Daily Brief China: Pine Care Group, Shandong Fengxiang, Alibaba Group, Onewo, Growatt Technology, Times China, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology H and more

• In early Feb2020, the #1 shareholder of HK-based elderly home care provider Pine Care Group (1989 HK) sold a 52% stake at HK$1.647, keeping 14.99%. That triggered an Unconditional MGO. 
• In Aug2022, much of the shareholder consortium which bought in 2020 agreed to sell 56.15% at HK$0.89/share to local privately-held developer Chinachem. That will trigger another Unconditional MGO.
• The business has suffered under covid, but it is not clear why the business would be better now. Revenues will spike when Causeway Bay opens, but…. Sell. 

• We summarise the latest spreads and newsflow of merger arb situations covered by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Chinese ADRs.
• Highest spreads – Shandong Fengxiang (9977 HK), Alliance Aviation Services (AQZ AU), Infomedia Ltd (IFM AU), Ramsay Health Care (RHC AU), 21Vianet Group (VNET US), 111 Inc (YI US).
• Lowest spreads – OZ Minerals Ltd (OZL AU), Nitro Software Ltd (NTO AU), Tyro Payments (TYR AU), MACA Ltd (MLD AU), Link Net (LINK IJ), Dongzheng Automotive Finance (2718 HK).

• In line with previously reported trends in Chinese retail sales growth, the large Chinese eCommerce operators reported a decline (or contraction) in GMV growth in 2Q2022.
• Following a contraction between March and May this year, China’s retail sales growth has returned to growth since June, which continued in July and accelerated in August.
• Alibaba’s next reported quarter’s annualised growth will be on an extremely depressed base.

• Onewo (2602 HK) is looking to raise between US$700m-US$784m by selling 116.714m shares at a price range of HK$47.1-52.7/share. Indications are that the IPO will be priced close to mid-point.
• Given the domestic shares and unlisted foreign shares will not be converted to H-shares, there is no chance of MSCI inclusion and a small chance of FTSE inclusion.
• Onewo (2602 HK) is also unlikely to be added to the HSCI and consequently will not be added to Stock Connect.

• Growatt Technology (1833969D CH), a leading PV inverters manufacturer, will seek a listing hearing for a US$1 billion HKEx IPO in October, according to press reports.
• In Growatt Technology IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case. 
• The key elements of the bear case rest on rising customer concentration risk, high dependence on Brazil for growth, limited pricing power and a shift to FCF burn. 

• Revenues of major express parcel companies grew rapidly in August.
• JD logistics will provide logistics service to live streaming retailers on Douyin.
• In 2Q22, revenue of Trip.com decreased by 32% YoY and operating profit turned negative.

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• Times China

• Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology H (2208 HK) had a tough 2Q22; but with the recent retreat in share price, the stock appears attractive now at 8.5x FY23F PER.  
• Goldwind has many growth initiatives backing its outlook. These include solid order backlog, upside on gross margin, contribution from wind farms and growth from the servicing business.
• Its WTG backlog of 24.1GW is 1.3x higher QoQ and well covers revenue for next two years. Further strategic disposals of wind farm will help realising underlying asset values.