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  <li>Sangfor is a key player in China's rapidly growing cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure markets, poised to benefit from strong secular tailwinds including digitalization and stringent data security regulations.</li>
  <li>The company exhibits a strong growth profile, evidenced by its high Momentum and Growth Smartscores; however, this is coupled with significant earnings volatility and recent margin compression, reflecting intense competition and high R&amp;D investment.</li>
  <li>Valuation appears rich compared to peers on some metrics, suggesting high growth expectations are priced in. The company's ability to stabilize margins and consistently grow earnings will be critical for future stock performance.</li>
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  Sangfor is a key player in China's rapidly growing cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure markets, poised to benefit from strong secular tailwinds including digitalization and stringent data security regulations.
  The company exhibits a strong growth profile, evidenced by its high Momentum and Growth Smartscores; however, this is coupled with significant earnings volatility and recent margin compression, reflecting intense competition and high R&amp;D investment.
  Valuation appears rich compared to peers on some metrics, suggesting high growth expectations are priced in. The company's ability to stabilize margins and consistently grow earnings will be critical for future stock performance.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: Sangfor Technologies  (300454 CH) - Aug 2026

Research from Quam Securities, Quam Securities

Quam Securities Research

Research from Quam Securities

Quam Securities

Since its inception in 1986, Quam Securities Limited (Quam Securities) has grown to become one of the few mid-tier securities brokerages in Hong Kong with global execution capabilities for both private and institutional clients. It boasts a well-established network in Greater China including Taiwan and in major world markets through the Global Alliance Partners (GAP). Quam Securities is well-positioned not only to harness and drive business within the China Tonghai International Financial Limited but also between China and the world markets.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The HSI closed at 24,199, up 702 pts or 2.99%, marking its strongest gain in weeks as technology shares spearheaded broad-based advances despite renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.</li><li>Buying was driven by continued optimism over artificial intelligence and semiconductor-related stocks, while Hong Kong's robust IPO market further supported risk appetite.</li><li>SSEC/SZSE/GEI moved by -0.49%/-1.87%/-1.7%, extending losses for a third consecutive session and hitting new one-month lows, as renewed tensions in the Middle East weighed on broader Asian markets and dampened risk appetite.</li></ul>

The HSI closed at 24,199, up 702 pts or 2.99%, marking its strongest gain in weeks as technology shares spearheaded broad-based advances despite renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.Buying was driven by continued optimism over artificial intelligence and semiconductor-related stocks, while Hong Kong's robust IPO market further supported risk appetite.SSEC/SZSE/GEI moved by -0.49%/-1.87%/-1.7%, extending losses for a third consecutive session and hitting new one-month lows, as renewed tensions in the Middle East weighed on broader Asian markets and dampened risk appetite.

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Equity Capital Markets

Zhuhai Kingsware Artificial Intelligence / Equity Capital Markets

Zhuhai Kingsware Artificial Intelligence (KGAI HK)

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<li>Kingsware, an AI digital worker and enterprise agent solutions provider, has filed its prospectus with the HKEX. GTJA and BOCI are the joint sponsors.</li>
<li>We look at the company's core segments: the K-APA Solution and the Ki-Agent Solution.</li>
<li>We then look at the company's financial profile, loss-making status, pre-IPO valuation and investor backing.</li>
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Kingsware, an AI digital worker and enterprise agent solutions provider, has filed its prospectus with the HKEX. GTJA and BOCI are the joint sponsors.
We look at the company's core segments: the K-APA Solution and the Ki-Agent Solution.
We then look at the company's financial profile, loss-making status, pre-IPO valuation and investor backing.


Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>The MSCI EM vs.EAFE ratio (local currency) shows EM has outperformed relative to EAFE since the DXY peaked in November 2022, and also shows signs of reversing the 2-year downtrend.</li>
<li>As long as the DXY remains below $103.50-$106, we expect outperformance from EM to continue.</li>
<li>China/Hong Kong, Greece, South Africa, and Mexico stand out as attractive countries. Our top actionable Sectors include Communications, Consumer Discretionary, and Technology. We highlight 76 attractive EM stocks.</li>
</ul>


The MSCI EM vs.EAFE ratio (local currency) shows EM has outperformed relative to EAFE since the DXY peaked in November 2022, and also shows signs of reversing the 2-year downtrend.
As long as the DXY remains below $103.50-$106, we expect outperformance from EM to continue.
China/Hong Kong, Greece, South Africa, and Mexico stand out as attractive countries. Our top actionable Sectors include Communications, Consumer Discretionary, and Technology. We highlight 76 attractive EM stocks.


EM Outperformance to Continue (Vs. EAFE) -- Add on a Pullback; DXY Needs to Hold Below $106

Research on Tech Companies

Evelyn Zhang

<ul>
<li> More difficult for companies to obtain and accumulate data;</li>
<li>Digital advertising alliance will be impacted, precision advertising ROI will decline</li>
<li>Mobility service provider like Didi, Ctrip will no longer able to offer differentiate pricing through user profile, also restricted for containing  on national geographic information security</li>
<li>Public Cloud market will transfer from current internet cloud provider to state-owned cloud, benefit infrastructure and service providers</li>
<li>Facial Recognition AI such as in-car camera for autonomous driving assistance will be impacted</li>
<li>Short video content platform will have restrictions on the use of recommendation algorithms, which may cause a decline in user time, and the ecommerce product recommendation accuracy</li>
<li>Internet companies with more than 1mn users that have plans to list in US will have to reconsider</li>
</ul>


 More difficult for companies to obtain and accumulate data;
Digital advertising alliance will be impacted, precision advertising ROI will decline
Mobility service provider like Didi, Ctrip will no longer able to offer differentiate pricing through user profile, also restricted for containing  on national geographic information security
Public Cloud market will transfer from current internet cloud provider to state-owned cloud, benefit infrastructure and service providers
Facial Recognition AI such as in-car camera for autonomous driving assistance will be impacted
Short video content platform will have restrictions on the use of recommendation algorithms, which may cause a decline in user time, and the ecommerce product recommendation accuracy
Internet companies with more than 1mn users that have plans to list in US will have to reconsider


Law & Order: What the New Data Security Laws Mean for China's Tech Sector?

China

Sangfor Technologies Inc. operates as a global vendor for IT infrastructure solutions. The Company specializes in cloud computing, network security, including hyper converged infrastructure, virtual desktop infrastructure, application firewall, and more. Sangfor Technologies also offers internet access management, WAN optimization, VPN, and other services.

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Sangfor Technologies (300454 CH)

Primer: Sangfor Technologies (300454 CH) - Aug 2026

Sangfor is a key player in China's rapidly growing cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure markets, poised to benefit from strong secular...

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Quam Morning Note (9 Jul)

The HSI closed at 24,199, up 702 pts or 2.99%, marking its strongest gain in weeks as technology shares spearheaded broad-based advances despite...

Quam Securities

Kingsware (金智维) Pre-IPO: Tearsheet

Kingsware has filed its prospectus with the HKEX. In this tearsheet, we look at the company's business and operating profile, its industry...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

EM Outperformance to Continue (Vs. EAFE) -- Add on a Pullback; DXY Needs to Hold Below $106

EM vs. EAFE ratio (local currency) shows EM has outperformed relative to EAFE since the $DXY peaked in November 2022. If the DXY remains below...

Vermilion Research

Law & Order: What the New Data Security Laws Mean for China's Tech Sector?

China's recent new sweeping data security and protection laws have set the tech sector in turmoil, We examin what are the impact way forward.

Evelyn Zhang

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