APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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

Black Sesame International / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/black-sesame-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39894:1" rel="noopener">Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK)</a> is looking to raise US$143m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we looked at the past performance of the deal. In this note, we discuss peers and share our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK) is looking to raise US$143m in its Hong Kong IPO.
Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider.
In our earlier notes, we looked at the past performance of the deal. In this note, we discuss peers and share our thoughts on valuation.


Black Sesame IPO - Paying Up-Front for Its Monetization Potential

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Dimitris Ioannidis

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Event-Driven

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<li>The 'Financial Viability' (GAAP earnings) criterion is the main obstacle that keeps companies out of the S&amp;P 500 and overall S&amp;P 1500.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uber-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:430:1" rel="noopener">Uber Technologies (UBER US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crowdstrike-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28117:1" rel="noopener">Crowdstrike Holdings (CRWD US)</a> are past examples of companies that got added to S&amp;P 500 after passing the GAAP Earnings criterion.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/marvell-technology-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15837:1" rel="noopener">Marvell Technology (MRVL US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/snowflake-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29254:1" rel="noopener">Snowflake (SNOW US)</a> are currently ineligible for S&amp;P 500 inclusion due to failing the GAAP Earnings eligibility requirement. </li>
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The 'Financial Viability' (GAAP earnings) criterion is the main obstacle that keeps companies out of the S&amp;P 500 and overall S&amp;P 1500.

Uber Technologies (UBER US) and Crowdstrike Holdings (CRWD US) are past examples of companies that got added to S&amp;P 500 after passing the GAAP Earnings criterion.

Marvell Technology (MRVL US) and Snowflake (SNOW US) are currently ineligible for S&amp;P 500 inclusion due to failing the GAAP Earnings eligibility requirement. 


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Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) / Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) (TSM US)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing)

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<li>Top Gainers/Losers: Taiwan Tech Rallies Alongside TSMC, Apple, Nvidia, ARM Strength</li>
<li>Samsung Unveils Pathway to Catch Up With TSMC in the AI Foundry Race</li>
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Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Marvell Technology, Inc.'s Q1 2025 earnings report reflects a strong start to the fiscal year with revenue of $1.16 billion, surpassing the midpoint of guidance.</li><li>The overachievement was largely driven by higher-than predicted results from the company's data center operations, which reported $816 million in revenue for the quarter.</li><li>The company anticipates such performance and growth to continue throughout the fiscal year, especially in light of initial shipments of their custom AI compute programs.</li></ul>

Marvell Technology, Inc.'s Q1 2025 earnings report reflects a strong start to the fiscal year with revenue of $1.16 billion, surpassing the midpoint of guidance.The overachievement was largely driven by higher-than predicted results from the company's data center operations, which reported $816 million in revenue for the quarter.The company anticipates such performance and growth to continue throughout the fiscal year, especially in light of initial shipments of their custom AI compute programs.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.: Will The Anticipated Recovery in Enterprise Networking and Carrier Business Pan Out? - Major Drivers

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>Marvell (MRVL US, NR) released its FY1Q25 results. Revenue was down by 12.2% YoY/18.6% QoQ to US$1.16bn, in line with the company’s guidance (US$1.16bn).</li><li>Non-GAAP GPM was 62.4%, down from 63.9% in FY4Q24. Adj. EPS was US$0.24 in FY1Q25, down 22.6% YoY/47.8% QoQ.</li><li>Mgmt. guided Q2 revenue to grow 8% QoQ at the midpoint, and mentioned growth will accelerate in Q3 and Q4, driven by DC/AI sales. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Marvell (MRVL US, NR) released its FY1Q25 results. Revenue was down by 12.2% YoY/18.6% QoQ to US$1.16bn, in line with the company’s guidance (US$1.16bn).Non-GAAP GPM was 62.4%, down from 63.9% in FY4Q24. Adj. EPS was US$0.24 in FY1Q25, down 22.6% YoY/47.8% QoQ.Mgmt. guided Q2 revenue to grow 8% QoQ at the midpoint, and mentioned growth will accelerate in Q3 and Q4, driven by DC/AI sales. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semi - Marvell FY1Q25 Earnings: Harnessing the AI Revenue

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Marvell Technology, Inc. develops and produces semiconductors and related technology. The Company offers security and networking platform, secure data processing, networking, and storage solutions. Marvell Technology serves customers worldwide.

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