Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Rakuten is utilizing AI and O-RAN to lower telecom costs and broaden its global footprint in the industry, focusing on efficiency and expansion.</li><li>IBM has launched Granite 3.2, an advanced AI platform that incorporates on-demand reasoning and vision-language model to bolster its AI capabilities, fostering innovation in the field of artificial intelligence.</li><li>The GSMA has revealed the four key pillars that will shape the future of 5G technology at MWC 2025, highlighting the importance of advancements in connectivity for the development of mobile networks.</li></ul>

Rakuten is utilizing AI and O-RAN to lower telecom costs and broaden its global footprint in the industry, focusing on efficiency and expansion.IBM has launched Granite 3.2, an advanced AI platform that incorporates on-demand reasoning and vision-language model to bolster its AI capabilities, fostering innovation in the field of artificial intelligence.The GSMA has revealed the four key pillars that will shape the future of 5G technology at MWC 2025, highlighting the importance of advancements in connectivity for the development of mobile networks.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (05-Mar-2025): Rakuten uses AI and O-RAN to save on telecom costs, targets global growth.

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Trung Nguyen

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

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Credit

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<li>Rakuten's Q4 and FY 2024 results were solid, with robust revenue growth and strong earnings improvement.</li>
<li>The company reached self-funding status at both the group and Mobile levels.</li>
<li>Rakuten achieved all of its FY 2024 targets, especially those for the Mobile segment.</li>
</ul>


Rakuten's Q4 and FY 2024 results were solid, with robust revenue growth and strong earnings improvement.
The company reached self-funding status at both the group and Mobile levels.
Rakuten achieved all of its FY 2024 targets, especially those for the Mobile segment.


Rakuten Group - Earnings Flash - FY 2024 Results - Lucror Analytics

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

<ul>
<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MSCI Japan in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Toyota Motor, SoftBank, Rakuten, Kioxia, Sony Financial, Ebara, Honda Motor, Softbank, Ebara, Kioxia, Toyota Motor, Honda Motor, Sony Financial, Rakuten.</li>
</ul>


We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MSCI Japan in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Toyota Motor, SoftBank, Rakuten, Kioxia, Sony Financial, Ebara, Honda Motor, Softbank, Ebara, Kioxia, Toyota Motor, Honda Motor, Sony Financial, Rakuten.


MSCI Japan Index Earning Revision (Nov): Toyota Motor, SoftBank, Rakuten, Kioxia, Sony Financial

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Today, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten (4755 JP)</a> announced a new shareholder benefit (株主優待) program today, to reward shareholders as of end-December 2024. The stated goal? To "thank shareholders"... </li>
<li>...And provide more people with the opportunity to try out the benefits of Rakuten Mobile, with 1yr free of a 30GB/mo mobile plan. There are conditions, but it's juicy.</li>
<li>Last year's 3mo plan was given with one day of notice. This year's larger full-year govt gets 3+wks. They are juicing the sub numbers for 2025.</li>
</ul>


Today, Rakuten (4755 JP) announced a new shareholder benefit (株主優待) program today, to reward shareholders as of end-December 2024. The stated goal? To "thank shareholders"... 
...And provide more people with the opportunity to try out the benefits of Rakuten Mobile, with 1yr free of a 30GB/mo mobile plan. There are conditions, but it's juicy.
Last year's 3mo plan was given with one day of notice. This year's larger full-year govt gets 3+wks. They are juicing the sub numbers for 2025.


Rakuten (4755 JP) - Trying To Goose The Stock Price Before Year-End or Mobile Sub Numbers for 2025?

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

<ul>
<li>With <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota (7203 JP)</a> having sold some of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kddi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1" rel="noopener">KDDI</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/harmonic-drive-systems-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10238:1" rel="noopener">Harmonic Drive</a> this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.</li>
<li>Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
</ul>


With Toyota (7203 JP) having sold some of its stake in Denso, KDDI and Harmonic Drive this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.
Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


Toyota Cross-Shareholding - To Say a Whole Lot Is Left Would Be a US$26bn Understatement

Japan

Rakuten Group, Inc. provides Internet services. The Company offers Internet finance services which including "Rakuten Card" and "Rakuten Bank". Rakuten Group also provides digital content services including electronic book services.

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Rakuten (4755 JP)

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Lucror Analytics

MSCI Japan Index Earning Revision (Nov): Toyota Motor, SoftBank, Rakuten, Kioxia, Sony Financial

We analyzed MSCI Japan's consensus for Nov 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in Toyota Motor (7203 JP), SoftBank (9984 JP), Rakuten (4755 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Rakuten (4755 JP) - Trying To Goose The Stock Price Before Year-End or Mobile Sub Numbers for 2025?

Rakuten Group on Friday announced a new Shareholder Benefit Plan. It is a doozy. Free mobile plan for 30GB data/mo plus free calling. For a year....

Travis Lundy

Toyota Cross-Shareholding - To Say a Whole Lot Is Left Would Be a US$26bn Understatement

Toyota, Toyota Industries and Denso are tag teaming to unwind some of their stake in Aisin, in a deal worth over US$1bn. While the timing of the...

Sumeet Singh

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