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

Eastroc Beverage Group   / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eastroc-beverage-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34882:1" rel="noopener">Eastroc Beverage Group (605499 CH)</a> (EB), a China-based functional beverage company, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), EB has been the largest functional beverage company in China in terms of sales volume for four consecutive years since 2021.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and likely A/H premium.</li>
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Eastroc Beverage Group (605499 CH) (EB), a China-based functional beverage company, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), EB has been the largest functional beverage company in China in terms of sales volume for four consecutive years since 2021.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and likely A/H premium.


Eastroc Beverage A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on A/H Premium

GigaDevice Semiconductor  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gigadevice-semiconductor-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27253:1" rel="noopener">GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH)</a> (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing.
GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: GigaDevice A/H Trading - Strong Momentum and Demand, Expensive Valuations

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

GigaDevice Semiconductor  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gigadevice-semiconductor" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46238:1" rel="noopener">GigaDevice Semiconductor (3986 HK)</a>'s grey market price of HK$224.8 is 38.8% higher than the IPO price. This means a PER of 53.5x for FY26, simply too stretched for us. </li>
<li>The grey market price represents a 68-77% FY26 PER premium to the most-expensive peers, namely <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microchip-technology-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8788:1" rel="noopener">Microchip Technology (MCHP US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/texas-instruments-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18804:1" rel="noopener">Texas Instruments (TXN US)</a>. </li>
<li>Our fair value range is HK$204-238, based on the HA discount for 2025 IPOs and the current overall HA discount, implying limited upside potential.</li>
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GigaDevice Semiconductor (3986 HK)'s grey market price of HK$224.8 is 38.8% higher than the IPO price. This means a PER of 53.5x for FY26, simply too stretched for us. 
The grey market price represents a 68-77% FY26 PER premium to the most-expensive peers, namely Microchip Technology (MCHP US) and Texas Instruments (TXN US). 
Our fair value range is HK$204-238, based on the HA discount for 2025 IPOs and the current overall HA discount, implying limited upside potential.


GigaDevice (3986 HK): Its Just Too Demanding

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group / Equity Capital Markets

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (603501 CH)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/omnivision-integrated-circuits-group-inc-b6de6e64-b8c9-436c-b9de-81d6ac71fb6e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46222:1" rel="noopener">OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK)</a> (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>OVIC, is the world’s third largest smartphone CIS and the largest automotive CIS provider with a market share of 32.9% based on revenue in 2024, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK) (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing.
OVIC, is the world’s third largest smartphone CIS and the largest automotive CIS provider with a market share of 32.9% based on revenue in 2024, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group A/H Trading -Weak Retail and Mediocre Insti Demand

China

GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in advanced memory technologies, microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors, and analog products. Its offerings include SPI NOR Flash, SPI NAND Flash, Parallel NAND Flash, and MCUs based on ARM and RISC-V architectures. The company was founded in April 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

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GigaDevice Semiconductor (3986 HK)

Eastroc Beverage A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on A/H Premium

Eastroc Beverage Group (605499 CH) (EB), a China-based functional beverage company, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: GigaDevice A/H Trading - Strong Momentum and Demand, Expensive Valuations

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

GigaDevice (3986 HK): Its Just Too Demanding

GigaDevice's grey market price is 38.8% higher than IPO, leading to a FY26 PER of 53.5x, with limited upside potential compared to peers, even...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Aequitas: OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group A/H Trading -Weak Retail and Mediocre Insti Demand

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK) (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

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Eastroc Beverage A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on A/H Premium

Eastroc Beverage Group (605499 CH) (EB), a China-based functional beverage company, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: GigaDevice A/H Trading - Strong Momentum and Demand, Expensive Valuations

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

GigaDevice (3986 HK): Its Just Too Demanding

​GigaDevice's grey market price is 38.8% higher than IPO, leading to a FY26 PER of 53.5x, with limited upside potential compared to peers, even...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Aequitas: OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group A/H Trading -Weak Retail and Mediocre Insti Demand

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK) (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

GigaDevice's grey market price is 38.8% higher than IPO, leading to a FY26 PER of 53.5x, with limited upside potential compared to peers, even...