Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Equity Analyst with 15+ years of experience as a Buy Side analyst covering companies in the Emerging and Developed markets.
Fundamental and Quantitative analysis on companies in the Internet, Telecommunication, Media, Technology, IT Services, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and other Industrial sectors.
Idea generation focussed on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Global Emerging Market Equities

2023 High Conviction: JD.com to Benefit from Discretionary Spend Recovery, Margin Progress on Track

Vipshop: With Net Cash at Nearly 50% of Market Cap, Is It a Value Trap or a Takeover Target?

Chinese Ecommerce: Chinese Retail Sales Data Indicates Further Near-Term Weakness

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Equity Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Alibaba’s next reported quarter’s annualised growth will be on an extremely depressed base.</li>
</ul>


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.


Alibaba: Accelerating Retail Sales, and a Depressed Comp Base, Bode Well for Near-Term Earnings