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

Trip.com (9961.HK, TCOM): 3Q24, Still Healthy, But Stock Price Exceeded Our Last Target

Trip.com (TCOM) 4Q24 Preview: Rising with Travelers, But High in Stock Price

Breaking New Ground: Xiaomi, Trip Com and CATL Hit Record Highs

China Consumption Weekly (15 Jul 2024): Seres, BYD, Guangzhou Automobile,Trip.com

Trip.com (9961 HK): 1Q24, Quite Good Quarter, But Stock Up by 37% in Three Months

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

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

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<li>In 2Q24, total revenue increased by 14% YoY and hotel booking revenue increased by 20%.</li>
<li>We believe the company has been riding on the recovery of the travel market and will see historical high quarter in 3Q24.</li>
<li>We also believe the stock still has an upside of 18% after one day’s surge.</li>
</ul>


In 2Q24, total revenue increased by 14% YoY and hotel booking revenue increased by 20%.
We believe the company has been riding on the recovery of the travel market and will see historical high quarter in 3Q24.
We also believe the stock still has an upside of 18% after one day’s surge.


Trip.com (9961 HK): Stock Surged After 2Q24 Result, Upside Narrowed to 18%

Trip.com Group

Trip.com (9961 HK): Stock Surged After 2Q24 Result, Upside Narrowed to 18%