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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samhi-hotels-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28359:1" rel="noopener">SAMHI Hotels (SAMHI IN)</a> plans to raise around US$200m (estimated) in its Indian IPO.</li>
<li>Samhi is India’s third-largest hotel asset owner, by number of keys, with a portfolio of 25 operating hotel assets comprising 3,839 keys, as of Feb 2023.</li>
<li>In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison and provide our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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SAMHI Hotels (SAMHI IN) plans to raise around US$200m (estimated) in its Indian IPO.
Samhi is India’s third-largest hotel asset owner, by number of keys, with a portfolio of 25 operating hotel assets comprising 3,839 keys, as of Feb 2023.
In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison and provide our thoughts on valuation.


Samhi Hotels Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Peer Comp and Valuation

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samhi-hotels-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28359:1" rel="noopener">SAMHI Hotels (SAMHI IN)</a>  plans to raise around US$200m (estimated) in its Indian IPO.</li>
<li>Samhi is India’s third-largest hotel asset owner, by number of keys, with a portfolio of 25 operating hotel assets comprising 3,839 keys, as of Feb 2023.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its updated filings and discuss the changes since its last filing in 2019.</li>
</ul>



SAMHI Hotels (SAMHI IN)  plans to raise around US$200m (estimated) in its Indian IPO.
Samhi is India’s third-largest hotel asset owner, by number of keys, with a portfolio of 25 operating hotel assets comprising 3,839 keys, as of Feb 2023.
In this note, we look at its updated filings and discuss the changes since its last filing in 2019.


Samhi Hotels Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Bigger Portfolio, Smaller Deal

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

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Marriott International / Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>Marriott International delivered a solid quarterly result that was an all-around beat resulting from strong demand growth globally, with a decent performance across all geographies and hotel levels.</li><li>U.S. and Canadian RevPAR increased by 26% year over year while occupancy increased by 8% to 66%.</li><li>Global card acquisitions climbed by 35% year on year, while global card expenditure increased by 16%.</li></ul>

Marriott International delivered a solid quarterly result that was an all-around beat resulting from strong demand growth globally, with a decent performance across all geographies and hotel levels.U.S. and Canadian RevPAR increased by 26% year over year while occupancy increased by 8% to 66%.Global card acquisitions climbed by 35% year on year, while global card expenditure increased by 16%.

Marriott International Inc.: City Express & Digital Networks Driving Growth – Key Drivers

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Despite <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shangri-la-asia-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19690:1" rel="noopener">Shangri-La Asia (69 HK)</a>'s good share price performance YTD, it has still not yet fully reflected the strengths of and benefits from China's re-opening. More upside to come.</li>
<li>Occupancy for Hong Kong and mainland China has surged 30-45pp YoY in Mar, and with China's RevPAR for FY22 is down 56.5% from peak, we see massive rebound in profitability.</li>
<li>Share of China's EBITDA was US$258m in FY22, from US$465m in FY16-19, suggests good room for recovery. It is cheap on ~70% discount to revalued NAV, vs. 37% in FY18.</li>
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Despite Shangri-La Asia (69 HK)'s good share price performance YTD, it has still not yet fully reflected the strengths of and benefits from China's re-opening. More upside to come.
Occupancy for Hong Kong and mainland China has surged 30-45pp YoY in Mar, and with China's RevPAR for FY22 is down 56.5% from peak, we see massive rebound in profitability.
Share of China's EBITDA was US$258m in FY22, from US$465m in FY16-19, suggests good room for recovery. It is cheap on ~70% discount to revalued NAV, vs. 37% in FY18.


Shangri-La Asia (69 HK): Not yet Fully Reflected China's Comeback

<ul><li>Marriott International had a decent business recovery in 2022 and the company delivered an all-around beat in the last quarter.</li><li>The number of leisure transient room nights in the fourth quarter increased compared to 2019.</li><li>Their mobile app users, digital room nights, and digital income all increased in 2022, each by 32% year over year.</li></ul>

Marriott International had a decent business recovery in 2022 and the company delivered an all-around beat in the last quarter.The number of leisure transient room nights in the fourth quarter increased compared to 2019.Their mobile app users, digital room nights, and digital income all increased in 2022, each by 32% year over year.

Marriott International Inc.: Major Drivers

United States

Marriott International Inc. is a worldwide operator and franchisor of hotels. The Company franchises lodging facilities and vacation timesharing resorts under various brand names. Marriott also provides services to home and condominium owner associations for projects associated with several of its brands.

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Baptista Research

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Osbert Tang, CFA

Marriott International Inc.: Major Drivers

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Baptista Research

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