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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/maanshan-dingtai-rare-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4128:1" rel="noopener">S.F. Holding (002352 CH)</a> (SFH), China’s largest express delivery company, aims to raise around US$2-3bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>SFH is the largest integrated express logistics service provider in China and the fourth largest in the world. It has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2017</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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S.F. Holding (002352 CH) (SFH), China’s largest express delivery company, aims to raise around US$2-3bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong.
SFH is the largest integrated express logistics service provider in China and the fourth largest in the world. It has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2017
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


SF Holdings A/H Listing - Early Look - Front Running

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Tracking Traffic

Focusing on Asian logistics, transportation, and travel companies

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<li>SF Holding differs from its Chinese peers in several important ways, including business scale, its lack of a formal relationship with Alibaba, and its many non-express lines of business</li>
<li>SF also differs from the pre-Covid version of itself: it's far larger than it was in 2019, but core margins have declined, and internatonal exposure has risen dramatically</li>
<li>In this insight we also take a look at current EV/Revenue valuations vs peers and list important milestones to watch for ahead of the company's planned HK IPO</li>
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SF Holding differs from its Chinese peers in several important ways, including business scale, its lack of a formal relationship with Alibaba, and its many non-express lines of business
SF also differs from the pre-Covid version of itself: it's far larger than it was in 2019, but core margins have declined, and internatonal exposure has risen dramatically
In this insight we also take a look at current EV/Revenue valuations vs peers and list important milestones to watch for ahead of the company's planned HK IPO


A Look at How SF Holding Differs from A) Its Express Peers and B) The Pre-Covid Version of Itself

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In June, mainstream parcel pricing declined by over 10% Y/Y, but SF Holding saw ASPs rise</li>
<li>We believe J&amp;T Global Express' planned IPO could negatively impact the industry in H2</li>
<li>Pricing pressure has increased, in our view, and we expect margins to decline in H2 23</li>
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In June, mainstream parcel pricing declined by over 10% Y/Y, but SF Holding saw ASPs rise
We believe J&amp;T Global Express' planned IPO could negatively impact the industry in H2
Pricing pressure has increased, in our view, and we expect margins to decline in H2 23


Monthly Chinese Express Tracker | Mainstream ASPs Down 10% in June | J&T IPO Impact? | (July 2023)

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

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Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>FedEx Corporation delivered a mixed set of results for the previous quarter, with revenues well below analyst expectations but managed earnings beat.</li><li>Though total revenue declined due to soft demand and yield pressure in international markets, the company maintained revenue quality with disciplined pricing.</li><li>In the quarter, they launched FedEx Sustainability Insights to improve consumer access to emissions information.</li></ul>

FedEx Corporation delivered a mixed set of results for the previous quarter, with revenues well below analyst expectations but managed earnings beat.Though total revenue declined due to soft demand and yield pressure in international markets, the company maintained revenue quality with disciplined pricing.In the quarter, they launched FedEx Sustainability Insights to improve consumer access to emissions information.

FedEx Corporation: What Is The Secret Sauce To Bending The Cost Curve? – Key Drivers

Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lalatech-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36848:1" rel="noopener">Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd (LALA HK)</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO.</li>
<li>Lalatech operates via a marketplace model serving merchants and carriers. Its platform facilitates closed-loop transactions from online shipping order booking to intelligent order matching, and automated dispatching to after-sale services.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note we will talk about valuations.</li>
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Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd (LALA HK) is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO.
Lalatech operates via a marketplace model serving merchants and carriers. Its platform facilitates closed-loop transactions from online shipping order booking to intelligent order matching, and automated dispatching to after-sale services.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note we will talk about valuations.


Lalatech Holdings Limited Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - Needs a Very Big Cut from Pre-IPO Rounds

United States

FedEx Corp. delivers packages and freight to multiple countries and territories through an integrated global network.  The Company provides worldwide express delivery, ground small-parcel delivery, less-than-truckload freight delivery, supply chain management services, customs brokerage services, and trade facilitation and electronic commerce solutions.

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SF Holdings A/H Listing - Early Look - Front Running

The company has just filed its application prood for an H-share listing. As per media reports, it could look to raise up to US$3bn in its Hong Kong...

Sumeet Singh

A Look at How SF Holding Differs from A) Its Express Peers and B) The Pre-Covid Version of Itself

In this insight we compare today's SF Holding to its Chinese peers and to the pre-Covid version of itself. We also look at EV/Sales valuations and...

Tracking Traffic

Monthly Chinese Express Tracker | Mainstream ASPs Down 10% in June | J&T IPO Impact? | (July 2023)

Monthly figures from the China-listed express companies show that parcel pricing continued to decline in June, with slowing e-commerce sales and...

Tracking Traffic

FedEx Corporation: What Is The Secret Sauce To Bending The Cost Curve? – Key Drivers

FedEx Corporation delivered a mixed set of results for the previous quarter, with revenues well below analyst expectations but managed earnings...

Baptista Research

Lalatech Holdings Limited Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - Needs a Very Big Cut from Pre-IPO Rounds

Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd (LALA HK) is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

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