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.

China Pair Trade Update: Long SITC Intl (1308 HK), Short OOIL (316 HK)

Orient Overseas Intl (316 HK): Something Seems Not Quite Right!

SITC International (1308 HK): The Stock to Place Your Bets On

SITC International (1308 HK): Decently Attractive

Equity Bottom-Up

Orient Overseas (International) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/orient-overseas-international-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:801:1" rel="noopener">Orient Overseas (International) (316 HK)</a>'s 23.7% decline in earnings in 1H26 is uninspiring, but market spot freight rates suggest an upturn in 2H26.</li>
<li>Its vessels on the vast majority of long-haul routes are fully loaded, and its load factor in 2Q26 has reversed four consecutive quarters of YoY decline - a positive sign.  </li>
<li>There is an earnings upgrade potential as 2H26 can easily pass the US$1bn mark. We are positive on OOIL but still prefer <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sitc-international-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15301:1" rel="noopener">SITC International (1308 HK)</a>. </li>
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Orient Overseas (International) (316 HK)'s 23.7% decline in earnings in 1H26 is uninspiring, but market spot freight rates suggest an upturn in 2H26.
Its vessels on the vast majority of long-haul routes are fully loaded, and its load factor in 2Q26 has reversed four consecutive quarters of YoY decline - a positive sign.  
There is an earnings upgrade potential as 2H26 can easily pass the US$1bn mark. We are positive on OOIL but still prefer SITC International (1308 HK). 


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Orient Overseas Intl (316 HK): It May Be Turning