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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.

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<ul><li>ZTO managed to deliver net profit growth of 25% YoY in 4Q22 amid the tough macro environment, which showed strong resilience.</li><li>This took the full year net profit to RMB6.8bn (+43% YoY). Meanwhile, ZTO achieved positive free cash flow in 2022, the first time since 2018.</li><li>Looking ahead, ZTO is confident of achieving 18-22% parcel volume growth, which will translate into 1.5ppt YoY increase in market share. </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>

ZTO managed to deliver net profit growth of 25% YoY in 4Q22 amid the tough macro environment, which showed strong resilience.This took the full year net profit to RMB6.8bn (+43% YoY). Meanwhile, ZTO achieved positive free cash flow in 2022, the first time since 2018.Looking ahead, ZTO is confident of achieving 18-22% parcel volume growth, which will translate into 1.5ppt YoY increase in market share. 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.

ZTO Express (ZTO US) – Clear Guidance on Volume and Market Share Target

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zto-express" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23628:1" rel="noopener">ZTO Express (ZTO US)</a> met consensus Q422 EPS estimate despite a miss on Revenue</li>
<li>Management expects to exceed industry volume growth (around +10%) in 2023</li>
<li>Likely obstacles to a sharp earnings recovery are: ASP momentum, "new-old" competition, and a lack of demonstrated cost control</li>
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ZTO Express (ZTO US) met consensus Q422 EPS estimate despite a miss on Revenue
Management expects to exceed industry volume growth (around +10%) in 2023
Likely obstacles to a sharp earnings recovery are: ASP momentum, "new-old" competition, and a lack of demonstrated cost control


ZTO Express Q4/2022 Results & Guidance:  Moderate Growth in '23, but Also Obstacles

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

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>PDD: Temu launches in Australia and New Zealand (+); CPNG: Coupang withdraws from delivery service in Japan (+)</li>
<li>ZTO/PDD: Logistics companies increased parcel prices in Yiwu City (+/-)</li>
<li>BILI:BILI hold content creator seminar to discuss video metrics (+)</li>
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PDD: Temu launches in Australia and New Zealand (+); CPNG: Coupang withdraws from delivery service in Japan (+)
ZTO/PDD: Logistics companies increased parcel prices in Yiwu City (+/-)
BILI:BILI hold content creator seminar to discuss video metrics (+)


China/Asia TMT Update(Mar.14): PDD/CPNG/BILI/ZTO - Logistics Companies Increased Prices;

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.

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<li>Grizzly Research LLC publishes a short selling report on ZTO.</li>
<li>Meituan plans to shift car hailing from direct operation to a platform for third-party operators.</li>
<li>Dada, which was acquired by JD.com last year, posts good 4Q22 results.</li>
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Grizzly Research LLC publishes a short selling report on ZTO.
Meituan plans to shift car hailing from direct operation to a platform for third-party operators.
Dada, which was acquired by JD.com last year, posts good 4Q22 results.


China Internet Weekly (13Mar2023): ZTO, Meituan, Alibaba, Trip.com, Dada, JD.com

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

TVS Supply Chain Solutions / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tvs-supply-chain-solutions" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36778:1" rel="noopener">TVS Supply Chain Solutions (1915741D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>TVS SCS is an Indian supply chain logistics solution provider which also has global capabilities and network across the value chain with cross deployment abilities, according to RedSeer. </li>
<li>TVS SCS has seen its revenue grow as both its operating segments registered decent growth during the track record period. However, its profitability might have been a result of COVID-19. </li>
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TVS Supply Chain Solutions (1915741D IN) is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming India IPO.
TVS SCS is an Indian supply chain logistics solution provider which also has global capabilities and network across the value chain with cross deployment abilities, according to RedSeer. 
TVS SCS has seen its revenue grow as both its operating segments registered decent growth during the track record period. However, its profitability might have been a result of COVID-19. 


TVS Supply Chain Solutions Pre-IPO - Profitability Might Have Been COVID-Driven

China

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. operates as an express delivery company. The Company provides express delivery service through their nationwide network, as well as other value-added logistics services. ZTO Express serves customers globally.

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ZTO Express Cayman (ZTO US)

ZTO Express Q4/2022 Results & Guidance: Moderate Growth in '23, but Also Obstacles

ZTO guides strong volume growth and potentially better unit economics in '23, but we expect price pressure to return, and the company needs to rein...

Daniel Hellberg

China/Asia TMT Update(Mar.14): PDD/CPNG/BILI/ZTO - Logistics Companies Increased Prices;

PDD: Temu launches in Australia and New Zealand (+); CPNG: Coupang withdraws from Japan (+)l ZTO/PDD: Logistics companies increased prices (+/-)l...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Internet Weekly (13Mar2023): ZTO, Meituan, Alibaba, Trip.com, Dada, JD.com

Grizzly Research LLC publishes a short selling report on ZTO. Meituan plans to give up on direct sales of car hailing. Dada, which was acquired...

Ming Lu

TVS Supply Chain Solutions Pre-IPO - Profitability Might Have Been COVID-Driven

TVS Supply Chain Solutions (1915741D IN) is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. TVS SCS is an Indian supply chain logistics...

Ethan Aw

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