Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Tencent’s stock price has risen by 35% since our last buy rating. Downgrade to Hold.</li>
<li>Our EPS estimate for 2025 is 12% over the market consensus.</li>
<li>We believe both revenue growth and margin will improve in the coming 4Q24 results.</li>
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Tencent’s stock price has risen by 35% since our last buy rating. Downgrade to Hold.
Our EPS estimate for 2025 is 12% over the market consensus.
We believe both revenue growth and margin will improve in the coming 4Q24 results.


Tencent (700 HK): Risen 35% Since Our Last Buy, Good Preview for 4Q24

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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<li>During yesterday's Option expiration day, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> experienced an intra-day swing of 4.1%.</li>
<li>Trading in the afternoon oscillated around the prominent 500 strike level. Around 66% of calls and 2% of puts expired in the money.</li>
<li>Volume was lower than in the preceding days; a total of 38 million shares were traded, with the morning session accounting for 53% of the volume.</li>
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During yesterday's Option expiration day, Tencent (700 HK) experienced an intra-day swing of 4.1%.
Trading in the afternoon oscillated around the prominent 500 strike level. Around 66% of calls and 2% of puts expired in the money.
Volume was lower than in the preceding days; a total of 38 million shares were traded, with the morning session accounting for 53% of the volume.


Tencent (700 HK): Expiry-Day Recap; Intra-Day Swing of 4.1%.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> stock options expiring on Thursday, February 27, show a concentration of approximately 40,000 open contracts at the 500 strike price, currently at the money. 
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<li>The open interest at the 500 strike may increase volatility and trading activity near expiry if the stock price hovers around 500, possibly leading to amplified intraday price swings.</li>
<li>At the last monthly expiry in January the stock experienced intraday price swings of 2.5%.</li>
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Tencent (700 HK) stock options expiring on Thursday, February 27, show a concentration of approximately 40,000 open contracts at the 500 strike price, currently at the money. 

The open interest at the 500 strike may increase volatility and trading activity near expiry if the stock price hovers around 500, possibly leading to amplified intraday price swings.
At the last monthly expiry in January the stock experienced intraday price swings of 2.5%.


Tencent - 27 Feb Options Expiry: Potentially Volatile Session Due to 500 Strike Open Interest

Equity Derivatives

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<li>This Insight analyses <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a>tailor-made option strategies traded over the last five trading days on the Hong Kong Exchange. Strategy highlights and volatility context are provided.</li>
<li>These traders tailor structures to risk budgets and take calculated bets. Diagonal call spreads are popular, many self-financing (0% premium). This strategy can play the 18 March earnings date.
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<li>Call spreads can indicate where bullish traders see limits to the upside. The most bullish trade suggests a peak of up to 710 HKD by the end of March.</li>
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This Insight analyses Tencent (700 HK)tailor-made option strategies traded over the last five trading days on the Hong Kong Exchange. Strategy highlights and volatility context are provided.
These traders tailor structures to risk budgets and take calculated bets. Diagonal call spreads are popular, many self-financing (0% premium). This strategy can play the 18 March earnings date.

Call spreads can indicate where bullish traders see limits to the upside. The most bullish trade suggests a peak of up to 710 HKD by the end of March.


Tencent (700 HK): Top Trades: Strategies That Stand Out

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jingdong-jd-industrials-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36875:1" rel="noopener">JD Industrials (7618 HK)</a> raised around US$383m, after pricing in its Hong Kong IPO at the mid-point.</li>
<li>JDI is a leading industrial supply chain technology and service provider in China in terms of GMV in each year during the Track Record Period, according to CIC.</li>
<li>We looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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JD Industrials (7618 HK) raised around US$383m, after pricing in its Hong Kong IPO at the mid-point.
JDI is a leading industrial supply chain technology and service provider in China in terms of GMV in each year during the Track Record Period, according to CIC.
We looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


JD Industrials IPO Trading - Decent Pricing but Weakish Demand

China

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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Tencent (700 HK)

Tencent (700 HK): Risen 35% Since Our Last Buy, Good Preview for 4Q24

Tencent’s stock price has risen by 35% since our last buy rating. However, we believe both revenue growth and margin will improve in following...

Ming Lu

Tencent (700 HK): Expiry-Day Recap; Intra-Day Swing of 4.1%.

Tencent (700 HK) saw a 4.1% swing on option expiration day, with trading around the 500 strike level and majority of calls expiring in the money....

Gaudenz Schneider

Tencent - 27 Feb Options Expiry: Potentially Volatile Session Due to 500 Strike Open Interest

Tencent (700 HK) stock options expiring 27 Feb show a concentration of open contracts at the 500 strike price, potentially leading to increased...

Gaudenz Schneider

Tencent (700 HK): Top Trades: Strategies That Stand Out

Analysis of option strategies for Tencent (700 HK) on the Hong Kong Exchange in the context of upcoming earnings. Bullish traders eyeing a...

Gaudenz Schneider

JD Industrials IPO Trading - Decent Pricing but Weakish Demand

JD Industrials (7618 HK) raised around US$383m, after pricing in its Hong Kong IPO at the mid-point. Demand overall was weakish.

Sumeet Singh

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Tencent (700 HK): Risen 35% Since Our Last Buy, Good Preview for 4Q24

Tencent’s stock price has risen by 35% since our last buy rating. However, we believe both revenue growth and margin will improve in following...

Ming Lu

Tencent (700 HK): Expiry-Day Recap; Intra-Day Swing of 4.1%.

​Tencent (700 HK) saw a 4.1% swing on option expiration day, with trading around the 500 strike level and majority of calls expiring in the money....

Gaudenz Schneider

Tencent - 27 Feb Options Expiry: Potentially Volatile Session Due to 500 Strike Open Interest

​Tencent (700 HK) stock options expiring 27 Feb show a concentration of open contracts at the 500 strike price, potentially leading to increased...

Gaudenz Schneider

Tencent (700 HK): Top Trades: Strategies That Stand Out

​Analysis of option strategies for Tencent (700 HK) on the Hong Kong Exchange in the context of upcoming earnings. Bullish traders eyeing a...

Gaudenz Schneider

JD Industrials IPO Trading - Decent Pricing but Weakish Demand

JD Industrials (7618 HK) raised around US$383m, after pricing in its Hong Kong IPO at the mid-point. Demand overall was weakish.

Sumeet Singh

Tencent (700 HK) saw a 4.1% swing on option expiration day, with trading around the 500 strike level and majority of calls expiring in the money....

Tencent (700 HK) stock options expiring 27 Feb show a concentration of open contracts at the 500 strike price, potentially leading to increased...

Analysis of option strategies for Tencent (700 HK) on the Hong Kong Exchange in the context of upcoming earnings. Bullish traders eyeing a...