Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

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Zhihu Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhihu-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32185:1" rel="noopener">Zhihu Technology (ZH US)</a> raised around US$106m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. </li>
<li>Unlike all the prior dual primary/secondary listings which have been done via offering either only primary or a mix of primary+secondary shares, Zhihu’s offering will consist of only secondary shares.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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Zhihu Technology (ZH US) raised around US$106m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. 
Unlike all the prior dual primary/secondary listings which have been done via offering either only primary or a mix of primary+secondary shares, Zhihu’s offering will consist of only secondary shares.
In this note, we'll talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


Zhihu HK Secondary Listing Trading - Delivered the Correction but Still Set for the Worst Debut Yet

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhihu-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32185:1" rel="noopener">Zhihu Technology (ZH US)</a> has launched an HKEx dual-primary listing to raise $150-200 million. The H Shares will be priced on 14 April and listed on 22 April.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/zhihu-dual-primary-listing-a-question-of-judgment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:68266" rel="noopener">Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: A Question of Judgment</a>, we stated that while a loss-making tech name is not everybody's cup of tea, Zhihu has resilient performance and an undemanding valuation.  </li>
<li>In this note, we will look at Zhihu’s potential HK-ADS premium/(discount). Zhihu pricing its H-shares at a discount of 3-4% to its ADSs will be reasonable, in our view.</li>
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Zhihu Technology (ZH US) has launched an HKEx dual-primary listing to raise $150-200 million. The H Shares will be priced on 14 April and listed on 22 April.
In Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: A Question of Judgment, we stated that while a loss-making tech name is not everybody's cup of tea, Zhihu has resilient performance and an undemanding valuation.  
In this note, we will look at Zhihu’s potential HK-ADS premium/(discount). Zhihu pricing its H-shares at a discount of 3-4% to its ADSs will be reasonable, in our view.


Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: HK-ADS Premium/​​​(Discount) Views

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<li>Zhihu plans to raise around US$130m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>Unlike all the prior dual primary/secondary listings which have been done via offering either only primary or a mix of primary+secondary shares, Zhihu’s offering will consist of only secondary shares.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll talk about the deal dynamics and structure.</li>
</ul>


Zhihu plans to raise around US$130m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong.
Unlike all the prior dual primary/secondary listings which have been done via offering either only primary or a mix of primary+secondary shares, Zhihu’s offering will consist of only secondary shares.
In this note, we'll talk about the deal dynamics and structure.


Zhihu HK Secondary - Going Further than Autohome and Weibo, Stock Might Go Further Down as Well

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhihu-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32185:1" rel="noopener">Zhihu Technology (ZH US)</a> has launched an HKEx dual-primary listing to raise $150-200 million. Zhihu will not receive any of the net proceeds as it is offering from selling shareholders.</li>
<li>Zhihu shares are down 73% from the IPO price of $9.50 per ADS (March 2021) largely due to the tech sell-off and regulatory uncertainty on ADR listings.  </li>
<li>While a loss-making Chinese tech name is not everybody's cup of tea in the current environment, Zhihu has delivered resilient performance and the valuation is undemanding. </li>
</ul>



Zhihu Technology (ZH US) has launched an HKEx dual-primary listing to raise $150-200 million. Zhihu will not receive any of the net proceeds as it is offering from selling shareholders.
Zhihu shares are down 73% from the IPO price of $9.50 per ADS (March 2021) largely due to the tech sell-off and regulatory uncertainty on ADR listings.  
While a loss-making Chinese tech name is not everybody's cup of tea in the current environment, Zhihu has delivered resilient performance and the valuation is undemanding. 


Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: A Question of Judgment

Full Truck Alliance   / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Full Truck Alliance (FTA), China’s largest digital freight platform by gross transaction value, raised around US$2bn in its US listing in Jun 21. It is backed by Softbank and Sequoia.</li>
<li>We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our earlier IPO notes, links to which are included below.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the updates since listing and the impact of the upcoming lock-up expiry.</li>
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Full Truck Alliance (FTA), China’s largest digital freight platform by gross transaction value, raised around US$2bn in its US listing in Jun 21. It is backed by Softbank and Sequoia.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our earlier IPO notes, links to which are included below.
In this note, we look at the updates since listing and the impact of the upcoming lock-up expiry.


Full Truck Alliance Lock-Up Expiry - In Similar Delisting Boat as Didi. 60% of Stock up for Lock-Up

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Autohome Inc is an online destination for automobile consumers in China.  The Company delivers comprehensive, independent and interactive content to automobile buyers and owners.

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Zhihu HK Secondary Listing Trading - Delivered the Correction but Still Set for the Worst Debut Yet

Zhihu Technology (ZH US) raised around US$106m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. In this note we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: HK-ADS Premium/(Discount) Views

In this note, we will look at Zhihu’s potential HK-ADS premium/(discount). Zhihu pricing its H-shares at a discount of 3-4% to its ADSs will be...

Arun George

Zhihu HK Secondary - Going Further than Autohome and Weibo, Stock Might Go Further Down as Well

Zhihu plans to raise around US$130m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: A Question of Judgment

Zhihu has launched an HKEx dual-primary listing to raise $150-200m. While a loss-making Chinese tech name is not enticing, Zhihu has delivered...

Arun George

Full Truck Alliance Lock-Up Expiry - In Similar Delisting Boat as Didi. 60% of Stock up for Lock-Up

Full Truck Alliance (FTA), China’s largest digital freight platform by gross transaction value, raised around US$2bn in its US listing in Jun 21....

Sumeet Singh

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Zhihu HK Secondary Listing Trading - Delivered the Correction but Still Set for the Worst Debut Yet

Zhihu Technology (ZH US) raised around US$106m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. In this note we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: HK-ADS Premium/​​​(Discount) Views

In this note, we will look at Zhihu’s potential HK-ADS premium/(discount). Zhihu pricing its H-shares at a discount of 3-4% to its ADSs will be...

Arun George

Zhihu HK Secondary - Going Further than Autohome and Weibo, Stock Might Go Further Down as Well

Zhihu plans to raise around US$130m via a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: A Question of Judgment

Zhihu has launched an HKEx dual-primary listing to raise $150-200m. While a loss-making Chinese tech name is not enticing, Zhihu has delivered...

Arun George

Full Truck Alliance Lock-Up Expiry - In Similar Delisting Boat as Didi. 60% of Stock up for Lock-Up

Full Truck Alliance (FTA), China’s largest digital freight platform by gross transaction value, raised around US$2bn in its US listing in Jun 21....

Sumeet Singh

Zhihu Dual-Primary Listing: HK-ADS Premium/(Discount) Views