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She likes the business model a lot. It is essentially the Google of China. She would be very watchful as to what Ali Baba (BABA-N) and Tencent (TCEHY-5) decide to do in “Search”. So far, they are more focused on competing with each other. She likes this company, but it is not inexpensive. However, the growth potential justifies that.
For the multiple you pay, this has a fantastic growth rate. PEG is at about .6, which is very attractive. The beauty of this is that they get to see what Google (GOOGL-Q) does right and does well, and then they copy it. On O to O (online to offline) they announced increased capital expenditure, and the market took that as a negative. He views it as a positive. Feels there is huge opportunity in China. The Chinese are very sophisticated with respect to consumption online, and this company wants to capitalize on that because they have a tremendous user base.
Reported greater earnings recently. Chart shows it has spiked higher, and it essentially has created a gap. We essentially could see a fill of that gap by a downwards movement of about 5%. Trading well above its significant moving averages. Seasonally, Internet stocks tend to do pretty well into September and October.
This is China’s Google. Have done a great job of catching up to Google (GOOG-Q). They’ve had their eye on the ball, and are focused on the transformation to mobile, and are making money from it. Growth rate in earnings this year is going to slow, but the growth rate in revenues is not slowing. They are reinvesting significantly in mobile, which he feels is the right strategy.
He is surprised how pervasive the online shopping experience is in China. The whole social media platform has enormous upside. Not sure if this is the one. A lot of people tend to trade this one like it was an option. He is a little leery of this one in particular. He has not filtered out which is the alternative.
Largest Internet player in China. Wonderful way to play growth of income and growth of Internet usage and will be a major long-term winner. A much more reflection on what is happening with the Chinese economy and outside investors’ views. A Chinese eBay (EBAY-Q) equivalent. Longer-term fundamentals of this stock look great.