Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Aug 8th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD15,664m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Furukawa Electric, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SoftBank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, IHI, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Toyota Motor, Furukawa Electric, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Aug 8th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD15,664m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Furukawa Electric, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SoftBank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, IHI, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Toyota Motor, Furukawa Electric, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Aug 8th): Furukawa Electric, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SoftBank

Research Coverage of Japanese Listed Companies, Shared Research Inc

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li> In FY02/24, revenue was JPY48.8bn (+27.8% YoY), operating profit was JPY4.6bn (+653.2% YoY), recurring profit was JPY4.8bn (+92.5% YoY), and net income was JPY3.2bn (+112.8% YoY).</li><li>The company attributed YoY revenue growth to the following factors.</li><li>First, customer count continued to grow after the March 2023 price hike.</li></ul>

 In FY02/24, revenue was JPY48.8bn (+27.8% YoY), operating profit was JPY4.6bn (+653.2% YoY), recurring profit was JPY4.8bn (+92.5% YoY), and net income was JPY3.2bn (+112.8% YoY).The company attributed YoY revenue growth to the following factors.First, customer count continued to grow after the March 2023 price hike.

<ul><li>Revenue for 1H FY02/25 was JPY26.9bn, a 13.0% YoY increase, with record highs in monthly and half-year periods.</li><li>Operating profit for 1H FY02/25 reached JPY2.8bn, up 15.7% YoY, despite rising ingredient and personnel costs.</li><li>The company plans six new store openings in Q3, focusing on northern Kanto expansion and recruitment enhancement.</li></ul>

Revenue for 1H FY02/25 was JPY26.9bn, a 13.0% YoY increase, with record highs in monthly and half-year periods.Operating profit for 1H FY02/25 reached JPY2.8bn, up 15.7% YoY, despite rising ingredient and personnel costs.The company plans six new store openings in Q3, focusing on northern Kanto expansion and recruitment enhancement.

Hiday Hidaka (7611 JP): 1H FY02/25 flash update

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Event-Driven

<p>Tokyo Stock Exchange is expected to restructure its market structure in April 2022, with new guidelines encouraging companies to sell down cross holdings. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kirin-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16977:1" rel="noopener">Kirin Holdings (2503 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/asahi-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10482:1" rel="noopener">Asahi Group Holdings (2502 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sapporo-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14085:1" rel="noopener">Sapporo Holdings (2501 JP)</a> have capital tie-ups with a number of popular restaurants chains in Japan. We believe the upcoming TSE restructure and the dislike among institutional investors of crossholdings could force these beer companies to sell their shareholdings in Japanese restaurants.</p>

Tokyo Stock Exchange is expected to restructure its market structure in April 2022, with new guidelines encouraging companies to sell down cross holdings. Kirin Holdings (2503 JP), Asahi Group Holdings (2502 JP) and Sapporo Holdings (2501 JP) have capital tie-ups with a number of popular restaurants chains in Japan. We believe the upcoming TSE restructure and the dislike among institutional investors of crossholdings could force these beer companies to sell their shareholdings in Japanese restaurants.

TSE Restructure Might Force Japanese Beer to Break Their Capital Tie-Ups with Restaurant Chains

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

<p>TSE2-listed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/5313" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5313:1">SFP Dining Co Ltd (3198 JP)</a> is a company with 11 branded restaurant chains - ten "traditional Japanese" food themes (sushi, chicken, gyoza, etc) and a Spanish tapas bar-like chain - with a total of 214 restaurants. Over half the restaurants are in Tokyo with 90% of all restaurants in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area and the remainder in the Kansai area (Osaka and Hyogo Prefecture). About two thirds of the restaurants are one brand of seafood restaurant, about 20% are the chicken…</p>

TSE2-listed SFP Dining Co Ltd (3198 JP) is a company with 11 branded restaurant chains - ten "traditional Japanese" food themes (sushi, chicken, gyoza, etc) and a Spanish tapas bar-like chain - with a total of 214 restaurants. Over half the restaurants are in Tokyo with 90% of all restaurants in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area and the remainder in the Kansai area (Osaka and Hyogo Prefecture). About two thirds of the restaurants are one brand of seafood restaurant, about 20% are the chicken…

SFP Holdings (3198) - BIG Buyback Means TSE1 Eligibility

Japan

HIDAY HIDAKA Corp. operates a chain of Oriental noodle and Chinese restaurants mainly in Saitama Prefecture.  The Company produces noodles, soup, and dumplings at its own factory.

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Hiday Hidaka (7611 JP)

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Aug 8th): Furukawa Electric, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SoftBank

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Furukawa Electric (5801 JP), Disco (6146 JP), Mitsubishi Heavy...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM