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's C4Q24 Result Says the Inflection Point of Chinese AI Has Arrived for the Capital Markets

China Retail Weekly (24 Feb 2025): BILI, SAIC, NIO, Mengniu, JD, IQiyi

[Alibaba (BABA US,BUY, TP US$150) TP Change]: AI’s Inflection Point Arrived, Will E-Commerce’s Also?

China Consumption Weekly (27 Jan 2025): Alibaba, JD.com, Kuaishou, NIO, Honor, Apple

Alibaba (BABA) 3Q25 Preview: Benefit from Boycott Against Competitor and Disposals

China Consumption Weekly (6 Jan 2025): Alibaba, BYD, Tencent Music, JD.com, Mixue

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

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<li>Total revenue growth rate continued to rise in 3Q25 ending March 2025.</li>
<li>Also, the growth rate of the largest business line, customer management, was close to double digits.</li>
<li>The upside for the next twelve months was narrowed to 18%, as Alibaba’s stock surged after our preview note.</li>
</ul>


Total revenue growth rate continued to rise in 3Q25 ending March 2025.
Also, the growth rate of the largest business line, customer management, was close to double digits.
The upside for the next twelve months was narrowed to 18%, as Alibaba’s stock surged after our preview note.


Alibaba (BABA): 3Q25, Main Business Growth Close to Double Digits