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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-process-systems-corporation">Advanced Process Systems</a> (APS) is a specialized equipment manufacturer for the display and semiconductor industries, highly exposed to the cyclical capital expenditure of a few key customers.</li>
 <li>The company is experiencing a significant downturn, with revenue and net income declining sharply over the past three years, reflecting the volatile nature of its project-based business model.</li>
 <li>Despite challenging financial performance, APS has maintained a strong dividend growth track record, suggesting a potential focus on shareholder returns during industry troughs, though the sustainability remains a key question.</li>
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Advanced Process Systems (APS) is a specialized equipment manufacturer for the display and semiconductor industries, highly exposed to the cyclical capital expenditure of a few key customers.
  The company is experiencing a significant downturn, with revenue and net income declining sharply over the past three years, reflecting the volatile nature of its project-based business model.
  Despite challenging financial performance, APS has maintained a strong dividend growth track record, suggesting a potential focus on shareholder returns during industry troughs, though the sustainability remains a key question.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: Advanced Process Systems (265520 KS) - Apr 2026

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>KRX is expected to announce the KOSDAQ150 rebalance in the next couple of weeks. </li>
<li>An alpha generating trading strategy would be to focus on companies with higher probability of getting deleted in the next round of KOSDAQ rebalance in December.  </li>
<li>These 15 companies are those among the bottom 30 market cap in KOSDAQ150 that are ranked number 16 to 30 in terms of combined market cap and trading value range. </li>
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KRX is expected to announce the KOSDAQ150 rebalance in the next couple of weeks. 
An alpha generating trading strategy would be to focus on companies with higher probability of getting deleted in the next round of KOSDAQ rebalance in December.  
These 15 companies are those among the bottom 30 market cap in KOSDAQ150 that are ranked number 16 to 30 in terms of combined market cap and trading value range. 


Alpha Generating Trading Strategy of KOSDAQ150 Deletions & Additions in June 2022

Founder, Riedel Research

David Riedel

Founder

Independent equity research on GEM Markets

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Riedel provides research coverage of companies across the full range of market capitalization. Experienced research professionals in each market develop company reports and analysis as well as earnings models and projections. Ratings are Buy, Hold and Sell with a focus on compelling investment ideas - both long and short. Downloadable, dynamic earnings models are built to facilitate sensitivity analysis.

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<li>Our proprietary corporate governance scoring system now covers over 1,985 stocks including over 200 in Korea.</li>
<li>We recently added a coverage of 28 new names in Korea.</li>
<li>The two lowest scores in this group are Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Advanced Process Systems both with scores of 40/100.</li>
<li>The involvement of a former executive at Samsung Electro-Mechanics in the Park scandal and ouster highlights the governance risk.</li>
<li>Companies with good governance include LS Corp, and Lotte Shopping. Past issues with the founding family of Lotte should be noted and taken into consideration. We welcome requests from clients of names they want to see added to the universe.</li>
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Our proprietary corporate governance scoring system now covers over 1,985 stocks including over 200 in Korea.
We recently added a coverage of 28 new names in Korea.
The two lowest scores in this group are Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Advanced Process Systems both with scores of 40/100.
The involvement of a former executive at Samsung Electro-Mechanics in the Park scandal and ouster highlights the governance risk.
Companies with good governance include LS Corp, and Lotte Shopping. Past issues with the founding family of Lotte should be noted and taken into consideration.  We welcome requests from clients of names they want to see added to the universe.


RRG Proprietary Corporate Governance Scoring System Identifies Poor Governance in Korea

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

As I said in my earlier comment, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/22932" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22932:1">Samsung Biologics Co., Ltd (207940 KS)</a> seems to be benefiting a lot from its inclusion in KOSPI200 index. Perhaps because of this, I am receiving some inquiries about who will be included and excluded in the upcoming reshuffle of KOSPI200 and KOSDAQ150. The decisions were already made and confirmed on May 16, and the changes will be officially made on June 9. But I guess many of us here on Smartkarma community wants a "concise" summary of this reshuffle. So, I…

As I said in my earlier comment, Samsung Biologics Co., Ltd (207940 KS) seems to be benefiting a lot from its inclusion in KOSPI200 index. Perhaps because of this, I am receiving some inquiries about who will be included and excluded in the upcoming reshuffle of KOSPI200 and KOSDAQ150. The decisions were already made and confirmed on May 16, and the changes will be officially made on June 9. But I guess many of us here on Smartkarma community wants a "concise" summary of this reshuffle. So, I…

Summary of KOSPI200 & KOSDAQ150 Upcoming Reshuffle

Samsung Electro Mechanics Co, Ltd. (009150 KS)

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<li>For the past 7 years Riedel Research has been issuing company-specific Corporate Governance scores on companies in the Emerging Markets. This service is now being widely used by risk managers, fundamental investors and quant funds.</li>
<li>Our proprietary Corporate Governance (CG) scoring system now covers over 1,725 stocks including over 200 in Korea.</li>
<li>RRG CG scores have a proven ability to highlight the risk of frauds and misstatements by EM companies and a track record of adding alpha. Over the past 5…</li>
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For the past 7 years Riedel Research has been issuing company-specific Corporate Governance scores on companies in the Emerging Markets. This service is now being widely used by risk managers, fundamental investors and quant funds.
Our proprietary Corporate Governance (CG) scoring system now covers over 1,725 stocks including over 200 in Korea.
RRG CG scores have a proven ability to highlight the risk of frauds and misstatements by EM companies and a track record of adding alpha. Over the past 5…


Corporate Governance Issues in Some of the Most Widely Held Korean Corporates

South Korea

Advanced Process Systems Corporation manufactures semiconductor equipments. The Company produces rapid thermal processing systems, laser equipments, and flat panel displys equipment devices. Advanced Process Systems serves clients in Korea.

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Advanced Process Systems (265520 KS)

Primer: Advanced Process Systems (265520 KS) - Apr 2026

Advanced Process Systems (APS) is a specialized equipment manufacturer for the display and semiconductor industries, highly exposed to the...

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Alpha Generating Trading Strategy of KOSDAQ150 Deletions & Additions in June 2022

An alpha generating trading strategy would be to focus on companies with higher probability of getting deleted in the next round of KOSDAQ...

Douglas Kim

RRG Proprietary Corporate Governance Scoring System Identifies Poor Governance in Korea

Our proprietary corporate governance scoring system now covers over 1,985 stocks including over 200 in Korea. We recently added a coverage of 28...

David Riedel

Summary of KOSPI200 & KOSDAQ150 Upcoming Reshuffle

As I said in my earlier comment, Samsung Biologics Co., Ltd (207940 KS) seems to be benefiting a lot from its inclusion in KOSPI200 index. Perhaps...

Sanghyun Park

Corporate Governance Issues in Some of the Most Widely Held Korean Corporates

For the past 7 years Riedel Research has been issuing company-specific Corporate Governance scores on companies in the Emerging Markets. This...

David Riedel

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