Tencent Holdings Ltd TCEHYTOP PICKJun 29, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 09, 2026. Market Open.
Important, because it's the super-app for the Chinese consumer. Has a gaming platform, chat platform, and moving into the AI sphere. Interesting equity, but you need to make a call on China as a whole.
Remember what happened when the finance arm of BABA was supposed to go public: CEO said some things, Chinese government stepped in, Ant Financial was pulled, stock price of BABA collapsed by 70%, CEO disappeared for a few months. During that time, Tencent all of a sudden had to make a large donation to charity -- not something you can forecast. By investing in Tencent, you have to sign up for that.
Otherwise, a great company. Well managed, well structured, and they own the Chinese consumer.
China’s largest Internet service platform. They do things like communication of social networking, chats, and instant messaging. Online gaming is their main growth driver. They do media and online advertising as well. The world’s 4th largest Internet companies by revenue, behind Facebook (FB-Q), Amazon (AMZN-Q) and Alphabet (GOOGL-Q). Very solid balance sheet. They are sitting on $20 billion US in cash. Dividend yield of 0.2%. (Analysts’ price target is HKD 304.)