India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

Equity Research Firm

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>ITC's share prices collapsed on 1st-Jan following a larger-than-expected indirect tax hike on Cigarettes in India. The changes translate to a 20-50% increase in MRP, potentially aiding illicit Cigarette trade.</li>
<li>We present data on how ITC's Cigarette business has performed well despite regular tax hikes and how steep hikes followed by a stable taxation envrionment benefits in the long term.</li>
<li>At CMP, stock is attractive at 20x Cigarette profits alone (peers trade at 25x), offering FMCG and agri business (worth 40/share) + 50k crores in cash/listed investments (40/share) as buffer.</li>
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ITC's share prices collapsed on 1st-Jan following a larger-than-expected indirect tax hike on Cigarettes in India. The changes translate to a 20-50% increase in MRP, potentially aiding illicit Cigarette trade.
We present data on how ITC's Cigarette business has performed well despite regular tax hikes and how steep hikes followed by a stable taxation envrionment benefits in the long term.
At CMP, stock is attractive at 20x Cigarette profits alone (peers trade at 25x), offering FMCG and agri business (worth 40/share) + 50k crores in cash/listed investments (40/share) as buffer.


ITC - Is It Time for Contrarian Investors to Enter?

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

DZT Research

DZT Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of TOPIX CORE 30 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Toyota Motor, Itochu, Tokio Marine, SoftBank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Advantest.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of TOPIX CORE 30 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Toyota Motor, Itochu, Tokio Marine, SoftBank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Advantest.


TOPIX CORE 30 Index Earning Revision (Jan): Toyota Motor, Itochu, Tokio Marine, SoftBank

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jan 9th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD20,644m.</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 Shibaura Electronics, SoftBank, Skylark, Kioxia, McDonald's, Ise Chemicals, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Disco, Itochu, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shibaura Electronics, Softbank, Skylark, Kioxia, Mcdonald'S.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jan 9th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD20,644m.
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 Shibaura Electronics, SoftBank, Skylark, Kioxia, McDonald's, Ise Chemicals, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Disco, Itochu, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shibaura Electronics, Softbank, Skylark, Kioxia, Mcdonald'S.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jan 9th): Shibaura Electronics, SoftBank, Skylark, Kioxia, McDonald's

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Dec 26th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,571m.</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 Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Disco, McDonald's, Canon, Japan Tobacco, Rakuten, Pan Pacific International, Advantest, Furukawa Electric, Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Mcdonald'S, Canon.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Dec 26th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,571m.
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 Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Disco, McDonald's, Canon, Japan Tobacco, Rakuten, Pan Pacific International, Advantest, Furukawa Electric, Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Mcdonald'S, Canon.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Dec 26th): Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Disco, McDonald's, Canon

<ul>
<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of TOPIX CORE 30 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Honda Motor, SoftBank, Toyota Motor, Sony, Sony Financial, Softbank, Toyota Motor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Sony, Honda Motor, Sony Financial.</li>
</ul>


We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of TOPIX CORE 30 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Honda Motor, SoftBank, Toyota Motor, Sony, Sony Financial, Softbank, Toyota Motor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Sony, Honda Motor, Sony Financial.


TOPIX CORE 30 Index Earning Revision (Nov): Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Honda Motor, SoftBank

Japan

Japan Tobacco, Inc. operates as an tobacco product company. The Company manufactures, markets and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products internationally. Japan Tobacco is also engaged in pharmaceutical and food businesses.

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Japan Tobacco (2914 JP)

ITC - Is It Time for Contrarian Investors to Enter?

ITC's share prices plummeted after a significant tax hike on cigarettes in Jan. Historically, business has been resilient despite hikes + we feel...

Himanshu Dugar

TOPIX CORE 30 Index Earning Revision (Jan): Toyota Motor, Itochu, Tokio Marine, SoftBank

We analyzed TOPIX CORE 30's consensus for Jan 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Toyota Motor, Itochu, Tokio Marine, SoftBank, Mitsubishi UFJ...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jan 9th): Shibaura Electronics, SoftBank, Skylark, Kioxia, McDonald's

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP), SoftBank (9984 JP), Skylark (3197...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Dec 26th): Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Disco, McDonald's, Canon

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Skylark (3197 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035 JP), Disco (6146 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TOPIX CORE 30 Index Earning Revision (Nov): Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Honda Motor, SoftBank

We analyzed TOPIX CORE 30's consensus for Nov 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316 JP), Honda Motor (7267 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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ITC - Is It Time for Contrarian Investors to Enter?

​ITC's share prices plummeted after a significant tax hike on cigarettes in Jan. Historically, business has been resilient despite hikes + we feel...

Himanshu Dugar

TOPIX CORE 30 Index Earning Revision (Jan): Toyota Motor, Itochu, Tokio Marine, SoftBank

We analyzed TOPIX CORE 30's consensus for Jan 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Toyota Motor, Itochu, Tokio Marine, SoftBank, Mitsubishi UFJ...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jan 9th): Shibaura Electronics, SoftBank, Skylark, Kioxia, McDonald's

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP), SoftBank (9984 JP), Skylark (3197...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Dec 26th): Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Disco, McDonald's, Canon

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Skylark (3197 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035 JP), Disco (6146 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TOPIX CORE 30 Index Earning Revision (Nov): Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Honda Motor, SoftBank

We analyzed TOPIX CORE 30's consensus for Nov 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316 JP), Honda Motor (7267 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ITC's share prices plummeted after a significant tax hike on cigarettes in Jan. Historically, business has been resilient despite hikes + we feel...