Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we provide the top 10 stock picks and key catalysts in the Korean stock market for the next two weeks (24 October to 7 November 2025).</li>
<li>Top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung C&amp;T, KT&amp;G, LG CNS, Samchully, Hyundai Elevator, Korea Zinc, LG Chem (Pref), SK Inc, and LS Corp. </li>
<li>Rechargeable battery was the best performing sector in KOSPI in the past two weeks including L&amp;F (+87.1%) Posco Future M (+65.4%) CosmoAM&amp;T (+51.9%) and EcoPro Materials (+46.8%).</li>
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In this insight, we provide the top 10 stock picks and key catalysts in the Korean stock market for the next two weeks (24 October to 7 November 2025).
Top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung C&amp;T, KT&amp;G, LG CNS, Samchully, Hyundai Elevator, Korea Zinc, LG Chem (Pref), SK Inc, and LS Corp. 
Rechargeable battery was the best performing sector in KOSPI in the past two weeks including L&amp;F (+87.1%) Posco Future M (+65.4%) CosmoAM&amp;T (+51.9%) and EcoPro Materials (+46.8%).


Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (24 October to 7 November 2025)

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 KRX stocks as of Oct 17th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.9bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables 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 KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Oct 17th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.9bn.
We tabulate league tables 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 KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 17th): KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Oct 10th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables 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 HYUNDAI ROTEM, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, SK Hynix, LG Chem.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Oct 10th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.4bn.
We tabulate league tables 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 HYUNDAI ROTEM, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, SK Hynix, LG Chem.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 10th): HYUNDAI ROTEM, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, SK Hynix

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 26th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables 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 Kakao, Alteogen, Doosan Enerbility, SamsungElecMech, Samsung Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 26th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.0bn.
We tabulate league tables 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 Kakao, Alteogen, Doosan Enerbility, SamsungElecMech, Samsung Electronics.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 26th): Kakao, Alteogen, Doosan Enerbility, SamsungElecMech

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 19th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables 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 NAVER, LG Electronics, HMM, LG Display, HYBE.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 19th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.4bn.
We tabulate league tables 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 NAVER, LG Electronics, HMM, LG Display, HYBE.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 19th): NAVER, LG Electronics, HMM, LG Display, HYBE

South Korea

Posco Future M Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes energy materials. The Company produces battery materials, advanced chemical materials, basic industrial materials, and other related products. Posco Future M also produces lime chemical and refractory products.

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Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (24 October to 7 November 2025)

Top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung C&T, KT&G, LG CNS, Samchully, Hyundai Elevator, Korea Zinc, LG Chem (Pref),...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 17th): KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 10th): HYUNDAI ROTEM, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, SK Hynix

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in HYUNDAI ROTEM, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 26th): Kakao, Alteogen, Doosan Enerbility, SamsungElecMech

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Kakao, Alteogen, Doosan Enerbility,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 19th): NAVER, LG Electronics, HMM, LG Display, HYBE

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in NAVER, LG Electronics, HMM, LG Display, HYBE.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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