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.

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<li>With spot VLCC rates at U$1.26m/day, the market has significantly underestimated the net profit for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cosco-shipping-energy-transportation-co-ltd-class-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:646:1" rel="noopener">COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation (1138 HK)</a> in 2H26. </li>
<li>The upcoming 3Q26 results announcement by end-Oct is likely to be a blowout, providing a positive surprise and leading to meaningful earnings upgrades. </li>
<li>At 24.5% FY26F ROE, its 12-month forward P/B of 1.64x is not stretched. Also, its decline in gearing from 77.4% in FY24 to 16% in FY27F justifies a higher P/B.   </li>
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With spot VLCC rates at U$1.26m/day, the market has significantly underestimated the net profit for COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation (1138 HK) in 2H26. 
The upcoming 3Q26 results announcement by end-Oct is likely to be a blowout, providing a positive surprise and leading to meaningful earnings upgrades. 
At 24.5% FY26F ROE, its 12-month forward P/B of 1.64x is not stretched. Also, its decline in gearing from 77.4% in FY24 to 16% in FY27F justifies a higher P/B.   


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