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 March 28th.</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 Xiaomi, CMB, Meituan, Ke, Li Auto, Tencent, BYD Electronic, SMIC, HKEx, Alibaba.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 28th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Xiaomi, CMB, Meituan, Ke, Li Auto, Tencent, BYD Electronic, SMIC, HKEx, Alibaba.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Mar 28th): Xiaomi, CMB, Meituan, Ke, Li Auto, Tencent, BYD Electronic, SMIC

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>The YTD rally in the Hong Kong and China markets has made it appealing for highly leveraged and outperforming stocks to make placements to raise fresh equity.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gds-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32157:1" rel="noopener">GDS Holdings (9698 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-youran-dairy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31075:1" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group (9858 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shandong-gold-mining-co-ltd-4527fb98-bb5d-4d74-91fe-66f9c0224eb3" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27455:1" rel="noopener">Shandong Gold Mining (1787 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhaojin-mining-industry-company-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4626:1" rel="noopener">Zhaojin Mining Industry (1818 HK)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/byd-electronic-international-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1927:1" rel="noopener">BYD Electronics (285 HK)</a> are possible candidates.</li>
<li>Four of the top 30 YTD best-performing Hang Seng Composite stocks have made placements in the last three months, raising a total of HK$1.3bn with mixed performance since then.</li>
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The YTD rally in the Hong Kong and China markets has made it appealing for highly leveraged and outperforming stocks to make placements to raise fresh equity.

GDS Holdings (9698 HK), China Youran Dairy Group (9858 HK), Shandong Gold Mining (1787 HK), Zhaojin Mining Industry (1818 HK), and BYD Electronics (285 HK) are possible candidates.
Four of the top 30 YTD best-performing Hang Seng Composite stocks have made placements in the last three months, raising a total of HK$1.3bn with mixed performance since then.


China & HK Strategy: Assessing Placement Risks, Who Needs Money?

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Hesai Group, a global leader in LiDAR solutions in the ADAS and robotics markets, forecasted hyper-growth and GAAP profitability for the full year of 2025.</li>
<li>The stock has bottomed in the low $4s (~0.3x 2025E EV/Revs) in 2024 and gained about 350%. Hesai Group currently trades at ~4x EV/2025E revenues, ~32% discount relative to RoboSense.</li>
<li>I believe that the market has already priced in growth acceleration (~58% y/y) scenario in 2025 along with GAAP profitability and 1M+ LiDAR shipments this year.</li>
</ul>


Hesai Group, a global leader in LiDAR solutions in the ADAS and robotics markets, forecasted hyper-growth and GAAP profitability for the full year of 2025.
The stock has bottomed in the low $4s (~0.3x 2025E EV/Revs) in 2024 and gained about 350%. Hesai Group currently trades at ~4x EV/2025E revenues, ~32% discount relative to RoboSense.
I believe that the market has already priced in growth acceleration (~58% y/y) scenario in 2025 along with GAAP profitability and 1M+ LiDAR shipments this year.


Hesai Group: Growth Acceleration Has Already Priced In While Upside May Be Limited

<ul>
<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 21st.</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 Ke, China Mobile, Alibaba, Kuaishou, BOC, China Resources Beer, SMIC, Meituan.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 21st.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Ke, China Mobile, Alibaba, Kuaishou, BOC, China Resources Beer, SMIC, Meituan.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 21st): Ke, China Mobile, Alibaba, Kuaishou, BOC, CR Beer, SMIC

<ul>
<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 14th.</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 Alibaba, Guotai Junan Securities, Tencent, Kuaishou, Xiaomi, Geely Automobile, SMIC.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 14th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Alibaba, Guotai Junan Securities, Tencent, Kuaishou, Xiaomi, Geely Automobile, SMIC.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 14th): Alibaba, Guotai Junan, Tencent, Kuaishou, Xiaomi, Geely, SMIC

China

RoboSense Technology Co., Ltd provides LiDAR and perception solutions. The Company offers hardware, sensors, and AI perception software. RoboSense Technology applies its products in a wide range of application scenarios, particularly ADAS (advanced driving assistance system) and robotics. RoboSense Technology serves customers in China and North America.

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Robosense Technology (2498 HK)

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Mar 28th): Xiaomi, CMB, Meituan, Ke, Li Auto, Tencent, BYD Electronic, SMIC

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Xiaomi, CMB, Meituan, Ke, Li Auto, Tencent, BYD...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China & HK Strategy: Assessing Placement Risks, Who Needs Money?

Zhaojin Mining Industry (1818 HK) is the first one in our top 5 list to make a placement. The company is placing 140m H-shares at HK$14.08 to raise...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Hesai Group: Growth Acceleration Has Already Priced In While Upside May Be Limited

Hesai Group stock is a one of the most speculative stocks in the LiDAR industry, in my view. I believe investors should take profits on Hesai Group...

Andrei Zakharov

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 21st): Ke, China Mobile, Alibaba, Kuaishou, BOC, CR Beer, SMIC

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Ke, China Mobile, Alibaba, Kuaishou, BOC, China Resources...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 14th): Alibaba, Guotai Junan, Tencent, Kuaishou, Xiaomi, Geely, SMIC

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, Guotai Junan Securities, Tencent, Kuaishou,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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