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

China Internet Weekly (9Mar2020): Game News on Tencent, NetEase, and Alibaba

Tencent (700 HK): Expect Higher Q4 Than Consensus as Game Industry Accelerated

China Internet Weekly (16Mar2020): IKEA Goes to Alibaba and Gome Appliance Goes to JD.com

JD.com (JD): Record Low Margin for Direct Sales in 4Q2019, But Epidemic Will Raise Margin in 2020

China Internet Weekly (20Feb2020): More Physical Stores Moving Online, Logistics Recovering

China Internet Weekly (17Feb2020): Companies May Hide Profits, BABA Fee Exemption Not a Big Deal

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>VIPS closed out its logistics subsidiary, Pinjun Express, in November 2019.</li>
<li>The operating margin climbed up to 10.4% in 4Q2019 versus 3.8% in 4Q2018.</li>
<li>The stock price surged by 27% in the day after the quarterly release so that the market cap exceeded US$10 billion again while the indexes were plunging.</li>
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VIPS closed out its logistics subsidiary, Pinjun Express, in November 2019.
The operating margin climbed up to 10.4% in 4Q2019 versus 3.8% in 4Q2018.
The stock price surged by 27% in the day after the quarterly release so that the market cap exceeded US$10 billion again while the indexes were plunging.


Vipshop (VIPS): Growth Up, Margin Up, and Stock Price Up 27% After Closing Out Logistics

Vipshop Holdings

Vipshop (VIPS): Growth Up, Margin Up, and Stock Price Up 27% After Closing Out Logistics