New Oriental (新东方) is one of China’s leading education companies focusing on fields such as English teaching and career training, and its founder is Yu Minhong (俞敏洪). The company was founded in 1993 and is currently headquartered in Haidian, Beijing. Many investors are interested in investing in New Oriental’s stocks, so today Simpleusefulnotes.com will give you a quick introduction to the following topics: Is New Oriental currently listed in the U.S., Hong Kong, and China stock markets? Has it turned a profit recently? When was its latest stock split or reverse split?

As of May 4, 2022, according to our quick research, New Oriental is currently listed in: the US and Hong Kong stock markets. It went IPO in the US in 2006 and has been trading under the ticker symbol: EDU. New Oriental went public in Hong Kong, China in November 2020, and its stock symbol is: 01797. At present, New Oriental has not yet been listed on the A-share market in mainland, China.

Since 2021, China has introduced stricter policies to curb the overheated education and training industry in the country, which has a negative impact on the business of public companies in the sector. In fiscal 2021, net profit generated by New Oriental was US$230 million, down 35% year over year.

In April 2022, New Oriental U.S. stocks underwent a one-for-ten (1:10) reverse stock split. Before the reverse split, its stock was traded slightly higher than $1. However, after the reverse split, the price of the stock rose above: $11. Currently, New Oriental is trading at around $13.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, also referred to as HKEX, is located in Hong Kong, China. HKEX is the world’s leading exchange in terms of market capitalization, even surpassing the Chicago Mercantile Exchange of the US. At the end of 2020, HKEX’s total market value was HK $47 trillion. HKEX is known to be Asia’s fastest-growing stock exchange. So how many stocks are there in Hong Kong? What are some of the top stocks with the highest prices and the largest market capitalization? Here’s some quick intro from Thevalueway.com.

As of October 31, 2021, according to our research, the total number of shares currently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Market is: 2284+396=2680. You might be surprised by this equation on the left, but let me explain. The 2,284 is actually the number of stocks listed on the main board of Hong Kong, whose stock code begins with 01-06, 09. On the other hand, 396 is the number of stocks listed on the Growth Enterprise Market in Hong Kong, and its stock trading symbol begins with 08.

Currently, the stock with the highest share price in Hong Kong is: Zai Ding Pharmaceutical (再鼎医药, trading symbol: 09688), the share price is about HK $812. Zaiding Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical holding company headquartered in Shanghai, China. Ranked second is Bilibili-SW (哔哩哔哩, ticker symbol: 09626), its share price: HK $588. Tencent Holdings (腾讯控股, trading symbol: 00700) has the largest floating market capitalization in Hong Kong with a market capitalization of HK $4.6 trillion, followed by Meituan-W (美团, ticker symbol: 03690) with a market capitalization of HK $1.6 trillion.

Kuaishou Technology, whose full name in Chinese is “快手科技”, is a leading short video and live streaming application platform in China, with a large number of active users. According to Wikipedia, as of the first half of 2020, the average number of daily active users of Kuaishou’s Chinese apps and mini programs exceeded 300 million. Kuaishou was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Haidian District, Beijing, China. So is Kuaishou listed? What is its stock trading symbol? Is the company profitable? What is the number of shares and funds it buys for 1 lot? Thevalueway.com has a quick introduction for you.

According to what we know, Kuaishou has been officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on February 5, 2021. Its stock exchange code (Hong Kong stock code) is: 1024 (or 01024). The share price of Kuaishou on the first day of listing is: HK$300. As of this article, the intraday current price is HK$326. Its high price for the period is: HK$417.

According to public information on the Internet, the adjusted net profit of Kuaishou Company in 2019 was 1.234 billion yuan, and in the first half of 2020, it lost 6.35 billion yuan.

From Kuaishou’s prospectus, it can be seen that the income earned by live streaming is a major source of the company’s revenue. But its revenue structure has shifted gradually. In the third quarter of 2021, Kuaishou achieved revenue of 20.5 billion yuan, an increase of 33% year-on-year, mainly driven by online marketing (advertising) and e-commerce business. Online marketing services have become the largest source of revenue and its core business, driving Kuaishou’s continuous improvement of gross profit margins.

Currently, the number of shares in 1 lot of Kuaishou stock is: 100 shares. At the current price, the amount required to buy 1 lot is: HK$32,600.

Gold had a ferocious run in 2020, with the price of gold breaking through all-time highs. If you want to invest in gold, but don’t have a good way to invest, you can consider investing in gold stocks. So how many gold concept shares are there in China at present? What are the biggest and most expensive stocks right now? Yourmoneypal.com will give you a quick introduction below.

According to our research, as of July 2020, the total number of gold concept shares in China’s A-share market (Shanghai and Shenzhen) is: 45. Note that the concept of “gold stocks” is not limited to companies whose main business is gold mining or gold jewelry. Companies whose business are related to gold are also included.

Among all stocks, the stock with the largest circulating market value is Zijin Mining (紫金矿业，stock ticker: 601899), with A market value of about 112.1 billion yuan. Currently, Zijin Mining is the only stock with A market value of more than 100 billion yuan. The gold stock that has the highest share price is: LaoFengXiang (老凤祥，stock ticker: 600612), the current price of around 60 yuan.

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Gold concept shares (Baidu Baike)

抖音（dou yin）, or TikTok as it’s known overseas, is a popular social app with short videos that can be viewed on smartphones and is created and run by the Beijing-based Chinese company ByteDance（字节跳动）. The app is positioned as a short music video community suitable for Chinese young people, and the content is mainly generated by its users (UGC). TikTok has grown rapidly since 2017, becoming the number one downloaded and installed app in the US, and has been hugely popular in Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Germany, France and Russia.

Many investors around the world have been waiting for Tiktok’s parent company, Bytedance, to go public and share in the company’s growth. So is Bytedance a public company now? What’s its ticker symbol?

According to Usstockwatcher.com, as of May 23, 2021, Bytedance was still rumored to be planning an IPO in the United States or Hong Kong, but these rumors were officially denied by Bytedance in late April 2021. Bytedance said: “There has been a lot of news about the company going public recently. After careful study, we believe that the company does not have the conditions to go public for the time being, and we have no plans to go public at present.” Since Bytedance is not officially public yet, its ticker symbol has yet to be determined.

Bytedance has now raised more than $7 billion in eight rounds of funding, according to the company. Bytedance’s shareholders include Sequoia Capital China, SoftBank Vision Fund, Yunfeng Fund, KKR and other famous institutional investors. Bytedance was valued at around $400 billion in April 2021. The number of overseas users of TikTok is estimated to be close to 700 million, according to foreign media analysis. Adding In Chinese users of Douyin, the total number of active users could be closer to 1.3 billion.