M Stanley Expects CN Dotcoms to be Curbed by Weak Macro in 2024; Top Pick PDD; NetEase, Tencent, New Oriental, Tencent Music, Baidu Favored
Morgan Stanley's Report Highlights: Chinese tech and internet stocks slightly outperformed the broader mainland market this year. Individual stock performance varies. Next year's performance expected to be dominated by non-market risks due to weak macro factors.
Specific Opportunities and Focus Areas: - Unique Growth Opportunities: Attention directed towards PDD for its distinctive growth potential. - Education Stocks: Notable interest in education stocks like$NEW ORIENTAL-S (09901.HK)$and$TAL Education (TAL.US)$.
AI Adoption and Positive Outlook: -$BIDU-SW (09888.HK)$: Despite gradual AI adoption, Morgan Stanley maintains a constructive outlook on Baidu.
Market Growth Forecasts for Highlighted Stocks (Next Year): - PDD: Expected to benefit from unique growth prospects. - Others (Alibaba, MEITUAN-W, JD, Bilibili): RatedOverweight, suggesting positive expectations.
Overall Industry Outlook (Next Year): - Dot-Com Sector: Anticipated revenue growth of10%, operating profit growth of23%, and a40 bpsimprovement in return on equity to17.5%.