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Daiwa initiates coverage on Zhipu (02513) with Buy rating and HK$1,500 target price
Daiwa has initiated coverage on Zhipu (02513) with a "Buy" rating and a target price of HK$1,500. The initiation, the bank's first rating report on the Chinese AI large-model company, gives the Hong Kong market a fresh institutional pricing reference for the AI segment.
Daiwa has initiated coverage on Zhipu (02513) with a "Buy" rating and a target price of HK$1,500, according to a report carried by CNFOL (中金在线).
An initiation of coverage means a sell-side institution has formally begun tracking the company; the rating and target price reflect its current assessment of Zhipu's fundamentals, growth prospects, and risks.
Zhipu is one of China's leading large-model companies, spanning foundation model R&D and industry applications, and its shares have drawn steady attention from AI-focused investors in the Hong Kong market.
The implied upside in the HK$1,500 target price hinges on whether market expectations for Zhipu's model commercialization, enterprise customer expansion, and R&D spending pace can be met.
With AI valuations diverging sharply, the new rating gives the market an institutional pricing anchor to benchmark against, and a fresh test of consensus on the profitability path of Chinese foundation-model companies.
What to watch next: whether other banks follow with coverage, and whether Zhipu's upcoming earnings and model release plans support the target price.
Why it matters
Daiwa's initiation gives Zhipu an institutional pricing reference in the Hong Kong market, and signals that sell-side attention on Chinese LLM companies is shifting toward commercialization execution.
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