HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pharmaron-beijing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28428:1" rel="noopener"></a>Pharmaron’s share price plunged after the release of the estimate for 2022 interim results, even dragging down the entire CXO sector, which reflected the attitude of Mr Market.</li>
<li>One important reason for low net profit growth is related to the development strategy - Even if Pharmaron achieves  “integration”, its advantage/profit margin could largely shrink due to overcapacity/fierce competition.  </li>
<li>Pharmaron can only achieve V-shaped rebound by making breakthroughs in CGT CXO to boost valuations and expectations on outlook rather than pursue the strategy of “integration” as in the past.</li>
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Pharmaron’s share price plunged after the release of the estimate for 2022 interim results, even dragging down the entire CXO sector, which reflected the attitude of Mr Market.
One important reason for low net profit growth is related to the development strategy - Even if Pharmaron achieves  “integration”, its advantage/profit margin could largely shrink due to overcapacity/fierce competition.  
Pharmaron can only achieve V-shaped rebound by making breakthroughs in CGT CXO to boost valuations and expectations on outlook rather than pursue the strategy of “integration” as in the past.


Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) - The Story May Have Changed

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.</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 inflows into Tencent, LI Auto, CCB, Pharmaron, GCL, and outflows from Meituan, Great Wall Motor, HKEX and Geely.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight inflows into Tencent, LI Auto, CCB, Pharmaron, GCL, and outflows from Meituan, Great Wall Motor, HKEX and Geely.


Hong Kong Connect Flows: Tencent, Li Auto, CCB, Pharmaron

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<li>The CARVYKTI commercialization will bring GenScript increasing revenue and cash flow. Together with the rapid growth of GCT CDMO, it is expected to see gradual improvement in GenScript’s financial performance.</li>
<li>The complex international relations, geopolitical conflicts and anti-globalization risks could weigh on bullish sentiment in the short term or cause stock prices to fluctuate wildly.</li>
<li>In the long term, GenScript’s “all-in” on GCT area enables it follow the industry trend closely. So,GenScript have the exponential growth potential in valuation, with possibility of surpassing WuXi Biologics.</li>
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The CARVYKTI commercialization will bring GenScript increasing revenue and cash flow. Together with the rapid growth of GCT CDMO, it is expected to see gradual improvement in GenScript’s financial performance.
The complex international relations, geopolitical conflicts and anti-globalization risks could weigh on bullish sentiment in the short term or cause stock prices to fluctuate wildly.
In the long term, GenScript’s “all-in” on GCT area enables it follow the industry trend closely. So,GenScript have the exponential growth potential in valuation, with possibility of surpassing WuXi Biologics.


Genscript Biotech - Commercialized CAR-T & Strong CGT CDMO Indicate Exponential Growth in Valuation

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<li>As one of the few CXOs in the industry that has layout of the whole industry chain, Pharmaron carries many expectations. But it cannot compete with WuXi AppTec so far.</li>
<li>If Pharmaron could make breakthrough either in its CMC services (improving gross profit margin and scale) or the CGT services, the Company’s outlook and valuation logic would improve greatly.</li>
<li>The valuation of Pharmaron should be lower than WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics, but higher than Asymchem, Tigermed and Joinn. Considering the macro uncertainties, short-term trades are advised.</li>
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As one of the few CXOs in the industry that has layout of the whole industry chain, Pharmaron carries many expectations. But it cannot compete with WuXi AppTec so far.
If Pharmaron could make breakthrough either in its CMC services (improving gross profit margin and scale) or the CGT services, the Company’s outlook and valuation logic would improve greatly.
The valuation of Pharmaron should be lower than WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics, but higher than Asymchem, Tigermed and Joinn. Considering the macro uncertainties, short-term trades are advised.


Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) 2022/2021Q1 Results- Expectations Coexist with Concerns

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The National Health Commission (NHC) of PRC released the NHC's Departmental Budget for 2022, further reducing the health expenditure of public hospitals compared with 2021.</li>
<li>So far, there are no strong “signals” about when the IPO environment will turn around. The transaction of control rights and M&amp;A between listed companies could become the mainstream.</li>
<li>The growth of enterprises takes time and is cyclical, but the secondary market won’t give enterprises the time for accumulation, which needs to be aware of by primary market investors.</li>
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The National Health Commission (NHC) of PRC released the NHC's Departmental Budget for 2022, further reducing the health expenditure of public hospitals compared with 2021.
So far, there are no strong “signals” about when the IPO environment will turn around. The transaction of control rights and M&amp;A between listed companies could become the mainstream.
The growth of enterprises takes time and is cyclical, but the secondary market won’t give enterprises the time for accumulation, which needs to be aware of by primary market investors.


China Healthcare Weekly (Apr.1)- Lower Budget of Public Hospitals, IPO Environment, Impatient Market

China

Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd. engages in discovery, development, and manufacturing spectrum for small molecule drugs, cell therapies, and gene therapies as well as providing testing services for medical devices and clinic research. The Company offers laboratory, clinical development, chemistry manufactory and control, and other services. Pharmaron Beijing conducts businesses based in China.

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Pharmaron Beijing (3759 HK)

Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) - The Story May Have Changed

Due to overcapacity/fierce competition,Pharmaron is hard to achieve V-shaped rebound by the strategy of "integration".We are conservative about its...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Hong Kong Connect Flows: Tencent, Li Auto, CCB, Pharmaron

We highlight weekly southbound Hong Kong Connect inflows into Tencent, LI Auto, CCB, Pharmaron, GCL, and outflows from Meituan, Great Wall Motor,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Genscript Biotech - Commercialized CAR-T & Strong CGT CDMO Indicate Exponential Growth in Valuation

GenScript’s commercialization of CAR-T, rapid growing GCT CDMO and “all-in” on GCT industry chain indicate exponential growth potential in...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) 2022/2021Q1 Results- Expectations Coexist with Concerns

We analyzed Pharmaron's performance in 2021 & 2022Q1.Expectations coexist with concerns. Its outlook/valuation logic would improve greatly if it...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (Apr.1)- Lower Budget of Public Hospitals, IPO Environment, Impatient Market

The NHC's budget for 2022 further reduced the expenditure of public hospitals, affecting the payment cycle; For investors in both primary and...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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