Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The most important reason for KT's excellent results in 2Q 2025 was due to the major hacking incident at SK Telecom in May 2025.</li>
<li>The company's growing AI business and successful real estate sales also contributed to the company's improving results in 2Q 2025. </li>
<li>KT is likely to benefit from higher profits and returns on capital in the next couple of years as the penetration of 5G service surpasses more than 80%.</li>
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The most important reason for KT's excellent results in 2Q 2025 was due to the major hacking incident at SK Telecom in May 2025.
The company's growing AI business and successful real estate sales also contributed to the company's improving results in 2Q 2025. 
KT is likely to benefit from higher profits and returns on capital in the next couple of years as the penetration of 5G service surpasses more than 80%.


KT Corp: Excellent 2Q 2025 Earnings Driven by Market Share Gain and Improving AI/Cloud Businesses

US IPOs and Secondary Offerings, IPO Boutique

IPO Boutique

US IPOs and Secondary Offerings

For more than 20 years, we have been providing research, analysis, commentary and ratings on US Equity Capital Markets to institutional investors (US IPOs and Secondary Offerings). Our vast network of contacts across the Equity Capital Markets and attention-to-detail sets us apart from our competitors.

Since 2012, we have achieved a successful hit rating on 89% of Buy-rated IPOs. The collective “Buy” ratings averaged a first trade of 16.3% above issue.Our Neutral Rated Deals averaged just 2% above the issue price at first trade.

Our written research includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

In addition, we provide a high-touch premium desk access which includes analyst access, as well as real time insights on US IPOs as well as secondary offerings.

IPOs and Secondary Offerings

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services increased its price range and shares being offered on Monday morning.</li>
<li>Looking at the prospectus, there is a $200 million anchor order from Ark Investment and BlackRock.</li>
<li>The Bullish IPO is looking to ride the tailwinds from the regulatory wins in the digital asset space as well as the success of recent IPOs.</li>
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The global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services increased its price range and shares being offered on Monday morning.
Looking at the prospectus, there is a $200 million anchor order from Ark Investment and BlackRock.
The Bullish IPO is looking to ride the tailwinds from the regulatory wins in the digital asset space as well as the success of recent IPOs.


Bullish US LLC (BLSH): IPO Range and Size Increased, Next Digital Asset Moonshot on Deck

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

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Palantir Technologies  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Palantir Technologies has transformed from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup into a national-security powerhouse with remarkable speed.</li><li>In Q2 2025, the company reported over $1 billion in revenue—its first billion-dollar quarter—driven by 68% year-over-year growth in its U.S. business and record-high contract bookings of $2.3 billion.</li><li>Under CEO Alex Karp’s bold leadership, Palantir has leveraged its deep Washington connections and prescient AI bets—most notably its ontologypowered AIP platform—to secure a 10-year, up to $10 billion Army enterprise agreement, multiple Defense Department delivery orders, and rapid crisis-response deployments in Ukraine, Israel, and pandemic relief.</li></ul>

Palantir Technologies has transformed from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup into a national-security powerhouse with remarkable speed.In Q2 2025, the company reported over $1 billion in revenue—its first billion-dollar quarter—driven by 68% year-over-year growth in its U.S. business and record-high contract bookings of $2.3 billion.Under CEO Alex Karp’s bold leadership, Palantir has leveraged its deep Washington connections and prescient AI bets—most notably its ontologypowered AIP platform—to secure a 10-year, up to $10 billion Army enterprise agreement, multiple Defense Department delivery orders, and rapid crisis-response deployments in Ukraine, Israel, and pandemic relief.

Palantir’s 600% Rally: Can 100x Revenue Valuation Ever Be Justified?

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<li>Bullish US will offer 20.3 million shares at $28-$31 and is scheduled to debut on Wednesday (8/13). </li>
<li>BlackRock, Inc., and ARK Investment Management, LLC and/or its affiliated entitiesindicated an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of $200 million in this offering. </li>
<li>A combination of highly-notable existing shareholder base, anchor orders and tailwinds from the industry will likely have this IPO in high demand. </li>
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Bullish US will offer 20.3 million shares at $28-$31 and is scheduled to debut on Wednesday (8/13). 
BlackRock, Inc., and ARK Investment Management, LLC and/or its affiliated entitiesindicated an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of $200 million in this offering. 
A combination of highly-notable existing shareholder base, anchor orders and tailwinds from the industry will likely have this IPO in high demand. 


Bullish US LLC (BLSH): Global Digital Asset Platform Sets Terms Seeking up to $4.2b IPO Valuation

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

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<li>Figma Inc., a product design leader with strong financial profile, priced its IPO at $33.00/share and raised ~$1.2B.</li>
<li>The company raised the price range to $30.00-$32.00. The stock opened at $85.00 and closed on Thursday at $115.50, up ~250% vs. IPO offer price.</li>
<li>The offering was priced above the marketed range. Figma had a ~$67B market cap at the close, implying a ~62x EV/2025E sky-high multiple on my 2025 revenue estimate of $1056M.</li>
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Figma Inc., a product design leader with strong financial profile, priced its IPO at $33.00/share and raised ~$1.2B.
The company raised the price range to $30.00-$32.00. The stock opened at $85.00 and closed on Thursday at $115.50, up ~250% vs. IPO offer price.
The offering was priced above the marketed range. Figma had a ~$67B market cap at the close, implying a ~62x EV/2025E sky-high multiple on my 2025 revenue estimate of $1056M.


Figma IPO: Pricing and First Trading-Day, ~$67B Market Cap At The Close, Unsustainable Multiples

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Palantir Technologies Inc. develops software to analyze information. The Company offers solutions support many kinds of data including structured, unstructured, relational, temporal, and geospatial. Palantir Technologies serves customers worldwide.

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KT reported excellent results in 2Q25 due to the major hacking incident at SK Telecom. KT's growing AI business and successful real estate sales...

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Palantir Technologies has transformed from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup into a national-security powerhouse with remarkable speed. In Q2 2025,...

Baptista Research

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​Bullish US set to debut with 20.3 million shares at $28-$31, attracting interest from BlackRock and ARK Investment Management. High demand...

IPO Boutique

Figma IPO: Pricing and First Trading-Day, ~$67B Market Cap At The Close, Unsustainable Multiples

​Figma Inc. went public at $33/share, closed at $115.50, with a market cap of ~$67B, implying a sky-high EV/Revenue multiple on my 2025 revenue...

Andrei Zakharov

Global digital asset platform increases price range and shares offered in IPO, backed by $200 million anchor order from Ark Investment and...

Bullish US set to debut with 20.3 million shares at $28-$31, attracting interest from BlackRock and ARK Investment Management. High demand...

Figma Inc. went public at $33/share, closed at $115.50, with a market cap of ~$67B, implying a sky-high EV/Revenue multiple on my 2025 revenue...