Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>On 11 May, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jx-advanced-metals-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44346:1" rel="noopener">JX Advanced Metals (5016 JP)</a><a href="https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/AS82809/495aeada/b7c2/44f4/9a09/e8f5efa19f4e/140120260510521206.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> strong earnings beating guidance but missing consensus (FY25 NP ¥104.6bn vs ¥93bn guidance/¥112.6bn consensus; revs ¥884.6bn/¥820bn/¥844bn; OP ¥175bn/¥150bn/¥168.7bn). Guidance is low. </li>
<li>Despite multiple new investments (and the Toho Titanium merger 1 June), guided revs are 1.5% below consensus, OP 12.5% below, and NP guidance at ¥114bn 27% lower than consensus.</li>
<li>That hurt. As did the ¥250bn of CBs to buy back ¥250bn of stock in a Tender. Cute financial engineering. Timing is important. Details within.</li>
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On 11 May, JX Advanced Metals (5016 JP)announced strong earnings beating guidance but missing consensus (FY25 NP ¥104.6bn vs ¥93bn guidance/¥112.6bn consensus; revs ¥884.6bn/¥820bn/¥844bn; OP ¥175bn/¥150bn/¥168.7bn). Guidance is low. 
Despite multiple new investments (and the Toho Titanium merger 1 June), guided revs are 1.5% below consensus, OP 12.5% below, and NP guidance at ¥114bn 27% lower than consensus.
That hurt. As did the ¥250bn of CBs to buy back ¥250bn of stock in a Tender. Cute financial engineering. Timing is important. Details within.


JX Advanced Metals (5016 JP) Big Buyback, Big CB, Disappointing Guidance, Stock De-Frothing

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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/jx-advanced-metals-corporation">JX Advanced Metals</a> is successfully pivoting towards high-margin advanced materials, evidenced by significant margin expansion and profit growth despite volatile revenues from its traditional metals business.</li>
  <li>The company holds a dominant market position in key semiconductor materials, such as sputtering targets (approx. 60% global share), positioning it to capitalize on long-term growth in AI, 5G, and data centers.</li>
  <li>The stock trades at a significant valuation premium to its peer group, reflecting high investor expectations for growth. This premium presents a risk if future performance fails to meet forecasts.</li>
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JX Advanced Metals is successfully pivoting towards high-margin advanced materials, evidenced by significant margin expansion and profit growth despite volatile revenues from its traditional metals business.
  The company holds a dominant market position in key semiconductor materials, such as sputtering targets (approx. 60% global share), positioning it to capitalize on long-term growth in AI, 5G, and data centers.
  The stock trades at a significant valuation premium to its peer group, reflecting high investor expectations for growth. This premium presents a risk if future performance fails to meet forecasts.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: JX Advanced Metals (5016 JP) - May 2026

Index Rebalance

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<li>Less than a week ago, I wrote about my expectations for the Nikkei 225 September rebal. </li>
<li>I had been writing for months about the nature of the decision tree, and one of those branches has, well, branched. </li>
<li>That changes my expectation for the Nikkei 225 Sep26 rebal, the third ADD has changed. And the ticker labelled atop this insight is not it.</li>
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Less than a week ago, I wrote about my expectations for the Nikkei 225 September rebal. 
I had been writing for months about the nature of the decision tree, and one of those branches has, well, branched. 
That changes my expectation for the Nikkei 225 Sep26 rebal, the third ADD has changed. And the ticker labelled atop this insight is not it.


[Quiddity Index] Nikkei 225 Sep26 Rebal - Changing Horses on the Third ADD

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

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<li>Quiddity's "Who is Ready" series of insights aims to objectively identify names listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are potential additions to the TOPIX Index in future.</li>
<li>There were no new TOPIX Inclusion announcements since our last insight.</li>
<li>However, the TOPIX 0.75x Liquidity Factor Removal results were confirmed this week. We see around US$1bn index buying for this event at the end of April 2026.</li>
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Quiddity's "Who is Ready" series of insights aims to objectively identify names listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are potential additions to the TOPIX Index in future.
There were no new TOPIX Inclusion announcements since our last insight.
However, the TOPIX 0.75x Liquidity Factor Removal results were confirmed this week. We see around US$1bn index buying for this event at the end of April 2026.


TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Apr 2026)

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<li>The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) calculates Free-Float Weight (FFW) for each listed company and uses this value as a key component of TOPIX Index Calculation.</li>
<li>For companies with "low liquidity" the FFW will be multiplied by a fixed liquidity factor of 0.75x to derive the final FFW used for index calculation.</li>
<li>Every April, the application of this liquidity factor is reviewed by the TSE. In this insight, we take an early look at what could happen in April 2026.</li>
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) calculates Free-Float Weight (FFW) for each listed company and uses this value as a key component of TOPIX Index Calculation.
For companies with "low liquidity" the FFW will be multiplied by a fixed liquidity factor of 0.75x to derive the final FFW used for index calculation.
Every April, the application of this liquidity factor is reviewed by the TSE. In this insight, we take an early look at what could happen in April 2026.


TOPIX Index Upweights: An Early Preview Of "The Big April Basket" 2026; US$1bn+ Index Flows Possible

Japan

JX Advanced Metals Corporation mines and distributes non ferrous metal products. The Company smelts, refines, and markets non ferrous metals such as copper, gold, silver, and more. JX Advanced Metals also sells semiconductor materials, special steel materials, and other products.

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