ChinaDaily Briefs

Daily Brief China: SJ Semiconductor, CXMT Corporation, Alibaba, SHEIN Global Holdings, Nanjing Novlead Biotechnology, Contemporary Amperex Technology, Shenzhen Capchem Technology, Medcaptain Medical Technology, ClubMed Lifestyle Group and more

In today’s briefing:

  • STAR50 Sep 2026 Index Rebalance: Post-Announcement Positioning
  • CXMT (688825 CH) H1 2026 Results: Beat-And-Raise Meets an Overshot Multiple
  • Aequitas ECM Weekly (31 August 2026)-Alibaba, Shein, Momenta, Longsys, Jio, Wuxi XDC, Wistron
  • SHEIN IPO in Hong Kong: What 2027E Revenue Growth, OPM% Assumptions Are Needed to Make It Cheap-Ish?
  • IPO Databook: Nanjing Novlead Biotechnology (HK) – Aug 2026
  • CXMT Corporation (688825 CH): Blown Through the Roof
  • CATL (3750 HK / 300750 CH): Stop Pricing It as a Battery Cyclical — Start Pricing the Grid
  • IPO Databook: Shenzhen Capchem Technology (HK) – Aug 2026
  • Medcaptain Medical IPO: Not Minimally Invasive For Investors For Now, But Can Be Life-Long Support
  • IPO Databook: ClubMed Lifestyle Group (HK) – Aug 2026


STAR50 Sep 2026 Index Rebalance: Post-Announcement Positioning

By Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

  • CSI announced five ADDs and five DELETEs for the STAR50 Sep 2026 review, matching all five of our DELETE calls and two of our five ADD calls.
  • Raytron Technology, Sichuan Huafeng Technology, Beijing E-Town Semiconductor, Arashi Vision, and SJ Semiconductor enter on 14 Sep 2026, replacing Cathay Biotech, AVIC Chengdu UAS, EverDisplay Optronics, Bestechnic, and APT Medical.
  • All five ADDs fell in the ten days before the announcement. Historically, ADDs with that pattern opened higher at the post-announcement open and then lost ground into implementation.

CXMT (688825 CH) H1 2026 Results: Beat-And-Raise Meets an Overshot Multiple

By Mo Aziz

  • CXMT’s H1-2026 results beat IPO guidance by roughly 25–36%, with R&D up 87% YoY and four DRAM process nodes now in mass production — the growth story remains fully intact.
  • Spot at RMB58.60 implies 23x FY26E and 20x FY27E EPS — a scarcity premium the STAR Market’s thin free float can sustain longer than fundamentals justify.
  • We maintain our BEARISH stance but raise our fair value to RMB31.40, based on an 12x China-specific multiple band applied to upgraded FY26E/FY27E EPS.

Aequitas ECM Weekly (31 August 2026)-Alibaba, Shein, Momenta, Longsys, Jio, Wuxi XDC, Wistron

By Sumeet Singh

  • Aequitas Research’s weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
  • On the IPO front, SHEIN Global Holdings (625 HK) and Momenta Global (6880 HK) are set to list this week. 
  • On the placement front, deals continued to flow in across the region, throughout the week.

SHEIN IPO in Hong Kong: What 2027E Revenue Growth, OPM% Assumptions Are Needed to Make It Cheap-Ish?

By Daniel Hellberg

  • A month into SHEIN’s IPO process, its near-term (FY26) growth prospects are downbeat
  • Here we present an array of FY27e PERs based on a range of top-line, OPM% estimates
  • Objective is to show combinations of revenue growth, margin that make SHEIN cheap-ish

IPO Databook: Nanjing Novlead Biotechnology (HK) – Aug 2026

By αSK IPO Databooks

  • Nanjing Novlead Biotechnology, incorporated in 2018, operates in the gas-based cardiopulmonary device market, focusing on inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy. Its Core Product, iNOwill, was approved by NMPA in 2022.
  • The company has five approved products and five product candidates, holding 85 patents and 196 registered trademarks as of the Latest Practicable Date.
  • Revenue was RMB63,207 thousand in 2025, with a gross profit margin of 55.9% and a loss of RMB(95,271) thousand for the year.

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CXMT Corporation (688825 CH): Blown Through the Roof

By Osbert Tang, CFA

  • CXMT Corporation (688825 CH) beats its prospectus forecast in 1H26 earnings, posting net profit of Rmb77.6bn. In 2Q26, it made Rmb52.8bn. 
  • Demand outlook will stay encouraging in 2H26, and the market consensus appears conservative now. This means upside potential for earnings forecasts.
  • While at 22x FY26 PER, CXMT looks expensive, its high 3-year EPS CAGR justifies it. Moreover, its 0.05x PEG is below the sector average.  

CATL (3750 HK / 300750 CH): Stop Pricing It as a Battery Cyclical — Start Pricing the Grid

By Mo Aziz

  • CATL’s BESS revenue surged 87.5% YoY to RMB53.26bn in H1 2026, now 19.23% of sales — the mix shift the market still prices as a battery cyclical.
  • RMB17bn deployed into AI data centers, hydropower, and robotics turns CATL into an equity holder in the demand for its own BESS hardware.
  • BULLISH, FV HK$770 (3750 HK) — basis: SOTP blending core battery PE re-rating with unpriced AI-grid infrastructure optionality and RMB40bn buyback-cancellation support.

IPO Databook: Shenzhen Capchem Technology (HK) – Aug 2026

By αSK IPO Databooks

  • Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co., Ltd. is a PRC-based provider of electronic chemicals and functional materials, specializing in battery chemicals. The company aims to optimize its capital structure and enhance core.
  • The company is ranked second largest battery electrolyte provider globally in 2025 and first for capacitor chemicals by revenue from 2020 to 2025.
  • For the six months ended June 30, 2026, revenue was RMB7,455,314 thousand and profit for the period was RMB998,900 thousand.

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Medcaptain Medical IPO: Not Minimally Invasive For Investors For Now, But Can Be Life-Long Support

By Tina Banerjee

  • Medcaptain Medical launched Hongkong IPO to raise nearly HK$ 600M. They are a global medical device provider supplying life support products, minimally invasive intervention products, and in vitro diagnostics products.
  • Medcaptain intends to use the proceeds for research and development, expand production capacity, enhance their sales & marketing capabilities, for strategic investments, upgrade IT infrastructure and for general corporate purpose.
  • The valuation that they are seeking, seems relatively steep, but fundamentally worth for long term investors. The company needs to scale up the operations further, but that will take time.

IPO Databook: ClubMed Lifestyle Group (HK) – Aug 2026

By αSK IPO Databooks

  • ClubMed Lifestyle Group is a global premium vacation lifestyle group, anchored by its Club Med brand, operating premium all-inclusive resorts and providing asset-light vacation scenario services worldwide.
  • The group operated 69 premium resorts globally and had a sales network spanning over 40 countries, with revenue increasing to EUR1,948.5 million in 2025.
  • Revenue was EUR1,948,546 in 2025, with net liabilities of EUR171.9 million as of June 30, 2026, and profit decreased from EUR68,768 in 2023 to EUR10,917 in 2025.

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