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

Baidu (BIDU): Pandemic Merely an Excuse for Poor Q1

NetEase (NTES): Revenue Growth Accelerated to Two-Year High, But Underperformed Tencent and Industry

Alibaba (BABA): The Offline Subsidiary Saved the Whole Online Company in FY4Q20

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

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<li>Internet information service revenues from January to April 2020 grew by 12.8% YoY.</li>
<li>Alibaba Pictures (1060 HK)’s revenue declined by 5% in FY2020 (ended March 31, 2020).</li>
<li>Trip.com (TCOM)’s revenues decreased by 42% YoY in 1Q20.</li>
</ul>


Internet information service revenues from January to April 2020 grew by 12.8% YoY.
Alibaba Pictures (1060 HK)’s revenue declined by 5% in FY2020 (ended March 31, 2020).
Trip.com (TCOM)’s revenues decreased by 42% YoY in 1Q20.


China Internet Weekly (1Jun2020): Internet Information Revenue Up 13%