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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Index Rebalance

<div><p>The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will announce the results of the semi-annual review of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)</a> in mid-June and the changes will be effective after the close of trading on 30 June.</p></div><div>
<p>The review period for market cap calculations runs from 1 March to 31 May, while the liquidity calculations run from 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2021.</p>
<p>We see three potential changes at the current time with an estimated one-way turnover for the rebalance at 2.19%.</p>
<p>Potential inclusions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sri-trang-gloves-thailand-public-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29141:1" rel="noopener">Sri Trang Gloves (Thailand) Public Company Limited (STGT TB)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sri-trang-agro-industry-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2759:1" rel="noopener">Sri Trang Agro Industry (STA TB)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/irpc-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19051:1" rel="noopener">IRPC PCL (IRPC TB)</a>.</p>
<p>Potential deletions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vgi-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12409:1" rel="noopener">VGI PCL (VGI TB)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/com7-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27411:1" rel="noopener">Com7 PCL (COM7 TB)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toa-paint-thailand-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24235:1" rel="noopener">TOA Paint (Thailand) (TOA TB)</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kerry-express-thailand" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29253:1" rel="noopener">Kerry Express Thailand (KEX TB)</a> will not completed six months of trading history by the end of the review period and will not be eligible for inclusion at the June rebalance.</p>
<p>There is a possibility that the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)</a> methodology is changed to make it a free float weighted market cap index from a full market cap index. That will see a lot of passive flow on some stocks that have a low free float.</p>
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will announce the results of the semi-annual review of the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX) in mid-June and the changes will be effective after the close of trading on 30 June.
The review period for market cap calculations runs from 1 March to 31 May, while the liquidity calculations run from 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2021.
We see three potential changes at the current time with an estimated one-way turnover for the rebalance at 2.19%.
Potential inclusions are Sri Trang Gloves (Thailand) Public Company Limited (STGT TB), Sri Trang Agro Industry (STA TB) and IRPC PCL (IRPC TB).
Potential deletions are VGI PCL (VGI TB), Com7 PCL (COM7 TB) and TOA Paint (Thailand) (TOA TB).
Kerry Express Thailand (KEX TB) will not completed six months of trading history by the end of the review period and will not be eligible for inclusion at the June rebalance.
There is a possibility that the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX) methodology is changed to make it a free float weighted market cap index from a full market cap index. That will see a lot of passive flow on some stocks that have a low free float.


SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: Potentially Three Changes & Move to Free Float Weighting

Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities, Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

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Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

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Moreover, our new research team tailored for institutional clients to focus on mid to small cap of Thai equities and trading strategies. Our services offered to our premium clients also include arrangement of company or site visits to with the managements of Thai listed companies.

Note: Effective on 1 March 2022, Country Group Securities PCL changed its name to Pi Securities

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Asset World Corporation / Equity Bottom-Up

<p><strong>We are positive toward AWC’s speedy earnings recovery after lockdown relative to other hospitality related stock in Thailand given its high degree of resilient of the company’s asset attribute and the management’s ability to effectively deploy cost control program.</strong></p><div>• Sluggish recovery in hospitality business performance</div><div></div><div>• Trim down earnings forecast in 2022-23E by 41-61%</div><div></div><div>• Expect the company to incur another net loss in 1Q21 but at a slight higher extent than 4Q20 due to the lockdown period in January, which trim down occupancy for hospitality business down to below 20%. However, such a shortfall will be partially offset by gradual increase in occupancy rate for most of the retail and commercial.</div><p></p><p><strong>We downgrade AWC with a HOLD rating while roll over target price to Bt4.60 (Previous TP: Bt4.50), derived from DCF methodology or implies 70xPE’23E. Recent rally in stock price has priced in near-mid-terms positive factors. However, faster-than-expected vaccine handout and recovery in foreign tourist inbound remain an upside risk for 21-22E earnings upward revision.</strong></p>

We are positive toward AWC’s speedy earnings recovery after lockdown relative to other hospitality related stock in Thailand given its high degree of resilient of the company’s asset attribute and the management’s ability to effectively deploy cost control program.• Sluggish recovery in hospitality business performance• Trim down earnings forecast in 2022-23E by 41-61%• Expect the company to incur another net loss in 1Q21 but at a slight higher extent than 4Q20 due to the lockdown period in January, which trim down occupancy for hospitality business down to below 20%. However, such a shortfall will be partially offset by gradual increase in occupancy rate for most of the retail and commercial.We downgrade AWC with a HOLD rating while roll over target price to Bt4.60 (Previous TP: Bt4.50), derived from DCF methodology or implies 70xPE’23E. Recent rally in stock price has priced in near-mid-terms positive factors. However, faster-than-expected vaccine handout and recovery in foreign tourist inbound remain an upside risk for 21-22E earnings upward revision.

AWC: Anticipate Slow Recovery in Hospitality Business

APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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.

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PTT Oil and Retail Business / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ptt-oil-and-retail" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28939:1" rel="noopener">PTT Oil and Retail (OR TB)</a> raised about US$1.6bn at THB18 per share, the top-end of the IPO price range.</p>
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<p>PTTOR is a market leader in the oil business as well as F&amp;B business. It has leveraged its service station network to build out its brand, Amazon Cafe, which has a strong presence even beyond service stations. </p>
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<p>We have previously covered the IPO in:</p>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ptt-oil-and-retail-ipo-f-b-business-is-the-profit-driver" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:39105" rel="noopener">PTT Oil and Retail IPO - F&amp;B Business Is the Profit Driver</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ptt-oil-and-retail-ipo-updated-financials-and-competitive-landscape" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47002" rel="noopener">PTT Oil and Retail IPO - Updated Financials and Competitive Landscape</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ptt-oil-and-retail-ipo-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47003" rel="noopener">PTT Oil and Retail IPO - Thoughts on Valuation</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ptt-oil-and-retail-ipo-attractive-valuation-with-favorable-deal-dynamics-index-inclusion" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47073" rel="noopener">PTT Oil and Retail IPO - Attractive Valuation with Favorable Deal Dynamics (Index Inclusion)</a> </li>
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<p>In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide implied valuations at different share price levels.</p>
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PTT Oil and Retail (OR TB) raised about US$1.6bn at THB18 per share, the top-end of the IPO price range.

PTTOR is a market leader in the oil business as well as F&amp;B business. It has leveraged its service station network to build out its brand, Amazon Cafe, which has a strong presence even beyond service stations. 


We have previously covered the IPO in:


PTT Oil and Retail IPO - F&amp;B Business Is the Profit Driver 

PTT Oil and Retail IPO - Updated Financials and Competitive Landscape 

PTT Oil and Retail IPO - Thoughts on Valuation 

PTT Oil and Retail IPO - Attractive Valuation with Favorable Deal Dynamics (Index Inclusion) 

In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide implied valuations at different share price levels.


PTT Oil and Retail IPO Trading - Still Reasonably Priced at the Top-End

Event-Driven

<p>The SET50 Index is one of the very few indices that is still weighted by full market cap. Stocks need to have a minimum free float of 20% to be eligible for index inclusion but the free float is not used to determine the weight of the stock in the index.</p><p>This had led to stocks with low free floats having an inordinately high weight in the index. The most recent case in point was <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/delta-electronics-thai-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20912:1" rel="noopener">Delta Electronics Thai (DELTA TB)</a> - the stock was an inclusion in the SET50 index at the December review. DELTA is now the third largest stock in the index with a 6.07% weighting, even though the SET free float of the stock is only 22.35%. The stock has jumped 1000% over the last year.</p><p>Media reports now indicate that there are changes brewing that could result in the SET revising the calculation methodology to more accurately determine the free float of stocks, and a change to the calculation methodology of the SET50 Index that would see it move from a full market cap weighted index to a free float market cap weighted index.</p><p>In this Insight, we take a look at the stocks that would be affected by the changes and the impact of passive fund trading on the stocks.</p>

The SET50 Index is one of the very few indices that is still weighted by full market cap. Stocks need to have a minimum free float of 20% to be eligible for index inclusion but the free float is not used to determine the weight of the stock in the index.This had led to stocks with low free floats having an inordinately high weight in the index. The most recent case in point was Delta Electronics Thai (DELTA TB) - the stock was an inclusion in the SET50 index at the December review. DELTA is now the third largest stock in the index with a 6.07% weighting, even though the SET free float of the stock is only 22.35%. The stock has jumped 1000% over the last year.Media reports now indicate that there are changes brewing that could result in the SET revising the calculation methodology to more accurately determine the free float of stocks, and a change to the calculation methodology of the SET50 Index that would see it move from a full market cap weighted index to a free float market cap weighted index.In this Insight, we take a look at the stocks that would be affected by the changes and the impact of passive fund trading on the stocks.

SET50 Index: Change to Free Float Weighting In the Works?

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kerry-express-thailand" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29253:1" rel="noopener">Kerry Express Thailand (KEX TB)</a> raised around US$277m in its Thailand IPO. The company is a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kerry-logistics-network-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:367:1" rel="noopener">Kerry Logistics Network (636 HK)</a> and also counts <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vgi-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12409:1" rel="noopener">VGI PCL (VGI TB)</a> as a major shareholder.</p></div><div><p>I've covered various aspects of the deal in my earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/kerry-express-thailand-ipo-time-for-delivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kerry Express Thailand IPO - Time for Delivery.</a></p></div><p>In this note, I'll talk about the deal updates and provide implied valuations at different share price levels.</p>

Kerry Express Thailand (KEX TB) raised around US$277m in its Thailand IPO. The company is a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed Kerry Logistics Network (636 HK) and also counts VGI PCL (VGI TB) as a major shareholder.I've covered various aspects of the deal in my earlier note, Kerry Express Thailand IPO - Time for Delivery.In this note, I'll talk about the deal updates and provide implied valuations at different share price levels.

Kerry Express Thailand IPO Trading - Delivering a Christmas Present

Thailand

Asset World Corporation invests in, develops, and manages real estate properties in Thailand, focusing on hospitality, lifestyle destinations, and commercial workspaces. The company operates through two segments: Hotel and Related Services, and Rental and Rendering of Commercial Building Services. It develops and owns hotels, community shopping malls, and mixed-use properties. Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, the company was founded in 2009.

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