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

KS (Kuaishou 1024 HK): 2Q23, First Net Profit Since IPO, Growth Accelerated, Buy

Kuaishou/KS (1024 HK) Earnings Preview: Unnecessary Concerns About Chairman Change and 3Q23 Results

China Consumption Weekly (6 Nov 2023): Kuaishou, Bilibili, Midea, Baidu, Yum China

2023 High Conviction: Kuaishou (1024 HK) Brings Much Promising Data

China 2022, Live Streaming Sales Attracted User Time, But Not Advertisers

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

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>The revenue growth rates of all business lines accelerated in 1Q23.</li>
<li>Operating losses shrank to RMB1.3 bn in 1Q23, less than RMB3 bn in two previous quarters.</li>
<li>We believe the stock has an upside of 66% for the yearend 2023.</li>
</ul>


The revenue growth rates of all business lines accelerated in 1Q23.
Operating losses shrank to RMB1.3 bn in 1Q23, less than RMB3 bn in two previous quarters.
We believe the stock has an upside of 66% for the yearend 2023.


Kuaishou (1024 HK): 1Q23, All Business Lines Accelerated

Kuaishou Technology

Kuaishou (1024 HK): 1Q23, All Business Lines Accelerated