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

Geely (175 HK): Revenue Up by 25% in 1Q25 and Deliveries Up by 53% in April – 26% Stock Upside

Geely (175 HK): Deliveries Up by 32% in 2024 - BEV Supporting 2H24

Geely Auto (175 HK): 2024 Result Accelerating, 50% Upside

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>Geely’s deliveries reached 46% of BYD in 1Q25, while the number was 23% in 2024.</li>
<li>The delivery growth rate accelerated since December 2024 and reached 54% YoY in March 2025.</li>
<li>We believe, even without production capacity expansion, BEV deliveries can grow significantly YoY in 2Q25 and 3Q25.</li>
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Geely’s deliveries reached 46% of BYD in 1Q25, while the number was 23% in 2024.
The delivery growth rate accelerated since December 2024 and reached 54% YoY in March 2025.
We believe, even without production capacity expansion, BEV deliveries can grow significantly YoY in 2Q25 and 3Q25.


Geely (175 HK): To Be Only Comparable Competitor to BYD in 1Q25