Global Editor, Base Oil News

Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

Base Oil News

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Base oils unit's Q1 profit falls to lowest in more than four years</li>
<li>Profit margin slides as Group III prices slump faster than feedstock costs</li>
<li>Base oil unit's Q1 profit contrasts with loss for refining and petchem units</li>
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Base oils unit's Q1 profit falls to lowest in more than four years
Profit margin slides as Group III prices slump faster than feedstock costs
Base oil unit's Q1 profit contrasts with loss for refining and petchem units


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 Nov 28th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.5bn.</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 Hanwha Ocean, SK Hynix, kakaopay, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Nov 28th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.5bn.
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 Hanwha Ocean, SK Hynix, kakaopay, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 28th): Hanwha Ocean, SK Hynix, Kakaopay, NAVER

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MSCI South Korea 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 ORION, KEPCO, LG Energy Solution, ECOPROBM, NAVER, Samsung Elec (PREF), KIA, LG Chem, Naver, Korea Electric Power, Samsung Electronics Non Voting Pre, Kia, Orion.</li>
</ul>


We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MSCI South Korea 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 ORION, KEPCO, LG Energy Solution, ECOPROBM, NAVER, Samsung Elec (PREF), KIA, LG Chem, Naver, Korea Electric Power, Samsung Electronics Non Voting Pre, Kia, Orion.


MSCI South Korea Index Earning Revision (Nov): ORION, KEPCO, LG Energy Solution, ECOPROBM, NAVER

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>Nextrade (NXT) is an alternative trading system (ATS) in Korea which will start to go live on 4 March.</li>
<li>Nextrade provided a list of 10 stocks including Lotte Shopping,  Cheil Worldwide,  Kolon Industries, LG Uplus, and S Oil that will start to trade on NXT starting 4 March. </li>
<li>Most of these 10 stocks tend to be lower beta stocks with relatively low amounts of share volatility. These 10 stocks are up on average 2.8% YTD, underperforming KOSPI.</li>
</ul>


Nextrade (NXT) is an alternative trading system (ATS) in Korea which will start to go live on 4 March.
Nextrade provided a list of 10 stocks including Lotte Shopping,  Cheil Worldwide,  Kolon Industries, LG Uplus, and S Oil that will start to trade on NXT starting 4 March. 
Most of these 10 stocks tend to be lower beta stocks with relatively low amounts of share volatility. These 10 stocks are up on average 2.8% YTD, underperforming KOSPI.


Impact of Nextrade Alternative Trading System Going Live on the Korean Stock Market on 4 March

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Nov 21st. 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 Samyang Food, Kakao, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, SK Hynix.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Nov 21st. 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 Samyang Food, Kakao, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, SK Hynix.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 21st): Samyang Food, Kakao, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES

South Korea

S-Oil Corporation refines crude oil and sells petroleum and its related products.  The Company mainly focuses on petroleum refining, petrochemical, and lubricant business. S-Oil's major products are gasoline, bunker oil, kerosene, naphtha, lubricants, benzene, toluene, and xylene.

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S Oil Corp (010950 KS)

S-Oil: Q1 Base Oils Profit Falls

Base oils unit sees Q1 profit dip to lowest since 2020 as Group III prices fall faster than feedstock costs, squeezing margins. Lower profit...

Base Oil News

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 28th): Hanwha Ocean, SK Hynix, Kakaopay, NAVER

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Hanwha Ocean, SK Hynix, kakaopay, NAVER, HD...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

MSCI South Korea Index Earning Revision (Nov): ORION, KEPCO, LG Energy Solution, ECOPROBM, NAVER

We analyzed MSCI South Korea's consensus for Nov 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in ORION (271560 KS), KEPCO (015760 KS), LG Energy Solution...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Impact of Nextrade Alternative Trading System Going Live on the Korean Stock Market on 4 March

Nextrade provided a list of 10 stocks including Lotte Shopping, Cheil Worldwide, Kolon Industries, LG Uplus, and S Oil that will start to trade...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 21st): Samyang Food, Kakao, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Samyang Food, Kakao, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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S-Oil: Q1 Base Oils Profit Falls

​Base oils unit sees Q1 profit dip to lowest since 2020 as Group III prices fall faster than feedstock costs, squeezing margins. Lower profit...

Base Oil News

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 28th): Hanwha Ocean, SK Hynix, Kakaopay, NAVER

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Hanwha Ocean, SK Hynix, kakaopay, NAVER, HD...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

MSCI South Korea Index Earning Revision (Nov): ORION, KEPCO, LG Energy Solution, ECOPROBM, NAVER

We analyzed MSCI South Korea's consensus for Nov 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in ORION (271560 KS), KEPCO (015760 KS), LG Energy Solution...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Impact of Nextrade Alternative Trading System Going Live on the Korean Stock Market on 4 March

Nextrade provided a list of 10 stocks including Lotte Shopping, Cheil Worldwide, Kolon Industries, LG Uplus, and S Oil that will start to trade...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 21st): Samyang Food, Kakao, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Samyang Food, Kakao, NAVER, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Base oils unit sees Q1 profit dip to lowest since 2020 as Group III prices fall faster than feedstock costs, squeezing margins. Lower profit...