HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Strong industry sales of wheel loaders (+10.4% YoY) and excavators (+18.8%) in Jul-Aug suggested that the current consensus earnings forecasts are too conservative. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lonking-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3944:1" rel="noopener">Lonking Holdings (3339 HK)</a> will also benefit from the strength of the equities market, given it has an investment portfolio of Rmb2.4bn, or 18.6% of its market capitalisation.</li>
<li>Given net cash equalling HK$2.02/share, or 66.1% of its share price, its 10.3x PER and 4.5% dividend yield for FY25F still appear undemanding. </li>
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Strong industry sales of wheel loaders (+10.4% YoY) and excavators (+18.8%) in Jul-Aug suggested that the current consensus earnings forecasts are too conservative. 

Lonking Holdings (3339 HK) will also benefit from the strength of the equities market, given it has an investment portfolio of Rmb2.4bn, or 18.6% of its market capitalisation.
Given net cash equalling HK$2.02/share, or 66.1% of its share price, its 10.3x PER and 4.5% dividend yield for FY25F still appear undemanding. 


Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

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<li>Since inception on May 15, our Model Portfolio (up 6.2%) underperformed the MSCI Asia-ex-Japan index (up 7.87%) due to underperforming stock picks in India, ASEAN and China consumer proxies.</li>
<li>The main themes: China's changing consumption and investment patterns, Korea's improving corporate governance, continuing global infrastructure investments and India's earnings disappointment. Korea, HK/China remain overweight; India is downgraded to Neutral.</li>
<li>We exclude Meituan, Titan, Infosys, Bharat Dynamics, Krafton. We include Laopu Gold, Lonking Holdings, China Hongqiao, AIA and Hyundai Engineering and Construction. We are now Neutral Industrials and Underweight Technology.</li>
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Since inception on May 15, our Model Portfolio (up 6.2%) underperformed the MSCI Asia-ex-Japan index (up 7.87%) due to underperforming stock picks in India, ASEAN and China consumer proxies.
The main themes: China's changing consumption and investment patterns, Korea's improving corporate governance, continuing global infrastructure investments and India's earnings disappointment. Korea, HK/China remain overweight; India is downgraded to Neutral.
We exclude Meituan, Titan, Infosys, Bharat Dynamics, Krafton. We include Laopu Gold, Lonking Holdings, China Hongqiao, AIA and Hyundai Engineering and Construction. We are now Neutral Industrials and Underweight Technology.


Asian Equity: Changes to Model Portfolio: Korea, HK/CN Overweight. India Neutral; ASEAN Underweight

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

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<li>Hong Kong continues its secular bull market and has now reached its first significant resistance in the 24k to 25k.  Growth factor investing is leading in long-only investing.</li>
<li>Mainland buyers continue buying Hong Kong stocks at a historic rate with buying focused in the tech sector and specifically in AI-related companies.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zoomlion-heavy-industry-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7817:1" rel="noopener">Zoomlion Heavy Industry H (1157 HK)</a> has broken its double-top formation and is at a new high.  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vtech-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18812:1" rel="noopener">Vtech Holdings (303 HK)</a> broke out to a new high with improving momentum.
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Hong Kong continues its secular bull market and has now reached its first significant resistance in the 24k to 25k.  Growth factor investing is leading in long-only investing.
Mainland buyers continue buying Hong Kong stocks at a historic rate with buying focused in the tech sector and specifically in AI-related companies.

Zoomlion Heavy Industry H (1157 HK) has broken its double-top formation and is at a new high.  Vtech Holdings (303 HK) broke out to a new high with improving momentum.



Technically Speaking, Breakouts and Breakdowns: HONG KONG (March 6)

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<li>Industry wheel loader sales rose 15.2% in Aug, continuing the healthy momentum. A low base in 2H24 will be another favourable factor, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lonking-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3944:1" rel="noopener">Lonking Holdings (3339 HK)</a> is well placed.   </li>
<li>Forklift outlook will stay strong and serve as a growth engine. There is also a significant pick-up in demand for industry excavator sales in Jul and Aug.</li>
<li>Net cash amounted to 81% of the share price. Including investments, it will increase to 118%. Conservative FY24 consensus earnings forecast means potential upside surprise.</li>
</ul>


Industry wheel loader sales rose 15.2% in Aug, continuing the healthy momentum. A low base in 2H24 will be another favourable factor, and Lonking Holdings (3339 HK) is well placed.   
Forklift outlook will stay strong and serve as a growth engine. There is also a significant pick-up in demand for industry excavator sales in Jul and Aug.
Net cash amounted to 81% of the share price. Including investments, it will increase to 118%. Conservative FY24 consensus earnings forecast means potential upside surprise.


Lonking (3339 HK): Small and Beautiful, Net Cash Equal 81% of Share Price

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<li>While the 2H23 result of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lonking-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3944:1" rel="noopener">Lonking Holdings (3339 HK)</a> may disappoint due to a plunge in sales volume, it is a yield play given the high historical payout ratio.</li>
<li>Assuming a DPS of HK$0.10 for FY23-25 as in FY22, yielding 8.3%, the total dividend will amount to Rmb1.2bn. This only equals 22% of its net cash (including short-term investments).</li>
<li>Its controlling shareholders bought 7.3m shares since 27 Dec, raising the stake by 0.13pp to 56.2%, demonstrating their positive view on the share's value and long-term outlook. </li>
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While the 2H23 result of Lonking Holdings (3339 HK) may disappoint due to a plunge in sales volume, it is a yield play given the high historical payout ratio.
Assuming a DPS of HK$0.10 for FY23-25 as in FY22, yielding 8.3%, the total dividend will amount to Rmb1.2bn. This only equals 22% of its net cash (including short-term investments).
Its controlling shareholders bought 7.3m shares since 27 Dec, raising the stake by 0.13pp to 56.2%, demonstrating their positive view on the share's value and long-term outlook. 


China

Lonking Holdings Limited is a major manufacturer and distributor of construction machinery, including wheel loaders, excavators, road rollers, forklifts, motor graders, and skid steer loaders. The company also develops and produces core components such as gearboxes, torque converters, axles, and hydraulic components. It was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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