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/wework-india-management-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44329:1" rel="noopener">WeWork India Management Ltd (1690124D IN)</a> raised about US$338m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>WeWork India (WWI) offers a wide range of workspace solutions, including custom-designed buildings, floors, and offices, enterprise office suites, private offices, co-working spaces, customized managed offices, and hybrid digital solutions.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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WeWork India Management Ltd (1690124D IN) raised about US$338m in its India IPO.
WeWork India (WWI) offers a wide range of workspace solutions, including custom-designed buildings, floors, and offices, enterprise office suites, private offices, co-working spaces, customized managed offices, and hybrid digital solutions.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


WeWork India IPO Trading - Muted Demand, Likely to Trade Weak

Rubicon Research Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rubicon-research-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43796:1" rel="noopener">Rubicon Research Limited (1453591D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$155m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>RR’s has shown strong FY25–1Q26 growth, driven by expanding product launches, ANDA approvals, and higher US market penetration, while margins improved with operating leverage and lower R&amp;D intensity.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates, peer comp and implied valuations in the price range.</li>
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Rubicon Research Limited (1453591D IN) is looking to raise about US$155m in its India IPO.
RR’s has shown strong FY25–1Q26 growth, driven by expanding product launches, ANDA approvals, and higher US market penetration, while margins improved with operating leverage and lower R&amp;D intensity.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates, peer comp and implied valuations in the price range.


Rubicon Research IPO - RHP Updates, Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

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Equity Bottom-Up

Bajaj Consumer Care Limited / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bajaj-consumer-care-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6907:1" rel="noopener">Bajaj Consumer Care Limited (BJCOR IN)</a> operates in the position in light hair oil through its flagship brand Almond Drops with a 65% market share in this category.</li>
<li>In FY25, revenue grew 3.2% YoY to INR 2.4 bn, but EBITDA fell 9.6% and PAT declined 15.6% due to copara(RM) price surge and high employee cost.</li>
<li>Management expects ADHO to rebound with rural demand recovery, while Coconut Oil and skin-care extensions continue to expand the non-ADHO portfolio base aiming 40% share from current 20% in revenue.</li>
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Bajaj Consumer Care Limited (BJCOR IN) operates in the position in light hair oil through its flagship brand Almond Drops with a 65% market share in this category.
In FY25, revenue grew 3.2% YoY to INR 2.4 bn, but EBITDA fell 9.6% and PAT declined 15.6% due to copara(RM) price surge and high employee cost.
Management expects ADHO to rebound with rural demand recovery, while Coconut Oil and skin-care extensions continue to expand the non-ADHO portfolio base aiming 40% share from current 20% in revenue.


The Beat Ideas: Bajaj Consumer ~ A Turnaround Play Through Non- ADHO Business

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Bajaj Housing Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bajaj-housing-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43675:1" rel="noopener">Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN)</a> raised around US$800m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>BHF is a non-deposit taking housing finance company engaged in mortgage lending since FY18. Its mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuation. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN) raised around US$800m in its India IPO.
BHF is a non-deposit taking housing finance company engaged in mortgage lending since FY18. Its mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuation. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Bajaj Housing Finance IPO - Valuation Might Get Stretched from Demand Overflow

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bajaj-housing-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43675:1" rel="noopener">Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$830m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>BHF is a non-deposit taking housing finance company engaged in mortgage lending since FY18. Its mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about valuations.</li>
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Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN) is looking to raise around US$830m in its upcoming India IPO.
BHF is a non-deposit taking housing finance company engaged in mortgage lending since FY18. Its mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about valuations.


Bajaj Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

India

Bajaj Consumer Care Limited develops and manufactures a wide range of hair care products. The Company offers a wide range of hair oils for different hair types.

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Bajaj Consumer Care Limited (BJCOR IN)

WeWork India IPO Trading - Muted Demand, Likely to Trade Weak

WeWork India raised about US$338m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Rubicon Research IPO - RHP Updates, Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

Rubicon Research Limited (RR) is looking to raise about US$155m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates, peer comp and...

Akshat Shah

The Beat Ideas: Bajaj Consumer ~ A Turnaround Play Through Non- ADHO Business

Bajaj Consumer Care Limited dominates light hair oil market with Almond Drops brand, facing challenges in FY25 but eyeing rural demand recovery...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Bajaj Housing Finance IPO - Valuation Might Get Stretched from Demand Overflow

Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN) raised around US$800m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Bajaj Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

The deal is now live, with anchor books set to open at the end of the week and the remaining books to open over the coming week.

Sumeet Singh

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WeWork India IPO Trading - Muted Demand, Likely to Trade Weak

WeWork India raised about US$338m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Rubicon Research IPO - RHP Updates, Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

Rubicon Research Limited (RR) is looking to raise about US$155m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates, peer comp and...

Akshat Shah

The Beat Ideas: Bajaj Consumer ~ A Turnaround Play Through Non- ADHO Business

​Bajaj Consumer Care Limited dominates light hair oil market with Almond Drops brand, facing challenges in FY25 but eyeing rural demand recovery...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Bajaj Housing Finance IPO - Valuation Might Get Stretched from Demand Overflow

Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN) raised around US$800m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Bajaj Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

The deal is now live, with anchor books set to open at the end of the week and the remaining books to open over the coming week.

Sumeet Singh

Bajaj Consumer Care Limited dominates light hair oil market with Almond Drops brand, facing challenges in FY25 but eyeing rural demand recovery...