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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kioxia-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29243:1" rel="noopener">Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP)</a> is aiming to raise around US$700m (including over-allocation) from its Japan IPO</li>
<li>It was the world’s largest pure-play NAND flash memory supplier, in terms of both revenue and unit shipments in 2023, according to TechInsights.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP) is aiming to raise around US$700m (including over-allocation) from its Japan IPO
It was the world’s largest pure-play NAND flash memory supplier, in terms of both revenue and unit shipments in 2023, according to TechInsights.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Kioxoa Pre-IPO - The Positives - Among the Leaders in Its Space

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kioxia-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29243:1" rel="noopener">Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP)</a> aims to list in Japan by Oct 2024 at a valuation of over US$10bn, as per media reports. </li>
<li>Kioxia is a manufacturer and a global leader in flash memory and solid state drives for smartphones, PCs, enterprise servers and data centers</li>
<li>In this note, we take an early look at the possible listing.</li>
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Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP) aims to list in Japan by Oct 2024 at a valuation of over US$10bn, as per media reports. 
Kioxia is a manufacturer and a global leader in flash memory and solid state drives for smartphones, PCs, enterprise servers and data centers
In this note, we take an early look at the possible listing.


Kioxia IPO Early Re-Look - Better Placed This Time Around

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Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

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<ul><li>Nvidia posted earnings yesterday, and guidance was light of buy-side bogeys. I’m not going to step into the mind game of bogeys here, but there are some finer points to focus on.</li><li>NVIDIA reports Q3 EPS $0.81 ex-items vs FactSet $0.75. Reports Q3: Revenue $35.08B vs FactSet $33.17B (2 billion beat like clockwork)</li><li>Q4 Guidance: Revenue $37.5B +/- 2% vs FactSet $37.09B (a bit light). GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 73.0% and 73.5%, respectively, +/- 50 bps. (also light)</li></ul>

Nvidia posted earnings yesterday, and guidance was light of buy-side bogeys. I’m not going to step into the mind game of bogeys here, but there are some finer points to focus on.NVIDIA reports Q3 EPS $0.81 ex-items vs FactSet $0.75. Reports Q3: Revenue $35.08B vs FactSet $33.17B (2 billion beat like clockwork)Q4 Guidance: Revenue $37.5B +/- 2% vs FactSet $37.09B (a bit light). GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 73.0% and 73.5%, respectively, +/- 50 bps. (also light)

NVIDIA: Waiting on Blackwell, and the Networking Question

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Sudarshan Bhandari

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Big Tech companies are already generating significant revenue from AI. Microsoft expects to reach $10 billion in AI revenue by the next quarter, making it their fastest-growing area.</li>
<li>In the third quarter of 2024 alone <strong>Microsoft, Google, and Meta</strong> collectively spent over $42 billion on AI infrastructure, primarily on building data centers and purchasing computing equipment.</li>
<li>Companies are projecting continued high spending on AI into 2025 to meet growing demand. However, challenges remain, including supply constraints for AI chips</li>
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Big Tech companies are already generating significant revenue from AI. Microsoft expects to reach $10 billion in AI revenue by the next quarter, making it their fastest-growing area.
In the third quarter of 2024 alone Microsoft, Google, and Meta collectively spent over $42 billion on AI infrastructure, primarily on building data centers and purchasing computing equipment.
Companies are projecting continued high spending on AI into 2025 to meet growing demand. However, challenges remain, including supply constraints for AI chips


Thematic Report: AI Wave- Big Tech's Spending Spree

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Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>One of the biggest trends impacting the fund flow in Korea this year has been the huge capital inflow into overseas equity ETFs. </li>
<li>The net asset value of the listed ETFs in Korea investing in overseas stocks surpassed the ETFs investing in domestic stocks for the first time in 17 years.</li>
<li>The ETFs that invest in overseas stocks were 35.8 trillion won on 12 November 2024, up 111% from 12 January 2024.</li>
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One of the biggest trends impacting the fund flow in Korea this year has been the huge capital inflow into overseas equity ETFs. 
The net asset value of the listed ETFs in Korea investing in overseas stocks surpassed the ETFs investing in domestic stocks for the first time in 17 years.
The ETFs that invest in overseas stocks were 35.8 trillion won on 12 November 2024, up 111% from 12 January 2024.


Overseas Equity ETFs Surpass Domestic Equity ETFs For the First Time in 17 Years

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Kioxoa Pre-IPO - The Positives - Among the Leaders in Its Space

Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP) is aiming to raise around US$700m (including over-allocation) from its Japan IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Kioxia IPO Early Re-Look - Better Placed This Time Around

The deal is now live, with Kioxia looking to raise around around US$700m at a valuation of around US$4.8bn. We've had a early look at the deal in...

Sumeet Singh

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Nvidia posted earnings yesterday, and guidance was light of buy-side bogeys. I’m not going to step into the mind game of bogeys here, but there...

Fabricated Knowledge

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Big Tech companies like Microsoft are seeing massive revenue growth from AI, with projections of $10 billion in AI revenue by next quarter.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Overseas Equity ETFs Surpass Domestic Equity ETFs For the First Time in 17 Years

One of the biggest trends impacting the fund flow in Korea this year has been the huge capital inflow into overseas equity ETFs.

Douglas Kim

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Kioxoa Pre-IPO - The Positives - Among the Leaders in Its Space

Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP) is aiming to raise around US$700m (including over-allocation) from its Japan IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Kioxia IPO Early Re-Look - Better Placed This Time Around

The deal is now live, with Kioxia looking to raise around around US$700m at a valuation of around US$4.8bn. We've had a early look at the deal in...

Sumeet Singh

NVIDIA: Waiting on Blackwell, and the Networking Question

Nvidia posted earnings yesterday, and guidance was light of buy-side bogeys. I’m not going to step into the mind game of bogeys here, but there...

Fabricated Knowledge

Thematic Report: AI Wave- Big Tech's Spending Spree

​Big Tech companies like Microsoft are seeing massive revenue growth from AI, with projections of $10 billion in AI revenue by next quarter.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Overseas Equity ETFs Surpass Domestic Equity ETFs For the First Time in 17 Years

One of the biggest trends impacting the fund flow in Korea this year has been the huge capital inflow into overseas equity ETFs.

Douglas Kim

Big Tech companies like Microsoft are seeing massive revenue growth from AI, with projections of $10 billion in AI revenue by next quarter.