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

2022 High Conviction - Kuaishou (1024 HK) – E-Commerce Live Broadcasting Still in Early Stage

Kuaishou (1024 HK): Right Decision to Cut Costs, Still 20% Upside After 13% Rise

Kuaishou (1024 HK): 4Q21, Strong Data, Both Financial and Operating

Kuaishou (1024 HK): Weaker than TikTok? Not Exactly

Kuaishou (1024 HK): Denied Office Politics Behind CEO Change, But It’s a Good Change Anyway

Kuaishou (1024 HK): 2Q21, Direct-Response Sales Raised Growth and Gross Margin

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>We believe Kuaishou (KS)’s loss was acceptable, as the rapid growth of active users are extremely valuable.</li>
<li>Online marketing revenue and e-commerce revenue increased dramatically and the declining rate of live streaming slowed down.</li>
<li>We believe the stock will have an upside of 36% for the end of 2022.</li>
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We believe Kuaishou (KS)’s loss was acceptable, as the rapid growth of active users are extremely valuable.
Online marketing revenue and e-commerce revenue increased dramatically and the declining rate of live streaming slowed down.
We believe the stock will have an upside of 36% for the end of 2022.


Kuaishou (1024 HK): 3Q21, Growth Rates of Active Users Recovered Strongly

Kuaishou Technology

Kuaishou (1024 HK): 3Q21, Growth Rates of Active Users Recovered Strongly