Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Equity Analyst with 15+ years of experience as a Buy Side analyst covering companies in the Emerging and Developed markets.
Fundamental and Quantitative analysis on companies in the Internet, Telecommunication, Media, Technology, IT Services, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and other Industrial sectors.
Idea generation focussed on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Global Emerging Market Equities

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Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Despite a recovery in Chinese retail sales, JD.com’s revenue growth slow-down has accelerated, losing market share to disruptive online competitors amidst ramped-up pricing pressure.</li>
<li>Margin progression remains on track as JD.com refocuses on its core operations, optimizing its product mix and sales channels to improve operating efficiency.</li>
<li>JD.com trades on only a 4.1x Dec-23f PE multiple when excluding its net cash balance sheet and associates at book value.</li>
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Despite a recovery in Chinese retail sales, JD.com’s revenue growth slow-down has accelerated, losing market share to disruptive online competitors amidst ramped-up pricing pressure.
Margin progression remains on track as JD.com refocuses on its core operations, optimizing its product mix and sales channels to improve operating efficiency.
JD.com trades on only a 4.1x Dec-23f PE multiple when excluding its net cash balance sheet and associates at book value.


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