Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Mediatek's business continues to grow YoY, albeit slower than earlier expected. Management comments provided insight into the inventory cycle.</li>
<li>Management expects to see the worst impact of the inventory correction cycle in 4Q22E, but then in 1H23E sees potential for a turn around.</li>
<li>We are still developing a conviction view, however we see the latest results as net-positive for the shares given signs of a turn around ahead and the stock's laggard status.</li>
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Mediatek's business continues to grow YoY, albeit slower than earlier expected. Management comments provided insight into the inventory cycle.
Management expects to see the worst impact of the inventory correction cycle in 4Q22E, but then in 1H23E sees potential for a turn around.
We are still developing a conviction view, however we see the latest results as net-positive for the shares given signs of a turn around ahead and the stock's laggard status.


Mediatek Results Takeaways -- Inventory Correction Bottom Potential 4Q22, Mobile, TV Recovery 1H23?

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 TWSE Stocks as of Oct 28th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.7bn.</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 analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Mediatek, Global Unichip, Alchip, Wiwynn Corp.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 28th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.7bn.
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 analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Mediatek, Global Unichip, Alchip, Wiwynn Corp.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 28th): Mediatek, Global Unichip, Alchip, Wiwynn Corp

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<li>ASML and Lam Research beat estimates last week and provided some relief to the semiconductor space.</li>
<li>Major global industry earnings coming this week include -- Samsung, SK Hynix, Texas Instruments, KLA Tencor, Apple, and Intel.</li>
<li>Major Taiwan earnings this week -- AUO, UMC, ASE, Realtek, Delta Electronics, Mediatek.</li>
</ul>


ASML and Lam Research beat estimates last week and provided some relief to the semiconductor space.
Major global industry earnings coming this week include -- Samsung, SK Hynix, Texas Instruments, KLA Tencor, Apple, and Intel.
Major Taiwan earnings this week -- AUO, UMC, ASE, Realtek, Delta Electronics, Mediatek.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: ASML & Lam Provide Industry Optimism, Wave of Earnings This Week

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>System-On-Chip designer and IP purveyor <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/socionext-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36351:1" rel="noopener">Socionext (6526 JP)</a> is a recent IPO in Japan, born from a spinout of Fujitsu and Panasonic system LSI operations 7+ years ago.</li>
<li>Having listed on TSE Prime from the outset, that means it gets TOPIX inclusion at the close of trading 29 November. </li>
<li>Inclusion Float is a bit nebulous. There is a chance we get official company data prior to the TSE announcement, in which case we know more by cob 31 October.</li>
</ul>


System-On-Chip designer and IP purveyor Socionext (6526 JP) is a recent IPO in Japan, born from a spinout of Fujitsu and Panasonic system LSI operations 7+ years ago.
Having listed on TSE Prime from the outset, that means it gets TOPIX inclusion at the close of trading 29 November. 
Inclusion Float is a bit nebulous. There is a chance we get official company data prior to the TSE announcement, in which case we know more by cob 31 October.


<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 21st which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.6bn.</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 highlight short interest changes in AUO Corp, Innolux, Hon Hai, Taiwan Cement, Wiwynn. </li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 21st which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.6bn.
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 highlight short interest changes in AUO Corp, Innolux, Hon Hai, Taiwan Cement, Wiwynn. 


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 21st): AUO Corp, Innolux, Hon Hai, Taiwan Cement, Wiwynn

Taiwan

MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. The company provides SOC system solutions for wireless communications, high-definition TV, optical storage, DVD and Blu-ray products.

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Mediatek Inc (2454 TT)

Mediatek Results Takeaways -- Inventory Correction Bottom Potential 4Q22, Mobile, TV Recovery 1H23?

Management expects to see the worst impact of the inventory correction cycle in 4Q22E, but then in 1H23E sees potential for a turn around.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 28th): Mediatek, Global Unichip, Alchip, Wiwynn Corp

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Mediatek, Global Unichip, Alchip, Wiwynn Corp.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Tech Weekly: ASML & Lam Provide Industry Optimism, Wave of Earnings This Week

Earnings season is now in full swing with a wave of results to be released this week for both the global industry and within Taiwan.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Socionext (6526) TOPIX Inclusion

Socionext is Japan's top SoC designer. After years of slow growth/low OPMs, both turned higher pre-IPO and will grow bigly this year. Peers trade...

Travis Lundy

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 21st): AUO Corp, Innolux, Hon Hai, Taiwan Cement, Wiwynn

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in AUO Corp, Innolux, Hon Hai, Taiwan Cement, Wiwynn.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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