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

Chery Automobile / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chery-automobile-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39918:1" rel="noopener">Chery Automobile</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Chery Auto is a Chinese passenger vehicle company which designs, develops, manufactures and sells passenger vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles and new energy vehicles, both domestically and overseas.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Chery Automobile is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Chery Auto is a Chinese passenger vehicle company which designs, develops, manufactures and sells passenger vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles and new energy vehicles, both domestically and overseas.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Chery Auto Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Small NEV Portfolio

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ather-energy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43903:1" rel="noopener">Ather Energy (1207922D IN)</a> raised around US$350m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Ather is a pure play electric vehicle company in India designing and developing E2Ws, battery packs, charging infrastructure, associated software and accessories, also manufacturing battery packs and assembling E2Ws in-house.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Ather Energy (1207922D IN) raised around US$350m in its India IPO.
Ather is a pure play electric vehicle company in India designing and developing E2Ws, battery packs, charging infrastructure, associated software and accessories, also manufacturing battery packs and assembling E2Ws in-house.
In our previous note, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Ather Energy IPO Trading - Running Out of Charge

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

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<ul><li>Apr’25 Wholesale Volumes: Domestic PV industry sales grew by 6-7% YoY, driven by strong volumes by Toyota, M&amp;M, JSW MG and Kia, while Hyundai/TaMo witnessed declines; and Maruti saw 4% YoY growth.</li><li>The domestic CV industry saw a degrowth of 1% YoY.</li><li>The domestic tractor industry registered 7% YoY volume growth, led by 69% and 8% YoY growth in VST Tillers and M&amp;M respectively. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Apr’25 Wholesale Volumes: Domestic PV industry sales grew by 6-7% YoY, driven by strong volumes by Toyota, M&amp;M, JSW MG and Kia, while Hyundai/TaMo witnessed declines; and Maruti saw 4% YoY growth.The domestic CV industry saw a degrowth of 1% YoY.The domestic tractor industry registered 7% YoY volume growth, led by 69% and 8% YoY growth in VST Tillers and M&amp;M respectively. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chery-automobile-co-ltd-3fd31c4e-aba6-43af-bdf8-c5a7af8cf9b2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44473:1" rel="noopener">Chery Automobile</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>Chery Auto is a Chinese passenger vehicle company which designs, develops, manufactures and sells passenger vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles and new energy vehicles, both domestically and overseas.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company's past performance.</li>
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Chery Automobile is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. 
Chery Auto is a Chinese passenger vehicle company which designs, develops, manufactures and sells passenger vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles and new energy vehicles, both domestically and overseas.
In this note, we look at the company's past performance.


Chery Auto Pre-IPO - The Positives - Very Strong Earnings Growth

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ather-energy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43903:1" rel="noopener">Ather Energy</a> is now looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Ather is a pure play electric vehicle company in India designing and developing E2Ws, battery packs, charging infrastructure, associated software and accessories, also manufacturing battery packs and assembling E2Ws in-house.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the updates since then and valuations.</li>
</ul>



Ather Energy is now looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.
Ather is a pure play electric vehicle company in India designing and developing E2Ws, battery packs, charging infrastructure, associated software and accessories, also manufacturing battery packs and assembling E2Ws in-house.
In our previous note, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the updates since then and valuations.


Ather Energy IPO - Still Not Cheap Enough

South Korea

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) designs and manufactures automobiles. The Company offers cars, vans, sedans, and sport utility vehicles along with financing, leasing, and maintenance services. HMIL serves customers globally.

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Hyundai Motor India (HYUNDAI IN)

Chery Auto Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Small NEV Portfolio

Chery Automobile is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Ather Energy IPO Trading - Running Out of Charge

Ather Energy raised around US$350m in its India IPO. We have looked at its past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Auto Monthly Sales Volume - April 2025

Domestic PV industry sales grew by 6-7% YoY, driven by strong volumes by Toyota, M&M, JSW MG and Kia, while Hyundai/TaMo witnessed declines; and...

Axis Direct

Chery Auto Pre-IPO - The Positives - Very Strong Earnings Growth

Chery Automobile is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Ather Energy IPO - Still Not Cheap Enough

Ather Energy is now looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations for the IPO.

Sumeet Singh

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