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    Home » World » Xiaomi could be twice as expensive as Apple

    Xiaomi could be twice as expensive as Apple

    By Agency Staff12 June 2018
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    Chinese serial entrepreneur Lei Jun has been compared with Steve Jobs. Now, analysts are saying the smartphone giant he built could be twice as expensive as Apple.

    Xiaomi deserves to trade at a premium to global phone brands due to its market-share gains and faster growth trajectory, according to research from Morgan Stanley, one of banks leading its Hong Kong IPO. The Beijing-based company has a fair value of about US$65bn to $85bn, translating into around 27 to 34 times forecasts for its 2019 adjusted earnings, Morgan Stanley wrote in a report this week.

    That’s roughly double Apple’s valuation of 14.5 times estimated 2019 adjusted earnings, data compiled by Bloomberg shows. Xiaomi should also fetch richer multiples than rival smart hardware makers such as Fitbit and GoPro, as well as some major Chinese internet firms including Alibaba Group and Baidu, according to Morgan Stanley.

    Xiaomi could be valued at as much as $92bn given the strong growth in its cash flows beyond 2020, JPMorgan Chase & Co analysts wrote

    While such pre-deal research is prepared by a bank’s equity analysts, not their investment bankers, it may provide a clue into how Xiaomi plans to sell its growth story. Xiaomi, which has been planning to seek about $10bn, is considering raising about half that from its Hong Kong IPO and the other half from an offering in mainland China, people with knowledge of the matter have said.

    Xiaomi could be valued at as much as $92bn given the strong growth in its cash flows beyond 2020, JPMorgan Chase & Co analysts wrote in a separate report. Its success is based on offering “world-class products” at low prices while selling high-margin services, according to CLSA.

    The Chinese company could boost smartphone shipments 42% this year to 130m units, CLSA estimates. They may rise further to 179m shipments in 2019 and 218.6m units in 2020, analysts at CLSA wrote in a research report. That’s in the neighbourhood of the 216.8m iPhones shipped by Apple in its latest financial year.

    Xiaomi has emerged as the gateway to about 100m users in China, who are monetised via a suite of online services, Goldman Sachs Group analysts wrote in their own report. Analysts at the bank, one of Xiaomi’s IPO sponsors, gave Xiaomi a forward equity valuation range of $70bn to $86bn. That translates into 26 times to 32 times its forecast adjusted 2019 net income, according to Goldman Sachs.

    Higher-margin services

    “Xiaomi integrates the Internet user experience with hardware to offer an unrivalled user experience,” Goldman Sachs wrote in the report. “The company’s hardware aggregates traffic, its software builds platforms and its Internet services generate revenue and profit.”

    The Chinese company is coming to market as the smartphone industry plateaus: replacement cycles are lengthening, even as more mature markets approach saturation. Xiaomi is trying to increase higher-margin services as a proportion of revenue.

    CLSA, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are leading Xiaomi’s Hong Kong IPO as joint sponsors, according to an exchange filing last month. Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and six Chinese banks are also helping arrange the share sale, people with knowledge of the matter have said.  — Reported by Bei Hu and Crystal Tse, (c) 2018 Bloomberg LP



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