APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

SAI Life Sciences / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sai-life-sciences" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43724:1" rel="noopener">SAI Life Sciences (SAILS12 IN)</a> raised around US$360m in its India IPO in Dec 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>Sai Life Sciences is a contract research, development and manufacturing organisation providing end-to-end services across drug discovery, development and manufacturing value-chain, for small to global pharmaceutical innovators and biotechnology firms.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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SAI Life Sciences (SAILS12 IN) raised around US$360m in its India IPO in Dec 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.
Sai Life Sciences is a contract research, development and manufacturing organisation providing end-to-end services across drug discovery, development and manufacturing value-chain, for small to global pharmaceutical innovators and biotechnology firms.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Sai Life Sciences IPO Lockup - US$840m Lockup Release; TPG Asia up 5.8x with a 24.8% Stake

Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Sree Capital

Sreemant Dudhoria

Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Fundamental Research on Listed Indian Companies

Sree Capital

Sree Capital is a platform to share fundamental research on listed Indian companies. We do this research for our own investment

Equity Bottom-Up

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 Strong Revenue Momentum and Profitability:<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anthem-biosciences" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44206:1" rel="noopener">Anthem Biosciences (1234D IN)</a> achieved INR 18.4bn in revenue in FY25, growing 25% CAGR over FY20–FY25,with industry-leading EBITDA margins of 36.8% and PAT margin of 23.4%</li>
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 Unique Dual Capability in Biologics and Small Molecules:Among the few Indian CRDMOs with end-to-end capabilities across both small and large molecules, and technology-driven portfolio including ADCs, RNAi, peptides, and oligonucleotides</li>
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 Peer-Leading Returns and Robust Pipeline: Anthem boasts the highest ROCE (26.9%) among Indian peers, with significant IP-backed revenue streams and global molecule commercialization. It is a BUY for long term.</li>
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 Strong Revenue Momentum and Profitability:Anthem Biosciences (1234D IN) achieved INR 18.4bn in revenue in FY25, growing 25% CAGR over FY20–FY25,with industry-leading EBITDA margins of 36.8% and PAT margin of 23.4%

 Unique Dual Capability in Biologics and Small Molecules:Among the few Indian CRDMOs with end-to-end capabilities across both small and large molecules, and technology-driven portfolio including ADCs, RNAi, peptides, and oligonucleotides

 Peer-Leading Returns and Robust Pipeline: Anthem boasts the highest ROCE (26.9%) among Indian peers, with significant IP-backed revenue streams and global molecule commercialization. It is a BUY for long term.


Anthem Biosciences IPO: Despite 100% OFS, Worth Accumulating for Long-Term Compounding

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Beat the Street

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Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anthem-biosciences" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44206:1" rel="noopener">Anthem Biosciences (1234D IN)</a> is launching a 3,395 crore IPO via a complete OFS, with a price band of INR 540–570 per share, open from July 14 to July 16.</li>
<li>Company is a fully integrated CRDMO with capabilities across drug discovery, development, and manufacturing for both small molecules and biologics, serving 550+ customers globally.</li>
<li>The company is undertaking a major capacity expansion, set to make its fermentation capacity over 6x larger than the second-largest Indian CRDMO player post-expansion.</li>
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Anthem Biosciences (1234D IN) is launching a 3,395 crore IPO via a complete OFS, with a price band of INR 540–570 per share, open from July 14 to July 16.
Company is a fully integrated CRDMO with capabilities across drug discovery, development, and manufacturing for both small molecules and biologics, serving 550+ customers globally.
The company is undertaking a major capacity expansion, set to make its fermentation capacity over 6x larger than the second-largest Indian CRDMO player post-expansion.


Anthem BioSciences IPO Analysis ~ The Fastest-Growing Indian CRDMO

India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

Equity Research Firm

Anthem Biosciences / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Anthem is a CRDMO platform with 5 main modalities (RNAi, ADC, peptides, lipids and oligonucleotides) and 4 manufacturing capabilities (custom synthesis, flow chemistry, fermentation and biotransformation).</li>
<li>With its aggressive focus on emerging biotech; industry tailwinds, upcoming capacities in fermentation and CSM; they are positioned for 20+% revenue growth and industry leading operating margins of 35+%.</li>
<li>We estimate FY26 EPS of INR 9-11, implying IPO multiple of 50-62x earnings. Truenorth and Portsmouth holding 3.9% and 2.7% post-IPO creates a technical overhang.</li>
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Anthem is a CRDMO platform with 5 main modalities (RNAi, ADC, peptides, lipids and oligonucleotides) and 4 manufacturing capabilities (custom synthesis, flow chemistry, fermentation and biotransformation).
With its aggressive focus on emerging biotech; industry tailwinds, upcoming capacities in fermentation and CSM; they are positioned for 20+% revenue growth and industry leading operating margins of 35+%.
We estimate FY26 EPS of INR 9-11, implying IPO multiple of 50-62x earnings. Truenorth and Portsmouth holding 3.9% and 2.7% post-IPO creates a technical overhang.


IPO Review - Anthem Biosciences - Pioneering Pharma CRDMO with Advanced Capabilities - Fairly Priced

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anthem-biosciences" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44206:1" rel="noopener"></a>Anthem Biosciences has filed RHP to raise INR34B (~$395M) through its Indian IPO consisting of only an offer for sale of equity shares. The IPO will open on July 14.</li>
<li>The IPO has been priced at INR540–570 per share. Considering FY25 EPS of INR8.07, Anthem seeks P/E valuation of 66.9–70.6x, which is lower than most of the peers.</li>
<li>With niche and differentiated technical capabilities (ADC, biosimilars, innovative biologics etc), large clientele, exposure to commercialized molecules, and capacity expansion, Anthem is well-positioned for long-term growth.</li>
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Anthem Biosciences has filed RHP to raise INR34B (~$395M) through its Indian IPO consisting of only an offer for sale of equity shares. The IPO will open on July 14.
The IPO has been priced at INR540–570 per share. Considering FY25 EPS of INR8.07, Anthem seeks P/E valuation of 66.9–70.6x, which is lower than most of the peers.
With niche and differentiated technical capabilities (ADC, biosimilars, innovative biologics etc), large clientele, exposure to commercialized molecules, and capacity expansion, Anthem is well-positioned for long-term growth.


Anthem Biosciences IPO: FY25 In High Trajectory; Poised for Long-Term Growth; Attractive IPO Pricing

India

SAI Life Sciences Limited develops pharmaceuticals. The Company focuses on drug and active ingredient discovery, development, and manufacturing. SAI Life Sciences manages research facilities worldwide.

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SAI Life Sciences (SAILS12 IN)

Sai Life Sciences IPO Lockup - US$840m Lockup Release; TPG Asia up 5.8x with a 24.8% Stake

TPG Asia has launched an INR26.4bn (US$302m) cleanup block (14.7% stake) in Sai Life Sciences at a floor price of INR860/share, a 5.2% discount to...

Akshat Shah

Anthem Biosciences IPO: Despite 100% OFS, Worth Accumulating for Long-Term Compounding

Anthem Biosciences' strong revenue growth, industry-leading profitability, unique dual capability in biologics and small molecules, & peer-leading...

Sreemant Dudhoria

Anthem BioSciences IPO Analysis ~ The Fastest-Growing Indian CRDMO

Anthem Biosciences is launching a massive IPO to fund capacity expansion, positioning itself as a key player in the global CRDMO market.

Sudarshan Bhandari

IPO Review - Anthem Biosciences - Pioneering Pharma CRDMO with Advanced Capabilities - Fairly Priced

Anthem Bio with experience in modalities like RNAi, ADC, peptides etc and capabilities including fermentation and biotransformation is poised for...

Himanshu Dugar

Anthem Biosciences IPO: FY25 In High Trajectory; Poised for Long-Term Growth; Attractive IPO Pricing

Anthem Biosciences’ INR34B ($395M) India IPO consisting of only OFS will open for subscription on July 14. The IPO has been priced at INR540–570...

Tina Banerjee

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Sai Life Sciences IPO Lockup - US$840m Lockup Release; TPG Asia up 5.8x with a 24.8% Stake

TPG Asia has launched an INR26.4bn (US$302m) cleanup block (14.7% stake) in Sai Life Sciences at a floor price of INR860/share, a 5.2% discount to...

Akshat Shah

Anthem Biosciences IPO: Despite 100% OFS, Worth Accumulating for Long-Term Compounding

​Anthem Biosciences' strong revenue growth, industry-leading profitability, unique dual capability in biologics and small molecules, & peer-leading...

Sreemant Dudhoria

Anthem BioSciences IPO Analysis ~ The Fastest-Growing Indian CRDMO

​Anthem Biosciences is launching a massive IPO to fund capacity expansion, positioning itself as a key player in the global CRDMO market.

Sudarshan Bhandari

IPO Review - Anthem Biosciences - Pioneering Pharma CRDMO with Advanced Capabilities - Fairly Priced

Anthem Bio with experience in modalities like RNAi, ADC, peptides etc and capabilities including fermentation and biotransformation is poised for...

Himanshu Dugar

Anthem Biosciences IPO: FY25 In High Trajectory; Poised for Long-Term Growth; Attractive IPO Pricing

Anthem Biosciences’ INR34B ($395M) India IPO consisting of only OFS will open for subscription on July 14. The IPO has been priced at INR540–570...

Tina Banerjee

Anthem Biosciences' strong revenue growth, industry-leading profitability, unique dual capability in biologics and small molecules, & peer-leading...

Anthem Biosciences is launching a massive IPO to fund capacity expansion, positioning itself as a key player in the global CRDMO market.