Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

A veteran with 19-year experience in equity research.

Geographical coverage:
* Companies operating in China, but listed in Hong Kong and the U.S.
* Previously China A-share (listed in mainland China).

Equity sector coverage:
* Chinese App / Internet-based consumption in China, e.g., Alibaba, Tencent, etc.
* Previously covered education, transportation, telecom, power, bank, advertisement, hotel, etc.

Research methods:
* Generally bottom-up.
* Talk to related people on the ground.  Talk to readers and independent writers for analyzing a news portal.  Talk to parents and teachers for analyzing a tutoring school. 
* Visit stores and show photos as evidence in notes.
* Do technical analysis when finding a short-seller attacking an equity.

Languages:
* English
* Mandarin Chinese (Official language of China)
* Shanghainese (Language of Shanghai, the most developed city in China)
* Cantonese (Language of Hong Kong and Canton Province, one of the most developed provinces in China)

Overseas Chinese Equities

Alibaba Group Holdings: Staying the Course

Alibaba (9988 HK): 3Q23, Growth Flat, But Margin Up, Buy

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988 HK) - Charts Imply Another 20-25% Upswing

Alibaba (9988 HK): 2Q23, Better Growth, Better Margin, 38% Upside

China Internet Weekly (9Jan2023): Ant Group, Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, China Literature

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>A state-owned company invested in Ant Group which was also founded by Jack Ma.</li>
<li>We believe both the revenue growth rate and the operating margin will rise in following quarters.</li>
<li>We believe the stock price still has significant upside even after the surge in past four trading days.</li>
</ul>


A state-owned company invested in Ant Group which was also founded by Jack Ma.
We believe both the revenue growth rate and the operating margin will rise in following quarters.
We believe the stock price still has significant upside even after the surge in past four trading days.


Alibaba (9988 HK): Still Significant Upside After Surging