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CMB International

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (20 Mar) 4Q22 results: revenue was up 46.2% YoY to RMB39.8bn, 7/5% below our/Bloomberg consensus estimates.</li><li>NonGAAP net income attributable to PDD increased by 43.4% YoY to RMB12.1bn, 1/8% ahead of our forecast/Bloomberg consensus, thanks to better-thanexpected gross margin.</li><li>We lower our DCF-based TP to US$106.0 (prior US$116.9) to account for PDD’s proactive move to enhance merchants ROI and consumer engagement amid intensified industry competition in the short-term, but maintain BUY as we remain positive on PDD’s established consumer mindshare in domestic market, which should aid steady GMV growth in 2023 and international expansion potential over the long-run.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

PDD Holdings (PDD) announced (20 Mar) 4Q22 results: revenue was up 46.2% YoY to RMB39.8bn, 7/5% below our/Bloomberg consensus estimates.NonGAAP net income attributable to PDD increased by 43.4% YoY to RMB12.1bn, 1/8% ahead of our forecast/Bloomberg consensus, thanks to better-thanexpected gross margin.We lower our DCF-based TP to US$106.0 (prior US$116.9) to account for PDD’s proactive move to enhance merchants ROI and consumer engagement amid intensified industry competition in the short-term, but maintain BUY as we remain positive on PDD’s established consumer mindshare in domestic market, which should aid steady GMV growth in 2023 and international expansion potential over the long-run.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

PDD Holdings (PDD US) – Investment to enhance long-term development prospect