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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-hexacom" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40858:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Hexacom</a> is looking to raise up to US$513m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Bharti Hexacom (BH) is a communications solutions provider offering consumer mobile services, fixed-line telephone and broadband services to customers in the Rajasthan and the North East telecommunication circles in India.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about valutions.</li>
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Bharti Hexacom is looking to raise up to US$513m in its upcoming India IPO.
Bharti Hexacom (BH) is a communications solutions provider offering consumer mobile services, fixed-line telephone and broadband services to customers in the Rajasthan and the North East telecommunication circles in India.
We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about valutions.


Bharti Hexacom IPO - Unexciting and at a Half-Decent Discount

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Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-hexacom" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40858:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Hexacom (6597372Z IN)</a>, a 70% owned subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-airtel-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:953:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Airtel (BHARTI IN)</a>, aims to raise up to US$513 million at an IPO price range of Rs542-570 per share.</li>
<li>In <em><strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/bharti-hexacom-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:134782" rel="noopener">Bharti Hexacom IPO: The Bull Case</a></strong></em>, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.</li>
<li>The bear case rests on low geographic diversification, slowing growth, share overhang from TCIL’s desire to exit fully, mid-tier revenue growth and EBITDA margin. </li>
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Bharti Hexacom (6597372Z IN), a 70% owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel (BHARTI IN), aims to raise up to US$513 million at an IPO price range of Rs542-570 per share.
In Bharti Hexacom IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
The bear case rests on low geographic diversification, slowing growth, share overhang from TCIL’s desire to exit fully, mid-tier revenue growth and EBITDA margin. 


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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-hexacom" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40858:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Hexacom</a> is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Bharti Hexacom (BH) is a communications solutions provider offering consumer mobile services, fixed-line telephone and broadband services to customers in the Rajasthan and the North East telecommunication circles in India.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Bharti Hexacom is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
Bharti Hexacom (BH) is a communications solutions provider offering consumer mobile services, fixed-line telephone and broadband services to customers in the Rajasthan and the North East telecommunication circles in India.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Bharti Hexacom Pre-IPO - The Negatives - No Clear Rationale for Listing

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-hexacom" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40858:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Hexacom (6597372Z IN)</a>, a 70% owned subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-airtel-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:953:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Airtel (BHARTI IN)</a>, aims to raise around US$500 million at a valuation of US$3.3-4.2 billion. </li>
<li>The offer is a pure secondary offering. The Government of India aims to reduce its stake from 30% to 15% of outstanding shares. </li>
<li>The bull case rests on market share gains, ARPU growth, low churn rates, improving margins, cash generation and low leverage. </li>
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Bharti Hexacom (6597372Z IN), a 70% owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel (BHARTI IN), aims to raise around US$500 million at a valuation of US$3.3-4.2 billion. 
The offer is a pure secondary offering. The Government of India aims to reduce its stake from 30% to 15% of outstanding shares. 
The bull case rests on market share gains, ARPU growth, low churn rates, improving margins, cash generation and low leverage. 


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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trial-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36821:1" rel="noopener">Trial Holdings (5882 JP)</a> was back in the market, a year after ditching its previous attempt, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/juniper-hotels" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40186:1" rel="noopener">Juniper Hotels</a> is trying to ride the India wave.</li>
<li>For placements, more signs of REIT coming back to life, this time in Japan. A relatively large deal in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toei-animation-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18641:1" rel="noopener">Toei Animation (4816 JP)</a> as well was launched.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, Trial Holdings (5882 JP) was back in the market, a year after ditching its previous attempt, while Juniper Hotels is trying to ride the India wave.
For placements, more signs of REIT coming back to life, this time in Japan. A relatively large deal in Toei Animation (4816 JP) as well was launched.


ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2024) - Toei Ani, KB Fin, IIF, Trial, Juniper, Bharti Hexacom, Octillion Energy

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Bharti Hexacom (6597372Z IN)

Bharti Hexacom IPO - Unexciting and at a Half-Decent Discount

Bharti Hexacom is looking to raise up to US$513m in its upcoming India IPO. We have looked at the past performance in our earlier note, in this...

Sumeet Singh

Bharti Hexacom IPO: The Bear Case

The bear case rests on low geographic diversification, slowing growth, share overhang from TCIL’s desire to exit fully, mid-tier revenue growth and...

Arun George

Bharti Hexacom Pre-IPO - The Negatives - No Clear Rationale for Listing

The company is said to be looking to launch its IPO next week, which will entirely comprise of an offer for sale of half of the stake of Government...

Sumeet Singh

Bharti Hexacom IPO: The Bull Case

The bull case rests on market share gains, ARPU growth, low churn rates, improving margins, cash generation and low leverage.

Arun George

ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2024) - Toei Ani, KB Fin, IIF, Trial, Juniper, Bharti Hexacom, Octillion Energy

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

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