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.

Sa Sa Intl (178 HK): Revival Well on Track

Sa Sa Intl (178 HK): A Slow Recovery But......

Sa Sa Intl (178 HK): Many Bright Spots in 1HFY24 Result

Equity Bottom-Up

Sa Sa International Hldgs / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Masked by a high base, 4Q FY24 sales of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sa-sa-international-hldgs" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20143:1" rel="noopener">Sa Sa International Hldgs (178 HK)</a> edged down by 4.1% YoY. However, sales for mainland China have increased by 18.2%.</li>
<li>Overall sales for FY24 are in line with market projections and there is potential for further margin expansion. Its 6.7x and 5.9x PERs for FY25F and FY26F are inexpensive.</li>
<li>The addition of more mainland cities to the Hong Kong individual visit scheme, promotion of Hong Kong tourism, and weaker USD in the medium term are all positive factors.</li>
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Masked by a high base, 4Q FY24 sales of Sa Sa International Hldgs (178 HK) edged down by 4.1% YoY. However, sales for mainland China have increased by 18.2%.
Overall sales for FY24 are in line with market projections and there is potential for further margin expansion. Its 6.7x and 5.9x PERs for FY25F and FY26F are inexpensive.
The addition of more mainland cities to the Hong Kong individual visit scheme, promotion of Hong Kong tourism, and weaker USD in the medium term are all positive factors.


Sa Sa Intl (178 HK): Steady Recovery, but Biased by High Base