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>Xiaomi released healthy financial results inspite of the shrinking market.</li>
<li>Alibaba Freshippo founder, Mr. Hou, retired from his role as the CEO of Freshippo.</li>
<li>JD began to provide aftermarket service to BYD, the largest new energy vehicle producer.</li>
</ul>


Xiaomi released healthy financial results inspite of the shrinking market.
Alibaba Freshippo founder, Mr. Hou, retired from his role as the CEO of Freshippo.
JD began to provide aftermarket service to BYD, the largest new energy vehicle producer.


China Consumption Weekly (25 Mar 2024): Xiaomi, Alibaba, Xpeng, Maoyan, JD Health, JD.com

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>300274SZ/300750SZ/LI/NIO/1211HK: Jan+Feb new energy export data show that wind power is picking up, and inverters has reached inflection point, while lithium batteries and electric vehicles are exchanging prices for volume(+/-/-/-/-)</li>
<li>Huazhu/Atour: Huazhu guided conservative RevPAR outlook for 2024, citing weak business travel demand.（-）</li>
<li>LI/1211 HK/XPEV/NIO: In 2024’s 11th week, BYD continued to accelerate while fell back, yet the overall acceleration of new energy vehicles bodes well for the whole year (/)</li>
</ul>


300274SZ/300750SZ/LI/NIO/1211HK: Jan+Feb new energy export data show that wind power is picking up, and inverters has reached inflection point, while lithium batteries and electric vehicles are exchanging prices for volume(+/-/-/-/-)
Huazhu/Atour: Huazhu guided conservative RevPAR outlook for 2024, citing weak business travel demand.（-）
LI/1211 HK/XPEV/NIO: In 2024’s 11th week, BYD continued to accelerate while fell back, yet the overall acceleration of new energy vehicles bodes well for the whole year (/)


[Blue Lotus Daily]300274SZ/300750SZ/LI/NIO/1211HK/Huazhu/Atour/XPEV/9926 HK

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>Maintain HOLD. We cut our FY24E net loss by RMB2.6bn to RMB6.7bn, as the 4Q23 GPM beat and the X9 may contribute a larger portion of sales.</li><li>On the other hand, Xpeng’s model pipeline in 2024 underscored our prior argument that the automaker has not found its brand proposition and comprehensive product mix.</li><li>We still see little signals for Xpeng to turn profitable in the foreseeable future, as it could be difficult for the automaker to achieve sizable sales and 15% GPM at the same time, in our view.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Maintain HOLD. We cut our FY24E net loss by RMB2.6bn to RMB6.7bn, as the 4Q23 GPM beat and the X9 may contribute a larger portion of sales.On the other hand, Xpeng’s model pipeline in 2024 underscored our prior argument that the automaker has not found its brand proposition and comprehensive product mix.We still see little signals for Xpeng to turn profitable in the foreseeable future, as it could be difficult for the automaker to achieve sizable sales and 15% GPM at the same time, in our view.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Xpeng Inc. (XPEV US) - Margin Lift Mixed with Unexciting New Models

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/reddit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40917:1" rel="noopener">Reddit (RDDT US)</a> is looking to raise up to US$750m in its US IPO. </li>
<li>Reddit is an online social media platform where users are able to join communities, engage in conversations, research, exchange goods and services as well as create new communities.  </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
</ul>



Reddit (RDDT US) is looking to raise up to US$750m in its US IPO. 
Reddit is an online social media platform where users are able to join communities, engage in conversations, research, exchange goods and services as well as create new communities.  
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Reddit IPO - Well-Known Brand but Sustainability of Growth Is Questionable

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<li>9926 HK /1801 HK /1877 HK/ BGNE/ ZLAB/9995 HK: US lobbying group distanced itself from Wuxi AppTec after being accused（/）</li>
<li>1211 HK/ XPEV/ 1810 HK：GAC AION orders surged after price cuts（/）</li>
<li>Chery Automobile:It Is Reported that Chery Automobile Is in Talks with the Italian government to build a factory（/）</li>
</ul>


9926 HK /1801 HK /1877 HK/ BGNE/ ZLAB/9995 HK: US lobbying group distanced itself from Wuxi AppTec after being accused（/）
1211 HK/ XPEV/ 1810 HK：GAC AION orders surged after price cuts（/）
Chery Automobile:It Is Reported that Chery Automobile Is in Talks with the Italian government to build a factory（/）


[Blue Lotus Daily]9926HK/1801HK/1877HK/BGNE/ZLAB/9995HK/1211HK/XPEV/1810HK/Chery Automobile/LI/NIO

China

XPeng Inc. designs, produces, and distributes electric vehicles. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets smart smart electric vehicles, as well as finance, parts, and maintenance services. XPeng serves customers in China.

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XPeng (XPEV US)

China Consumption Weekly (25 Mar 2024): Xiaomi, Alibaba, Xpeng, Maoyan, JD Health, JD.com

Xiaomi released healthy financial results despite of the shrinking market. Alibaba Freshippo founder retired. JD began to provide aftermarket...

Ming Lu

[Blue Lotus Daily]300274SZ/300750SZ/LI/NIO/1211HK/Huazhu/Atour/XPEV/9926 HK

New energy export data shows wind power growth,inverters at inflection point.BYD accelerates in 11th week,positive outlook for new energy vehicles...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Xpeng Inc. (XPEV US) - Margin Lift Mixed with Unexciting New Models

Maintain HOLD. We cut our FY24E net loss by RMB2.6bn to RMB6.7bn, as the 4Q23 GPM beat and the X9 may contribute a larger portion of sales.

CMB International

Reddit IPO - Well-Known Brand but Sustainability of Growth Is Questionable

Reddit (RDDT US) is looking to raise up to US$750m in its US IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Ethan Aw

[Blue Lotus Daily]9926HK/1801HK/1877HK/BGNE/ZLAB/9995HK/1211HK/XPEV/1810HK/Chery Automobile/LI/NIO

US lobbying group distances from Wuxi AppTec, GAC AION orders surge after price cuts, Chery Automobile in talks with Italian government to build...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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China Consumption Weekly (25 Mar 2024): Xiaomi, Alibaba, Xpeng, Maoyan, JD Health, JD.com

Xiaomi released healthy financial results despite of the shrinking market. Alibaba Freshippo founder retired. JD began to provide aftermarket...

Ming Lu

[Blue Lotus Daily]300274SZ/300750SZ/LI/NIO/1211HK/Huazhu/Atour/XPEV/9926 HK

​New energy export data shows wind power growth,inverters at inflection point.BYD accelerates in 11th week,positive outlook for new energy vehicles...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Xpeng Inc. (XPEV US) - Margin Lift Mixed with Unexciting New Models

Maintain HOLD. We cut our FY24E net loss by RMB2.6bn to RMB6.7bn, as the 4Q23 GPM beat and the X9 may contribute a larger portion of sales.

CMB International

Reddit IPO - Well-Known Brand but Sustainability of Growth Is Questionable

Reddit (RDDT US) is looking to raise up to US$750m in its US IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Ethan Aw

[Blue Lotus Daily]9926HK/1801HK/1877HK/BGNE/ZLAB/9995HK/1211HK/XPEV/1810HK/Chery Automobile/LI/NIO

​US lobbying group distances from Wuxi AppTec, GAC AION orders surge after price cuts, Chery Automobile in talks with Italian government to build...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

New energy export data shows wind power growth,inverters at inflection point.BYD accelerates in 11th week,positive outlook for new energy vehicles...

US lobbying group distances from Wuxi AppTec, GAC AION orders surge after price cuts, Chery Automobile in talks with Italian government to build...