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2000亿市值反超阿迪达斯,安踏前面只剩下一个耐克

With a market capitalization of 200 billion dollars overtaken Adidas, there was only one Nike left in front of Antep

财华社 ·  Oct 18, 2019 11:30

Foreword:

Believe it or not, anyway, Anta has overtaken Adidas, and there is only one Nike Inc left in front.

02020-HK 's market capitalization exceeded HK $200 billion for the first time on October 16, 2019. By comparison, Adidas's market capitalization was about US $15.598 billion (HK $122.363 billion) as of Oct. 16 local time. Anta has greatly surpassed Adi to become the second largest brand in the sportswear industry after Nike Inc.

It is worth noting that since 2019, thanks to the support of relevant policies, the continued improvement of the domestic economy and the upgrading of household consumption, compared with 35.97 Hong Kong dollars per share on January 2, as of October 16, the company's share price has risen to 75.65 Hong Kong dollars per share, and Anta's market capitalization has nearly doubled.

During this period, Anta has been sniped and killed by short sellers for many times in a row, but with its own excellent performance, Anta not only did not fluctuate greatly, but also became stronger and stronger, which perfectly demonstrated the platform strength of the "number one brother" in China's sportswear industry.

The share price has risen sevenfold in ten years! Anta's extraordinary road of development

In fact, Anta's development has always been relatively low-key. When it comes to the big brands in the sportswear industry, it is easier to think of Nike Inc, Adi and Li Ning Co. Ltd. (02331-HK).

All this transformation will begin in 2012. In this year, Li Ning Co. Ltd. 's performance declined seriously. Li Ning Co. Ltd. Group achieved a revenue of 6.739 billion yuan and a loss of 1.979 billion yuan in 2012, compared with 7.62 billion yuan in revenue and a profit of 1.359 billion yuan for the platform. Since then, Li Ning Co. Ltd. has given up the position of "number one" in the domestic sportswear industry to Anta.

Since then, ANTA Sports Products has ushered in a period of rapid development, and the gap between Anta and Li Ning Co. Ltd., 361° and other domestic sports clothing brands has widened. In 2018, Anta Group achieved revenue of about 24.1 billion yuan. In the same year, Li Ning Co. Ltd. 's revenue exceeded 10 billion yuan for the first time, about 10.511 billion yuan, while the annual revenue of 361 °was about 5.187 billion yuan.

Anta's revenue in 2018 was more than twice that of Li Ning Co. Ltd., almost equivalent to the combined revenue of two Li Ning Co. Ltd. plus 361 °. Anta has indisputably become a well-deserved giant in the domestic sportswear industry. It has been revealed that the number of Anta offline stores in China reached 10057 in 2018, an increase of 590 over the same period in 2017.

According to the Beijing Daily, ANTA Sports Products's market capitalization exceeded 170 billion in August 2019, surpassing Shenzhou International Group (02313-HK) to become the largest clothing group in China by market capitalization. In October 2019, ANTA Sports Products's stock exceeded HK $70 per share, and the overall market capitalization of the group exceeded HK $200 billion, making it the second largest sportswear brand in the world after Nike Inc.

By contrast, ANTA Sports Products priced HK $10 a share in a public placement in October 2009. Today, the market capitalization of the stock has exceeded 70 Hong Kong dollars per share, an increase of more than seven times.

In the first half of 2019, ANTA Sports Products achieved revenue of 14.8 billion yuan, an increase of 40.3% over the same period last year. In the same period, the revenue of Li Ning Co. Ltd. and 361° was about 6.255 billion yuan and 3.237 billion yuan respectively. ANTA Sports Products still maintains the absolute leading position of other brands in the domestic sportswear industry, and the industry's "number one" position has been very consolidated.

However, looking at the international sports market, Anta's opponent is still very strong. As of the close of trading on October 16, 2019, Nike Inc's total market capitalization was about US $148.113 billion (about HK $1.161917 trillion), or more than five times Anta's market capitalization. Moreover, this is only a gap in market capitalization, and Anta still has a lot to do compared to brand influence.

The brand acquisition strategy was a great success, ANTA Sports Products made great efforts in technological innovation

Take brand technology as an example. Nike Inc has Air air cushion technology and Adidas has Boost materials, which can be regarded as their technological "killer mace". In contrast, Anta has not been able to come up with a killer mace in this respect for a long time.

Of course, the market was also buoyed by Anta's A-FLASHFOAM (Flash Technology) running shoes in 2018. In media reports, A-FLASHFOAM 's material density and resilience have exceeded that of Adidas's Boost. More importantly, in terms of cost, A-FLASHFOAM also has a greater advantage, which can be called Anta's milestone success in the field of material science and technology.

However, it will take some time for A-FLASHFOAM to win the full acceptance and recognition of the market. In addition, for Anta, how to make technological innovation continuously enhance its brand value, and how to make the market recognize the enterprise's unique technological taste and process design? It is still a long way to go, and it will never be easy.

Compared with the "heavy responsibility and a long way to go" of technological innovation, ANTA Sports Products's road of brand acquisition in recent years has yielded a lot, promoting the rapid development of enterprises. The most classic of these is ANTA Sports Products's acquisition of the Italian brand FILA.

In September 2009, ANTA Sports Products bought all of FILA Marketing from Belle International for less than HK $600m, as well as FILA's Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macau-related trademarks and FILA retail operations in Hong Kong and Macau. Through a series of adjustments to the FILA brand, as of June 30, 2019, as a high-end sports and fashion brand under ANTA Sports Products, FILA has opened a total of 1788 stores in China, accounting for 44.1% of the group's business.

On October 16th, in Anta's financial results for the third quarter of 2019, FILA grew by 50 per cent year-on-year to 55 per cent. It should be said that the successful acquisition of FILA opened the door for ANTA Sports Products to enter a high-end brand. At the same time, under the guidance of the strategy of "multi-brand and omni-channel", ANTA Sports Products has continuously completed a number of brand acquisitions and continued to enrich his own product system.

In 2015, Anta acquired Spandi; in 2016, Anta reached a joint venture agreement with Disante; in 2017, Anta reached a joint venture agreement with Cologne, and in the same year, Anta acquired KINKOW. In 2018, it was reported that Anta intended to buy Puma in Germany, so as to enter the European and American markets and start the journey of globalization.

Whether the news is true or not, one thing is almost certain: through frequent brand acquisitions, Anta has not only achieved rapid revenue growth, but has also formed a multi-brand ecosystem. Anta has become a truly large sports group, facing the market competition of international sports brand giants.

Favored by investment institutions, ANTA Sports Products has great potential for future development.

With the gradual maturity of the brand ecology and the rapid development of the group's business, ANTA Sports Products is favored by an investment rating agency.

On October 16th, Guosheng Securities released a research report saying that as the leading brand of local sportswear, ANTA Sports Products's brand matrix is perfect, especially the main brand FILA continues to grow steadily and at a high speed, and strategically acquires Amer, which opens the door for ANTA Sports Products to enter the international market.

In 2019, Guosheng Securities expects Anta's full-year net profit to reach 5.63 billion yuan. As a result, Guosheng Securities maintained ANTA Sports Products's "buy" rating and raised its target price of HK $82 per share, with an expected market capitalization of HK $220 billion.

In a research report released by China Banking International on October 17, China Banking International also maintained ANTA Sports Products's buy rating and gave ANTA Sports Products a target price of 91.46 Hong Kong dollars per share. In addition, China Banking International continues to be optimistic about the development of ANTA Sports Products's main brand FILA, and expects FILA to achieve a growth rate of about 30% in 2020.

Previously, Everbright Securities has issued a research report that is optimistic about ANTA Sports Products's multi-brand strategy, and believes that after the completion of the acquisition of Amer Sports, ANTA Sports Products will start his own international brand strategy.

From the perspective of Amer Sports business law, sales are usually off-season in the first half of the year, and marketing is more prosperous in the second half of the year. With the completion of the operational adjustment of Amer Sports in the second half of the year, Amer Sports is expected to break even for the whole year. In the next five years, Amer Sports will have a compound annual growth rate of 10% and 15%, making it another highly competitive brand under ANTA Sports Products.

In addition, Everbright Securities is optimistic about the future development of China's sports industry. As the representative of "the rise of domestic goods" and the "number one brother" of the domestic sports clothing industry, ANTA Sports Products will benefit from the development of the domestic sports industry.

Conclusion

For ANTA Sports Products, the brand matrix has gradually matured and improved, the technological innovation capability of enterprises has been methodically improved, and it has become a general trend to move towards the international market. With the help of the huge domestic market space, ANTA Sports Products is expected to become a leading international brand and a benchmark enterprise in China's sports industry in the future.

Of course, in this process, how to improve the recognition of Anta brand in the international market, especially the brand appeal will be a long-term problem to be solved, which needs to be seriously considered and faced by ANTA Sports Products.

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