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

Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sichuan-baicha-baidao-industrial" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40029:1" rel="noopener">Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial</a> is looking to raise up to US$330m in its HK IPO.</li>
<li>SBBI sells new-style tea drinks through its ChaPanda stores. According to F&amp;S, SBBI ranked third in China’s new-style tea shop market with a market share of 6.8% in FY23.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s performance in our past note. In this note, we talk about valuations</li>
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Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial is looking to raise up to US$330m in its HK IPO.
SBBI sells new-style tea drinks through its ChaPanda stores. According to F&amp;S, SBBI ranked third in China’s new-style tea shop market with a market share of 6.8% in FY23.
We have looked at the company’s performance in our past note. In this note, we talk about valuations


Sichuan Baicha Baidao IPO - Doesn’t Offer a Discount to Peers

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Maintain BUY and raise TP to HK$8.39 (we now assume a gradual improvement in SSS recovery rate onwards as the group is rolling out more new initiatives this year).</li><li>We are still cautious about catering sector, but JMJ’s numbers have stabilized lately.</li><li>A rebound in share price is possible given undemanding valuation (12x FY24E P/E) while our TP is based on 17x and 3-year sales/ NP CAGR are at 20%/ 25%.</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>

Maintain BUY and raise TP to HK$8.39 (we now assume a gradual improvement in SSS recovery rate onwards as the group is rolling out more new initiatives this year).We are still cautious about catering sector, but JMJ’s numbers have stabilized lately.A rebound in share price is possible given undemanding valuation (12x FY24E P/E) while our TP is based on 17x and 3-year sales/ NP CAGR are at 20%/ 25%.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.

Jiumaojiu (9922 HK) - Resilient Margin in 2H23 with Positive Outlook

Analyst

Steve

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<li>Yesterday, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haidilao-international-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27044:1" rel="noopener">Haidilao International Holding (6862 HK)</a>, the largest hotpot chain in China, announced that the company will introduce franchise model as a new way to support growth. </li>
<li>Haidilao's move into franchising should directly benefit <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yihai-international-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22803:1" rel="noopener">Yihai Int’L Holding (1579 HK)</a>, the affiliate company that supplies hotpot condiments to Haidilao. </li>
<li>Yihai is trading at an inexpensive 12x 2024 PE compared to a historical average of 32x since listing.</li>
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Yesterday, Haidilao International Holding (6862 HK), the largest hotpot chain in China, announced that the company will introduce franchise model as a new way to support growth. 
Haidilao's move into franchising should directly benefit Yihai Int’L Holding (1579 HK), the affiliate company that supplies hotpot condiments to Haidilao. 
Yihai is trading at an inexpensive 12x 2024 PE compared to a historical average of 32x since listing.


Yihai International (1579 HK):  Beneficiary Of Haidilao's Adoption Of Franchising Model

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 1st.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for CNOOC, Li Auto, Tencent, China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 1st.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for CNOOC, Li Auto, Tencent, China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 1st): CNOOC, Li Auto, Tencent

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Xiaocaiyuan International Holding / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xiaocaiyuan-international-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40688:1" rel="noopener">Xiaocaiyuan International Holding (XCY HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$200m in its upcoming HK IPO.</li>
<li>Xiaocaiyuan is a Chinese home-style cuisine restaurant operator. It prices its menus’ items to achieve average spending per consumer between RMB50 and RMB70 for its dine-in customers at its restaurants. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
</ul>



Xiaocaiyuan International Holding (XCY HK) is looking to raise up to US$200m in its upcoming HK IPO.
Xiaocaiyuan is a Chinese home-style cuisine restaurant operator. It prices its menus’ items to achieve average spending per consumer between RMB50 and RMB70 for its dine-in customers at its restaurants. 
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Xiaocaiyuan International Holding Pre-IPO - Strong Network Expansion and Same Store Sales Growth

China

Jiumaojiu International Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, focuses on manufactures food products. Jiumaojiu International Holdings serves customers in China.

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Jiumaojiu (9922 HK)

Sichuan Baicha Baidao IPO - Doesn’t Offer a Discount to Peers

Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial is looking to raise up to US$330m in its HK IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh