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>Total revenue grew by 21% YoY and offline revenue grew by 50% YoY in 3Q25.</li>
<li>Both ARPPU and the user base increased YoY in 3Q25.</li>
<li>The margin had improved year over year for 13 quarters.</li>
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Total revenue grew by 21% YoY and offline revenue grew by 50% YoY in 3Q25.
Both ARPPU and the user base increased YoY in 3Q25.
The margin had improved year over year for 13 quarters.


Tencent Music (TME): 3Q25, Offline Rev Up by 50%, Margin Improved for 13 Quarters

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Tencent Music Entertainment Group's second quarter of 2025 demonstrates a blend of growth across its diversified service portfolio, delivering a robust financial performance and showcasing strategic advancements in both content and platform services.</li><li>Positively, the group's revenue reached a record high of RMB 8.4 billion, representing an 18% year-over-year increase.</li><li>This growth was primarily fueled by its online music services, which saw a notable 26% year-on-year revenue increase, reaching RMB 6.9 billion.</li></ul>

Tencent Music Entertainment Group's second quarter of 2025 demonstrates a blend of growth across its diversified service portfolio, delivering a robust financial performance and showcasing strategic advancements in both content and platform services.Positively, the group's revenue reached a record high of RMB 8.4 billion, representing an 18% year-over-year increase.This growth was primarily fueled by its online music services, which saw a notable 26% year-on-year revenue increase, reaching RMB 6.9 billion.

Tencent Music: Is Its Partnership With Geely & Xiaomi the Future of In-Car Entertainment?

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<li>The deliveries still grew strongly by 24% YoY in November 2025.</li>
<li>We believe Geely will take BYD’s place as the largest Chinese producer.</li>
<li>We also believe the stock has an upside of 49% for the next twelve months.</li>
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The deliveries still grew strongly by 24% YoY in November 2025.
We believe Geely will take BYD’s place as the largest Chinese producer.
We also believe the stock has an upside of 49% for the next twelve months.


2026 High Conviction: Geely (175 HK) To Be the Largest

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Suzhou Novosense Microelectron / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzhou-novosense-microelectron" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36368:1" rel="noopener">Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH)</a>, an analog chips producer, raised around US$285m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, in terms of revenue from analog chips in 2024, SNM ranked fifth among Chinese analog chip companies in the Chinese analog chip market</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH), an analog chips producer, raised around US$285m in its H-share listing.
According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, in terms of revenue from analog chips in 2024, SNM ranked fifth among Chinese analog chip companies in the Chinese analog chip market
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


Suzhou Novosense A/H Trading - Weakest Demand but Highest Concentration

SBI Shinsei Bank / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, busy season remains in full swing going into the year end.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there were a few large deals and looked at some of the upcoming likely deals.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, busy season remains in full swing going into the year end.
On the placements front, there were a few large deals and looked at some of the upcoming likely deals.


ECM Weekly (8 December 2025) - SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Novosense, JD Industrial Meesho, 3SBio, Swiggy

China

Tencent Music Entertainment operates an online music entertainment platform in China. The Company offers platform that comprises of online music, recording, music-centric live streaming enabling users to discover, listen, sing, watch, perform, and socialize music.

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Tencent Music (TME US)

Tencent Music (TME): 3Q25, Offline Rev Up by 50%, Margin Improved for 13 Quarters

Total revenue grew by 21% YoY and offline revenue grew by 50% YoY in 3Q25. Both ARPPU and the user base increased YoY in 3Q25. The margin had...

Ming Lu

Tencent Music: Is Its Partnership With Geely & Xiaomi the Future of In-Car Entertainment?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group's second quarter of 2025 demonstrates a blend of growth across its diversified service portfolio, delivering a...

Baptista Research

2026 High Conviction: Geely (175 HK) To Be the Largest

The deliveries grew strongly by 24% YoY in Nov. 2025. We believe Geely will take BYD’s place as the largest Chinese producer. We believe the stock...

Ming Lu

Suzhou Novosense A/H Trading - Weakest Demand but Highest Concentration

Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH), an analog chips producer, raised around US$285m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (8 December 2025) - SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Novosense, JD Industrial Meesho, 3SBio, Swiggy

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

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