Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Lenovo Group Limited and other ratings that are associated with this issuer. The review was conducted through a rating committee held on 3 June 2025 in which we reassessed the appropriateness of the ratings in the context o...
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in May 2025. We also provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases, including those from the US, China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition, we summarise the top/bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well as a list of our recent research. The Asia Monthly publication serves to keep investors updated on devel...
Lenovo’s Q4/24-25 performance was weak in our view, while the full-year results were acceptable. The company recorded solid revenue growth and higher profitability across segments. The PC segment has benefited from: [1] the upcoming cessation of Windows 10 support and interest in on-device AI; [2] a rush to ship PCs early in Q1/25 to avoid potential new US tariffs. Profitability was affected by one-off financial charges. Despite the strong revenue growth and profitability, cash flows weakened an...
Lenovo’s 4QFY25 reported net profit missed our and consensus estimates at US$90m due to a US$118m loss on the ALAT warrant’s fair value change. Stripping this out, its earnings should have been much closer to our estimate of US$202m. Core business recovery remains intact as we expect June Q to register sustained growth on top/bottom line, and the capacity relocation to Vietnam seems to be progressing faster than expected as well. Maintain BUY. Target price: HK$12.10.
GREATER CHINA Sector Automobile Weekly: PEV sales dip slightly wow. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT on the sector. Top BUYs: BYD, Geely and XPeng. Results Lenovo Group (992 HK/BUY/HK$9.57/Target: HK$12.10) 4QFY25: Core business is solid, but bottom line impacted by non-core items. Update Shenzhou International Group Holdings (2313 HK/BUY/HK$56.90/Target: HK$85.60) Expect unchanged 10% order volume growth for 2025;...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Sector Automobile China’s PV insurance registrations grew 14% yoy but dipped 1.0% mom and 14% wow in the 20th week of 2025, with PEV market share rising to a ytd high of 56.3%. Geely Galaxy’s sales dipped 4.0% wow, but its sales will be driven by the launch of new models such as the Starshine 8 and the flagship SUV M9. XPeng posted upbeat 1Q25 results and aims to turn profitable by 4Q25, driven by a strong product cycle and tech upgrades. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT. Top BUYs: BYD, G...
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in April 2025. We also provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases, including those from the US, China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition, we summarise the top/bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well as a list of our recent research. The Asia Monthly publication serves to keep investors updated on dev...
The Asia Trade Book for April 2025 includes a summary of our recommendations, as well as our high-conviction ideas. The report also features relative-value charts and lists of the bonds across Asia HY and crossover credits. Please reach out to our analysts to discuss any of these ideas, or other trade recommendations from our Asia coverage.
The IT hardware sector registered corrections in share price in the past two weeks as market realised that contribution from the exciting GenAI-driven applications are unlikely to be meaningful in 2025. Nevertheless, the potential cost savings and efficiency boost facilitated by AI are clear and we expect investments into applications development to remain high. Maintain OVERWEIGHT and expect downstream AI applications to remain a key investment focus through 2025.
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in March 2025. We also provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases, including those from the US, China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition, we summarise the top/bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well as a list of our recent research. The Asia Monthly publication serves to keep investors updated on dev...
We spoke with Lenovo last week regarding the impact of the US import tariffs. Given the PC market’s heavy reliance on China production capacity, all players will be impacted by newly-placed tariffs. Specifically, for Lenovo, the import tariffs can impact bottom line by 16-19% in the next two quarters, although most of the negative effects will gradually dissipate in the September quarter as the Vietnam capacity ramps up. Maintain BUY but cut target price to HK$13.00.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results China Construction Bank (939 HK/BUY/HK$6.70/Target: HK$7.50) CCB’s 2024 earnings (+0.9% yoy) were above our expectation, mainly driven by its resilient NIM on better deposit cost management, strong trading gains and lower impairment. Asset quality remains solid but pressure on the retail segment is increasing. MoF will inject Rmb105b of new capital into CCB which will result in a 4.3% equity dilution and 50bp boost in CET1 ratio. We expect a largely neutral market reacti...
GREATER CHINA Results China Construction Bank (939 HK/BUY/HK$6.70/Target: HK$7.50): 2024: Above expectations on better NIM; recapitalisation plan is finalised. China Shineway Pharmaceutical (2877 HK/HOLD/HK$8.05/Target: HK$8.50): 2024: Bottom line misses; targets revenue growth of 10% yoy in 2025. Great Wall Motor (2333 HK/BUY/HK$14.20/Target: HK$23.00): 4Q24: Earnings in line with estimates. Maintain BUY. Target price: HK$23.00. Haier Smart Home (6690 HK/BUY/HK$24.70/Target: HK$37.80): 2024: 4Q...
Today, we are publishing the PC section of our 26th Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 140 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. PC shipments are stabilizing. IDC notes a slow return to growth, with OEMs highlighting Enterprise again outperformed consumer. The Windows 10 & AI PC refresh cycle is being pushed out further, but the supply ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, at NVIDIA GTC, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) unveiled new Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage with NVIDIA solutions designed to accelerate AI adoption and boost business productivity by fast-tracking agentic AI that can reason, plan and take action to reach goals faster. The validated, full-stack AI solutions enable enterprises to quickly build and deploy AI agents for a broad range of high-demand use cases, increasing productivity, agility and trust while accelerating the next wave of AI reasoning for the new era of agentic AI. New commissioned by Lenovo ...
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in February 2025. We also provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases, including those from the US, China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition, we summarise the top/bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well as a list of our recent research. The Asia Monthly publication serves to keep investors updated on ...
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