UBS published a research report saying that it recently met with TENCENT (00700.HK) -7.400 (-1.490%) Short selling $1.08B; Ratio 47.391% 's management to discuss mainly on AI development, including agentic AI and monetization models. The broker believed that TENCENT is well-positioned to capture long-term growth opportunities. TENCENT's current projected PE ratio is 14x, and UBS believed that the solid performance of its core business and the long-term upside potential of AI are underestimated. Related News M Stanley Selects 26 Chinese 'Best Business Models' Stocks (Table)Therefore, the broker reiterated TENCENT as its Key Call and top pick, with rating kept at Buy and a target price of $780.AI is gradually evolving from communication & reasoning to more action-oriented applications, leveraging TENCENT's strengths, given its WeChat and QQ, a natural interfaces between humans and AI, cross-platform capabilities, and expertise in terminal products and security software, the report quoted management as saying. Weixin agent currently faces three bottlenecks, naming limited model capabilities, data privacy & security concerns and economic model challenges (high reasoning costs but difficult subscription monetization). The Hunyuan 3.0 model is expected to be launched in mid-April, marking the most significant advancement in the Company's past model iterations.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-04-02 16:25.)Related News G Sachs: Cloud and Data Centers Top Picks Among China Internet Sub-sectors; Recommends Alibaba (09988.HK) and Kingsoft Cloud (03896.HK)
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