HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Osbert Tang is an equity analyst with over 20 years of experience with focuses on China transport, infrastructure, industrials and utilities sectors. He has been based in Shanghai since 2003, accumulated nearly 20 years of on-ground knowledge on the Chinese economy and financial markets, and has a wealth of contacts with China corporates and government entities. 

Osbert has received votes from top-tier institutional investors and has been a highly-ranked transport and infrastructure analyst in the Asiamoney, Institutional Investors and Greenwich surveys. In addition to his extensive experience with international investment banks including RBS, ABN AMRO (both served as Shanghai Chief Representative), Paribas Asia Equity, Maybank Kim Eng and DBS Securities, he has been a senior analyst with Moody’s Investors Service with focus on ratings of China infrastructure and related LGFV issuers. He has also worked in the area of strategic development at Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 

Osbert holds a BBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MSSc in Applied Psychology from the City University of Hong Kong. He was accredited with the CFA charter in 1997, and is a member of both British Psychological Society and Hong Kong Psychological Society.

Asian Equities: Small Caps with Strong Growth, Reasonable Valuations, and Strong Balance Sheets

Lonking (3339 HK): Another Great Year, with 67% of Share Price Is Net Cash

China Heavy Machinery Sector: Anticipating More Upside

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Despite a 15.4% post-result rally, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lonking-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3944:1" rel="noopener">Lonking Holdings (3339 HK)</a> remains inexpensive at 8.4x FY26F PER, with net cash equaling 68.8% of the share price.</li>
<li>Its exposure to higher oil prices and the Middle East war is limited, as sales are on an FOB basis, and none of these countries is among its top 10.</li>
<li>It targets a 15% revenue growth for FY26, and the 1Q26 trend is in line. Industry sales are encouraging in 2M26, with excavators grew 13.1% and loaders 27.9%.</li>
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Despite a 15.4% post-result rally, Lonking Holdings (3339 HK) remains inexpensive at 8.4x FY26F PER, with net cash equaling 68.8% of the share price.
Its exposure to higher oil prices and the Middle East war is limited, as sales are on an FOB basis, and none of these countries is among its top 10.
It targets a 15% revenue growth for FY26, and the 1Q26 trend is in line. Industry sales are encouraging in 2M26, with excavators grew 13.1% and loaders 27.9%.


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Lonking (3339 HK): A Real Gem, Net Cash = 69% Market Cap