APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (GUM HK)</a> (Guming) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Guming Holdings (Guming) is a maker of freshly-made beverages in China.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Guming Holdings (GUM HK) (Guming) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Guming Holdings (Guming) is a maker of freshly-made beverages in China.
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Guming Holdings (Goodme) Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Growth Sustainability Remains a Question Mark

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (GUM HK)</a> (Guming) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Guming Holdings (Guming) is a maker of freshly-made beverages in China.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Guming Holdings (GUM HK) (Guming) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Guming Holdings (Guming) is a maker of freshly-made beverages in China.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Guming Holdings (Goodme) Pre-IPO - The Positives - Benefited from Scaling Its Store Network

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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<li>Guming generates revenue mainly from the sales of goods/equipment to its franchisees (or ToB business). So, Guming’s future growth depends significantly on its ability to operate and expand store network.</li>
<li>China’s freshly-made beverage market is highly competitive. Guming is unlikely to catch up with MIXUE, but Guming will be overtaken by the rest players if it fails to compete effectively.</li>
<li>Due to Guming’s business model, investors're hard to see the real picture of Guming solely based on its revenue/profits. Guming’s valuation should be higher than <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nayuki-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32149:1" rel="noopener">Nayuki </a>but lower than MIXUE.</li>
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Guming generates revenue mainly from the sales of goods/equipment to its franchisees (or ToB business). So, Guming’s future growth depends significantly on its ability to operate and expand store network.
China’s freshly-made beverage market is highly competitive. Guming is unlikely to catch up with MIXUE, but Guming will be overtaken by the rest players if it fails to compete effectively.
Due to Guming’s business model, investors're hard to see the real picture of Guming solely based on its revenue/profits. Guming’s valuation should be higher than Nayuki but lower than MIXUE.


Pre-IPO Guming Holdings - The Current Market Position Is Not Secure

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (GUM HK)</a> is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Goldman Sachs, and UBS.</li>
<li>Guming Holdings (Guming) is a maker of freshly-made beverages in China.</li>
<li>As per CIC, its “Good me” brand is China’s largest mid-priced freshly-made tea store brand in terms of both GMV in 2023 and store count as of Dec 2023.</li>
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Guming Holdings (GUM HK) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Goldman Sachs, and UBS.
Guming Holdings (Guming) is a maker of freshly-made beverages in China.
As per CIC, its “Good me” brand is China’s largest mid-priced freshly-made tea store brand in terms of both GMV in 2023 and store count as of Dec 2023.


Guming Holdings (Goodme) Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sichuan-baicha-baidao-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40029:1" rel="noopener">Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial (2555 HK)</a> (SBBI) raised around US$330m in its HK IPO.</li>
<li>SBBI sells new-style tea drinks through its ChaPanda stores. According to F&amp;S, SBBI ranked third in China’s new-style tea shop market with a market share of 6.8% in FY23.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s performance and valuations in our past note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial (2555 HK) (SBBI) raised around US$330m in its HK IPO.
SBBI sells new-style tea drinks through its ChaPanda stores. According to F&amp;S, SBBI ranked third in China’s new-style tea shop market with a market share of 6.8% in FY23.
We have looked at the company’s performance and valuations in our past note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Sichuan Baicha Baidao IPO Trading - Tepid Demand, While Peers Have Corrected

Guming Holdings (GUM HK)

Guming Holdings (Goodme) Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Growth Sustainability Remains a Question Mark

Guming Holdings (GUM HK) (Guming) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the not so positive...

Clarence Chu

Guming Holdings (Goodme) Pre-IPO - The Positives - Benefited from Scaling Its Store Network

Guming Holdings (GUM HK) (Guming) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects...

Clarence Chu

Pre-IPO Guming Holdings - The Current Market Position Is Not Secure

In the context of rapid growth in freshly-made tea beverage market, Guming has performed well. However, due to fierce competition and disadvantages...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Guming Holdings (Goodme) Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Guming Holdings (GUM HK) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Goldman Sachs, and UBS. Guming...

Clarence Chu

Sichuan Baicha Baidao IPO Trading - Tepid Demand, While Peers Have Corrected

Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial (2555 HK) (SBBI) raised around US$330m in its HK IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh