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by | October 22, 2019 · 7:00 pm

Fast delivery is very important to some e-commerce Giants

Amazon is expected to report earnings on Thursday 24 after market close, and the consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $4,46, and that is below the reported earnings for the same quarter last year that came in at $5,75.

I have been watching Amazon for two decades and it`s a big surprice to see that the company is still interesting. The company has been growing since the late 90`s and have now become a huge conglomerate with many businesses on top of its core business.

Amazon increased the shipping cost but what happens when its drones are taking over?

Cloud computing is one of the biggest winners at the conglomerate at the moment, and that`s also one of the biggest reasons why investors are holding their shares. It`s not their e-commerce business I`m looking at right now. It`s simply AWS (Amazon Web Services).

AWS made up about two-thirds of Amazon`s operating income last quarter. 13% of Amazon`s revenue comes from AWS. This is one of the most interesting part of the conglomerate with its great business model.

AWS grew 49% in the same quarter last year, and last quarter AWS reported a 37% growth and that is still a very great number. But it costs. Last quarter, Amazon reported that they had invested heavily in AWS.

Amazon added more personnel to the marketing team as well as the AWS`s technical team. Money makes money, and these investments should pay off in the long run.

Amazon have big competitors out there and one of the biggest are Rakuten in Japan and Alibaba in China. I receive many packages from them all and free and fast delivery is critical important to them all.

Jeff Bezos knows it and that`s why they now are in direct competition with FedEx and UPS to name a few. Amazon have recently started to ship third-party goods through its own logistics system, and that`s probably why FedEx made a decision to cut ties with them. This is probably why FedEx also reported negative results in its recent earnings.

According to Rakuten, Amazon has gone from shipping 15% of its own packages in 2017 to 50% today. Will they continue to ship its own packages through its own logistics system, and what is the percentage?

The shipping cost accelerated and can increase. On top of that Amazon still have its one-day shipping strategy which is a strategy not all of the e-commerce giants can follow up. I receive many packages from Ebay and sometimes it can take weeks and months to see the item arrive. But they have a different strategy.

Investors should look at it in the long run and keep in mind that the shipping cost can drop when the drones are coming to play the game. But it remain to see when that is happening.

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by | August 22, 2018 · 6:20 pm

Alibaba is doing it well but the stock is declining while we are witnessing a divergence in EM and US tech

Alibaba is a great company. A chinese e-commerce giant I have collaborated with many year before it went public in the U.S. The firm have a strong fundamentals, but despite that, Alibaba has declined about 20 percent in the last 8 weeks.

This is very interesting because Alibaba grew revenues by nearly 60 percent, and I don`t think it will stop here at all. Nor is it expensive if we measure it with forward earnings which is about 32,4 right now. There must be something going on here.

Like we saw in Kohls a few days ago, maybe there is some profit taking here. Kohls has skyrocketed last 12 months. Up about 100 percent. But Alibaba has declined about 20 percent last two months.

I think it can be the fear of the coming trade war. There has been a carnage in the Chinese tech sector recently. We saw a collapse in Tencent. A company that lost more than Facebook`s drop. We also saw a big drop in JD.com following poor earnings.

What we are witnessing is a divergence in EM and US tech. Since June, the EM tech sector has accounted for about 40 percent in the value of EM equities. Both, the EM and the US tech sector has jumped about 50 percent to the end of June, but since then, the US tech sector is up by 5 percent, while the EM tech sector is down 6 percent.

This is very bad news for EM tech investors. JPM`s quant guru, Marko Kolanovic also spotted this bizarre phenomenon, and in a note he said that “the recent divergence in the performance of US Equities vs the rest of the world is unprecedented in history.”

Kolanovic also looks at price momentum which he finds is «positive for US stocks and negative for Europe and Emerging markets across all relevant look back windows, and this has never happened before.»

As Kolanovic summarizes: “buybacks are creating a shortage of US stocks, the Fed is creating a shortage of US dollars, and Trump`s trade wars and sanctions are further boosting the USD.”

You can clearly see how Alibaba reached an all-time high in the mid June, trading above $210, and then, alongside other Chinese tech stocks that has declined. The stock is also following the divergence trend.

All this is happening despite the fact that the firm is doing it well. The Amazon of China, are also operating three main sites like Taobao, Tmall and Alibaba. In addition, they have a cloud computing firm, and they grabbed 4 percent of the cloud computing market share last quarter.

Thats far beyond Amazon and Microsoft, but near IBM with 8 percent and Google with 6 percent, according to Synergy Research Group. Alibaba stock is up about 170 percent over the last three-year, but some investor fear that Alibaba can be negatively impacted by the ongoing trade dispute between the worlds two largest economies, which is reportedly starting to hit China harder than anticipated.

Alibaba stock is up about 170 percent over the last three years, which outpaced its industrys 96 percent.climb and the S&P 500s 50 percent jump. But the trade war can hit Alibaba more than we like to think. On top of that, the Chinese economy is slowing. The stock is up only 2,3 percent last 12 months, while S&P 500 is up 17 percent and its industry gained 37 percent.

Investors will await data on Alibabas cloud business, which is expected to nearly double YoY growth for its June quarter. Customer management revenue for Alibabas China Commerce Retail segment, which is driven by ads shown on Taobao and Tmall, rose 35 percent last quarter. The segment`s commisssion revenue, which is driven by Tmall, rose 39 percent.

Jack Ma must have done something right with its intime department stores and innovative Hema supermarkets, as well as Ele.me, which is set to merge with Alibaba`s Koubei local services JV and its Tmall Direct Import online store.

Alibabas China Commerce Retail segment rose more than 10-fold annually in June quarter. Cainiao is also contributing to Alibabas revenue growth.

«We belive the future of New Retail will be a harmonious integration of online and offline, and Hema is a prime example of this evolution that`s taking place,» Daniel Zhang, CEO of Alibaba Group said. «Hema is a showcase of the new business opportunities that emerge from online-offline integration.»

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is expected to report earnings on Thursday 23, 2018, before market open. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending June 2018, and the consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0,75 vs $0,94 for the same quarter last year.

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by | May 30, 2018 · 4:00 am

The Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi will go public in Hong Kong in July

The fourth-largest smartphone maker Xiaomi are planning to go public, and the company will start a roadshow in the U.S and Europe in a few weeks. After a collaboration with institutional investors in the U.S and Europe to value the firm at no less than $70 billion, the Chinese smartphone giant will go public in Hong Kong in July.

In my recent article I talked about Foxconn and their plans to go public a week ago, and more Chinese companies are on the way, One of them is Xiaomi, and their IPO is the biggest IPO so far in 2018 which is good for Hong Kong.

(Xiaomi`s profit is “only” $2, but their biggest market is India)

 

Hong Kong is on the way to be the destination of choice for global companies seeking to raise capital. Hong Kong marks the 21st anniversary of the citys return to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, and Xiaomis IPO can be a great birthday present to Hong Kong.

Xiaomi went from a start-up to surpass $16 billion in seven years, and their founder Lei Jun decided to make a smartphone brand selling handsets at “honest” prices. Eight years later, Lei Jun and the seven other co-founders have made a company that wants to challenge the global industry dominance by Apple, Samsung and Huawei.

Xiaomi are the cheapest smartphone on the market with the biggest market share in India. About 70 percent of their 2017 sales of 114,6 billion yuan came from smartpones, but there is a huge difference between Xiaomi and Apple.

Lei Juns profit from his low-budget price smartphone is "only" $2 per handset. Tim Cooks margin is between $151 and $250 on each iPhone.

Xiaomi more than doubled its overseas shipments to 27 million handsets in 2017. Its revenue skyrocketed to 32,1 billion yuan. There is no doubt that the global market is where their ambitions lie, and this is globalization at its best.

Xiaomi opened its first European sales outlet in Paris and plans to open additional Mi stores in France, Spain and Italy later this year.

Xiaomi do not only have a big potential with its smartphones but also from smart devices, better known as the Internet of Things (IoT). Industry revenue may balloon every year at a 13,3 percent compounded growth rate to $6,2 billion by 2021, according to IDC.

Their innovative products will make a tremendous change in every industry.

Xiaomis valuation can be $100 billion and it will be the biggest IPO since Alibaba in 2014. Alibabas IPO was the biggest IPO of all time with its 25 billion IPO in New York. Facebook went public in 2012 with an $16 billion IPO.

Former communist China are on the way up. This IPO will make even more rich people in China. Founder Lei Jun and his co-founders will be rich after the IPO. Not only that. 56 of the earliest employees pulled together $11 million to invest in the start-up. Today, they are the lucky 56.

Their stake in Xiaomi may soon be worth about $1 billion to $3 billion, depending on the stock sale. That works out to $36 million each at the midpoint.

Citic-CLSA, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had been appointed to arrange Xiaomi`s stock offer.

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by | May 3, 2018 · 4:00 am

The public cloud market is expected to reach $411 Billion by 2020 and one of the fastest growing cloud provider in the world is Alibaba

Alibaba Group Holding Limited has declined since March this year after recent trade war fears. It`s not fair if you look at the numbers. The company boasted a five-year CAGR of over 40 percent, and their revenue is primarily driven by core e-commerce.

Alibaba`s Market cap is $464,72 Billion, and that valuation is good if you look at their potential for growth like cloud computing which is growing fast. They are also expanding in the Indian market with good help from Softbank.

Softbank has already acquired many important startup companies in India, and India will be one of the most important markets for Alibaba in the future. Alibaba and their ally Softbank will therefore build its business on companies that is already operating in the Indian market instead of doing it all from scratch.

The online retail market in India is growing fast and Alibaba can grow in this sector despite the fact that they are late into the market. Alibaba led a funding round of $300 million in online grocer Big Basket at a valuation of $950 million.

But they have competitors. Amazon will invest over $5 Billion in Amazon India, and Valmart wants to buy about 80 percent stake in Flipkart. Valmart is willing to pay about $12 Billion. Alibaba will also earn from Softbank`s investment in rival online grocer Grofers.

Alibaba`s core commerce segment comprises marketplaces operating in retail and wholesale commerce in China, and international commerce. The Cloud computing segment, which comprises Alibaba Cloud offering a complete suite of cloud services, is in top gear.

Cloud computing is good for Alibaba as more and more businesses are shifting their servers and broadband subscriptions to cloud computing technology in order to streamline costs.

The public cloud market is expected to reach $411 Billion by 2020, and Alibaba with its ongoing initiatives is well posed to grab the growth opportunity. I have a good reason to belive that cloud computing will be one of Alibaba`s major growth drivers in the future.

Alibaba has expanded overseas to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Frankfurt, London, Paris, New York, San Mateo, Dubai, Seoul, Tokyo and Sydney. So far, they have more than 2,3 million customers worldwide.

In the last report, cloud computing segment increased 104 percent to US$553 million, and revenues from its core commerce segment were up 57 percent YoY to US$11,3 Billion.

Alibaba is probably the most shorted stock in the world in recent weeks after trade war fears, but their opportunity for further growth will probably exceed investors expectations. If so, Alibaba`s shares can easily jump to next target; $200.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is expected to report earnings on May 4 before market open. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending March 2018. Earnings forecast for the quarter is $0,7 which is well below earnings for the same quarter last year of $0,39. Last quarter, Alibaba delivered a negative earnings surprise of 1,21 percent.

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by | August 17, 2017 · 11:50 am

S&P 500 has gained about 2,5% in the past three months while Alibaba has jumped nearly 30%

Alibaba is a Chinese company I have been following since the first day they went public. It is also a company I have been trading with long before it went public, and shares have skyrocketed since then.

The Chinese giant is expected to report earnings on Thursday and investors must expect to see strong growth.

 

 

Alibabas growth will come in from online sales and cloud. According to Chinas National Bureau of Statistics, Alibaba`s retail sales growth jumped 41% YoY in June from 30% YoY in June. E-commerce penetration reached 18,6% in June this year.

The E-commerce giant is expected to benefit from improved spending trends in China. China Commerce is expected to grow 38% to $4,9 billion, and cloud computing & internet infrastructure is expected to grow a whopping 106,5% YoY to $369 million.

Just like Amazon, cloud computing is a growth engine for Alibaba, which is a $1 billion revenue run rate for the company. The company is improving thanks to its target marketing and bigger push on its mobile site.

S&P 500 has gained about 2,5% in the past three months while Alibaba has jumped nearly 30%. Shares are up about 60% in just six months. That`s strong growth.

The FactSet consensus if for revenue of $7,1 billion, which is up from $4,6 billion in the year earlier period.

Alibaba is expected to report earnings on 08/17/2017 before market open. Get ready for higher earnings and strong growth.

 

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