Ultrahisham
2022-11-23
Too big to manage


Much has been made about $TENCENT(00700)$ 's divestments and what to make of it. In fairness, the huge company has its fingers in too many pies so much so they even seem very greedy! But in honesty, their choice of companies seem to indicate a lean towards the new world economy in the area of video games and fintech as well as a sprinkle of EVs(Nio!). However, it is a very big pie of high growths! And in this current environment, high growths are kind of not the flavour. 

So it is not surprising they are taking the opportunity to divest, streamline to stay alive. Theyneed to concentrate on what they believe theydo best or what best serves their growth strategy. Most companies (especially high growth) are in survival mode and that makes sense in order to ride out the ongoing macro environment. 

If you ask me which company they might divest next, I will tell you I have no idea! There are just so many companies they are invested in, its so hard to tell. But they will most probably divest the companies that have the most cash burn and keep those with positive cash flows orat least a reasonable path to profitability.

Thanks for reading!

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Comments

  • phongy 45
    2022-11-23
    phongy 45
    awesome... will move up soon
  • MortimerDodd
    2022-11-26
    MortimerDodd
    Stripping useless assets is indeed the most important thing Tencent should do now.
  • DonnaMay
    2022-11-26
    DonnaMay
    I can see that Tencent has been in a lot of trouble lately.
  • Maria_yy
    2022-11-26
    Maria_yy
    You're right. They have too many hands in too many places.
  • ElvisMarner
    2022-11-26
    ElvisMarner
    Perhaps Tencent should indeed focus on its own development.
  • HilaryWilde
    2022-11-26
    HilaryWilde
    It seems that you have a very deep knowledge of Tencent.
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