APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meesho-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35872:1" rel="noopener">Meesho (MEESHO IN)</a> raised about US$600m in its Dec 2025 India IPO. The lockup on a part of stake of its promoters and pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>Meesho is an e-commerce marketplace, offering a wide assortment of products ranging from low cost unbranded products, regional and national brands at affordable prices to consumers.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Meesho (MEESHO IN) raised about US$600m in its Dec 2025 India IPO. The lockup on a part of stake of its promoters and pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.
Meesho is an e-commerce marketplace, offering a wide assortment of products ranging from low cost unbranded products, regional and national brands at affordable prices to consumers.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Aequitas: Meesho Ltd IPO Lockup Expiry - US$5.7bn Lockup Release with PE Investors Well in The Money

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of NIFTY in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Eternal, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of NIFTY in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Eternal, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank.


NIFTY Index Earning Revision (Jul): HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Eternal, Axis Bank

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Discretionary categories to clock another healthy quarter: Our discretionary universe is expected to grow by ~29% YoY (revenue) in Q2FY23 (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 19/17% resp)</li><li>Ticket sizes in retail remain elevated, courtesy higher ASP vis-à-vis pre-pandemic levels</li><li>Footfalls density is normalising too; esp in categories/companies with a higher urban presence</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Discretionary categories to clock another healthy quarter: Our discretionary universe is expected to grow by ~29% YoY (revenue) in Q2FY23 (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 19/17% resp)Ticket sizes in retail remain elevated, courtesy higher ASP vis-à-vis pre-pandemic levelsFootfalls density is normalising too; esp in categories/companies with a higher urban presenceContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Consumer Discretionary (Q2FY23 Results Preview): Expect a buoyant quarter; alas! bargains absent

<ul><li>Asian Paints: Asian Paints continues to deliver robust sales growth, at 54% YoY (three year CAGR: 19%; 7% above estimates)</li><li>Decorative business clocked 37/59% volume/value growth YoY in Q1FY23 (FY19-22 volume/value CAGR: 20/0% resp)</li><li>Adjacencies continue to perform well</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Asian Paints: Asian Paints continues to deliver robust sales growth, at 54% YoY (three year CAGR: 19%; 7% above estimates)Decorative business clocked 37/59% volume/value growth YoY in Q1FY23 (FY19-22 volume/value CAGR: 20/0% resp)Adjacencies continue to perform wellContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

HSIE Results Daily: Asian Paints, Larsen & Toubro, Aether Industries...

<ul><li>Recovery trends across discretionary categories are healthy: Our discretionary universe is expected to nearly double sales YoY in Q1FY23 as the companies get their first pandemic-free quarter (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 16/11% resp)</li><li>F&amp;G, jewellery, paints, apparel, and footwear are expected to clock 19%, 25%, 15%, 8%, and 2% (3-year CAGRs)</li><li>Ticket sizes in retail, though normalising, remain elevated vs pre-COVID levels.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Recovery trends across discretionary categories are healthy: Our discretionary universe is expected to nearly double sales YoY in Q1FY23 as the companies get their first pandemic-free quarter (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 16/11% resp)F&amp;G, jewellery, paints, apparel, and footwear are expected to clock 19%, 25%, 15%, 8%, and 2% (3-year CAGRs)Ticket sizes in retail, though normalising, remain elevated vs pre-COVID levels.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Consumer Discretionary -  Margin Recovery to Lag that in Topline

India

Asian Paints Limited manufactures a wide range of decorative paints, varnishes, enamels, and black & synthetic resins. The Company, through its subsidiaries, also manufactures specialty industrial chemicals and vinyl pyridine latex products which are used in the manufacture of rubber tires.

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Asian Paints (APNT IN)

Aequitas: Meesho Ltd IPO Lockup Expiry - US$5.7bn Lockup Release with PE Investors Well in The Money

A group of investors (Elevation Capital and Peak XV) have launched an INR19bn (US$199m) selldown at a floor price of INR182.08/share, a 5% discount...

Akshat Shah

NIFTY Index Earning Revision (Jul): HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Eternal, Axis Bank

We analyzed NIFTY's consensus for Jul 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Eternal, Dr. Reddy's...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Consumer Discretionary (Q2FY23 Results Preview): Expect a buoyant quarter; alas! bargains absent

Our discretionary universe is expected to grow by ~29% YoY (revenue) in Q2FY23 (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 19/17% resp)

HDFC Securities

HSIE Results Daily: Asian Paints, Larsen & Toubro, Aether Industries...

Asian Paints: Asian Paints continues to deliver robust sales growth, at 54% YoY (three year CAGR: 19%; 7% above estimates)

HDFC Securities

Consumer Discretionary - Margin Recovery to Lag that in Topline

Our discretionary universe is expected to nearly double sales YoY in Q1FY23 as the companies get their first pandemic-free quarter (3-year revenue...

HDFC Securities

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