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CMB International

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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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We remain positive on PDD Holdings’ (PDD) long-term growth prospect, mainly given: 1) domestic business could maintain healthy revenue and earnings growth in 2023, aided by the incorporation of more branded products and high ASP products, as well as the increase in monetization, aided by the increase in percentage of paid traffic volume;</li><li>2) Temu, the overseas e-commerce business operated under the “fully-entrusted” model, leveraging strong domestic supply chain and PDD’s strong execution capability, has seen robust GMV and revenue growth, which is on track to support PDD’s long-term revenue and earnings growth, and will likely propel a further valuation rerating, in our view.</li><li>We lift our DCF-based TP by 21% to US$131.8 (was US$109.0), to factor in potentially stronger-than-expected domestic business monetization expansion, and betterthan-expected development of Temu business. Maintain 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.

We remain positive on PDD Holdings’ (PDD) long-term growth prospect, mainly given: 1) domestic business could maintain healthy revenue and earnings growth in 2023, aided by the incorporation of more branded products and high ASP products, as well as the increase in monetization, aided by the increase in percentage of paid traffic volume;2) Temu, the overseas e-commerce business operated under the “fully-entrusted” model, leveraging strong domestic supply chain and PDD’s strong execution capability, has seen robust GMV and revenue growth, which is on track to support PDD’s long-term revenue and earnings growth, and will likely propel a further valuation rerating, in our view.We lift our DCF-based TP by 21% to US$131.8 (was US$109.0), to factor in potentially stronger-than-expected domestic business monetization expansion, and betterthan-expected development of Temu business. Maintain 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.

PDD Holdings (PDD US) – Rapid Overseas Business Expansion

<ul><li>PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (29 Aug) 2Q23 results: revenue was up 66.3% YoY to RMB52.3bn, 22/21% ahead of our/Bloomberg consensus estimates, which we attributable to robust GMV growth and continuous increase in monetization.</li><li>Non-GAAP net income increased by 42% YoY to RMB15.3bn, 41% ahead of consensus, due to operating leverage, sales and marketing spending geared at generating higher GMV from key consumer wallet-share gain categories.</li><li>The strong beat in results echoed our view that in the ecommerce sector PDD has relatively more proactive room to drive GMV growth through targeting bigger consumer wallet share, and further increasing monetization rate given its relatively better ROI compared with peers. </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.

PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (29 Aug) 2Q23 results: revenue was up 66.3% YoY to RMB52.3bn, 22/21% ahead of our/Bloomberg consensus estimates, which we attributable to robust GMV growth and continuous increase in monetization.Non-GAAP net income increased by 42% YoY to RMB15.3bn, 41% ahead of consensus, due to operating leverage, sales and marketing spending geared at generating higher GMV from key consumer wallet-share gain categories.The strong beat in results echoed our view that in the ecommerce sector PDD has relatively more proactive room to drive GMV growth through targeting bigger consumer wallet share, and further increasing monetization rate given its relatively better ROI compared with peers. 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.

PDD Holdings (PDD US) – Consumer Wallet Share Gain Strategy Boosted Revenue and Earnings Growth

<ul><li>PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (23 May) 1Q23 results: revenue was up 58.2% YoY to RMB37.6bn, 15/17% ahead of our/Bloomberg consensus estimates, which we attributable to robust GMV growth, and increase in monetization.</li><li>The stronger-than-expected revenue growth propelled better-than-expected operating leverage and drove a beat on earnings.</li><li>Non-GAAP net income increased by 141.1% YoY to RMB10.1bn, 69% ahead of consensus.</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.

PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (23 May) 1Q23 results: revenue was up 58.2% YoY to RMB37.6bn, 15/17% ahead of our/Bloomberg consensus estimates, which we attributable to robust GMV growth, and increase in monetization.The stronger-than-expected revenue growth propelled better-than-expected operating leverage and drove a beat on earnings.Non-GAAP net income increased by 141.1% YoY to RMB10.1bn, 69% ahead of consensus.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.

PDD Holdings (PDD US) – Core Business Delivered Quality Growth

<ul><li>PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (20 Mar) 4Q22 results: revenue was up 46.2% YoY to RMB39.8bn, 7/5% below our/Bloomberg consensus estimates.</li><li>NonGAAP net income attributable to PDD increased by 43.4% YoY to RMB12.1bn, 1/8% ahead of our forecast/Bloomberg consensus, thanks to better-thanexpected gross margin.</li><li>We lower our DCF-based TP to US$106.0 (prior US$116.9) to account for PDD’s proactive move to enhance merchants ROI and consumer engagement amid intensified industry competition in the short-term, but maintain BUY as we remain positive on PDD’s established consumer mindshare in domestic market, which should aid steady GMV growth in 2023 and international expansion potential over the long-run.</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.

PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (20 Mar) 4Q22 results: revenue was up 46.2% YoY to RMB39.8bn, 7/5% below our/Bloomberg consensus estimates.NonGAAP net income attributable to PDD increased by 43.4% YoY to RMB12.1bn, 1/8% ahead of our forecast/Bloomberg consensus, thanks to better-thanexpected gross margin.We lower our DCF-based TP to US$106.0 (prior US$116.9) to account for PDD’s proactive move to enhance merchants ROI and consumer engagement amid intensified industry competition in the short-term, but maintain BUY as we remain positive on PDD’s established consumer mindshare in domestic market, which should aid steady GMV growth in 2023 and international expansion potential over the long-run.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.

PDD Holdings (PDD US) – Investment to enhance long-term development prospect

<ul><li>We expect Pinduoduo (PDD) to maintain relatively more resilient GMV and revenue growth in 2023E, aided by user stickiness and progress in incorporating more branded products.</li><li>Duoduo Grocery (DDG)’s progress on improving operating efficiency could sustain, in our view, and is on track to achieve operating profit breakeven on single month basis in mid-to-late 2023.</li><li>PDD’s core platform e-commerce business has entered stable growth phase which will provide strong cash flow support for Temu’s overseas expansion.</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 expect Pinduoduo (PDD) to maintain relatively more resilient GMV and revenue growth in 2023E, aided by user stickiness and progress in incorporating more branded products.Duoduo Grocery (DDG)’s progress on improving operating efficiency could sustain, in our view, and is on track to achieve operating profit breakeven on single month basis in mid-to-late 2023.PDD’s core platform e-commerce business has entered stable growth phase which will provide strong cash flow support for Temu’s overseas expansion.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.

Pinduoduo (PDD US) – Resilient GMV growth to sustain in 2023

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PDD Holdings Inc. is a multinational commerce group that owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. The Company focuses on digital economy so that local communities and small businesses can benefit from the increased productivity and new opportunities. PDD Holdings has built a network of sourcing, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities for its underlying businesses.

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