HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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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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<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>'s demand should pick up in 2H24 supported by the government's "Action plan to promote large-scale equipment renewals and consumer goods trade-ins". </li>
<li>Industry volume sales have already witnessed a narrower YoY decline in Mar, with solid exports of wheel loaders and domestic sales of excavators.</li>
<li>After going ex- in late-May, its PER will drop to 7.0x and yield will rise to 6.6%. Net cash of HK$1.56/share is more than fully cover its share price.</li>
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Lonking Holdings (3339 HK)'s demand should pick up in 2H24 supported by the government's "Action plan to promote large-scale equipment renewals and consumer goods trade-ins". 
Industry volume sales have already witnessed a narrower YoY decline in Mar, with solid exports of wheel loaders and domestic sales of excavators.
After going ex- in late-May, its PER will drop to 7.0x and yield will rise to 6.6%. Net cash of HK$1.56/share is more than fully cover its share price.


Global Mobility/Transport, Equity Long-Short

Mo Aziz

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The global energy shock is creating a divergence in electricity costs, not just fuel prices—this is reshaping manufacturing competitiveness in favour of China.</li>
<li>China’s coal-heavy, regulated power system insulates industrial costs, while LNG-dependent Asian and European exporters face margin compression. </li>
<li>This sets up a structural reallocation of global manufacturing share—an early-stage “China Shock 2.0” driven by energy economics, not labour arbitrage.</li>
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The global energy shock is creating a divergence in electricity costs, not just fuel prices—this is reshaping manufacturing competitiveness in favour of China.
China’s coal-heavy, regulated power system insulates industrial costs, while LNG-dependent Asian and European exporters face margin compression. 
This sets up a structural reallocation of global manufacturing share—an early-stage “China Shock 2.0” driven by energy economics, not labour arbitrage.


Energy Shock Is Not Symmetric — Why China Wins This Cycle

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

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Technical Analysis

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<li>We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.</li>
<li>Our bullish near-term outlook will remain in place as long as the 5+ month uptrend continues on ACWI-US. So far, the latest pullback is testing the uptrend -- buy/stay long.</li>
<li>We are buying the test of 7-month base support in Europe (EURO STOXX 50). China's Shanghai Composite points to a second chance breakout attempt above 1.5-month resistance -- buy/stay long</li>
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We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.
Our bullish near-term outlook will remain in place as long as the 5+ month uptrend continues on ACWI-US. So far, the latest pullback is testing the uptrend -- buy/stay long.
We are buying the test of 7-month base support in Europe (EURO STOXX 50). China's Shanghai Composite points to a second chance breakout attempt above 1.5-month resistance -- buy/stay long


5+ Month Uptrend Support Holding on MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US); China Second Chance Breakout Likely

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<li>There is a pick-up in heavy machinery sales in Jun, benefiting <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>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sany-heavy-equipment-intl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11104:1" rel="noopener">Sany Heavy Equipment (631 HK)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zoomlion-heavy-industry-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7817:1" rel="noopener">Zoomlion Heavy Industry H (1157 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>Indications are for strong 1H25 earnings, with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangxi-liugong-machinery-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16809:1" rel="noopener">Guangxi Liugong A (000528 CH)</a> seeing 20-30% growth. 1Q25 results of the peers also pointed to solid interim profit.<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sany-heavy-equipment-intl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11104:1" rel="noopener"></a>
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<li>Despite an average of a 44.6% rally for the HK-listed companies in the sector, their FY25F PER of 10.4x is undemanding. The current consensus forecasts are too conservative. </li>
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There is a pick-up in heavy machinery sales in Jun, benefiting Lonking Holdings (3339 HK), Sany Heavy Equipment (631 HK), and Zoomlion Heavy Industry H (1157 HK). 
Indications are for strong 1H25 earnings, with Guangxi Liugong A (000528 CH) seeing 20-30% growth. 1Q25 results of the peers also pointed to solid interim profit.

Despite an average of a 44.6% rally for the HK-listed companies in the sector, their FY25F PER of 10.4x is undemanding. The current consensus forecasts are too conservative. 


China Heavy Machinery Sector: Anticipating More Upside

China

XCMG Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets a variety of construction machinery including road construction machinery, scrapers, concrete mixers and other related products.

XCMG Construction Machinery A (000425 CH)

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Osbert Tang, CFA

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

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Osbert Tang, CFA

Energy Shock Is Not Symmetric — Why China Wins This Cycle

Energy shocks boost China's manufacturing edge as coal-based power beats costly LNG. This shift could structurally reallocate global manufacturing...

Mo Aziz

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Vermilion Research

China Heavy Machinery Sector: Anticipating More Upside

Lonking issued a positive profit alert, suggesting that its 1H25 net profit will reach between Rmb590m and Rmb665m, equaling a 29-45% YoY increase....

Osbert Tang, CFA