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<ul>
 <li>APTC is a South Korean semiconductor equipment manufacturer specializing in dry etching systems, a critical component in the chip manufacturing process. The company is experiencing a significant financial turnaround, moving from substantial losses to strong profitability, driven by robust industry demand.</li>
 <li>The company's growth is closely tied to the expanding semiconductor market, fueled by trends such as AI, 5G, and high-performance computing. Its strong momentum and resilience scores reflect a dramatic improvement in market capitalization and profitability.</li>
 <li>Key risks include the highly cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, intense competition from larger global players, and a significant dependency on a small number of major customers, such as SK Hynix.</li>
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  APTC is a South Korean semiconductor equipment manufacturer specializing in dry etching systems, a critical component in the chip manufacturing process. The company is experiencing a significant financial turnaround, moving from substantial losses to strong profitability, driven by robust industry demand.
  The company's growth is closely tied to the expanding semiconductor market, fueled by trends such as AI, 5G, and high-performance computing. Its strong momentum and resilience scores reflect a dramatic improvement in market capitalization and profitability.
  Key risks include the highly cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, intense competition from larger global players, and a significant dependency on a small number of major customers, such as SK Hynix.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: APTC Co Ltd (089970 KS) - Apr 2026

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>With 70% of the review period complete, there could be 14 constituent changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX)</a> in June.</li>
<li>There has been huge interest in the KOSDAQ market lately and that has led to big ETF creations in the last few months. That leads to increased flow and impact.</li>
<li>The forecast adds have MASSIVELY outperformed the forecast deletes over the last few months and in the last week. While the flow/impact are huge, watch out for short-term reversal.</li>
</ul>


With 70% of the review period complete, there could be 14 constituent changes for the KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX) in June.
There has been huge interest in the KOSDAQ market lately and that has led to big ETF creations in the last few months. That leads to increased flow and impact.
The forecast adds have MASSIVELY outperformed the forecast deletes over the last few months and in the last week. While the flow/impact are huge, watch out for short-term reversal.


KOSDAQ150 Index Rebalance Preview: Soaring AUM and Increased Flow/Impact

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>HPSP is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in July. This semiconductor equipment Korean company is an IPO with the best fundamentals for a so far in 2022.</li>
<li>The IPO base deal size is from $55 million to $60 million. Crescendo Equity Partners (backed by Peter Thiel) is the controlling shareholder of HPSP.</li>
<li>HPSP had revenue of 91.8 billion won (up 50% YoY) and operating profit of 45.2 billion won (up 82.3% YoY) in 2021. Its sales and profits surged higher in 1Q22.</li>
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HPSP is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in July. This semiconductor equipment Korean company is an IPO with the best fundamentals for a so far in 2022.
The IPO base deal size is from $55 million to $60 million. Crescendo Equity Partners (backed by Peter Thiel) is the controlling shareholder of HPSP.
HPSP had revenue of 91.8 billion won (up 50% YoY) and operating profit of 45.2 billion won (up 82.3% YoY) in 2021. Its sales and profits surged higher in 1Q22.


HPSP Preview: A Korean IPO With Best Fundamentals So Far in 2022

<ul>
<li>Our base case valuation of HPSP is implied market cap of 810 billion won or target price of 38,228 won per share.</li>
<li>This is 53% higher than the high end of the IPO price range of 25,000 won.  Given the solid upside, we have a POSITIVE view of the HPSP IPO.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation uses our estimated net profit of 79.8 billion won in 2022 and P/E of 10.2x which is the median valuation multiple of its peers. </li>
</ul>


Our base case valuation of HPSP is implied market cap of 810 billion won or target price of 38,228 won per share.
This is 53% higher than the high end of the IPO price range of 25,000 won.  Given the solid upside, we have a POSITIVE view of the HPSP IPO.
Our base case valuation uses our estimated net profit of 79.8 billion won in 2022 and P/E of 10.2x which is the median valuation multiple of its peers. 


We are half way through the review period for the December rebalance of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX)</a>. The Korea Exchange (KRX) will announce the results of the December 2021 review in November and the constituent changes will be effective after the close of trading on 9 December.At the current time we see 15 potential changes to the index in December.The potential inclusions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eubiologics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23739:1" rel="noopener">Eubiologics (206650 KS)</a>, Cellid (299660 KS), <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nanos-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16796:1" rel="noopener">Nanos Co Ltd (151910 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/access-bio-inc-kdr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5729:1" rel="noopener">Access Bio Inc (950130 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/huons-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16275:1" rel="noopener">Huons Co Ltd (084110 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wonik-qnc-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6828:1" rel="noopener">Wonik QnC Corp (074600 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/komico-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24033:1" rel="noopener">KoMiCo Ltd. (183300 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kona-i-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19695:1" rel="noopener">Kona I Co Ltd (052400 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tk-chemical-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13428:1" rel="noopener">Tk Chemical (104480 KS)</a>, GiantStep (289220KS), <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/saraminhr-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8494:1" rel="noopener">SaraminHR (143240 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/interpark-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12073:1" rel="noopener">Interpark Holdings (035080 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dk-d-i-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9948:1" rel="noopener">Dk D&amp;I Co Ltd (033310 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aptc-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27355:1" rel="noopener">APTC Co Ltd (089970 KS)</a> and Aptabio Therapeutics (293780 KS).The potential deletions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/unison-co-ltd-south-korea" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18617:1" rel="noopener">Unison Co Ltd (018000 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-process-systems-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24087:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Process Systems (265520 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/winix-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19972:1" rel="noopener">Winix Inc (044340 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/telcon-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15231:1" rel="noopener">Telcon Inc (200230 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ubiquoss-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14341:1" rel="noopener">Ubiquoss Holding (078070 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/danawa-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7191:1" rel="noopener">Danawa Co Ltd (119860 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icure-pharm-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27142:1" rel="noopener">Icure Pharm Inc (175250 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wisol-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14463:1" rel="noopener">Wisol Co Ltd (122990 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/spigen-korea-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9852:1" rel="noopener">Spigen Korea (192440 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongkuk-structures-constru" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20412:1" rel="noopener">Dongkuk Structures &amp; Constru (100130 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lemon-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28841:1" rel="noopener">Lemon Co Ltd (294140 KQ)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/g-treebnt-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1933:1" rel="noopener">G Treebnt (115450 KS)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toptec-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7332:1" rel="noopener">Toptec Co Ltd (108230 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daea-ti-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1473:1" rel="noopener">Daea Ti Co Ltd (045390 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/optoelectronics-solutions-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2098:1" rel="noopener">Optoelectronics Solutions Co (138080 KS)</a>.There are 6 potential inclusions and 13 potential deletions that have over 2 days of ADV to trade from passive funds.With short selling only permitted on current <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX)</a> constituents, the potential inclusions have outperformed the exclusions and we expect this to continue. Short selling has picked up significantly on quite a few potential deletions and kept the stocks under pressure.

We are half way through the review period for the December rebalance of the KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX). The Korea Exchange (KRX) will announce the results of the December 2021 review in November and the constituent changes will be effective after the close of trading on 9 December.At the current time we see 15 potential changes to the index in December.The potential inclusions are Eubiologics (206650 KS), Cellid (299660 KS), Nanos Co Ltd (151910 KS), Access Bio Inc (950130 KS), Huons Co Ltd (084110 KS), Wonik QnC Corp (074600 KS), KoMiCo Ltd. (183300 KS), Kona I Co Ltd (052400 KS), Tk Chemical (104480 KS), GiantStep (289220KS), SaraminHR (143240 KS), Interpark Holdings (035080 KS), Dk D&amp;I Co Ltd (033310 KS), APTC Co Ltd (089970 KS) and Aptabio Therapeutics (293780 KS).The potential deletions are Unison Co Ltd (018000 KS), Advanced Process Systems (265520 KS), Winix Inc (044340 KS), Telcon Inc (200230 KS), Ubiquoss Holding (078070 KS), Danawa Co Ltd (119860 KS), Icure Pharm Inc (175250 KS), Wisol Co Ltd (122990 KS), Spigen Korea (192440 KS), Dongkuk Structures &amp; Constru (100130 KS), Lemon Co Ltd (294140 KQ), G Treebnt (115450 KS) , Toptec Co Ltd (108230 KS), Daea Ti Co Ltd (045390 KS) and Optoelectronics Solutions Co (138080 KS).There are 6 potential inclusions and 13 potential deletions that have over 2 days of ADV to trade from passive funds.With short selling only permitted on current KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX) constituents, the potential inclusions have outperformed the exclusions and we expect this to continue. Short selling has picked up significantly on quite a few potential deletions and kept the stocks under pressure.

KOSDAQ150 Index Rebalance Preview: Inclusions Outperforming as Short Sell Ban Helps

South Korea

APTC Co.,Ltd manufactures and distributes semiconductor processing equipment. The Company produces dry etch and light emitting diode etcher equipment, plasma etching systems, and doping. APTC markets its products throughout South Korea.

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APTC Co Ltd (089970 KS)

Primer: APTC Co Ltd (089970 KS) - Apr 2026

APTC is a South Korean semiconductor equipment manufacturer specializing in dry etching systems, a critical component in the chip manufacturing...

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KOSDAQ150 Index Rebalance Preview: Soaring AUM and Increased Flow/Impact

There could be 14 constituent changes for the KOSDAQ150 in June. AUM linked to the index has soared over the last couple of months. The forecast...

Brian Freitas

HPSP Preview: A Korean IPO With Best Fundamentals So Far in 2022

The local media mentioned today that Crescendo Equity Partners is planning to sell its 39.59% controlling stake in HPSP (403870 KS), whose market...

Douglas Kim

HPSP IPO Valuation Analysis

Our base case valuation of HPSP is implied market cap of 810 billion won or target price of 38,228 won per share, which represents 53% higher than...

Douglas Kim

KOSDAQ150 Index Rebalance Preview: Inclusions Outperforming as Short Sell Ban Helps

Halfway through the review period, we see 15 potential changes to the index. The potential inclusions are outperforming the exclusions as short...

Brian Freitas

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