Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Equity Capital Markets

<h2>Of the classic approaches to trading with an IPO stock, the most widespread is to sell the major shareholder stock before or after the listing date.</h2><p>Among the recent major IPOs, the IPOs in which the majority shareholder is a listed company are as follows.</p><table class="table table-striped">
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<td style="width: 158.764px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Recent IPOs in Korea"}'>Recent IPOs in Korea</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 163.864px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd"}'>SK Biopharmaceuticals</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Bioscience Co Ltd"}'>SK Bioscience</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 141.79px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK IE Technology Co Ltd"}'>SK IE Technology</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Kakao Games Corp"}'>Kakao Games</td>
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<td style="width: 158.764px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Ticker"}'>- Ticker</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 163.864px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"326030"}'>326030</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"302440"}'>302440</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 141.79px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"361610"}'>361610</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"293490"}'>293490</td>
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<td style="width: 158.764px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Listing date"}'>- Listing date</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 163.864px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44014.64583333333}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. M. d","3":1}'>2020. 7. 2</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44273.64583333333}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. M. d","3":1}'>2021. 3. 18</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 141.79px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44327.64583333333}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. M. d","3":1}'>2021. 5. 11</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":44084.64583333333}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":5,"2":"yyyy. M. d","3":1}'>2020. 9. 10</td>
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<td style="width: 158.764px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Major shareholder"}'>Major shareholder</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 163.864px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Inc"}'>SK Inc</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Chemicals Co Ltd"}'>SK Chemicals</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 141.79px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Innovation Co Ltd"}'>SK Innovation</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Kakao Corp"}'>Kakao</td>
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<td style="width: 158.764px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Ticker"}'>- Ticker</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 163.864px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"034730"}'>034730</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"285130"}'>285130</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 141.79px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"096770"}'>096770</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"035720"}'>035720</td>
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<td style="width: 158.764px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Major shareholding"}'>- Major shareholding %</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 163.864px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6402}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'>64.02%</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6842}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'>68.42%</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 141.79px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.612}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'>61.20%</td>
<td style="text-align: right; width: 140.795px;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.4519}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'>45.19%</td>
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</table><p>Among these, the most dramatic share price movement (or correction) for a major shareholder before and after the listing date belongs to SK Chemicals, the largest shareholder of SK Bioscience.</p><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/220/577/original/Screen+Shot+2021-07-26+at+5.23.06+PM.png?1627335040" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="220577"></figure></section><p>The reason for this seems clear. This is because the value of the SK Bioscience stake held by SK Chemicals accounted for 250% of its own market cap, the highest by a huge margin. Therefore, SK Chemicals must have been most affected by the expectation of SK Bioscience IPO and subsequently the well-anticipated cross-trading before and after listing.</p><table class="table table-striped">
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Recent IPOs in Korea"}'>Recent IPOs in Korea</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd"}'>SK Biopharmaceuticals</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Bioscience Co Ltd"}'>SK Bioscience</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK IE Technology Co Ltd"}'>SK IE Technology</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Kakao Games Corp"}'>Kakao Games</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Market cap on the listing day"}'>Market cap on the listing day</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":9945.78275}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩9,945.8B</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":12928.5}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩12,928.5B</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":11015.477964}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩11,015.5B</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":4657.1936112}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩4,657.2B</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Major shareholder"}'><strong>Major shareholder</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Inc"}'><strong>SK Inc</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Chemicals Co Ltd"}'><strong>SK Chemicals</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"SK Innovation Co Ltd"}'><strong>SK Innovation</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Kakao Corp"}'><strong>Kakao</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Market cap on the listing day"}'>- Market cap on the listing day</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":19595.3427145}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩19,595.3B</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":3537.170196}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩3,537.2B</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":24873.236716}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩24,873.2B</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":34267.883733}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'>₩34,267.9B</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":" - Subsidiary stake value as a % of the market cap"}'><strong>- Subsidiary stake value as a % of the market cap</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.3249389515314976}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'><strong>32.49%</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":2.5007786478589904}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'><strong>250.08%</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.2710331828117677}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'><strong>27.10%</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.061415692001854275}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":3,"2":"0.00%","3":1}'><strong>6.14%</strong></td>
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Of the classic approaches to trading with an IPO stock, the most widespread is to sell the major shareholder stock before or after the listing date.Among the recent major IPOs, the IPOs in which the majority shareholder is a listed company are as follows.









Recent IPOs in Korea
SK Biopharmaceuticals
SK Bioscience
SK IE Technology
Kakao Games


- Ticker
326030
302440
361610
293490


- Listing date
2020. 7. 2
2021. 3. 18
2021. 5. 11
2020. 9. 10


Major shareholder
SK Inc
SK Chemicals
SK Innovation
Kakao


- Ticker
034730
285130
096770
035720


- Major shareholding %
64.02%
68.42%
61.20%
45.19%

Source: KRX

Among these, the most dramatic share price movement (or correction) for a major shareholder before and after the listing date belongs to SK Chemicals, the largest shareholder of SK Bioscience.The reason for this seems clear. This is because the value of the SK Bioscience stake held by SK Chemicals accounted for 250% of its own market cap, the highest by a huge margin. Therefore, SK Chemicals must have been most affected by the expectation of SK Bioscience IPO and subsequently the well-anticipated cross-trading before and after listing.









Recent IPOs in Korea
SK Biopharmaceuticals
SK Bioscience
SK IE Technology
Kakao Games


Market cap on the listing day
₩9,945.8B
₩12,928.5B
₩11,015.5B
₩4,657.2B


Major shareholder
SK Inc
SK Chemicals
SK Innovation
Kakao


- Market cap on the listing day
₩19,595.3B
₩3,537.2B
₩24,873.2B
₩34,267.9B


- Subsidiary stake value as a % of the market cap
32.49%
250.08%
27.10%
6.14%

Source: KRX



A Classic Long/Short Approach for an IPO: Kakao Bank Vs. Korea Investment Holdings

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<p><strong>In this insight, we provide an update of Kakao Bank </strong>which is getting ready to release its IPO prospectus in the coming days. Even without the prospectus, the company has already provided a lot of the the company's financials, industry analysis, and other materials in its annual and quarterly earnings filings. In this insight, we try to provide some of our key findings from its financial filings of Kakao Bank, but excluding the bankers' valuation assessment which is not yet available. </p>
<p>Kakao Bank is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in Korea in 2021. In the gray market, it is currently trading at 96,500 won per share or 39.5 trillion won. The two largest banks in Korea are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kb-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:718:1" rel="noopener">KB Financial (105560 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinhan-financial-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6978:1" rel="noopener">Shinhan Financial (055550 KS),</a> which have market caps of 22.9 trillion won and 20.6 trillion won, respectively. As a result, Kakao Bank's market cap (in the gray market) is close to the combined market caps of KB Financial and Shinhan Financial (43.5 trillion won) which is quite remarkable. </p>
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In this insight, we provide an update of Kakao Bank which is getting ready to release its IPO prospectus in the coming days. Even without the prospectus, the company has already provided a lot of the the company's financials, industry analysis, and other materials in its annual and quarterly earnings filings. In this insight, we try to provide some of our key findings from its financial filings of Kakao Bank, but excluding the bankers' valuation assessment which is not yet available. 
Kakao Bank is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in Korea in 2021. In the gray market, it is currently trading at 96,500 won per share or 39.5 trillion won. The two largest banks in Korea are KB Financial (105560 KS) and Shinhan Financial (055550 KS), which have market caps of 22.9 trillion won and 20.6 trillion won, respectively. As a result, Kakao Bank's market cap (in the gray market) is close to the combined market caps of KB Financial and Shinhan Financial (43.5 trillion won) which is quite remarkable. 


Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>This Original aims to identify the key investment opportunities among the listed brokers in the three major East Asian countries - China, Japan, and Korea. </p><p>By looking at the development of the brokerage sectors in these three countries, we observe a general trend where upstart online brokers first compete against the more established brokers based on their cost and technological advantages. This then pushes the more established brokers to either focus on more lucrative wholesale businesses or adopt and invest in tech initiatives in order to stay competitive in the retail market.</p><p>After further establishing themselves in the retail market, these upstart online brokers then also diversify and expand into the more lucrative wealth/asset management or even wholesale businesses.  By gauging at which phase the broker is in this cycle, investors can have a good understanding of its future outlook.</p><p>In our opinion, Korean brokers currently offer the best value, while the Chinese pure-play online brokers offer the highest growth potential. As such, our pecking order, in terms of investment attractiveness, is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kiwoom-securities-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20418:1" rel="noopener">Kiwoom Securities (039490 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/east-money-information-co-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8075:1" rel="noopener">East Money Information Co A (300059 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/futu-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27858:1" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/monex-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14211:1" rel="noopener">Monex Group Inc (8698 JP)</a> / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/huatai-securities-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:449:1" rel="noopener">Huatai Securities Co Ltd (H) (6886 HK)</a>.  </p><h2>What is Original?</h2><p>In this Original, we look into the competitive landscape of the brokerage sectors in China, Japan, and Korea. 55 listed brokers from these three countries are included in this Original as the company universe for regression analysis. </p><p>Among them, a total of 8 brokers are chosen, with their company profiles separately presented, to further showcase and contrast the impact of competition and technological disruption. Based on this, a pecking order is then developed, both on a country and a company basis.</p>

This Original aims to identify the key investment opportunities among the listed brokers in the three major East Asian countries - China, Japan, and Korea. By looking at the development of the brokerage sectors in these three countries, we observe a general trend where upstart online brokers first compete against the more established brokers based on their cost and technological advantages. This then pushes the more established brokers to either focus on more lucrative wholesale businesses or adopt and invest in tech initiatives in order to stay competitive in the retail market.After further establishing themselves in the retail market, these upstart online brokers then also diversify and expand into the more lucrative wealth/asset management or even wholesale businesses.  By gauging at which phase the broker is in this cycle, investors can have a good understanding of its future outlook.In our opinion, Korean brokers currently offer the best value, while the Chinese pure-play online brokers offer the highest growth potential. As such, our pecking order, in terms of investment attractiveness, is Kiwoom Securities (039490 KS), East Money Information Co A (300059 CH), Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU US), Monex Group Inc (8698 JP) / Huatai Securities Co Ltd (H) (6886 HK).  What is Original?In this Original, we look into the competitive landscape of the brokerage sectors in China, Japan, and Korea. 55 listed brokers from these three countries are included in this Original as the company universe for regression analysis. Among them, a total of 8 brokers are chosen, with their company profiles separately presented, to further showcase and contrast the impact of competition and technological disruption. Based on this, a pecking order is then developed, both on a country and a company basis.

Asian Brokers: A Competition Between Value and Growth

Event-Driven

<p>Korea has a total of 121 preferred shares.</p><div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>You can find all the preferred share names in Korea with the disparity to the ordinary shares and the sigma on a 20-day moving average in the attached file.</strong></p></div><hr><p>6 prefs in total have a market cap of more than ₩1T. The largest one is Samsung Electronics 1P featuring a market cap of ₩61.6T.</p><table class="table table-striped">
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<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ticker"}'>Ticker</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Preference Shares Non Voting"}'><strong>Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Preference Shares Non Voting</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005935"}'><strong>005935</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":61551.92516}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'><strong>61,551.9</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hyundai Motor S2 Pref Shs"}'><strong>Hyundai Motor S2 Pref Shs</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005387"}'><strong>005387</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":4049.885061}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'><strong>4,049.9</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares"}'><strong>LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051915"}'><strong>051915</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":3344.628}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'><strong>3,344.6</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hyundai Motor S1 Pref Shs"}'><strong>Hyundai Motor S1 Pref Shs</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005385"}'><strong>005385</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":2752.305405}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'><strong>2,752.3</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares"}'><strong>LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051905"}'><strong>051905</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":1553.77578}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'><strong>1,553.8</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Electronics Inc. Preference Shares"}'><strong>LG Electronics Inc. Preference Shares</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"066575"}'><strong>066575</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":1254.577416}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'><strong>1,254.6</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares"}'>Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"090435"}'>090435</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":978.710841}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>978.7</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Samsung SDI Co Ltd Preferred Shares"}'>Samsung SDI Co Ltd Preferred Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"006405"}'>006405</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":711.065292}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>711.1</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Mirae Asset Securities 2PB"}'>Mirae Asset Securities 2PB</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"00680K"}'>00680K</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":697.9}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>697.9</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Preference Shares"}'>Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"071055"}'>071055</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":521.384339}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,2,"#,##0.0"]'>521.4</td>
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</table><p>These are the top 10 preferred shares having the widest disparity to the ordinary shares. Solus Advanced Materials 1P tops the list with a 66.87% disparity. 4 prefs in total are above a 60% disparity to their respective ordinary share. A total of 19 prefs have a +50% disparity to the ordinary shares.</p><table class="table table-striped">
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<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Ticker"}'>Ticker</td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Solus Advanced Materials 1P"}'><strong>Solus Advanced Materials 1P</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"33637K"}'><strong>33637K</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.668693009118541}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'><strong>66.87%</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares"}'><strong>Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"090435"}'><strong>090435</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6653429602888087}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'><strong>66.53%</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"AmoreG 1P Pref Shs"}'><strong>AmoreG 1P Pref Shs</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"002795"}'><strong>002795</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6418918918918919}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'><strong>64.19%</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Doosan Fuel Cell 1P"}'><strong>Doosan Fuel Cell 1P</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"33626K"}'><strong>33626K</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.6262626262626263}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'><strong>62.63%</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Nexen Tire Corp Preference Shares"}'>Nexen Tire Corp Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"002355"}'>002355</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5765124555160143}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>57.65%</td>
</tr>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"BYC Co., Ltd Preference Shares"}'>BYC Co., Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"001465"}'>001465</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5660621761658031}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>56.61%</td>
</tr>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Doosan Fuel Cell 2PB"}'>Doosan Fuel Cell 2PB</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"33626L"}'>33626L</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5391414141414141}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>53.91%</td>
</tr>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hyundai Motor S3 Pref Shs"}'>Hyundai Motor S3 Pref Shs</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"005389"}'>005389</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5357142857142857}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>53.57%</td>
</tr>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares"}'>LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051905"}'>051905</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5289624443029918}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>52.90%</td>
</tr>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares"}'>LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"051915"}'>051915</td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":0.5266594124047879}' data-sheets-numberformat='[null,3,"0.00%",1]'>52.67%</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="3">Source: KRX</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Korea has a total of 121 preferred shares.You can find all the preferred share names in Korea with the disparity to the ordinary shares and the sigma on a 20-day moving average in the attached file.6 prefs in total have a market cap of more than ₩1T. The largest one is Samsung Electronics 1P featuring a market cap of ₩61.6T.







Top 10 largest market cap prefs in Korea
Ticker
Market cap (₩B)


Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Preference Shares Non Voting
005935
61,551.9


Hyundai Motor S2 Pref Shs
005387
4,049.9


LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares
051915
3,344.6


Hyundai Motor S1 Pref Shs
005385
2,752.3


LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares
051905
1,553.8


LG Electronics Inc. Preference Shares
066575
1,254.6


Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares
090435
978.7


Samsung SDI Co Ltd Preferred Shares
006405
711.1


Mirae Asset Securities 2PB
00680K
697.9


Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Preference Shares
071055
521.4

Source: KRX

These are the top 10 preferred shares having the widest disparity to the ordinary shares. Solus Advanced Materials 1P tops the list with a 66.87% disparity. 4 prefs in total are above a 60% disparity to their respective ordinary share. A total of 19 prefs have a +50% disparity to the ordinary shares.







Top 10 prefs having the widest disparity to ordinary share in Korea
Ticker
Disparity to ordinary share


Solus Advanced Materials 1P
33637K
66.87%


Amorepacific Corp Preference Shares
090435
66.53%


AmoreG 1P Pref Shs
002795
64.19%


Doosan Fuel Cell 1P
33626K
62.63%


Nexen Tire Corp Preference Shares
002355
57.65%


BYC Co., Ltd Preference Shares
001465
56.61%


Doosan Fuel Cell 2PB
33626L
53.91%


Hyundai Motor S3 Pref Shs
005389
53.57%


LG Household &amp; Healthcare Ltd Preference Shares
051905
52.90%


LG Chem Ltd Preference Shares
051915
52.67%

Source: KRX



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