BABA(US:BABA) KAIYUAN SECURITIES·2025-09-10 15:19Group 1: Background and Logic of Hong Kong Stock Market Recovery - The Hong Kong stock market has shown a "healthy" moderate upward trend since the impact of "reciprocal tariffs" in 2025, but its relative performance compared to the A-share market has weakened significantly due to three main reasons: (1) The Hong Kong Monetary Authority's continuous tightening of the monetary environment, with the 3-month HIBOR rising from 1.62% at the beginning of August 2025 to 3.30% by the end of the month, an increase of approximately 168 basis points, and the 1-month HIBOR rising from 0.99% to 3.30%, an increase of about 230 basis points, which directly suppresses the financing costs of some leveraged funds; (2) The failure of the July interest rate cut expectations overseas, with the Federal Reserve's easing expectations postponed to September, and the resilience of the overall non-farm employment data in June, leading to a withdrawal of rate cut trades and an increase in U.S. Treasury yields, delaying the pace of global liquidity improvement; (3) The intensified competition among internet e-commerce platforms represented by Meituan, Alibaba, and JD.com has suppressed profit expectations, while the A-share market has rapidly spread the profitability effects driven by AI and other industrial chains, further amplifying the performance gap between the Hong Kong and A-share markets [1][2][3] Group 2: Opportunities for Relative Recovery of Hong Kong Stocks - The current A-share market is gradually entering a valuation digestion phase, highlighting the relative advantages of the Hong Kong stock market: (1) From a liquidity perspective, Powell's dovish signals at the Jackson Hole meeting indicate that monetary policy may enter a loosening cycle, coupled with a significant downward revision of non-farm employment data (a reduction of 910,000 jobs for the year ending March 2025), reinforcing market expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut. In this context, global investors may reassess the relative attractiveness of various markets, and if some funds flow into the Hong Kong stock market, it could provide support for its valuation [2]; (2) From the perspective of industrial investment and profitability effects, funds are seeking "outlets" for AI hardware and applications, and the Hong Kong internet sector is in a potentially beneficial position. Alibaba continues to increase its self-research investment in AI chips, strengthening its voice in the core computing power segment [3] Group 3: Investment Recommendations - As the A-share market enters a valuation digestion phase, the warming expectations for Federal Reserve easing provide marginal support for Hong Kong stock valuations. The relative advantages of quality assets in the Hong Kong stock market are expected to gradually emerge. The Hong Kong internet sector has two major highlights: firstly, the self-research of AI chips and the expansion of cloud business continuously strengthen performance certainty; secondly, current valuations are in a recovery range, with potential to attract incremental funds. On this basis, the overall valuation of the Hong Kong stock market is extremely low, asset quality is excellent, and the intensity of corporate dividends and buybacks is increasing. Coupled with the gradually loosening external liquidity environment, proactive foreign capital is expected to start flowing in. It is recommended to focus on the Hong Kong internet, consumption, pharmaceuticals, and resilient non-bank financial sectors during this phase to capture the dual benefits of profit elasticity and valuation recovery [4]