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 analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 15th.</li>
<li>We estimate the weekly inflows to be US$5,038.2 million, led by industrials, consumer discretionary, consumer staples sectors.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for CATL, Wuliangye, China Tourism, Moutai, Midea.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 15th.
We estimate the weekly inflows to be US$5,038.2 million, led by industrials, consumer discretionary, consumer staples sectors.
We highlight flows for CATL, Wuliangye, China Tourism, Moutai, Midea.


Northbound Flows (Mar 15th): $5bn of Inflows Last Week

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.</li>
<li>SOUTHBOUND a net buyer every day since the end of Chinese New Year. NORTHBOUND a huge net buyer this week, now net buyers in size (RMB +93bn) over 7 weeks.</li>
<li>For the first time in a while, AH premia among liquid stocks fell convincingly. Narrow AH premia pairs saw Hs outperform more than wide AH premia Hs (vs As).</li>
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The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.
SOUTHBOUND a net buyer every day since the end of Chinese New Year. NORTHBOUND a huge net buyer this week, now net buyers in size (RMB +93bn) over 7 weeks.
For the first time in a while, AH premia among liquid stocks fell convincingly. Narrow AH premia pairs saw Hs outperform more than wide AH premia Hs (vs As).


A/H Premium Tracker (To 15 Mar 2024):  Liquid AH Premia Starting to Narrow

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>ZTE released its FY23 results. Revenue grew by 1.1% YoY to RMB124bn, in line with consensus and 3% higher than our forecast.</li><li>Net profit increased by 15.4% YoY to RMB9.3bn, 5% lower than consensus and in line with our forecasts.</li><li>Gross margin for 2023 was 41.5%, representing a 434bps increase from FY22. NPM showed a similar trend, reaching 7.5% in FY23 from 4.2%/5.9%/6.6% in FY20-22.</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.

ZTE released its FY23 results. Revenue grew by 1.1% YoY to RMB124bn, in line with consensus and 3% higher than our forecast.Net profit increased by 15.4% YoY to RMB9.3bn, 5% lower than consensus and in line with our forecasts.Gross margin for 2023 was 41.5%, representing a 434bps increase from FY22. NPM showed a similar trend, reaching 7.5% in FY23 from 4.2%/5.9%/6.6% in FY20-22.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.

ZTE (000063 CH) - Improved Margins in 2023

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Event-Driven

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<li>The Quiddity Mainland Connect NORTHBOUND Monitor. Like the A/H Premium Monitor and HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Monitor. Lots of Flows/Position Tables and Charts with which to play.</li>
<li>Last week saw NORTHBOUND net BUY RMB 23.5bn of A-shares on strong average activity after RMB +49bn the previous four trading weeks. More efforts by authorities to eliminate selling.</li>
<li>No finance names of any kind in the top ten this week after 5/10 the week before. Slight tendencies to trade on reversion.</li>
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The Quiddity Mainland Connect NORTHBOUND Monitor. Like the A/H Premium Monitor and HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Monitor. Lots of Flows/Position Tables and Charts with which to play.
Last week saw NORTHBOUND net BUY RMB 23.5bn of A-shares on strong average activity after RMB +49bn the previous four trading weeks. More efforts by authorities to eliminate selling.
No finance names of any kind in the top ten this week after 5/10 the week before. Slight tendencies to trade on reversion.


Mainland Connect NORTHBOUND Flows (To 1 Mar 2024): Foreigners Buy a New Set of Names

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 124.5% as of Mar 1st.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 1.8ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, health care, information technology and offset by utilities, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for ZTE, China Southern, SMIC, Ganfeng Lithium, Flat Glass Group.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 124.5% as of Mar 1st.
The average A-H premium changed by 1.8ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, health care, information technology and offset by utilities, materials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for ZTE, China Southern, SMIC, Ganfeng Lithium, Flat Glass Group.


A-H Premium Weekly (Mar 1st): ZTE, China Southern, SMIC, Ganfeng Lithium, Flat Glass Group

China

ZTE Corporation develops and markets switches, access servers, videoconferencing systems, mobile communication systems, data communication devices, and optical communication devices.  The Company also offers networking solutions for setup, refurbishment and optimization of networks.

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ZTE Corp H (763 HK)

Northbound Flows (Mar 15th): $5bn of Inflows Last Week

We analyzed northbound Shanghai/Shenzhen connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for CATL, Wuliangye, China Tourism, Moutai, Midea, Wuxi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A/H Premium Tracker (To 15 Mar 2024): Liquid AH Premia Starting to Narrow

AH Premia narrowed more on liquid narrow premia than on less liquid and wide premia. This is a new development. Energy and Utilities saw Hs rebound...

Travis Lundy

ZTE (000063 CH) - Improved Margins in 2023

ZTE released its FY23 results. Revenue grew by 1.1% YoY to RMB124bn, in line with consensus and 3% higher than our forecast.

CMB International

Mainland Connect NORTHBOUND Flows (To 1 Mar 2024): Foreigners Buy a New Set of Names

Mainland Connect NORTHBOUND net flows were again heavily to the buy side. This is the fifth week of trading in a row of net buying. Almost every...

Travis Lundy

A-H Premium Weekly (Mar 1st): ZTE, China Southern, SMIC, Ganfeng Lithium, Flat Glass Group

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for ZTE, China Southern, SMIC, Ganfeng Lithium, Flat Glass Group.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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