Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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 Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ola-electric-mobility-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40618:1" rel="noopener">Ola Electric</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.</li>
<li>In our previous note we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.
In our previous note we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.


Ola Electric Pre-IPO Peer Comparison - Increasing Competition, but It’s Still the Leader

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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>11 Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Feb 2024 NEV sales volumes on 1 Mar 2024.</li><li>Sales volume of the 11 automakers combined fell 19% YoY (ranging from -45% to +503%) and 39% MoM (ranging from -51% to -19%) in Feb 2024 due to the Chinese New Year holiday.</li><li>Li Auto rose YoY, Xpeng fell the most MoM. Li Auto’s deliveries rose 22% YoY and fell 35% MoM to about 20,000 units in Feb 2024, in line with our prior expectation.</li></ul>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.

11 Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Feb 2024 NEV sales volumes on 1 Mar 2024.Sales volume of the 11 automakers combined fell 19% YoY (ranging from -45% to +503%) and 39% MoM (ranging from -51% to -19%) in Feb 2024 due to the Chinese New Year holiday.Li Auto rose YoY, Xpeng fell the most MoM. Li Auto’s deliveries rose 22% YoY and fell 35% MoM to about 20,000 units in Feb 2024, in line with our prior expectation.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.

Auto - Feb NEV Sales Fell; More New Models from Mar

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

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<li>LI/XPEV/NIO/1211 HK:  Sales of strong EV brands held up better during CNY, Li and Tesla led and AITO and BYD followed (+)</li>
<li>BEKE : ByteDance suspend self-operating home decoration business( + ) </li>
<li>ZLAB:Bristol-Myers Squibb （BMS） outsources Opdivo sales in ten southwestern provinces to Zai Lab, a long-term positive but with many prerequisites (+)</li>
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LI/XPEV/NIO/1211 HK:  Sales of strong EV brands held up better during CNY, Li and Tesla led and AITO and BYD followed (+)
BEKE : ByteDance suspend self-operating home decoration business( + ) 
ZLAB:Bristol-Myers Squibb （BMS） outsources Opdivo sales in ten southwestern provinces to Zai Lab, a long-term positive but with many prerequisites (+)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:LI/XPEV/NIO/1211 HK/BEKE/ZLAB

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Alibaba plans to provide operational services to third-party sales broadcasters.</li>
<li>Xpeng will hire 4,000 employees and raise research budget by 40%.</li>
<li>Tuhu Car expected that its net profit will turn positive in 2023.</li>
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Alibaba plans to provide operational services to third-party sales broadcasters.
Xpeng will hire 4,000 employees and raise research budget by 40%.
Tuhu Car expected that its net profit will turn positive in 2023.


China Consumption Weekly (26 Feb 2024): Alibaba, Xpeng, HiPhi, Tuhu Car, Luckin

<ul><li>Maintain HOLD. We expect Xpeng’s 4Q23E vehicle GPM to turn positive.</li><li>However, such margin lift may not be enough to narrow its net loss significantly in FY24E.</li><li>Although we see possible share price recovery for automakers, Xpeng may lack positive catalysts, as its new models are scheduled in 2H24.</li></ul>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.

Maintain HOLD. We expect Xpeng’s 4Q23E vehicle GPM to turn positive.However, such margin lift may not be enough to narrow its net loss significantly in FY24E.Although we see possible share price recovery for automakers, Xpeng may lack positive catalysts, as its new models are scheduled in 2H24.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) - Lack of New Model Catalysts

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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Ola Electric Pre-IPO Peer Comparison - Increasing Competition, but It’s Still the Leader

Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Auto - Feb NEV Sales Fell; More New Models from Mar

11 Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Feb 2024 NEV sales...

CMB International

[Blue Lotus Daily]:LI/XPEV/NIO/1211 HK/BEKE/ZLAB

Strong EV brands like Li and Tesla saw better sales during CNY; ByteDance suspends home decoration business; BMS outsources Opdivo sales to Zai...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Consumption Weekly (26 Feb 2024): Alibaba, Xpeng, HiPhi, Tuhu Car, Luckin

Alibaba plans to provide operational services to third-party sales broadcasters. Xpeng will hire 4,000 employees and raise research budget. Tuhu...

Ming Lu

Xpeng Inc. (XPEV US) - Lack of New Model Catalysts

Although we see possible share price recovery for automakers, Xpeng may lack positive catalysts, as its new models are scheduled in 2H24.

CMB International

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Ola Electric Pre-IPO Peer Comparison - Increasing Competition, but It’s Still the Leader

Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Auto - Feb NEV Sales Fell; More New Models from Mar

11 Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Feb 2024 NEV sales...

CMB International

[Blue Lotus Daily]:LI/XPEV/NIO/1211 HK/BEKE/ZLAB

​Strong EV brands like Li and Tesla saw better sales during CNY; ByteDance suspends home decoration business; BMS outsources Opdivo sales to Zai...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Consumption Weekly (26 Feb 2024): Alibaba, Xpeng, HiPhi, Tuhu Car, Luckin

Alibaba plans to provide operational services to third-party sales broadcasters. Xpeng will hire 4,000 employees and raise research budget. Tuhu...

Ming Lu

Xpeng Inc. (XPEV US) - Lack of New Model Catalysts

Although we see possible share price recovery for automakers, Xpeng may lack positive catalysts, as its new models are scheduled in 2H24.

CMB International

Strong EV brands like Li and Tesla saw better sales during CNY; ByteDance suspends home decoration business; BMS outsources Opdivo sales to Zai...