HKEx, China Petroleum & Chemical.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 1st): Meituan, Xpeng, CNOOC, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for last week and highlight flows for Meituan, Xpeng, CNOOC, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Li Ning (2331 HK) stock dropped 18% after disappointing 3Q23 operational results, with retail sales growing only mid-single-digit YoY and same...

Anta Sports had a solid 3Q23, with major brand sales outperforming. 4Q23 sales are expected to be even better. Acquisition of MAIA ACTIVE and...

The share price of Li Ning has declined by 27% in less than 2 months, while Anta's share price has remained flat. We look at if there are any...