Daily Investment Strategy
Recommended Stock：PAI（2318）
Ping An reported revenue of RMB861.8bn for 9M24, a yoy increase of 8.74%. The three core businesses—life and health insurance, property insurance, and banking—showed stable growth, with operating profit attributable to shareholders amounting to RMB119.6bn, up 5.7% yoy. During this period, net profit attributable to the parent company was RMB119.1bn, representing a yoy increase of 36.1%. In 9M24, the new business value for life and health insurance reached RMB35.1bn, a yoy increase of 34.1%. Notably, the new business value from the agent channel grew by 31.6%, and the per agent new business value increased by 54.7%, indicating improvement in productivity. The management of PAI recently indicated that the company will further optimize and adjust its product structure. In the future, will focus on participating products, which are expected to account for over 50% of Ping An's overall sales. Given Ping An's attractive investment yield, its products have a competitive advantage compared to peers. Overall, the 3Q24 results exceeded expectations, with the core life insurance business continue to recover. The investment value of PAI remains. Target price: $57.5
Jobless claims unexpectedly rise ahead of non-farm payrolls report
In the week ended November 30, the number of people applying for initial jobless claims in the United States rose to 224,000, while economists expected 215,000, and the previous week's data was an upwardly revised 215,000. The market is focusing on November non-farm payrolls data due to be released on Friday. More than 200,000 jobs are expected to be added in November, after adding 12,000 in October, the lowest level since December 2020.
Hong Kong Stock Connect had a net inflow of HK3.71bn on Thursday of which CNOOC (883) had the largest net inflow, reaching HK$0.30bn; followed by China Mobile (941). Tencent (700) recorded the largest net outflow at 0.04bn, followed by Meituan (3690).
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