HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Construction machinery sales sustained sequential improvement in Jun. Excavator sales -10.1% (-24.2% in May and -47.3% in Apr) and wheel loader sales -5.8% (-27% in May and -40.2% in Apr).  </li>
<li>It is likely to return to positive YoY in the next two months. Aided by a low base for comparison and increase infrastructure spending in 2H22, industry prospects look brighter. </li>
<li>Both <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> 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 (1157 HK)</a> are close to inflexion point, though risks remain high before the disappointing 1H22 result. Beyond that, value may emerge. </li>
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Construction machinery sales sustained sequential improvement in Jun. Excavator sales -10.1% (-24.2% in May and -47.3% in Apr) and wheel loader sales -5.8% (-27% in May and -40.2% in Apr).  
It is likely to return to positive YoY in the next two months. Aided by a low base for comparison and increase infrastructure spending in 2H22, industry prospects look brighter. 
Both Lonking Holdings (3339 HK) and Zoomlion Heavy Industry (1157 HK) are close to inflexion point, though risks remain high before the disappointing 1H22 result. Beyond that, value may emerge. 


China Construction Machinery: Turning to Positive Soon?

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<li>Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. </li>
<li>Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a>. We see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-longyuan-power-group-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14215:1" rel="noopener">China Longyuan Power (916 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongfang-electric-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1251:1" rel="noopener">Dongfang Electric (1072 HK)</a> benefit from new energy initiatives.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-ning-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6047:1" rel="noopener">Li Ning (2331 HK)</a> will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK)</a>.</li>
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Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. 
Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive China Communications Construction (1800 HK). We see China Longyuan Power (916 HK) and Dongfang Electric (1072 HK) benefit from new energy initiatives.

Li Ning (2331 HK) will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK).


Roundup of Government Economic Supportive Policies: Key Winners

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 195 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 79.4% as of Jul 24th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -3.6ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, utilities, materials and offset by communication services, energy.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Longyuan, CNOOC, Fuyao Glass, ZTE, Nci.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 195 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 79.4% as of Jul 24th.
The average A-H premium changed by -3.6ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, utilities, materials and offset by communication services, energy.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Longyuan, CNOOC, Fuyao Glass, ZTE, Nci.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 24th): China Longyuan, CNOOC, Fuyao Glass, ZTE, Nci

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<li>China's construction machinery companies should benefit from the decision of bringing forward infrastructure investments by the Central Economic Work Conference; but the Nov industry figures still showed lacklustre performance.</li>
<li>Excavator sales volume was down 36.6% YoY in the month, with domestic sales even plunged by 51.4%. Wheel loader looks to be better with a lesser YoY decline at 8.5%.</li>
<li>High base and time lag for translating into demand mean unit sales will stay weak over the next few months. We prefer <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a> as infrastructure play. </li>
</ul>


China's construction machinery companies should benefit from the decision of bringing forward infrastructure investments by the Central Economic Work Conference; but the Nov industry figures still showed lacklustre performance.
Excavator sales volume was down 36.6% YoY in the month, with domestic sales even plunged by 51.4%. Wheel loader looks to be better with a lesser YoY decline at 8.5%.
High base and time lag for translating into demand mean unit sales will stay weak over the next few months. We prefer China Communications Construction (1800 HK) as infrastructure play. 


China Construction Machinery: Not Seeing the End of the Tunnel Yet

China Specialist, Auto and Industrial Specialist

Victoria Li

We expect China construction machinery sector sales go down further in 2022E.Demand from infrastructure sector would be limited by reduced financial support from local governments on infrastructure investment. Demand from property sector would remain weak, due to tighten regulation for loans to real estate sector and weakening market demand on new properties.Demand from mining sector would be weak as well, with commodity capacity control policy. Demand from coal mining could go up in the next few months with coal mine restarts but will trend down once coal prices stabilize in line with China's carbon-neutrality strategyAlthough share prices of Zoomlion (1157.HK) and Sany Heavy (600031.CH) have been halved from their highs in 1H2021 and have priced in the down cycle, they would be under pressure with sector fundamental remaining weak in 2022E.

We expect China construction machinery sector sales go down further in 2022E.Demand from infrastructure sector would be limited by reduced financial support from local governments on infrastructure investment. Demand from property sector would remain weak, due to tighten regulation for loans to real estate sector and weakening market demand on new properties.Demand from mining sector would be weak as well, with commodity capacity control policy. Demand from coal mining could go up in the next few months with coal mine restarts but will trend down once coal prices stabilize in line with China's carbon-neutrality strategyAlthough share prices of Zoomlion (1157.HK) and Sany Heavy (600031.CH) have been halved from their highs in 1H2021 and have priced in the down cycle, they would be under pressure with sector fundamental remaining weak in 2022E.

China Construction Machinery Outlook 2022E

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Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese manufacturer primarily engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and sales of high-tech equipment, including construction machinery, agricultural machinery, and environmental industry equipment. Its key products encompass cranes, excavators, concrete machinery, and tractors. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Changsha, Hunan, China.

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China Construction Machinery: Turning to Positive Soon?

The pace of decline in construction machinery sales continued to narrow in Jun, and prospects will further improve in 2H22. Opportunities may...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Roundup of Government Economic Supportive Policies: Key Winners

We expect the government economic supportive policies released in the last few days to drive the infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary...

Osbert Tang, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 24th): China Longyuan, CNOOC, Fuyao Glass, ZTE, Nci

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for China Longyuan, CNOOC, Fuyao Glass, ZTE, Nci.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Construction Machinery: Not Seeing the End of the Tunnel Yet

While CEWC's decision to accelerate infrastructure investment bodes well for the construction machinery sector, high base and time lag in demand...

Osbert Tang, CFA

China Construction Machinery Outlook 2022E

We expect China construction machinery sector sales go down further in 2022E.Demand from infrastructure sector would be limited

Victoria Li

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