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.

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<li>With over 48 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings.</li>
<li>In this note, we will also talk about the overall performance of the cohort of 48 deals. Overall, A/H listings since 2025 have reversed the trend of past A/H listings.</li>
<li>We also have a look at some of the factors that might impact the post deal performance.</li>
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With over 48 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings.
In this note, we will also talk about the overall performance of the cohort of 48 deals. Overall, A/H listings since 2025 have reversed the trend of past A/H listings.
We also have a look at some of the factors that might impact the post deal performance.


Aequitas: A/H Premiums and Recent 48 Deals Performance  - Better Performance, a Look at Correlations

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lingyi-itech-guangdong-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19050:1" rel="noopener">Lingyi iTech Guangdong (002600 CH,</a> LIT), an intelligent manufacturing platform, raised around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>LIT offers a full range of development and manufacturing capabilities that cover core materials, high-precision functional components, modules and assembled systems for diverse end products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Lingyi iTech Guangdong (002600 CH, LIT), an intelligent manufacturing platform, raised around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
LIT offers a full range of development and manufacturing capabilities that cover core materials, high-precision functional components, modules and assembled systems for diverse end products.
We have looked at the past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: Lingyi ITech A/H Trading - Weak Demand but A-Share Rally Will Help

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lingyi-itech-guangdong-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50139:1" rel="noopener">Lingyi iTech (1688 HK)</a> priced its H Share at HK$10.18, raising HK$8,264 million (US$1.1 billion) in gross proceeds. The H Share will be listed tomorrow.</li>
<li>I discussed the H Share listing in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/lingyi-itech-h-share-listing-the-investment-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:242098" rel="noopener">Lingyi ITech H Share Listing: The Investment Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/lingyi-itech-h-share-listing-1688-hk-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:243262" rel="noopener">Lingyi ITech H Share Listing (1688 HK): Valuation Insights</a>. </li>
<li>The grey market price is up 21%, partly due to A Shares rising 14% since the prospectus was released. The 50.6% AH discount is attractive. </li>
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Lingyi iTech (1688 HK) priced its H Share at HK$10.18, raising HK$8,264 million (US$1.1 billion) in gross proceeds. The H Share will be listed tomorrow.
I discussed the H Share listing in Lingyi ITech H Share Listing: The Investment Case and Lingyi ITech H Share Listing (1688 HK): Valuation Insights. 
The grey market price is up 21%, partly due to A Shares rising 14% since the prospectus was released. The 50.6% AH discount is attractive. 


Lingyi ITech H Share Listing (1688 HK): Trading Debut

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

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<li>With an aim to raise HK$8.2bn of net proceeds, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lingyi-itech-guangdong-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50139:1" rel="noopener">Lingyi iTech (1688 HK)</a>'s H-share IPO is a sizeable one and should attract interest. </li>
<li>Earnings record for this high-precision intelligent manufacturing platform is volatile, but should improve in FY27-28. 1Q26 profit drop is distorted by huge exchange losses.  </li>
<li>Priced at 44.6% discount to its A-share and 27.7x PER, the IPO is inexpensive. Assuming a discount of 26.9%, the fair price (HK$13.43) implies a 32% upside.</li>
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With an aim to raise HK$8.2bn of net proceeds, Lingyi iTech (1688 HK)'s H-share IPO is a sizeable one and should attract interest. 
Earnings record for this high-precision intelligent manufacturing platform is volatile, but should improve in FY27-28. 1Q26 profit drop is distorted by huge exchange losses.  
Priced at 44.6% discount to its A-share and 27.7x PER, the IPO is inexpensive. Assuming a discount of 26.9%, the fair price (HK$13.43) implies a 32% upside.


Lingyi ITech (1688 HK) IPO: Deserves a Narrower Discount

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

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<li>Lingyi iTech launched its Hongkong IPO aiming to raise up to HK$8.3B (~ US$ 1.1B). They are are a leading high-precision intelligent manufacturing platform for electronic devices.  </li>
<li>Lingyi iTech intends to use the IPO proceeds for expanding production facilities, scale overseas infrastructure, investment &amp; acquisition opportunities, enhance R&amp;D capabilities and working capital.</li>
<li>We would recommend investors with a near to medium-term investment horizon to consider the name, given the scale and prospects.</li>
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Lingyi iTech launched its Hongkong IPO aiming to raise up to HK$8.3B (~ US$ 1.1B). They are are a leading high-precision intelligent manufacturing platform for electronic devices.  
Lingyi iTech intends to use the IPO proceeds for expanding production facilities, scale overseas infrastructure, investment &amp; acquisition opportunities, enhance R&amp;D capabilities and working capital.
We would recommend investors with a near to medium-term investment horizon to consider the name, given the scale and prospects.


Lingyi ITech IPO: Business Model, Operational Scale and Valuation Works Out For Investors, For Now

China

Lingyi iTech (Guangdong) Company offers artificial intelligence (AI) hardware solutions and production services. The Company manufactures smart electronics, robotics, enterprise servers. Lingyi iTech (Guangdong) also supplies automotive and air mobility products.

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Aequitas: A/H Premiums and Recent 48 Deals Performance - Better Performance, a Look at Correlations

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Sumeet Singh