Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we provide gap trade opportunities among 30 small cap Korean preferred stocks with market cap of less than 100 billion won and more than 20 billion won.</li>
<li>Among these 30 companies, there are some in interesting gap trade opportunities, especially among those with relatively high dividend yields (more than 5%).</li>
<li>We have ranked these 30 stocks in terms of three criteria including market cap, pref/common share price ratio, and dividend yields. </li>
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In this insight, we provide gap trade opportunities among 30 small cap Korean preferred stocks with market cap of less than 100 billion won and more than 20 billion won.
Among these 30 companies, there are some in interesting gap trade opportunities, especially among those with relatively high dividend yields (more than 5%).
We have ranked these 30 stocks in terms of three criteria including market cap, pref/common share price ratio, and dividend yields. 


Gap Trades of Small Cap Korean Pref Vs Common Shares

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
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In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.
Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 2Q 2023

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 33 pair trades, 2/3 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past year and 1/3 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 33 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023.
Of the 33 pair trades, 2/3 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past year and 1/3 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 33 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Spreads Opportunities in 1Q 2023

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>We'd better pay attention to trading for price gain by building a position 2-3 weeks towards ex-dividend and getting out of it before ex-dividend, which often provides higher returns.</li>
<li>For this, we should focus on high dividend yield stocks, which also feature a high borrow rate, but on a decreasing trend.</li>
<li>They are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyosung-tnc-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27749:1" rel="noopener">Hyosung TNC (298020)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hd-hyundai" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24075:1" rel="noopener">HD Hyundai (267250)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bnk-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:386:1" rel="noopener">BNK Financial (138930)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/woori-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27995:1" rel="noopener">Woori Financial (316140)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dl-e-c-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31375:1" rel="noopener">DL E&amp;C (375500)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lx-semicon-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20670:1" rel="noopener">LX Semicon (108320)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kb-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:718:1" rel="noopener">KB Financial (105560 KS)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdc-hyundai-development-co-engineering-construction" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27397:1" rel="noopener">HDC Hyundai Development (294870)</a>.        </li>
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We'd better pay attention to trading for price gain by building a position 2-3 weeks towards ex-dividend and getting out of it before ex-dividend, which often provides higher returns.
For this, we should focus on high dividend yield stocks, which also feature a high borrow rate, but on a decreasing trend.
They are Hyosung TNC (298020), HD Hyundai (267250), BNK Financial (138930), Woori Financial (316140), DL E&amp;C (375500), LX Semicon (108320), KB Financial (105560 KS), and HDC Hyundai Development (294870).        


Yearend Dividend Play on Korean Stocks with High Yield/Borrow Rate

Korea has a total of 121 preferred shares.<div class="content-highlight">You can find all the preferred share names in Korea with the disparity to the ordinary shares and the sigma on a 20-day moving average in the attached file.</div><hr>6 prefs in total have a market cap of more than ₩1T. The largest one is Samsung Electronics 1P featuring a market cap of ₩61.6T.<table class="table table-striped">
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Pref"}'>Top 10 largest market cap prefs in Korea</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ticker"}'>Ticker</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Market cap (₩B)"}'>Market cap (₩B)</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Preference Shares Non Voting"}'>Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Preference Shares Non Voting</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005935"}'>005935</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":61551.92516}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>61,551.9</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hyundai Motor S2 Pref Shs"}'>Hyundai Motor S2 Pref Shs</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005387"}'>005387</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":4049.885061}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>4,049.9</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares"}'>LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051915"}'>051915</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":3344.628}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>3,344.6</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hyundai Motor S1 Pref Shs"}'>Hyundai Motor S1 Pref Shs</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005385"}'>005385</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":2752.305405}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>2,752.3</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares"}'>LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051905"}'>051905</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":1553.77578}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>1,553.8</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Electronics Inc. Preference Shares"}'>LG Electronics Inc. Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"066575"}'>066575</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":1254.577416}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>1,254.6</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares"}'>Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"090435"}'>090435</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":978.710841}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>978.7</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Samsung SDI Co Ltd Preferred Shares"}'>Samsung SDI Co Ltd Preferred Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"006405"}'>006405</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":711.065292}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>711.1</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Mirae Asset Securities 2PB"}'>Mirae Asset Securities 2PB</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"00680K"}'>00680K</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":697.9}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>697.9</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Preference Shares"}'>Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"071055"}'>071055</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":521.384339}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>521.4</td>
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<tr><td colspan="3">Source: KRX</td></tr>
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</table>These are the top 10 preferred shares having the widest disparity to the ordinary shares. Solus Advanced Materials 1P tops the list with a 66.87% disparity. 4 prefs in total are above a 60% disparity to their respective ordinary share. A total of 19 prefs have a +50% disparity to the ordinary shares.<table class="table table-striped">
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Pref"}'>Top 10 prefs having the widest disparity to ordinary share in Korea</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ticker"}'>Ticker</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Disparity to ordinary share"}'>Disparity to ordinary share</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Solus Advanced Materials 1P"}'>Solus Advanced Materials 1P</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"33637K"}'>33637K</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.668693009118541}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>66.87%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares"}'>Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"090435"}'>090435</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6653429602888087}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>66.53%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"AmoreG 1P Pref Shs"}'>AmoreG 1P Pref Shs</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"002795"}'>002795</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6418918918918919}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>64.19%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Doosan Fuel Cell 1P"}'>Doosan Fuel Cell 1P</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"33626K"}'>33626K</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6262626262626263}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>62.63%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Nexen Tire Corp Preference Shares"}'>Nexen Tire Corp Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"002355"}'>002355</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5765124555160143}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>57.65%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"BYC Co., Ltd Preference Shares"}'>BYC Co., Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"001465"}'>001465</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5660621761658031}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>56.61%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Doosan Fuel Cell 2PB"}'>Doosan Fuel Cell 2PB</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"33626L"}'>33626L</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5391414141414141}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>53.91%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hyundai Motor S3 Pref Shs"}'>Hyundai Motor S3 Pref Shs</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005389"}'>005389</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5357142857142857}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>53.57%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares"}'>LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051905"}'>051905</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5289624443029918}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>52.90%</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares"}'>LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051915"}'>051915</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5266594124047879}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>52.67%</td>
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<tr><td colspan="3">Source: KRX</td></tr>
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Korea has a total of 121 preferred shares.You can find all the preferred share names in Korea with the disparity to the ordinary shares and the sigma on a 20-day moving average in the attached file.6 prefs in total have a market cap of more than ₩1T. The largest one is Samsung Electronics 1P featuring a market cap of ₩61.6T.







Top 10 largest market cap prefs in Korea
Ticker
Market cap (₩B)


Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Preference Shares Non Voting
005935
61,551.9


Hyundai Motor S2 Pref Shs
005387
4,049.9


LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares
051915
3,344.6


Hyundai Motor S1 Pref Shs
005385
2,752.3


LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares
051905
1,553.8


LG Electronics Inc. Preference Shares
066575
1,254.6


Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares
090435
978.7


Samsung SDI Co Ltd Preferred Shares
006405
711.1


Mirae Asset Securities 2PB
00680K
697.9


Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Preference Shares
071055
521.4

Source: KRX

These are the top 10 preferred shares having the widest disparity to the ordinary shares. Solus Advanced Materials 1P tops the list with a 66.87% disparity. 4 prefs in total are above a 60% disparity to their respective ordinary share. A total of 19 prefs have a +50% disparity to the ordinary shares.







Top 10 prefs having the widest disparity to ordinary share in Korea
Ticker
Disparity to ordinary share


Solus Advanced Materials 1P
33637K
66.87%


Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares
090435
66.53%


AmoreG 1P Pref Shs
002795
64.19%


Doosan Fuel Cell 1P
33626K
62.63%


Nexen Tire Corp Preference Shares
002355
57.65%


BYC Co., Ltd Preference Shares
001465
56.61%


Doosan Fuel Cell 2PB
33626L
53.91%


Hyundai Motor S3 Pref Shs
005389
53.57%


LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares
051905
52.90%


LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares
051915
52.67%

Source: KRX



South Korea

DL E&C Co.,Ltd. provides construction services. The Company builds industrial plants, infrastructure, high-rise residential buildings, low-rise apartments, villas, and other related areas. DL E&C offers services in Korea.

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DL E&C (375500 KS)

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