Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

Hyundai Engineering & Construction / Event-Driven

<h2>Offering overview</h2><p>A very unusual rights offering was recently announced in the Korean market.</p><div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>Hyundai E&amp;C announced this unusual capital increase, saying it would issue 2 million new preferred stocks.</strong></p></div><table class="table table-striped">
<colgroup>
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<col width="300">
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<tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Overview"}'>Overview</td></tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Issuer"}'><strong>Shares to be issued</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hyundai Engineering &amp; Construction Co. Preference Shares"}' data-sheets-formula='=googlefinance(R[1]C[0], "name")'><strong>Hyundai Engineering &amp; Construction Co. Preference Shares</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ticker"}'><strong>Ticker</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"000725"}' data-sheets-formula='="000725"'><strong>000725</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Target"}'>Target</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"A public offering of forfeited shares after offering to stockholders"}'>A public offering of forfeited shares after offering to stockholders</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Transferability"}'>Transferability</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Renounceable"}'>Renounceable</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Volume"}'><strong>Volume</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":2000000}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}'><strong>2,000,000</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Preliminary price"}'>Preliminary price</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":114500}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"[$₩-412]#,##0","3":1}'>₩114,500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Preliminary value"}'>Preliminary value</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":229000000000}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"[$₩-412]#,##0","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=R[-2]C[0]*R[-1]C[0]">₩229,000,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Oversubscription privilege"}'>Oversubscription privilege</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.2}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'>20.00%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Banker"}'>Banker</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"KIS &amp; Hyundai Motor Securities"}'>KIS &amp; Hyundai Motor Securities</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Source: DART"}'>Source: DART</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table><p>Although the capital increase ratio resulting from these 2 million shares remains at 1.79%, the offering volume is 20 times the size of the currently issued preferred stock.</p><table class="table table-striped">
<colgroup>
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<col width="300">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr><td colspan="2" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Allocation"}'>Capital increase rate</td></tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ordinary"}'>Ordinary - before rights offer</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":111355765}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}' data-sheets-formula='=googlefinance("000720", "shares")'>111,355,765</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Pref"}'><strong>Pref - before rights offer</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":98856}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}' data-sheets-formula='=googlefinance(R[-12]C[0], "shares")'><strong>98,856</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Offer volume"}'><strong>Offer volume</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":2000000}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}'><strong>2,000,000</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Capital increase rate"}'><strong>Capital increase rate</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.0179}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'><strong>1.79%</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Total shares after rights offer"}'>Total shares after rights offer</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":113454621}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=R[1]C[0]+R[2]C[0]">113,454,621</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Ordinary"}'>- Ordinary</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":111355765}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=R[-6]C[0]">111,355,765</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Pref"}'>- Pref</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":2098856}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=R[-6]C[0]+R[-5]C[0]">2,098,856</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Source: DART"}'>Source: DART</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table><p>And what's even more shocking is that the discount rate applied when calculating the final offering price is a whopping 45%.</p><div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>For local rights offerings, a discount rate of 15-20% is usually applied. In contrast, this rights offering applies a discount rate of more than double the usual level.</strong></p></div><table class="table table-striped">
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<col width="400">
<col width="400">
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<tbody>
<tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Pricing"}'>Pricing</td></tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"1st round"}'>1st round</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"RP × (1 - 45%) / [1 + (1.79% × 45%)]"}' data-sheets-formula='="RP × (1 - "&amp;(R[11]C[0]*100&amp;"%")&amp;") / [1 + ("&amp;(R[12]C[0]*100&amp;"%"&amp;" × "&amp;(R[11]C[0]*100&amp;"%"&amp;")]"))'>RP × (1 - 45%) / [1 + (1.79% × 45%)]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Reference price (RP)"}'>- Reference price (RP)</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Min [Close, Avg (Close, 1W VWAP, 1M VWAP)]"}'>Min [Close, Avg (Close, 1W VWAP, 1M VWAP)]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Reference date"}'>- Reference date</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44438}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=Terms!R[26]C[0]">2021. 08. 30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ex-rights base price"}'>Ex-rights base price</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"[RP + (1st × 1.79%)] / (1 + 1.79%)"}' data-sheets-formula='="[RP + (1st × "&amp;R[9]C[0]*100&amp;"%"&amp;")] / (1 + "&amp;R[9]C[0]*100&amp;"%"&amp;")"'>[RP + (1st × 1.79%)] / (1 + 1.79%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Reference price (RP)"}'>- Reference price (RP)</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Previous close"}'>Previous close</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Reference date"}'>- Reference date</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44440}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=Terms!R[24]C[0]">2021. 09. 01</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"2nd round"}'>2nd round</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"RP × (1 - 45%)"}' data-sheets-formula='="RP × (1 - "&amp;(R[5]C[0]*100&amp;"%")&amp;")"'>RP × (1 - 45%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Reference price (RP)"}'>- Reference price (RP)</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Min [Close, Avg (Close, 1W VWAP)]"}'>Min [Close, Avg (Close, 1W VWAP)]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Reference date"}'>- Reference date</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44487}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. m. d","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=Terms!R[25]C[0]">2021. 10. 18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Final"}'>Final</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Min (1st, 2nd)"}'>Min (1st, 2nd)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Reference date"}'>- Reference date</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44487}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. m. d","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=Terms!R[23]C[0]">2021. 10. 18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Discount rate"}'><strong>Discount rate</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.45}'><strong>45.00%</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Capital increase rate"}'>Capital increase rate</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.0179}' data-sheets-formula="=Terms!R[4]C[0]">1.79%</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Source: DART"}'>Source: DART</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table><p>In this rights offering, 20% will be allocated to the ESOP, and the remaining 80% will be allocated to shareholders.</p><div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>Of course, not only shareholders who own preferred stocks but also shareholders who own common stocks are given the same purchase rights. So the allocation ratio per share becomes 0.0143556.</strong></p></div><table class="table table-striped">
<colgroup>
<col width="300">
<col width="300">
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<tbody>
<tr><td colspan="2" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Allocation"}'>Allocation</td></tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Per-share allocation"}'><strong>Per-share allocation</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.014355618328288066}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0.0000000","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=R[7]C[0]/(R[-3]C[0]+R[-2]C[0])"><strong>0.0143556</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"ESOP allocation"}'>ESOP allocation</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":400000}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}'>400,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - %"}'>- %</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.2}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-7]C[0]">20.00%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Stockholder allocation"}'><strong>Stockholder allocation</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":1600000}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"#,##0","3":1}'><strong>1,600,000</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - %"}'><strong>- %</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.8}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}' data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-9]C[0]"><strong>80.00%</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Source: DART"}'>Source: DART</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table><p>The schedule is as follows. The first-round price is confirmed on Aug. 30, and this becomes the ceiling of the offering price. And since September 1 is the ex-date, the stock must be held by August 31 to be granted the subscription right. After that, the subscription rights will be traded for 5 trading days from October 1 to 8, and the final price will be confirmed on October 18. The new stock listing date is November 5.</p><table class="table table-striped">
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<col width="300">
<col width="300">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Timetable"}'>Timetable</td></tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"BOD meeting"}'>BOD meeting</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44400}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'>2021. 07. 23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Preliminary pricing"}'><strong>Preliminary pricing</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44438}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'><strong>2021. 08. 30</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ex-rights date"}'><strong>Ex-rights date</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44440}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'><strong>2021. 09. 01</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Record date"}'>Record date</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44441}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'>2021. 09. 02</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Subscription rights trade beginning"}'><strong>Subscription rights trade beginning</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44470}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'><strong>2021. 10. 01</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Subscription rights trade ending"}'><strong>Subscription rights trade ending</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44477}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'><strong>2021. 10. 08</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Final pricing"}'>Final pricing</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44487}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. m. d","3":1}'>2021. 10. 18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Stockholder subscription"}'>Stockholder subscription</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44490}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. m. d","3":1}'>2021. 10. 21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Payment"}'>Payment</td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44495}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'>2021. 10. 26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Listing"}'><strong>Listing</strong></td>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44505}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. mm. dd","3":1}'><strong>2021. 11. 05</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Source: DART"}'>Source: DART</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Offering overviewA very unusual rights offering was recently announced in the Korean market.Hyundai E&amp;C announced this unusual capital increase, saying it would issue 2 million new preferred stocks.





Overview

Shares to be issued
Hyundai Engineering &amp; Construction Co. Preference Shares


Ticker
000725


Target
A public offering of forfeited shares after offering to stockholders


Transferability
Renounceable


Volume
2,000,000


Preliminary price
₩114,500


Preliminary value
₩229,000,000,000


Oversubscription privilege
20.00%


Banker
KIS &amp; Hyundai Motor Securities

Source: DART

Although the capital increase ratio resulting from these 2 million shares remains at 1.79%, the offering volume is 20 times the size of the currently issued preferred stock.





Capital increase rate

Ordinary - before rights offer
111,355,765


Pref - before rights offer
98,856


Offer volume
2,000,000


Capital increase rate
1.79%


Total shares after rights offer
113,454,621


- Ordinary
111,355,765


- Pref
2,098,856

Source: DART

And what's even more shocking is that the discount rate applied when calculating the final offering price is a whopping 45%.For local rights offerings, a discount rate of 15-20% is usually applied. In contrast, this rights offering applies a discount rate of more than double the usual level.





Pricing

1st round
RP × (1 - 45%) / [1 + (1.79% × 45%)]


- Reference price (RP)
Min [Close, Avg (Close, 1W VWAP, 1M VWAP)]


- Reference date
2021. 08. 30


Ex-rights base price
[RP + (1st × 1.79%)] / (1 + 1.79%)


- Reference price (RP)
Previous close


- Reference date
2021. 09. 01


2nd round
RP × (1 - 45%)


- Reference price (RP)
Min [Close, Avg (Close, 1W VWAP)]


- Reference date
2021. 10. 18


Final
Min (1st, 2nd)


- Reference date
2021. 10. 18


Discount rate
45.00%


Capital increase rate
1.79%

Source: DART

In this rights offering, 20% will be allocated to the ESOP, and the remaining 80% will be allocated to shareholders.Of course, not only shareholders who own preferred stocks but also shareholders who own common stocks are given the same purchase rights. So the allocation ratio per share becomes 0.0143556.





Allocation

Per-share allocation
0.0143556


ESOP allocation
400,000


- %
20.00%


Stockholder allocation
1,600,000


- %
80.00%

Source: DART

The schedule is as follows. The first-round price is confirmed on Aug. 30, and this becomes the ceiling of the offering price. And since September 1 is the ex-date, the stock must be held by August 31 to be granted the subscription right. After that, the subscription rights will be traded for 5 trading days from October 1 to 8, and the final price will be confirmed on October 18. The new stock listing date is November 5.





Timetable

BOD meeting
2021. 07. 23


Preliminary pricing
2021. 08. 30


Ex-rights date
2021. 09. 01


Record date
2021. 09. 02


Subscription rights trade beginning
2021. 10. 01


Subscription rights trade ending
2021. 10. 08


Final pricing
2021. 10. 18


Stockholder subscription
2021. 10. 21


Payment
2021. 10. 26


Listing
2021. 11. 05

Source: DART



Hyundai E&C's Unusual 1P Offering with a Shocking 45% Discount

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index / Technical Analysis

<p>Global equities (MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, and EAFE) remain bullish with their uptrends intact, and the MSCI Emerging Markets index continues to hold above major support at $52 on the EEM-US. Additionally, Europe’s STOXX 50 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are on the cusp of short-term breakouts, while the major indexes in China (Shanghai Composite &amp; CSI 300) are currently breaking above short-term resistance... <em>see chart below</em>. Considering the absence of breakdowns and the fact that market dynamics remain largely positive, our overall constructive outlook remains appropriate.</p>

Global equities (MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, and EAFE) remain bullish with their uptrends intact, and the MSCI Emerging Markets index continues to hold above major support at $52 on the EEM-US. Additionally, Europe’s STOXX 50 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are on the cusp of short-term breakouts, while the major indexes in China (Shanghai Composite &amp; CSI 300) are currently breaking above short-term resistance... see chart below. Considering the absence of breakdowns and the fact that market dynamics remain largely positive, our overall constructive outlook remains appropriate.

Chinese Indexes Headed Higher; Actionable Themes: Transportation, Materials, and Services

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Quantitative Analysis

<p>Short selling has finally resumed in Korea and it has been a busy couple of days on that front with foreign investors piling into stocks that have run up more than their peers over the last year and are potentially overvalued.</p><p>Long/short pairs could be implemented in Korea during the short sell ban if you had long inventory or if there were listed single stock futures on the short leg.</p><p>With short selling permitted on constituents of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX)</a>, we take a look at long/short pairs where both stocks are members of the index. These pairs belong to the same GICS sub-industry, are correlated and exhibit mean-reversion. We also use short sale data from the last couple of trading sessions to see which stocks are being targeted by short sellers.</p>

Short selling has finally resumed in Korea and it has been a busy couple of days on that front with foreign investors piling into stocks that have run up more than their peers over the last year and are potentially overvalued.Long/short pairs could be implemented in Korea during the short sell ban if you had long inventory or if there were listed single stock futures on the short leg.With short selling permitted on constituents of the Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX), we take a look at long/short pairs where both stocks are members of the index. These pairs belong to the same GICS sub-industry, are correlated and exhibit mean-reversion. We also use short sale data from the last couple of trading sessions to see which stocks are being targeted by short sellers.

Korea Pair Trades: High Risk/Reward Names with Short Sell Screen

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

Hyundai Engineering   / Equity Capital Markets

<div class="content-highlight">
<p><strong><a href="https://m.stock.naver.com/index.html#/news/ranknews/view/011/0003896445" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hyundai Engineering Co</a> is starting its IPO process, which was noted by several local Korean media accounts today. The local media also has mentioned that the value of Hyundai Engineering Co (HEC) could be about 10 trillion won ($8.9 billion).</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-engineering-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33008:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS)</a> is expected to complete its IPO by the end of 2021. It was reported on 13 April by the local media that Hyundai Engineering Co sent request for proposals (RFP) for IPO to the major domestic investment banks (including Mirae Asset Securities, Korea Investment &amp; Securities, NH Investment &amp; Securities, and other foreign banks) on 9 April. </p>
<p>A successful IPO of Hyundai Engineering Co could accelerate the restructuring of the entire Hyundai Motor Group. For example, given that the Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-Sun is the second largest shareholder of Hyundai Engineering Co, the IPO proceeds from this company could be used to further increase the ownership of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-mobis-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6089:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Mobis (012330 KS)</a> in the future.</p>
<p><em>Note: Hyundai Engineering Co (HEC) is a different company than <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-engineering-const" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4292:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Engineering &amp; Const (000720 KS) (Hyundai E&amp;C)</a>. In this insight, the former company is mentioned as either HEC or Hyundai Engineering Co.</em> </p>
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Hyundai Engineering Co is starting its IPO process, which was noted by several local Korean media accounts today. The local media also has mentioned that the value of Hyundai Engineering Co (HEC) could be about 10 trillion won ($8.9 billion).
Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS) is expected to complete its IPO by the end of 2021. It was reported on 13 April by the local media that Hyundai Engineering Co sent request for proposals (RFP) for IPO to the major domestic investment banks (including Mirae Asset Securities, Korea Investment &amp; Securities, NH Investment &amp; Securities, and other foreign banks) on 9 April. 
A successful IPO of Hyundai Engineering Co could accelerate the restructuring of the entire Hyundai Motor Group. For example, given that the Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-Sun is the second largest shareholder of Hyundai Engineering Co, the IPO proceeds from this company could be used to further increase the ownership of Hyundai Mobis (012330 KS) in the future.
Note: Hyundai Engineering Co (HEC) is a different company than Hyundai Engineering &amp; Const (000720 KS) (Hyundai E&amp;C). In this insight, the former company is mentioned as either HEC or Hyundai Engineering Co. 


Hyundai Engineering IPO Process Begins - A Key Catalyst for the Hyundai Motor Group Restructuring?

<p>Daelim Industrial's BOD and shareholders agreed to spin-off the company into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dl-e-c-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31375:1" rel="noopener">DL E&amp;C Co Ltd (375500 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daelim-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18095:1" rel="noopener">DL Co Ltd (000210 KS)</a> in December 2020. DL E&amp;C and DL Corp shares started trading again on 25 January 2021. DL E&amp;C and DL Corp's market caps are 2.45 trillion won and 1.08 trillion won, respectively as of 26 January 2021. The combined market caps of the two companies are 3.53 trillion won, up more than 20% from the pre-spin off levels. DL E&amp;C makes some of the best apartments in Korea and this is their bread and butter business. </p><div>Hyundai E&amp;C, GS E&amp;C, HDC Hyundai Development, and Daewoo E&amp;C are the most appropriate comps to DL E&amp;C. These four comps are currently trading at P/E (2021E) ratios 11.8x, 6.1x, 5.6x, and 6.9x, respectively, using the consensus earnings estimates. The average P/E ratio of these four companies is 7.6x. If we apply 7.6x P/E on the estimated net profit of 660 billion won, this would suggest an implied market cap of 5.0 trillion won, which would be nearly 100% upside from the current market cap of 2.4 trillion won. If we use the lowest P/E multiple of the comps (5.6x) and apply to the estimated net profit of 660 billion won, this would suggest a market cap of 3.7 trillion won, which would be 51% higher than its current market cap. </div>

Daelim Industrial's BOD and shareholders agreed to spin-off the company into DL E&amp;C Co Ltd (375500 KS) and DL Co Ltd (000210 KS) in December 2020. DL E&amp;C and DL Corp shares started trading again on 25 January 2021. DL E&amp;C and DL Corp's market caps are 2.45 trillion won and 1.08 trillion won, respectively as of 26 January 2021. The combined market caps of the two companies are 3.53 trillion won, up more than 20% from the pre-spin off levels. DL E&amp;C makes some of the best apartments in Korea and this is their bread and butter business. Hyundai E&amp;C, GS E&amp;C, HDC Hyundai Development, and Daewoo E&amp;C are the most appropriate comps to DL E&amp;C. These four comps are currently trading at P/E (2021E) ratios 11.8x, 6.1x, 5.6x, and 6.9x, respectively, using the consensus earnings estimates. The average P/E ratio of these four companies is 7.6x. If we apply 7.6x P/E on the estimated net profit of 660 billion won, this would suggest an implied market cap of 5.0 trillion won, which would be nearly 100% upside from the current market cap of 2.4 trillion won. If we use the lowest P/E multiple of the comps (5.6x) and apply to the estimated net profit of 660 billion won, this would suggest a market cap of 3.7 trillion won, which would be 51% higher than its current market cap. 

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Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., a general construction company, provides civil engineering, architectural, industrial, and electrical engineering services.  The Company constructs roadways, dams, bridges, ports, industrial plants, apartment complexes, and cultural facilities.

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