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

China Internet Weekly (7Sep2020): BABA Re-Opened Freshippo Stores, India Banned Tencent’s Top Game

China Internet Weekly (14Sep2020): Meituan & Ele.me Criticized as Sweatshop

Xiaomi Placement - Run-Up in Share Price, Co-Founder Selling

Tencent Music (TME): The Profit Source Still Weak in 2Q20, Downgrade to Sell

HSCEI Index Rebalance - Huge Turnover as WVRs & Secondary Listings Make Their Index Debut

Autohome (ATHM): Higher Margin in 2Q20 and China Car Market Growing Faster Than Last Year

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

Bifurcated Chinese Express Market Developing

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

<ul class="">
<li>Alibaba (BABA)’s subsidiary, Ant Group, is profitable.</li>
<li>Xiaomi had weak revenue and weaker profit in 2Q20.</li>
<li>Tencent Music plans to issue notes.</li>
<li>Bilibili (BILI) grew strongly, but it also had a big loss. Overvalued.</li>
</ul>


Alibaba (BABA)’s subsidiary, Ant Group, is profitable.
Xiaomi had weak revenue and weaker profit in 2Q20.
Tencent Music plans to issue notes.
Bilibili (BILI) grew strongly, but it also had a big loss. Overvalued.


China Internet Weekly (31Aug2020): Q2 Result of Weak Xiaomi, Overheated BILI, DADA, and BITA

Xiaomi Corp

China Internet Weekly (31Aug2020): Q2 Result of Weak Xiaomi, Overheated BILI, DADA, and BITA