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<ul><li>Things have gone from bad to worse at Nikola over the past year.</li><li>The Commercial Battery and Hydrogen Truck maker, once considered the SPAC poster child, has been shrouded in controversy after defrauding investors and delaying production on several occasions.</li><li>After seeing its stock crushed, Nikola has strung together a succession of wins to stage a comeback in recent months. Can the company maintain its momentum and deliver on its original vision?</li></ul>

Things have gone from bad to worse at Nikola over the past year.The Commercial Battery and Hydrogen Truck maker, once considered the SPAC poster child, has been shrouded in controversy after defrauding investors and delaying production on several occasions.After seeing its stock crushed, Nikola has strung together a succession of wins to stage a comeback in recent months. Can the company maintain its momentum and deliver on its original vision?

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Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-auto-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28812:1" rel="noopener">Li Auto Inc. (LI US)</a> has announced an ATM offering to sell US$2.0 billion of ADS. The offering appears to be timed to take advantage of the share price rally.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-auto-inc-3dbe6187-544f-40dd-b9f9-72fba9c0110e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33811:1" rel="noopener">Li Auto (2015 HK)</a>'s strong balance sheet and cash generation do not necessitate the need for the offering. The impending launch of the Li L9 underpins its prospects. </li>
<li>However, with the recent rally, the shares are at best fully valued at the last close. We prefer remaining on the sidelines for now. </li>
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Li Auto Inc. (LI US) has announced an ATM offering to sell US$2.0 billion of ADS. The offering appears to be timed to take advantage of the share price rally.

Li Auto (2015 HK)'s strong balance sheet and cash generation do not necessitate the need for the offering. The impending launch of the Li L9 underpins its prospects. 
However, with the recent rally, the shares are at best fully valued at the last close. We prefer remaining on the sidelines for now. 


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Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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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<li>Leapmotor (LM) aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. LM is a smart EV company based in China, founded in 2015.</li>
<li>It focuses on the mid- to high-end segment in China’s NEV market with a price range of RMB150,000-300,000. As of end FY21, it had delivered a total of 52,832 cars.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Leapmotor (LM) aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. LM is a smart EV company based in China, founded in 2015.
It focuses on the mid- to high-end segment in China’s NEV market with a price range of RMB150,000-300,000. As of end FY21, it had delivered a total of 52,832 cars.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Leapmotor Pre-IPO - The Positives - Planned Launches Should Prop up Growth

Fundamental Short Selling Research

Eric Fernandez, CFA

TwoRiversAnalytics

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<li>Liquidity shorts can be great short candidates.  The key characteristic is that the company may not be viable, economically, given their cash flows and cash requirements. </li>
<li>Liquidity shorts have built-in catalysts, have moderate to higher betas,  and can have strong down moves if a crisis develops.  They can go bankrupt, pushing the stock price near zero.</li>
<li>Today we are flagging Rivian, Nikola, ChargePoint, Domo &amp; Enviva.</li>
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Liquidity shorts can be great short candidates.  The key characteristic is that the company may not be viable, economically, given their cash flows and cash requirements. 
Liquidity shorts have built-in catalysts, have moderate to higher betas,  and can have strong down moves if a crisis develops.  They can go bankrupt, pushing the stock price near zero.
Today we are flagging Rivian, Nikola, ChargePoint, Domo &amp; Enviva.


Liquidity Risk Short Candidates: Rivian, Nikola, ChargePoint, Domo & Enviva

Opendoor Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>After a Boom that lasted nearly 18-month, SPACs are now finding themselves under fire.</li>
<li>Increasing amounts of Scrutiny from regulators, A Mismatch in Incentives towards Sponsors, and Burnout in new deals by Investors have all contributed to the recent slump.</li>
<li>A majority of the high-growth De-SPACs have already seen a sharp selloff, leading to a drop of between 40-60%.</li>
</ul>


After a Boom that lasted nearly 18-month, SPACs are now finding themselves under fire.
Increasing amounts of Scrutiny from regulators, A Mismatch in Incentives towards Sponsors, and Burnout in new deals by Investors have all contributed to the recent slump.
A majority of the high-growth De-SPACs have already seen a sharp selloff, leading to a drop of between 40-60%.


United States

Nikola Corporation operates as a zero-emissions transportation and infrastructure solution provider. The Company is a designer and manufacturer of battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen fueling station infrastructure.

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