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<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/blue-moon-group-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29179:1" rel="noopener">Blue Moon Group Holdings (6993 HK)</a> is a leading consumer household care company in China.  Blue Moon will commence trading on Wednesday, 16 December. Blue Moon priced its IPO at HK$13.16 and <a href="http://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1063245/ipo-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened 14% higher</a> at HK$15.00 in the grey market and last stood at HK$14.90.</p></div><div><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-initiation-laundry-list" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:41086" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List</a>, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-doing-the-wash" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:45481" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash</a> we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:46033" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO: Valuation Insights</a>, we noted that the IPO price range is attractive.</p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>Our base-case DCF derived price target of HK$15.21 per share. As DCF-based target prices are subject to a wide range of variability, we present a sensitivity table to help investors gauge where target prices could head. Our DCF sensitivity analysis shows that the IPO price continues to provide good upside potential. </p></div></div></div>

Blue Moon Group Holdings (6993 HK) is a leading consumer household care company in China.  Blue Moon will commence trading on Wednesday, 16 December. Blue Moon priced its IPO at HK$13.16 and opened 14% higher at HK$15.00 in the grey market and last stood at HK$14.90.In Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. In Blue Moon IPO: Valuation Insights, we noted that the IPO price range is attractive.Our base-case DCF derived price target of HK$15.21 per share. As DCF-based target prices are subject to a wide range of variability, we present a sensitivity table to help investors gauge where target prices could head. Our DCF sensitivity analysis shows that the IPO price continues to provide good upside potential. 

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangzhou-blue-moon-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29179:1" rel="noopener">Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK)</a> is a leading consumer household care company in China. At the proposed IPO price range of HK$10.20-13.16 per share, Blue Moon will have a market cap of HK$58,621-75,632 million ($7.6-9.8 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the total net proceeds are HK$8,492 million ($1.1 billion). </p>
<p>Six cornerstone investors will subscribe for HK$1,821 million ($235 million) of the offer shares (20.87% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the price range). The cornerstone investors are BOCHK Asset Management, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-dazhong-public-utilities-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7847:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities - A (600635 CH)</a>,  Fullerton, Changjia Group, Greater Bay Area Fund and Veritas Asset Management.</p>
</div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-initiation-laundry-list" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:41086" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List</a>, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-doing-the-wash" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:45481" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash</a> we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. Overall, we would participate in the IPO due to an attractive IPO price range.</p></div></div>


Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK) is a leading consumer household care company in China. At the proposed IPO price range of HK$10.20-13.16 per share, Blue Moon will have a market cap of HK$58,621-75,632 million ($7.6-9.8 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the total net proceeds are HK$8,492 million ($1.1 billion). 
Six cornerstone investors will subscribe for HK$1,821 million ($235 million) of the offer shares (20.87% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the price range). The cornerstone investors are BOCHK Asset Management, Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities - A (600635 CH),  Fullerton, Changjia Group, Greater Bay Area Fund and Veritas Asset Management.
In Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. Overall, we would participate in the IPO due to an attractive IPO price range.

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangzhou-blue-moon-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29179:1" rel="noopener">Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK)</a> is a leading consumer household care company in China. In 2019, Blue Moon ranked first in China’s liquid laundry detergent market, concentrated liquid laundry detergent market and liquid soap market as measured by retail sales value, with a market share of 24.4%, 27.9% and 17.4%, respectively, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Blue Moon aims to kick-off its $1 billion IPO as soon as this week and one of the underwriters (UBS) has valued Blue Moon at HK$78.0-93.6 billion, according to <a href="http://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1059856/ipo-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press reports</a>.</p></div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-initiation-laundry-list" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:41086" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List</a>, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-doing-the-wash" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:45481" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash</a> we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. Overall, based on valuation analysis, we think that the underwriters' valuation range can be justified.</p></div></div>

Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK) is a leading consumer household care company in China. In 2019, Blue Moon ranked first in China’s liquid laundry detergent market, concentrated liquid laundry detergent market and liquid soap market as measured by retail sales value, with a market share of 24.4%, 27.9% and 17.4%, respectively, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Blue Moon aims to kick-off its $1 billion IPO as soon as this week and one of the underwriters (UBS) has valued Blue Moon at HK$78.0-93.6 billion, according to press reports.In Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. Overall, based on valuation analysis, we think that the underwriters' valuation range can be justified.

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangzhou-blue-moon-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29179:1" rel="noopener">Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK)</a> is a leading consumer household care company in China. In 2019, Blue Moon ranked first in China’s liquid laundry detergent market, concentrated liquid laundry detergent market and liquid soap market as measured by retail sales value, with a market share of 24.4%, 27.9% and 17.4%, respectively, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Blue Moon has filed its PHIP and is pre-marketing for a Hong Kong IPO to raise $1 billion, according to press reports.</p><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-initiation-laundry-list" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:41086" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List</a>, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). The 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. With the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak gradually receding in China, Blue Moon has strong fundamentals to ride a recovery in demand for its core fabric care products. Overall, we continue to believe that Blue Moon’s fundamentals are attractive.</p></div>

Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK) is a leading consumer household care company in China. In 2019, Blue Moon ranked first in China’s liquid laundry detergent market, concentrated liquid laundry detergent market and liquid soap market as measured by retail sales value, with a market share of 24.4%, 27.9% and 17.4%, respectively, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Blue Moon has filed its PHIP and is pre-marketing for a Hong Kong IPO to raise $1 billion, according to press reports.In Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). The 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. With the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak gradually receding in China, Blue Moon has strong fundamentals to ride a recovery in demand for its core fabric care products. Overall, we continue to believe that Blue Moon’s fundamentals are attractive.

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Oshadhi Kumarasiri

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<p>Kao is a well-known Japanese conglomerate involved in various business activities ranging from FMCG products to chemicals. The company operates in five main segments which include the cosmetics business, hair care and skin care business, human health care business, fabric and home care business and the chemical business.<br>The human health care segment is a key segment for Kao as it accounted for an average of 18.4% and 16.4% of Kao’s revenues and operating profits respectively in the past five years. The human health care business segment is centred around two main brands, the Merries diapers and Laurier sanitary napkins. Merries diapers account for about 50% of segment’s revenues and it is one of the biggest brands at Kao’s disposal.<br>The main markets for Merries diapers include China, Japan and Indonesia. However, the company believes that about 50% of its sales in Japan are taken back to China to resell through unofficial e-commerce channels.</p>

Kao is a well-known Japanese conglomerate involved in various business activities ranging from FMCG products to chemicals. The company operates in five main segments which include the cosmetics business, hair care and skin care business, human health care business, fabric and home care business and the chemical business. The human health care segment is a key segment for Kao as it accounted for an average of 18.4% and 16.4% of Kao’s revenues and operating profits respectively in the past five years. The human health care business segment is centred around two main brands, the Merries diapers and Laurier sanitary napkins. Merries diapers account for about 50% of segment’s revenues and it is one of the biggest brands at Kao’s disposal. The main markets for Merries diapers include China, Japan and Indonesia. However, the company believes that about 50% of its sales in Japan are taken back to China to resell through unofficial e-commerce channels.

Merries Baby Diaper Business: Struggles to Continue Despite Company Remarks a Quick Turnaround

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a global health and hygiene company that manufactures and provides consumer products. The Company's products include diapers, tissues, paper towels, incontinence care products, surgical gowns, and disposable face masks.  Kimberly-Clark's products are sold in countries around the world.

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