Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of October 27th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Meituan, Semiconductor Manufacturing International and CNOOC.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of October 27th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Meituan, Semiconductor Manufacturing International and CNOOC.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Oct 27th): Meituan, Semiconductor Manufacturing International, CNOOC

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

WuXi XDC Cayman  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-xdc-cayman-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39917:1" rel="noopener">WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK)</a> is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>WuXi XDC Cayman (WXDC) is a CRDMO focused on the global antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and broader bioconjugate market providing integrated and end-to-end services.</li>
<li>In our previous notes we looked at the company’s past performance and peer comparison. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK) is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
WuXi XDC Cayman (WXDC) is a CRDMO focused on the global antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and broader bioconjugate market providing integrated and end-to-end services.
In our previous notes we looked at the company’s past performance and peer comparison. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on valuation.


WuXi XDC Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - While TAM Is Uncertain, Sales and PAT Are Set to Double

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-xdc-cayman-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39917:1" rel="noopener">WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK)</a> is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>WuXi XDC Cayman (WXDC) is a CRDMO focused on the global antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and broader bioconjugate market providing integrated and end-to-end services.</li>
<li>In our previous note we looked at the company’s past performance, in this note we will undertake a peer comparison.</li>
</ul>



WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK) is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
WuXi XDC Cayman (WXDC) is a CRDMO focused on the global antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and broader bioconjugate market providing integrated and end-to-end services.
In our previous note we looked at the company’s past performance, in this note we will undertake a peer comparison.


WuXi XDC Cayman Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Has Grown Rapidly Although Margins Remain Under Pressure

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 22nd.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for China Mobile, ICBC and Innovent Biologics.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 22nd.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for China Mobile, ICBC and Innovent Biologics.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 22nd): China Mobile, ICBC, Innovent Biologics

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>2023 is a crucial year for Zai Lab.It’s the first time for Zai Lab to demonstrate the profitability of license-in model.If it fails, investors would lose confidence in the company.</li>
<li>There is little correlation between the four commercialized products, which makes commercialization difficult and leads to low efficiency/high costs for sales team. So, breakeven could be more distant than expected.</li>
<li>Zai Lab's current pipelines are hard to make money. There are concerns whether its business model is sustainable in the long term. As its valuation lacks an “anchor”, risk is high.</li>
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2023 is a crucial year for Zai Lab.It’s the first time for Zai Lab to demonstrate the profitability of license-in model.If it fails, investors would lose confidence in the company.
There is little correlation between the four commercialized products, which makes commercialization difficult and leads to low efficiency/high costs for sales team. So, breakeven could be more distant than expected.
Zai Lab's current pipelines are hard to make money. There are concerns whether its business model is sustainable in the long term. As its valuation lacks an “anchor”, risk is high.


Zai Lab (9688.HK/ZLAB.US) 2022/2023Q1 - The True Colors and the Risks Behind

China

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells pharmaceutical products.  The Company's products include vitamin C, antibiotics and common generic drugs. The Company is also engages in the development of innovative drugs and antibiotics.

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CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (1093 HK)

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Oct 27th): Meituan, Semiconductor Manufacturing International, CNOOC

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for Meituan, Semiconductor Manufacturing International, CNOOC.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

WuXi XDC Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - While TAM Is Uncertain, Sales and PAT Are Set to Double

WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK) is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on...

Clarence Chu

WuXi XDC Cayman Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Has Grown Rapidly Although Margins Remain Under Pressure

WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK) is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note we will undertake a peer comparison.

Clarence Chu

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 22nd): China Mobile, ICBC, Innovent Biologics

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for China Mobile, ICBC, Innovent Biologics.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Zai Lab (9688.HK/ZLAB.US) 2022/2023Q1 - The True Colors and the Risks Behind

In the insight, we analyzed major investment logic flaws of Zai Lab. As we expected, the company's performance is not ideal. The license-in model...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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