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.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>New Horizon Health released positive profit alert last Friday. We speak with management post the profit alert.</li>
<li>The company is expected to achieve 410.9% total revenue growth compared to a year ago in 1H2022, based on the middle point of guidance.</li>
<li>The company has also achieved margin expansion thanks to a favorable change of mix to the high margin channel. </li>
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New Horizon Health released positive profit alert last Friday. We speak with management post the profit alert.
The company is expected to achieve 410.9% total revenue growth compared to a year ago in 1H2022, based on the middle point of guidance.
The company has also achieved margin expansion thanks to a favorable change of mix to the high margin channel. 


New Horizon Health-B: Ups Full Year Guidance by 20% Despite Pandemic

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/new-horizon-health-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31039:1" rel="noopener">New Horizon Health (6606 HK)</a> has made some improvements based on 2021 preliminary financial data. The newly launched UU Tube also enriches the product line. </li>
<li>However, the industry is still at the early stage. In front of fierce competition, ColoClear’s bottleneck is obvious. The cheaper products (Pupu Tube, UU Tube) could have more market acceptance. </li>
<li>Based on our analysis, our view is that the Company may rebound temporarily, but it is too early for a complete reversal.</li>
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New Horizon Health (6606 HK) has made some improvements based on 2021 preliminary financial data. The newly launched UU Tube also enriches the product line. 
However, the industry is still at the early stage. In front of fierce competition, ColoClear’s bottleneck is obvious. The cheaper products (Pupu Tube, UU Tube) could have more market acceptance. 
Based on our analysis, our view is that the Company may rebound temporarily, but it is too early for a complete reversal.


New Horizon Health (6606.HK) - Far from Complete Reversal

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>2021 marked our sixth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. </li>
<li>Most markets were in top gear on the ECM front and we ended the year covering the highest number of IPOs and the second highest number of placements since inception.</li>
<li>For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.</li>
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2021 marked our sixth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. 
Most markets were in top gear on the ECM front and we ended the year covering the highest number of IPOs and the second highest number of placements since inception.
For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.


Aequitas 2021 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - Busiest Year on Record

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/burning-rock-biotech-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28970:1" rel="noopener">Burning Rock Biotech (BNR US) </a>is China’s leading NGS-based therapy selection testing company for late-stage cancer patients. Thus far, the company has completed more than 300,000 tissue and liquid-based tests.</li>
<li>The company is in a structural transition towards in-hospital business model, which is negatively impacting the blended ASP and profitability. Due to upcoming new product launch in next year and ongoing clinical studies, opex is now accounting for more than 230% of revenue, which is expected to continue.</li>
<li>Amid the recent spread of delta variant in China, this insight has analyzed near-term growth prospect of Burning Rock ahead of its Q3 results announcement on November 16.  </li>
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Burning Rock Biotech (BNR US) is China’s leading NGS-based therapy selection testing company for late-stage cancer patients. Thus far, the company has completed more than 300,000 tissue and liquid-based tests.
The company is in a structural transition towards in-hospital business model, which is negatively impacting the blended ASP and profitability. Due to upcoming new product launch in next year and ongoing clinical studies, opex is now accounting for more than 230% of revenue, which is expected to continue.
Amid the recent spread of delta variant in China, this insight has analyzed near-term growth prospect of Burning Rock ahead of its Q3 results announcement on November 16.  


Burning Rock Biotech (BNR US): Muted Near-Term Outlook on Resurgence of COVID-19 in China

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, FCMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

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LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
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MicroTech Medical Hangzhou / Equity Capital Markets

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microtech-medical-hangzhou-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33367:1" rel="noopener">MicroTech Medical Hangzhou (2235 HK)</a> provides diabetes treatment and diabetes monitoring medical devices in China and globally. MicroTech’s core product, a semi-disposable patch insulin pump (known as Equil) is the only patch insulin pump available in China whereas the competitor products are tube insulin pumps. The company also has a CGMS product (Continuous Glucose Monitoring System), AiDEX G7 which is the second commercialised calibration-free real-time CGMS in the world. AiDEX G7 has received the CE Marking in the EU in September 2020 and the product has been certified by the NMPA to be eligible for Special Approval Procedures of Innovative Medical Devices promulgated by the NMPA.MicroTech has priced its IPO at HK$30.50 per share, slightly below the upper end of the indicative IPO price range of HK$27.70-31.15 per share. At the offer price of HK$30.50 per share, the company raised net proceeds of HK$1,815.1m at a market capitalisation of HK$12.9bn and a post-money enterprise value of HK$10.5bn. According to the company, its Hong Kong offering was oversubscribed by about 6.79x while the international offering was oversubscribed by about 4.9x.In our previous two insights on the company’s IPO, we discussed the company’s core products and product portfolio, market potential for its products and the company’s valuation.

MicroTech Medical Hangzhou (2235 HK) provides diabetes treatment and diabetes monitoring medical devices in China and globally. MicroTech’s core product, a semi-disposable patch insulin pump (known as Equil) is the only patch insulin pump available in China whereas the competitor products are tube insulin pumps. The company also has a CGMS product (Continuous Glucose Monitoring System), AiDEX G7 which is the second commercialised calibration-free real-time CGMS in the world. AiDEX G7 has received the CE Marking in the EU in September 2020 and the product has been certified by the NMPA to be eligible for Special Approval Procedures of Innovative Medical Devices promulgated by the NMPA.MicroTech has priced its IPO at HK$30.50 per share, slightly below the upper end of the indicative IPO price range of HK$27.70-31.15 per share. At the offer price of HK$30.50 per share, the company raised net proceeds of HK$1,815.1m at a market capitalisation of HK$12.9bn and a post-money enterprise value of HK$10.5bn. According to the company, its Hong Kong offering was oversubscribed by about 6.79x while the international offering was oversubscribed by about 4.9x.In our previous two insights on the company’s IPO, we discussed the company’s core products and product portfolio, market potential for its products and the company’s valuation.

MicroTech Medical IPO: Thoughts on First Day Trading

China

New Horizon Health Limited operates cancer screening technology development business. The Company develops and sells colorectal cancer screening test products, gastric cancer screening test products, and other products. New Horizon Health markets its products throughout China.

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New Horizon Health (6606 HK)

New Horizon Health-B: Ups Full Year Guidance by 20% Despite Pandemic

New Horizon Health released positive profit alert last Friday. We spoke to the management and understand that the company adjusted the full-year...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM