I’ll admit it—I didn’t expect to find myself this intrigued by a tea company’s IPO. But Chagee, one of China’s fastest-growing tea chains, is brewing up quite the financial blend as it eyes a $400 million raise through a New York listing. It’s not just the bubble tea that’s frothy—investor expectations are quietly fizzing too. The timing is bold, if not outright cheeky. US-China tensions are hardly a whisper anymore—they’re a full-blown tariff tango, with the SEC and geopolitical hawks scrutinising Chinese listings like never before. Yet here comes Chagee, aiming to list at a valuation up to $5.1 billion. That’s not outrageous, mind you—especially when you stack it up against tech unicorns with questionable unit economics and losses deeper than the Mariana Trench. Let’s talk numbers—real o

$Chagee Holdings Limited(CHA)$ , one of China's fastest-growing tea beverage chains, is officially going public this week — and its IPO is drawing serious attention from both retail and institutional investors.Chagee Joins $333 Billion Market Boom with US IPO Filing - The Exchange AsiaIPO DetailsIssue Price: US$26-28Total Fundraising: ~US$410 millionImplied Valuation: ~US$5.1 billion (≈HK$39.6B)At the IPO price, Chagee’s estimated market cap of US$5.1 billion puts it close to Guming. Compared to Mixue, it makes 50% of the revenue, but only has 25% of the valuation.Chagee’s revenue (CNY ¥12.41B) is roughly 50% of Mixue’s.Its net profit (CNY ¥2.52B) is 56% of Mixue’s and 1.68× Guming’s.By earnings power alone, Chagee appears undervalued. Its profitab