HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Osbert Tang is an equity analyst with over 20 years of experience with focuses on China transport, infrastructure, industrials and utilities sectors. He has been based in Shanghai since 2003, accumulated nearly 20 years of on-ground knowledge on the Chinese economy and financial markets, and has a wealth of contacts with China corporates and government entities. 

Osbert has received votes from top-tier institutional investors and has been a highly-ranked transport and infrastructure analyst in the Asiamoney, Institutional Investors and Greenwich surveys. In addition to his extensive experience with international investment banks including RBS, ABN AMRO (both served as Shanghai Chief Representative), Paribas Asia Equity, Maybank Kim Eng and DBS Securities, he has been a senior analyst with Moody’s Investors Service with focus on ratings of China infrastructure and related LGFV issuers. He has also worked in the area of strategic development at Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 

Osbert holds a BBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MSSc in Applied Psychology from the City University of Hong Kong. He was accredited with the CFA charter in 1997, and is a member of both British Psychological Society and Hong Kong Psychological Society.

CIMC Enric (3899 HK): One More Spin-Off Progressing

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CIMC Enric (3899 HK): Positive Takeaways from Post-Result Call

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Although the 1Q24 revenue of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cimc-enric-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47:1" rel="noopener">CIMC Enric Holdings (3899 HK)</a> has edged down by 6.8%, this is not a concern as its order backlog suggested a resilient pipeline.</li>
<li>New orders signed increased by 35.7% with that for clean energy surged 100.2%. Order backlog of Rmb26.9bn represents a growth of 41.9% YoY and 17.8% against end-FY23.</li>
<li>Management also commented that there is a marked improvement in gross margin for 1Q24 and expects this trend to continue. Its 10.8x PER is inexpensive.</li>
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Although the 1Q24 revenue of CIMC Enric Holdings (3899 HK) has edged down by 6.8%, this is not a concern as its order backlog suggested a resilient pipeline.
New orders signed increased by 35.7% with that for clean energy surged 100.2%. Order backlog of Rmb26.9bn represents a growth of 41.9% YoY and 17.8% against end-FY23.
Management also commented that there is a marked improvement in gross margin for 1Q24 and expects this trend to continue. Its 10.8x PER is inexpensive.


CIMC Enric (3899 HK): Robust Order Backlog Outshined Lower 1Q24 Revenue