APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

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

Estun Automation / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/estun-automation-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25177:1" rel="noopener">Estun Automation (002747 CH)</a>, aims to raise up to US$300m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>It is a leading industrial robotics company in China, engaged in the sales of (i) industrial robots and intelligent manufacturing systems and (ii) core automation components and motion control systems.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Estun Automation (002747 CH), aims to raise up to US$300m in its H-share listing.
It is a leading industrial robotics company in China, engaged in the sales of (i) industrial robots and intelligent manufacturing systems and (ii) core automation components and motion control systems.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Aequitas: Estun Automation A/H Listing -  Playing the Robotics Theme

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Robotechnik Intelligent Te-A / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/robotechnik-intelligent-te-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29824:1" rel="noopener">Robotechnik Intelligent Te-A (300757 CH)</a> has dual-listed H-shares (3757 HK) today.  The company operates in the automation equipment industry, primarily serving the PV solar cell and electronics/semiconductor industries.
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<li>RoboTechnik ranked first among all brands in China's industrial robot market by shipment volume in H1 2026 and has held the top position among domestic brands for eight consecutive years. </li>
<li>The company's risks include: solar overcapacity, intense competition, regulatory &amp; geopolitical issues, customer concentration, capital needs, rising leverage, and governance issues.  </li>
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Robotechnik Intelligent Te-A (300757 CH) has dual-listed H-shares (3757 HK) today.  The company operates in the automation equipment industry, primarily serving the PV solar cell and electronics/semiconductor industries.

RoboTechnik ranked first among all brands in China's industrial robot market by shipment volume in H1 2026 and has held the top position among domestic brands for eight consecutive years. 
The company's risks include: solar overcapacity, intense competition, regulatory &amp; geopolitical issues, customer concentration, capital needs, rising leverage, and governance issues.  


HK IPO WATCH: RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology - Automating the Solar Sector !!

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology / Equity Capital Markets

RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology (RBTK HK)

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<li>RoboTechnik, a photovoltaic and silicon photonics manufacturing equipment maker, raised HKD 4,961.3m (USD 632.5m) from its global offering and will list on HKEX on Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company's fundamentals and the deal terms.</li>
<li>In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before its trading debut.</li>
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RoboTechnik, a photovoltaic and silicon photonics manufacturing equipment maker, raised HKD 4,961.3m (USD 632.5m) from its global offering and will list on HKEX on Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company's fundamentals and the deal terms.
In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before its trading debut.


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<li>RoboTechnik, a photovoltaic and silicon photonics manufacturing equipment maker, launched its IPO to raise USD 660m through an A+H listing. Huatai, Citi, and Orient Capital are the deal sponsors.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.</li>
<li>We analyze reference A+H transactions, cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.</li>
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RoboTechnik, a photovoltaic and silicon photonics manufacturing equipment maker, launched its IPO to raise USD 660m through an A+H listing. Huatai, Citi, and Orient Capital are the deal sponsors.
In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.
We analyze reference A+H transactions, cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.


RoboTechnik (罗博特科) A+H IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>We use quantamental screens to identify overvalued stocks in Asia, with weak fundamentals – consistently low earnings growth, forecast return ratios less than cost of capital, and over-leveraged balance sheets.</li>
<li>We screen Asia-listed stocks above US$1bn market cap on declining EPS CAGR over next 2 years, less than 10% ROE, higher than 1x PEG and P/BV, more than 80% D/E.</li>
<li>We identify 30 stocks: 11 from HK/China, 9 from Japan, 4 from Taiwan, 3 from India, and one each from Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. Financials, property, industrials dominate the list.</li>
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We use quantamental screens to identify overvalued stocks in Asia, with weak fundamentals – consistently low earnings growth, forecast return ratios less than cost of capital, and over-leveraged balance sheets.
We screen Asia-listed stocks above US$1bn market cap on declining EPS CAGR over next 2 years, less than 10% ROE, higher than 1x PEG and P/BV, more than 80% D/E.
We identify 30 stocks: 11 from HK/China, 9 from Japan, 4 from Taiwan, 3 from India, and one each from Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. Financials, property, industrials dominate the list.


Asian Equities: The Overvalued, Low Growth, Over-Leveraged Stocks

China

Estun Automation Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures mechanical equipment. The Company focuses on metal forming and electro-hydraulic robotic machines. Estun operates in China.

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Estun Automation (002747 CH)

Aequitas: Estun Automation A/H Listing - Playing the Robotics Theme

Estun Automation, aims to raise up to US$300m in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that...

Nicholas Tan

HK IPO WATCH: RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology - Automating the Solar Sector !!

Robotechnik Intelligent Technology is dual-listed on the H-share market today. The company operates in the automation equipment industry, serving...

David Mudd

RoboTechnik (罗博特科) IPO Trading

RoboTechnik raised USD 632m in net proceeds to list on HKEX on Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026. We are cautious on debut performance given lukewarm...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

RoboTechnik (罗博特科) A+H IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms

We analyze RoboTechnik's USD 660m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms, track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors, as well as its...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asian Equities: The Overvalued, Low Growth, Over-Leveraged Stocks

Quantamental screens reveal overvalued Asian stocks with low earnings growth, low return ratios, and high leverage. 30 stocks identified across...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

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Aequitas: Estun Automation A/H Listing - Playing the Robotics Theme

Estun Automation, aims to raise up to US$300m in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that...

Nicholas Tan

HK IPO WATCH: RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology - Automating the Solar Sector !!

Robotechnik Intelligent Technology is dual-listed on the H-share market today. The company operates in the automation equipment industry, serving...

David Mudd

RoboTechnik (罗博特科) IPO Trading

RoboTechnik raised USD 632m in net proceeds to list on HKEX on Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026. We are cautious on debut performance given lukewarm...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

RoboTechnik (罗博特科) A+H IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms

We analyze RoboTechnik's USD 660m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms, track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors, as well as its...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asian Equities: The Overvalued, Low Growth, Over-Leveraged Stocks

​Quantamental screens reveal overvalued Asian stocks with low earnings growth, low return ratios, and high leverage. 30 stocks identified across...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Quantamental screens reveal overvalued Asian stocks with low earnings growth, low return ratios, and high leverage. 30 stocks identified across...