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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 54.6% as of Aug 15th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -4.2ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, financials, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 54.6% as of Aug 15th.
The average A-H premium changed by -4.2ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, financials, materials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma.


A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 15th): MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 58.9% as of Aug 8th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -2.3ppt week-on-week, led by materials, health care, utilities.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Metallurgical Corporation Of China, Shandong Gold Mining, China Shenhua Energy, Tianqi Lithium.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 58.9% as of Aug 8th.
The average A-H premium changed by -2.3ppt week-on-week, led by materials, health care, utilities.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Metallurgical Corporation Of China, Shandong Gold Mining, China Shenhua Energy, Tianqi Lithium.


A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 8th): Metallurgical Corporation Of China, Shandong Gold Mining

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Equity Bottom-Up

Gree Electric Appliances / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Since inception on February 23, our Robust Dividend Yielders basket has generated 20.3% total return, vs MSCI Asia-ex-Japan's 11.34%. 10 stocks in our basket of 23 appreciated more than 20%.</li>
<li>We reconstruct our basket screening all Asian stocks &gt; US$2bn market cap, dividend yield &gt;6% in 2025 and 2026, EPS CAGR &gt; 5% and upward revision to EPS forecasts.</li>
<li>Our new Dividend Yield basket has 15 stocks, 10 from HK, 3 from onshore China, 1 each from Indonesia and Singapore. Bosideng is the only stock common in both baskets. </li>
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Since inception on February 23, our Robust Dividend Yielders basket has generated 20.3% total return, vs MSCI Asia-ex-Japan's 11.34%. 10 stocks in our basket of 23 appreciated more than 20%.
We reconstruct our basket screening all Asian stocks &gt; US$2bn market cap, dividend yield &gt;6% in 2025 and 2026, EPS CAGR &gt; 5% and upward revision to EPS forecasts.
Our new Dividend Yield basket has 15 stocks, 10 from HK, 3 from onshore China, 1 each from Indonesia and Singapore. Bosideng is the only stock common in both baskets. 


Asian Equities: Our Asian Robust Dividend Yield Basket – Revisiting After Sharp Outperformance

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>What’s new? The State Council officially published the “Rural Highway Regulations” (农村公路条例) yesterday, which was approved in late Jun and will come into effect starting from 15 Sep.</li><li>The regulations highlight that rural highway construction should aim to improve road network quality to promote urban-rural transportation integration.</li><li>Most importantly, new rural highways must meet technical standards, and existing roads that do not meet the minimum technical standards must be upgraded.</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>

What’s new? The State Council officially published the “Rural Highway Regulations” (农村公路条例) yesterday, which was approved in late Jun and will come into effect starting from 15 Sep.The regulations highlight that rural highway construction should aim to improve road network quality to promote urban-rural transportation integration.Most importantly, new rural highways must meet technical standards, and existing roads that do not meet the minimum technical standards must be upgraded.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.

Capital Goods - Upgrade of rural highways could become a trillion yuan market

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

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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

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd.manufactures and markets construction machinery.  The Company's products include concrete machinery, cranes, road machinery, drilling equipment, and other heavy construction equipment.  Zoomlion also produces environmental machinery and satellite navigation products.

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Zoomlion Heavy Industry H (1157 HK)

A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 15th): MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 8th): Metallurgical Corporation Of China, Shandong Gold Mining

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Metallurgical Corporation Of China, Shandong Gold Mining,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asian Equities: Our Asian Robust Dividend Yield Basket – Revisiting After Sharp Outperformance

Since inception (Feb 23) our Robust Dividend Yielders basket generated 20.3% total return vs MSCI AxJ's 11.34%. Our new Dividend Yield basket...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Capital Goods - Upgrade of rural highways could become a trillion yuan market

The regulations highlight that rural highway construction should aim to improve road network quality to promote urban-rural transportation...

CMB International

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

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