HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The market is underestimating <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lonking-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3944:1" rel="noopener">Lonking (3339 HK)</a>'s earnings, with consensus forecasts pointing to an 8.5% decline in 2H26. Instead, industry wheel loader sales grew 30.8% in Jul. </li>
<li>Its net cash surged 2.8x in the last ten years, and by end-FY26, it will reach Rmb8.2bn, or 73.9% of its current market capitalisation.</li>
<li>FY26-28F average ROE will reach 12.4%, the highest in the last five years, justifying its 0.9x P/B. Ex-net cash, its FY25 ROE will instead be 23.5%.</li>
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The market is underestimating Lonking (3339 HK)'s earnings, with consensus forecasts pointing to an 8.5% decline in 2H26. Instead, industry wheel loader sales grew 30.8% in Jul. 
Its net cash surged 2.8x in the last ten years, and by end-FY26, it will reach Rmb8.2bn, or 73.9% of its current market capitalisation.
FY26-28F average ROE will reach 12.4%, the highest in the last five years, justifying its 0.9x P/B. Ex-net cash, its FY25 ROE will instead be 23.5%.


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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>, as the leader in wheel loader, should see strong profit as industry sales grew 30% in Dec 2025 and 18.4% in FY25.</li>
<li>Export will be an important driver with the government's push for overseas expansion of high-end manufacturing. In FY25, industry export sales reached 51.5% of total. </li>
<li>Net cash, including investments, equals HK$2.06/share, 66.8% of the share price. This provides room for higher dividend and highlight its value. </li>
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Lonking Holdings (3339 HK), as the leader in wheel loader, should see strong profit as industry sales grew 30% in Dec 2025 and 18.4% in FY25.
Export will be an important driver with the government's push for overseas expansion of high-end manufacturing. In FY25, industry export sales reached 51.5% of total. 
Net cash, including investments, equals HK$2.06/share, 66.8% of the share price. This provides room for higher dividend and highlight its value. 


Lonking (3339 HK): Another Great Year, with 67% of Share Price Is Net Cash

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<li>Industry sales of wheel loaders and excavators surged 16.5% and 27.2% in 2M25. For Feb alone, the growth rates are even more impressive at 34.4% and 52.8%, respectively.</li>
<li>Post-CNY, the utilisation hours and rates of construction machinery rose 70.3% YoY and 12.3pp. Market share gain in developing countries will drive exports.</li>
<li>Government supportive policies announced in NPC will provide support to demand. Current consensus forecasts for profit decline in FY25 are disconnected from industry data.</li>
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Industry sales of wheel loaders and excavators surged 16.5% and 27.2% in 2M25. For Feb alone, the growth rates are even more impressive at 34.4% and 52.8%, respectively.
Post-CNY, the utilisation hours and rates of construction machinery rose 70.3% YoY and 12.3pp. Market share gain in developing countries will drive exports.
Government supportive policies announced in NPC will provide support to demand. Current consensus forecasts for profit decline in FY25 are disconnected from industry data.


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.

Quantitative Analysis

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We analyze the 3Q2026 Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine as the exchange changed the rule to only disclose north bound position once a quarter.
We estimate that the outflows in 3Q2026 were US$12,576 million and holdings were US$386 billion.
We highlight flows for CATL, EOPTOLINK TECHNOLOGY, NAURA TECHNOLOGY, WEICHAI POWER, ZIJIN MINING, ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT, CMB, WUXI APPTEC, PING AN INSURANCE, MIDEA.


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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 200 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 92.3% as of Oct 9th.
The average A-H premium changed by 3.7ppt week-on-week, led by materials, industrials, utilities.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.


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China

SANY Heavy Industry Co., Ltd manufactures and markets construction and engineering machinery and related parts. The Company produces and sells concrete pumps, concrete pump vehicles, road rollers, pavers, and other related products. Sany Heavy Industry markets its products worldwide.

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