Tencent’s $160 Billion Rally Faces Key Earnings Test

Bloomberg2023-03-21

Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s successful foray into short videos and a softening regulatory backdrop have fueled a $160 billion rally since October, the next leg of which will hinge on a crucial earnings ...

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Much of Tencent’s rally was driven by anticipation of future sales streams and a belief that Beijing will keep its promises of supporting the private sector.Its revenue likely eked out a gain of 0.2% in the final three months of 2022 after two quarters of contractions, according to analyst estimates ahead of Wednesday’s report. That’s expected to rebound to 6.7% growth in the March quarter.“Next leg of gains I think will come from evidencing the acceleration of revenue and that’s coming hand in hand with margin expansion,” said Adam Montanaro, investment director of global emerging markets equities at abrdn. “A key area to watch will be contribution from video accounts, which could help surprise on the upside.”Analysts have raised Tencent’s price target by 17% since the start of 2023, citing a resumption of new game approvals, recovery in consumption and the growing popularity of its TikTok-style video feed.A key bright spot has been WeChat’s fledging short-video feed, with the number of views tripling in 2022. 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Short-video contents are facing scrutiny as regulators said last month that they are studying measures to curb addition among youths.At the same time, the firm is grappling with competition from previously unforeseen quarters, including ByteDance Ltd. in advertising. More fundamentally, whether China’s tech sector will ever regain its former glory remains in doubt, with increased competition and authorities’ reluctance to tolerate private-sector expansion.Yet after a yearslong rout triggered by Beijing’s sweeping regulatory squeeze, analysts are re-assessing the stock’s fair valuation — and consensus points to heavy upward potential. Forward earnings estimates have risen by more than 5% this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, while analysts’ targets suggest a 33% rise in share prices over the next twelve months.“There are still a lot of bright spots that may bring upside surprises, so investors should consider buying Tencent options ahead of its earnings,” CMB International Capital Corp.’s wealth management analysts including Jack Tsai wrote in a note last week. “Also, the company could resume share buybacks after earnings.”","kind":null,"is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":9943843198,"gmtCreate":1679370444015,"gmtModify":1679371249843,"author":{"id":"4111725412337832","authorId":"4111725412337832","name":"Ong CS","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/d9fd4841df551730d352f87c3b3d9c15","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4111725412337832","authorIdStr":"4111725412337832"},"htmlText":"Good 👍","listText":"Good 👍","text":"Good 👍","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9943843198","repostId":1176398613,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":25,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":2,"favoriteSize":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.1","shortVersion":"4.29.1","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1176398613"}