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<ul><li>Li Ning may not be our top pick in the sportswear sector.</li><li>But thanks to potential sequential acceleration in sales growth and decent margin improvement (better discounts and operating leverage), we are still positive on Li Ning and maintain BUY with TP of HK$ 22.17, based on 15x FY24E P/E.</li><li>The 2024 outlook is constructive, as we see some upsides on sales growth and margins.</li></ul>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.

Li Ning may not be our top pick in the sportswear sector.But thanks to potential sequential acceleration in sales growth and decent margin improvement (better discounts and operating leverage), we are still positive on Li Ning and maintain BUY with TP of HK$ 22.17, based on 15x FY24E P/E.The 2024 outlook is constructive, as we see some upsides on sales growth and margins.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.

Li Ning (2331 HK) - Healthy Outlook After a Beat in Retail Discounts

<ul><li>We do find Li Ning’s FY23 results and FY24E guidance are inline, even though the views from the market are quite mixed.</li><li>Anyhow, we do appreciate management’s efforts to fix the bugsell and the branding power issues, as well as resetting investors’ expectation with a prudent guidance.</li><li>With all the progress mentioned below, we believe Li Ning could improve overtime and turn around. </li></ul>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.

We do find Li Ning’s FY23 results and FY24E guidance are inline, even though the views from the market are quite mixed.Anyhow, we do appreciate management’s efforts to fix the bugsell and the branding power issues, as well as resetting investors’ expectation with a prudent guidance.With all the progress mentioned below, we believe Li Ning could improve overtime and turn around. 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.

Li Ning (2331 HK) - Expectations Reset with Positive Initiatives

<ul><li>Thanks to the rather distressed valuation at just 14x FY24E P/E (our TP is based on 19x P/E, even 1 s.d. below its 5-year average of 28x), we maintain BUY on Li Ning.</li><li>We are still cautious about its retail sales growth trend (because the brand popularity might has declined recently and its products are not as value as before) but we do appreciate Li Ning’s efforts to de-stock its inventory in both the channel and trade fair orders, in order to reset the channel health and investors’ expectations.</li><li>Li Ning reported fairly weak retail sales growth in 3Q23</li></ul>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.

Thanks to the rather distressed valuation at just 14x FY24E P/E (our TP is based on 19x P/E, even 1 s.d. below its 5-year average of 28x), we maintain BUY on Li Ning.We are still cautious about its retail sales growth trend (because the brand popularity might has declined recently and its products are not as value as before) but we do appreciate Li Ning’s efforts to de-stock its inventory in both the channel and trade fair orders, in order to reset the channel health and investors’ expectations.Li Ning reported fairly weak retail sales growth in 3Q23Content 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.

Li Ning (2331 HK) – Value Is Distressed but End Demand Is Key

<ul><li>1H23 result was a slight miss, but the inventory level, retail sales growth and FY23E guidance update were all better than expected.</li><li>Given the weakened demand, risks of higher retail discounts, potential operating deleverage, we had revied down our forecasts.</li><li>However, since current valuation is not demanding and some negatives were kind of priced in already, we are still rating it BUY.</li></ul>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.

1H23 result was a slight miss, but the inventory level, retail sales growth and FY23E guidance update were all better than expected.Given the weakened demand, risks of higher retail discounts, potential operating deleverage, we had revied down our forecasts.However, since current valuation is not demanding and some negatives were kind of priced in already, we are still rating it BUY.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.

Li Ning (2331 HK) – Reiterated Guidance but We Remained Cautious

Topsports International Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>3Q24 retail sales growth was at low-teens, in line with expectations but the underlying fundamentals are good.</li><li>We still think the outlook for Topsports is solid, despite industry headwinds.</li><li>Maintain BUY and TP of HK$9.23, based on 18x FY2/25E P/E (unchanged).</li></ul>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.

3Q24 retail sales growth was at low-teens, in line with expectations but the underlying fundamentals are good.We still think the outlook for Topsports is solid, despite industry headwinds.Maintain BUY and TP of HK$9.23, based on 18x FY2/25E P/E (unchanged).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.

Topsports (6110 HK) – Turnaround Continues After a Resilient 3Q24

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

Li Ning (2331 HK)

Li Ning (2331 HK) - Healthy Outlook After a Beat in Retail Discounts

We also see some room for margin improvements, because the retail discounts is healthily improving (esp. in direct retail and e-commerce segment)

CMB International

Li Ning (2331 HK) - Expectations Reset with Positive Initiatives

We do find Li Ning’s FY23 results and FY24E guidance are inline, even though the views from the market are quite mixed. Anyhow, we do appreciate...

CMB International

Li Ning (2331 HK) – Value Is Distressed but End Demand Is Key

Thanks to the rather distressed valuation at just 14x FY24E P/E (our TP is based on 19x P/E, even 1 s.d. below its 5-year average of 28x), we...

CMB International

Li Ning (2331 HK) – Reiterated Guidance but We Remained Cautious

1H23 result was a slight miss, but the inventory level, retail sales growth and FY23E guidance update were all better than expected.

CMB International

Topsports (6110 HK) – Turnaround Continues After a Resilient 3Q24

Sales growth acceleration should be from the new products and better marketing while margin improvement should be from self-initiated efficiency...

CMB International