Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we provide the income statement comparisons of the eight largest global luxury brand Korea operations including Louis Vuitton Korea, Prada Korea, Ralph Lauren Korea, and Moncler Korea.</li>
<li>In 2022, Korea spent $16.8 billion in luxury goods, representing per capita consumption of $325 per person, surpassing the United States ($280 per person) and China ($55 per person). </li>
<li>Luxury brand spending in Korea is often a leading indicator of global luxury brand spending. Luxury brand spending in Korea has been weak this year and this continued in 3Q23.</li>
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In this insight, we provide the income statement comparisons of the eight largest global luxury brand Korea operations including Louis Vuitton Korea, Prada Korea, Ralph Lauren Korea, and Moncler Korea.
In 2022, Korea spent $16.8 billion in luxury goods, representing per capita consumption of $325 per person, surpassing the United States ($280 per person) and China ($55 per person). 
Luxury brand spending in Korea is often a leading indicator of global luxury brand spending. Luxury brand spending in Korea has been weak this year and this continued in 3Q23.


Income Statement Analysis of Global Luxury Brand Korea Operations and Luxury Brand Spending Slowdown

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at a group of names with reasonably high likelihood of being involved in index changes for the Hang Seng Index in September 2023.</li>
<li>The index changes for the December 2023 rebalance will be announced in mid-November (17 Nov) and implemented in early-December (with effect from 4 Dec).</li>
<li>Although the Hang Seng index has a highly subjective constituent selection process and index changes are somewhat unpredictable, we will continue sharing our thoughts for each quarterly review.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at a group of names with reasonably high likelihood of being involved in index changes for the Hang Seng Index in September 2023.
The index changes for the December 2023 rebalance will be announced in mid-November (17 Nov) and implemented in early-December (with effect from 4 Dec).
Although the Hang Seng index has a highly subjective constituent selection process and index changes are somewhat unpredictable, we will continue sharing our thoughts for each quarterly review.


Quiddity Leaderboard for Hang Seng Index Dec 23: High Conviction Names Have Decent Momentum Vs HSI

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>Prada delivered an exceptional 1H performance with 17.4% reported sales growth.</li><li>Upon its forthcoming 3Q data release, we project revenue growth will start to normalise towards mid-single-digit, and this should not come in as a total surprise to the market, in our view, considering the well-communicated management guidance given at the beginning of the year.</li><li>By region, we caveat that sales in Europe will likely face the toughest comp among all, when the return of tourist traffic to Western Europe drove the region’s sales growth to 30%+ in 3Q22. Asia would likely face similar headwind owing to Shanghai’s reopening in the same quarter last year. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Prada delivered an exceptional 1H performance with 17.4% reported sales growth.Upon its forthcoming 3Q data release, we project revenue growth will start to normalise towards mid-single-digit, and this should not come in as a total surprise to the market, in our view, considering the well-communicated management guidance given at the beginning of the year.By region, we caveat that sales in Europe will likely face the toughest comp among all, when the return of tourist traffic to Western Europe drove the region’s sales growth to 30%+ in 3Q22. Asia would likely face similar headwind owing to Shanghai’s reopening in the same quarter last year. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Prada SpA (1913 HK) – 3Q Preview: Embracing a Normalised Quarter

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at some of the names with high likelihood of being involved in index changes for the Hang Seng Index in September 2023.</li>
<li>The index changes for the September 2023 rebalance could be announced in mid-August and implemented in early-September.</li>
<li>Although the index methodology is highly subjective and predicting index changes is extremely tricky, the HSI is an important index in the region and here are our thoughts for September. </li>
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In this insight, we take a look at some of the names with high likelihood of being involved in index changes for the Hang Seng Index in September 2023.
The index changes for the September 2023 rebalance could be announced in mid-August and implemented in early-September.
Although the index methodology is highly subjective and predicting index changes is extremely tricky, the HSI is an important index in the region and here are our thoughts for September. 


Quiddity Leaderboard for Hang Seng Index Sep 23: Beigene Vs Peers An Interesting Trade

<ul><li>1H Group sales growth of 20.5% cFX slightly disappointed, considering 22.2% YoY growth in 1Q, when retail sales growth descended QoQ from 21.1% in 1Q to 14.7% in 2Q.</li><li>Growth in Miu Miu remained eye-catching, with net sales in 2Q further accelerating at 57.3% YoY from 41.9% YoY in 1Q, thanks to the brand’s higher exposure in China and Asia. By region, Japan was the best performing region and grew 49.2% YoY, benefitting from a refreshed retail network and elevating inbound tourist flow.</li><li>Growth in APAC was 25.3% YoY and that of Europe was 24.2% YoY. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

1H Group sales growth of 20.5% cFX slightly disappointed, considering 22.2% YoY growth in 1Q, when retail sales growth descended QoQ from 21.1% in 1Q to 14.7% in 2Q.Growth in Miu Miu remained eye-catching, with net sales in 2Q further accelerating at 57.3% YoY from 41.9% YoY in 1Q, thanks to the brand’s higher exposure in China and Asia. By region, Japan was the best performing region and grew 49.2% YoY, benefitting from a refreshed retail network and elevating inbound tourist flow.Growth in APAC was 25.3% YoY and that of Europe was 24.2% YoY. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Prada SpA (1913 HK) – A Decent 1H, Though Not a Straight Beat

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Prada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion company that designs, manufactures, promotes and sells high-end leather goods, ready-to-wear and footwear through various brands.

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Prada S.P.A. (1913 HK)

Income Statement Analysis of Global Luxury Brand Korea Operations and Luxury Brand Spending Slowdown

In this insight, we provide income statement comparisons of the eight largest global luxury brand Korea operations including Louis Vuitton Korea,...

Douglas Kim

Quiddity Leaderboard for Hang Seng Index Dec 23: High Conviction Names Have Decent Momentum Vs HSI

The Hang Seng Index changes for Dec 23 will be published after the close on Friday 17th November 2023. In this insight, you can see Quiddity's...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Prada SpA (1913 HK) – 3Q Preview: Embracing a Normalised Quarter

Upon its forthcoming 3Q data release, we project revenue growth will start to normalise towards mid-single-digit, and this should not come in as a...

CMB International

Quiddity Leaderboard for Hang Seng Index Sep 23: Beigene Vs Peers An Interesting Trade

Hang Seng Index Sep 23 index changes and indicative weights could be published after the close on Friday 18th August 2023. The Hang Seng Index...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Prada SpA (1913 HK) – A Decent 1H, Though Not a Straight Beat

1H Group sales growth of 20.5% cFX slightly disappointed, considering 22.2% YoY growth in 1Q, when retail sales growth descended QoQ from 21.1% in...

CMB International

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