HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-education-group-holdin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18218:1" rel="noopener">China Education Group (839 HK)</a> demonstrates resilience amid market concerns on policy uncertainties by posting a 40.5% growth in 1H22 reported net profit and 20.1% growth in adjusted net profit. </li>
<li>Higher education segment saw 44% profit growth and strengths will sustain into 2H22. Weaker secondary vocational and global education segments will witness a sharp recovery, based on latest application statistics.</li>
<li>CEG has secured increase in tuition and quota in the coming school year, and this will boost FY23 outlook. It opts for an Rmb500m buyback, instead of paying interim dividend.</li>
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China Education Group (839 HK) demonstrates resilience amid market concerns on policy uncertainties by posting a 40.5% growth in 1H22 reported net profit and 20.1% growth in adjusted net profit. 
Higher education segment saw 44% profit growth and strengths will sustain into 2H22. Weaker secondary vocational and global education segments will witness a sharp recovery, based on latest application statistics.
CEG has secured increase in tuition and quota in the coming school year, and this will boost FY23 outlook. It opts for an Rmb500m buyback, instead of paying interim dividend.


China Education Group (839 HK): Impressive 1H22 Result, Positive Takeaways from Call

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 statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Mar 11 based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were China Gas (384 HK), Dynam Japan (6889 HK), Tianli Education (1773 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were China Mobile (941 HK), China Gas (384 HK), Man Wah (1999 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Mar 11 based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were China Gas (384 HK), Dynam Japan (6889 HK), Tianli Education (1773 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were China Mobile (941 HK), China Gas (384 HK), Man Wah (1999 HK).


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<li>The 42% collapse in share price of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-education-group-holdin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18218:1" rel="noopener">China Education Group (839 HK)</a> (CEG) seems to be overreaction to the speculated regulatory measures which we think many of them are counter-intuitive.</li>
<li>These measures center around the legality of Variable Interest Entity, ban on future M&amp;As, ownership of school assets and prohibition of increase in tuition fee at will.</li>
<li>Higher education, unlike after school tutoring, supports government policy, lightens governments' financial pressure and enhances common prosperity; and CEG remains the best play on this angle. </li>
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The 42% collapse in share price of China Education Group (839 HK) (CEG) seems to be overreaction to the speculated regulatory measures which we think many of them are counter-intuitive.
These measures center around the legality of Variable Interest Entity, ban on future M&amp;As, ownership of school assets and prohibition of increase in tuition fee at will.
Higher education, unlike after school tutoring, supports government policy, lightens governments' financial pressure and enhances common prosperity; and CEG remains the best play on this angle. 


China Education Group (839 HK): Further Regulatory Headwinds?

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the March review of the HSCI ended on 31 December. There are a lot of new listings that should be included in the index.</li>
<li>SenseTime is a high probability inclusion to the index, though it will only be added to Stock Connect in July once it completes 6 months and 20 trading days.</li>
<li>Xpeng and Li Auto will be added to Stock Connect in Feb/March if they pass the velocity test. We see Li Auto as failing the test, while Xpeng is close.</li>
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The review period for the March review of the HSCI ended on 31 December. There are a lot of new listings that should be included in the index.
SenseTime is a high probability inclusion to the index, though it will only be added to Stock Connect in July once it completes 6 months and 20 trading days.
Xpeng and Li Auto will be added to Stock Connect in Feb/March if they pass the velocity test. We see Li Auto as failing the test, while Xpeng is close.


HSCI Index Rebalance and Stock Connect: Plenty of New Listings Should Be Included

Hope Education Group Co Ltd / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Following share price plunge even with decent FY21 result, most of the risks for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hope-education-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27321:1" rel="noopener">Hope Education Group (1765 HK)</a> have been released, but its return profile looks more interesting now.</li>
<li>We see bright spots including good cash flow, solid financial position, positive business outlook, new stock option scheme and limited regulatory exposure the key investment merits. </li>
<li>Valuations appear undemanding at 10.4x and 8.4x PERs for FY21 and FY22. They are at premium to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-yuhua-education" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23627:1" rel="noopener">China Yuhua Education (6169 HK)</a> but discount to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-education-group-holdin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18218:1" rel="noopener">China Education Group (839 HK)</a>. </li>
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Following share price plunge even with decent FY21 result, most of the risks for Hope Education Group (1765 HK) have been released, but its return profile looks more interesting now.
We see bright spots including good cash flow, solid financial position, positive business outlook, new stock option scheme and limited regulatory exposure the key investment merits. 
Valuations appear undemanding at 10.4x and 8.4x PERs for FY21 and FY22. They are at premium to China Yuhua Education (6169 HK) but discount to China Education Group (839 HK). 


Hope Education (1765 HK): Hopeful or Hopeless?

China

Tianli Education International Holdings Limited operates as a private education service provider. The Company provides tutoring services for primary school students and pre-kindergarten children. Tianli Education International Holdings serves students in China.

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