Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

Equity Bottom-Up

Novatek Microelectronics Corp / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The supply chain received good news that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/novatek-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10904:1" rel="noopener">Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT)</a> as successfully passed iPhone 16 OLED DRIVER IC (DDIC) qualification.</li>
<li>Novatek's recent alliance with ARM to develop Neoverse V2 is a noteworthy development.</li>
<li>Novatek's 1Q24F forecast remains unchanged, but the outlook for 2024F is likely to show positive growth.</li>
</ul>


The supply chain received good news that Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT) as successfully passed iPhone 16 OLED DRIVER IC (DDIC) qualification.
Novatek's recent alliance with ARM to develop Neoverse V2 is a noteworthy development.
Novatek's 1Q24F forecast remains unchanged, but the outlook for 2024F is likely to show positive growth.


Novatek (3034.TT): It Had Been Qualified by the IPhone 16 for OLED Driver IC.

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/novatek-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10904:1" rel="noopener">Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT)</a> had reserved Apple (AAPL US) iPhone 16 Display Driver IC (DDIC) for future shipment since 3Q24F when qualification past.</li>
<li>Novatek's outlook is increasing to about 1~5% in 1Q24F, remarked a higher quarter demand than 4Q23.</li>
<li>It could be a low season in 2Q24F because the rush order shown up around Chinese New Year.  </li>
</ul>



Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT) had reserved Apple (AAPL US) iPhone 16 Display Driver IC (DDIC) for future shipment since 3Q24F when qualification past.
Novatek's outlook is increasing to about 1~5% in 1Q24F, remarked a higher quarter demand than 4Q23.
It could be a low season in 2Q24F because the rush order shown up around Chinese New Year.  


Novatek (3034.TT): Reserved IPhone 16 DDIC for 3Q24F Shipment; 1Q24F Outlook Bright.

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Jan 12th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD9.1bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We have highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Celltrion.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Jan 12th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD9.1bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We have highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Celltrion.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 12th): Celltrion

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

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

Event-Driven

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<li>Posco DX's KOSPI 200 fast entry effective date will likely coincide with the December regular rebalancing date.</li>
<li>We should focus on the ad-hoc change deletion as we can expect more pronounced price impact near the effective date due to lower chances of premature exposure than regular reviews.</li>
<li>The following three candidates are screened: K Car, Daesang Corporation, and Shinsegae International. They are all likely to exhibit a significant passive impact (x ADTV).</li>
</ul>


Posco DX's KOSPI 200 fast entry effective date will likely coincide with the December regular rebalancing date.
We should focus on the ad-hoc change deletion as we can expect more pronounced price impact near the effective date due to lower chances of premature exposure than regular reviews.
The following three candidates are screened: K Car, Daesang Corporation, and Shinsegae International. They are all likely to exhibit a significant passive impact (x ADTV).


Prime Target for Flow Trading Due to Low Pre-Exposure in December KOSPI 200 Rebalancing

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<li>LX Semicon and Tokai Carbon Korea will be excluded, and these two positions will be filled by Eo Technics and either HPSP or ISC Co Ltd.</li>
<li>The effective date is October 16th, and the rebalancing trading by the TIGER ETF occurs towards the closing (likely to start around 2 p.m.) on Friday, October 13th.</li>
<li>The practical setup would entail an EO Technics-TCK Long Short pair. For a more aggressive strategy, we could explore the inclusion of HPSP in this setup.</li>
</ul>


LX Semicon and Tokai Carbon Korea will be excluded, and these two positions will be filled by Eo Technics and either HPSP or ISC Co Ltd.
The effective date is October 16th, and the rebalancing trading by the TIGER ETF occurs towards the closing (likely to start around 2 p.m.) on Friday, October 13th.
The practical setup would entail an EO Technics-TCK Long Short pair. For a more aggressive strategy, we could explore the inclusion of HPSP in this setup.


Long Short Flow Trading Opportunity: TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF Rebalancing Next Friday

South Korea

LX Semicon Co., Ltd. designs, develops, and markets mixed-signal semiconductors. The Company utilizes its own algorithm and technologies to enhance the features and capabilities of flat panel displays that are used in electronic devices and mobile handsets. LX Semicon markets its products worldwide.

LX Semicon (108320 KS)

Novatek (3034.TT): It Had Been Qualified by the IPhone 16 for OLED Driver IC.

Novatek's successful qualification for iPhone 16 OLED DDIC and partnership with ARM for Neoverse V2 development signal positive growth in 2024.

Patrick Liao

Novatek (3034.TT): Reserved IPhone 16 DDIC for 3Q24F Shipment; 1Q24F Outlook Bright.

Novatek has reserved DDIC for iPhone future shipment, with an expected increase in demand since 3Q24. However, there may be a slowdown in 2Q24 due...

Patrick Liao

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 12th): Celltrion

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and we highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Celltrion.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Prime Target for Flow Trading Due to Low Pre-Exposure in December KOSPI 200 Rebalancing

This post explores the schedule for Posco DX's inclusion in the KOSPI 200 and how we should target the resulting deletion after its transfer...

Sanghyun Park

Long Short Flow Trading Opportunity: TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF Rebalancing Next Friday

This post explores a Long-Short flow trading opportunity, which will likely be presented next Friday by the TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF rebalancing.

Sanghyun Park

Novatek (3034.TT): It Had Been Qualified by the IPhone 16 for OLED Driver IC.

​Novatek's successful qualification for iPhone 16 OLED DDIC and partnership with ARM for Neoverse V2 development signal positive growth in 2024.

Patrick Liao

Novatek (3034.TT): Reserved IPhone 16 DDIC for 3Q24F Shipment; 1Q24F Outlook Bright.

​Novatek has reserved DDIC for iPhone future shipment, with an expected increase in demand since 3Q24. However, there may be a slowdown in 2Q24 due...

Patrick Liao

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 12th): Celltrion

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and we highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Celltrion.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Prime Target for Flow Trading Due to Low Pre-Exposure in December KOSPI 200 Rebalancing

This post explores the schedule for Posco DX's inclusion in the KOSPI 200 and how we should target the resulting deletion after its transfer...

Sanghyun Park

Long Short Flow Trading Opportunity: TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF Rebalancing Next Friday

This post explores a Long-Short flow trading opportunity, which will likely be presented next Friday by the TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF rebalancing.

Sanghyun Park

Novatek's successful qualification for iPhone 16 OLED DDIC and partnership with ARM for Neoverse V2 development signal positive growth in 2024.

Novatek has reserved DDIC for iPhone future shipment, with an expected increase in demand since 3Q24. However, there may be a slowdown in 2Q24 due...