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.

Event-Driven

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  / Event-Driven

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<li>Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was listed on Korea Exchange on 17th September, 2021. Its one year lock-up will expire on 17th Sep, 2022.</li>
<li>Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a South Korean shipbuilder. The company is majority owned by Korea Shipbuilding &amp; Offshore Engineering (009540 KS) after the latter’s spin-off in 2019.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry, along with recent updates.</li>
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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was listed on Korea Exchange on 17th September, 2021. Its one year lock-up will expire on 17th Sep, 2022.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a South Korean shipbuilder. The company is majority owned by Korea Shipbuilding &amp; Offshore Engineering (009540 KS) after the latter’s spin-off in 2019.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry, along with recent updates.


Hyundai Heavy IPO Lock-Up - Last of the Lockups with Employees Coming Free

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The war in Ukraine has been driving up the share prices of Korean steel producers including Posco (005490 KS), Hyundai Steel (004020 KS), and KG Dongbusteel Co., Ltd. (016380 KS).</li>
<li>On 20 March, the Azovstal steel plant, which is owned by Ukrainian steel and mining group Metinvest, was badly damaged by Russian shelling.</li>
<li>The war in Ukraine has resulted in reducing the steel supply in Ukraine and raising the steel prices globally. Korean steel producers have been key beneficiaries of these events.</li>
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The war in Ukraine has been driving up the share prices of Korean steel producers including Posco (005490 KS), Hyundai Steel (004020 KS), and KG Dongbusteel Co., Ltd. (016380 KS).
On 20 March, the Azovstal steel plant, which is owned by Ukrainian steel and mining group Metinvest, was badly damaged by Russian shelling.
The war in Ukraine has resulted in reducing the steel supply in Ukraine and raising the steel prices globally. Korean steel producers have been key beneficiaries of these events.


War in Ukraine Is Driving Up Share Prices of Korean Steel Producers

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we discuss the dividends announcements which have been made by some of the largest Korean companies (25) in the past two days.</li>
<li>The average percentage difference in the actual versus the consensus estimate DPS in 2021 is 37.4% for these 25 companies.</li>
<li>Kia Motors now has a very nice dividend yield of 3.8%. DPS increased at an impressive rate of 200% YoY in 2021. </li>
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In this insight, we discuss the dividends announcements which have been made by some of the largest Korean companies (25) in the past two days.
The average percentage difference in the actual versus the consensus estimate DPS in 2021 is 37.4% for these 25 companies.
Kia Motors now has a very nice dividend yield of 3.8%. DPS increased at an impressive rate of 200% YoY in 2021. 


Key Highlights of 25 Major Korean Companies Making Dividends Announcements for 2021

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<li>On 5 January, Posco (005490 KS) announced several shareholder friendly policies including a partial cancellation of its treasury shares.</li>
<li>Following this announcement, POSCO's share price climbed 3.1% while KOSPI fell 1.2%.</li>
<li>All in all, we believe that these shareholder friendly policies (including large scale treasury shares cancellation) could help POSCO's share price to outperform the market in the next several weeks. </li>
</ul>


On 5 January, Posco (005490 KS) announced several shareholder friendly policies including a partial cancellation of its treasury shares.
Following this announcement, POSCO's share price climbed 3.1% while KOSPI fell 1.2%.
All in all, we believe that these shareholder friendly policies (including large scale treasury shares cancellation) could help POSCO's share price to outperform the market in the next several weeks. 


POSCO Announces Partial Cancellation of Treasury Shares

Equity Capital Markets

<div class="content-highlight"><p>Our base case valuation of Aju Steel is implied market cap of 377 billion won or target price of 14,240 won per share, which would represent just 2% above the mid-point of the IPO price range (13,900 won). Given the lack of upside versus the IPO price range, we would AVOID this IPO. </p></div>

Our base case valuation of Aju Steel is implied market cap of 377 billion won or target price of 14,240 won per share, which would represent just 2% above the mid-point of the IPO price range (13,900 won). Given the lack of upside versus the IPO price range, we would AVOID this IPO. 

South Korea

Hyundai Steel Company is an electric furnace steel maker.  The Company manufactures concrete reinforcing bars, H beams, stainless steel sheets, cast steel, and other steel products.  Hyundai Steel sells its products to the domestic and overseas markets.

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Hyundai Heavy IPO Lock-Up - Last of the Lockups with Employees Coming Free

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was listed on Korea Exchange on 17th September, 2021. Its one year lock-up will expire on 17th Sep, 2022.

Sumeet Singh

Key Highlights of 25 Major Korean Companies Making Dividends Announcements for 2021

In this insight, we discuss the dividends announcements which have been made by some of the largest Korean companies (25) in the past two days.

Douglas Kim

POSCO Announces Partial Cancellation of Treasury Shares

We believe that these shareholder friendly policies (including large scale treasury shares cancellation) could help POSCO's share price to...

Douglas Kim

Aju Steel IPO Valuation Analysis

Our base case valuation of Aju Steel is target price of 14,240 won per share, which would represent just 2% above the mid-point of the IPO price...

Douglas Kim

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Hyundai Heavy IPO Lock-Up - Last of the Lockups with Employees Coming Free

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was listed on Korea Exchange on 17th September, 2021. Its one year lock-up will expire on 17th Sep, 2022.

Sumeet Singh

War in Ukraine Is Driving Up Share Prices of Korean Steel Producers

The war in Ukraine has resulted in reducing the steel supply in Ukraine and raising the steel prices globally. Korean steel producers including...

Douglas Kim

Key Highlights of 25 Major Korean Companies Making Dividends Announcements for 2021

In this insight, we discuss the dividends announcements which have been made by some of the largest Korean companies (25) in the past two days.

Douglas Kim

POSCO Announces Partial Cancellation of Treasury Shares

We believe that these shareholder friendly policies (including large scale treasury shares cancellation) could help POSCO's share price to...

Douglas Kim

Aju Steel IPO Valuation Analysis

Our base case valuation of Aju Steel is target price of 14,240 won per share, which would represent just 2% above the mid-point of the IPO price...

Douglas Kim