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

Kuaishou（1024.HK）4Q22 Preview: Competition and Restructure Are Pending Issues

China Internet Weekly (6Mar2023): JD, Kuaishou, Baidu, Weibo, Vipshop

JD.com (9618 HK): 2022, Historical Low Growth, But Historical High Margin.

Kuaishou (1024 HK): 3Q22, Promising Live Streaming, Better Margin, 39% Upside

China Internet Weekly (19Dec2022): Trip.com, Kuaishou, IQiyi, Activision Blizzard

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

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

<ul>
<li>Short video continued to accumulate active users in China and the company’s light-version grew the most rapidly.</li>
<li>We believe the revenue growth rate will rise from 2Q23 and the company will have positive operating profit from 2024.</li>
<li>We set the price target at HK$103, which is 44% over the market price.</li>
</ul>


Short video continued to accumulate active users in China and the company’s light-version grew the most rapidly.
We believe the revenue growth rate will rise from 2Q23 and the company will have positive operating profit from 2024.
We set the price target at HK$103, which is 44% over the market price.


Kuaishou (1024 HK): Expanding Market, Will See Higher Growth and Profit

Kuaishou Technology

Kuaishou (1024 HK): Expanding Market, Will See Higher Growth and Profit