Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Shenzhen Dobot, a leading manufacturer of collaborative robots in China, has completed its IPO and raised ~HK$680M of the net proceeds in 2024. The IPO was priced at HK$18.80/share.</li>
<li>Shenzhen Dobot shares have massively outperformed year-to-date (+158%) and finished the trading session at HK$62.55 on Monday, up ~233% vs. IPO offer price.</li>
<li>The stock peaked at HK$83.80 in March and fell ~25% over the next two months. The company’s six-month IPO lockup will expire on June 22, 2025.</li>
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Shenzhen Dobot, a leading manufacturer of collaborative robots in China, has completed its IPO and raised ~HK$680M of the net proceeds in 2024. The IPO was priced at HK$18.80/share.
Shenzhen Dobot shares have massively outperformed year-to-date (+158%) and finished the trading session at HK$62.55 on Monday, up ~233% vs. IPO offer price.
The stock peaked at HK$83.80 in March and fell ~25% over the next two months. The company’s six-month IPO lockup will expire on June 22, 2025.


Shenzhen Dobot: Early Lock-Up Expiry, ~21% of the Outstanding Shares Will Be Available for Trading

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes averaged more than HK$100bn a day this past week, which gets us back above halfway to the peak earlier this spring. Net flows were negative HK$8bn+.</li>
<li>Among the top buys as a percentage of volume, financials, utilities, and energy REALLY stand out. Among top sells, industrials, info tech, and consumer discretionary are tops.</li>
<li>The data tables below update on a daily basis in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Monitor</a> are both there free for SK readers.</li>
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Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes averaged more than HK$100bn a day this past week, which gets us back above halfway to the peak earlier this spring. Net flows were negative HK$8bn+.
Among the top buys as a percentage of volume, financials, utilities, and energy REALLY stand out. Among top sells, industrials, info tech, and consumer discretionary are tops.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 16 May 2025); Volumes Pick Up, Net Flows Drop; Banks Still Strong

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<li>Q1 saw record quarterly inflows by SOUTHBOUND investors at HK$435bn, beating the previous record of Q1 2021 by more than HK$100bn. The first two weeks in April were HK$145bn. </li>
<li>The first two weeks in April were HK$145bn as what appeared to be national team, or equally patriotic buyers, showed up droves to buy financials, energy, telecoms, and big techs.</li>
<li>Included is a summary of important China Stocks-relevant news as I saw it this week, but frankly, the only thing that matters is the back and forth by the Donald.</li>
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Q1 saw record quarterly inflows by SOUTHBOUND investors at HK$435bn, beating the previous record of Q1 2021 by more than HK$100bn. The first two weeks in April were HK$145bn. 
The first two weeks in April were HK$145bn as what appeared to be national team, or equally patriotic buyers, showed up droves to buy financials, energy, telecoms, and big techs.
Included is a summary of important China Stocks-relevant news as I saw it this week, but frankly, the only thing that matters is the back and forth by the Donald.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 11 Apr 2025); Record Net Buying

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The YTD rally in the Hong Kong and China markets has made it appealing for highly leveraged and outperforming stocks to make placements to raise fresh equity.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gds-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32157:1" rel="noopener">GDS Holdings (9698 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-youran-dairy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31075:1" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group (9858 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shandong-gold-mining-co-ltd-4527fb98-bb5d-4d74-91fe-66f9c0224eb3" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27455:1" rel="noopener">Shandong Gold Mining (1787 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhaojin-mining-industry-company-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4626:1" rel="noopener">Zhaojin Mining Industry (1818 HK)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/byd-electronic-international-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1927:1" rel="noopener">BYD Electronics (285 HK)</a> are possible candidates.</li>
<li>Four of the top 30 YTD best-performing Hang Seng Composite stocks have made placements in the last three months, raising a total of HK$1.3bn with mixed performance since then.</li>
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The YTD rally in the Hong Kong and China markets has made it appealing for highly leveraged and outperforming stocks to make placements to raise fresh equity.

GDS Holdings (9698 HK), China Youran Dairy Group (9858 HK), Shandong Gold Mining (1787 HK), Zhaojin Mining Industry (1818 HK), and BYD Electronics (285 HK) are possible candidates.
Four of the top 30 YTD best-performing Hang Seng Composite stocks have made placements in the last three months, raising a total of HK$1.3bn with mixed performance since then.


China & HK Strategy: Assessing Placement Risks, Who Needs Money?

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 the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Alibaba, Li Auto, China Mobile and outflows from Tencent.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight inflows into Alibaba, Li Auto, China Mobile and outflows from Tencent.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (February): $6bn Inflows into Alibaba

China

UBTech Robotics Limited as an artificial intelligence and humanoid robotic company. The Company develops and delivers a range of consumer humanoid robots. UBTech Robotics serves customers in the United States, China, and Hong Kong.

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Shenzhen Dobot: Early Lock-Up Expiry, ~21% of the Outstanding Shares Will Be Available for Trading

Shenzhen Dobot was listed in Hong Kong on December 22, 2024. The China’s leading cobot maker priced its IPO at HK$18.80, low end of range.

Andrei Zakharov

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 16 May 2025); Volumes Pick Up, Net Flows Drop; Banks Still Strong

SOUTHBOUND volumes pick up. Net flows drop into negative territory again for only the second week in a few months. Banks saw strong inflows. Tech...

Travis Lundy

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 11 Apr 2025); Record Net Buying

SOUTHBOUND saw a record week of net buying of HK at +82.25bn. Tech (including Consumer Disc name Alibaba) were the big net buys. SOE banks, tech,...

Travis Lundy

China & HK Strategy: Assessing Placement Risks, Who Needs Money?

Zhaojin Mining Industry (1818 HK) is the first one in our top 5 list to make a placement. The company is placing 140m H-shares at HK$14.08 to raise...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Hong Kong Connect Flows (February): $6bn Inflows into Alibaba

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for February and highlighted flows for Alibaba, Li Auto, China Mobile and outflows from Tencent.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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