Yesterday’s Asian Century Stocks report was on Hong Kong electronics manufacturer VTech, which produces toys and other electronic products. Earnings have come down due to high container shipping costs, high resign prices and shortages of semiconductors. The 2023 consensus P/E is 7.4x with a dividend yield of 13.2%.

I also want to highlight Mokapu Capital’s post below on Japanese micro-cap video game developer Nihon Falcom, which owns a number of key video game franchises. The stock trades at 12x P/E, with net cash representing 62% of the market cap.

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I wrote about Hong Kong electronics manufacturer VTech (🇭🇰 303 HK－ US$1.4 billion) ($)

Investor Insights Asia on Chang’an Automobile (🇨🇳 A-share: 000625 CH, B-share: 200625 CH－ US$15 billion)
Plain and Simple Ideas blog on Hong Kong asset manager Value Partners (🇭🇰 806 HK－ US$438 million)
Mokapu Capital on video gamer developer Nihon Falcom (🇯🇵 3723 JP－ US$85 million)

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Excluding BoJ purchases, cumulative fund flows in Japan have been negative since 2016. Source: JP Morgan, @PlanMaestro

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