APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fadu-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39896:1" rel="noopener">Fadu (440110 KS)</a> is looking to raise up to US$147m in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>Fadu is a South Korean fabless semiconductor maker mainly engaged in flash storage technology innovation. Its core products are Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) and Enterprise SSDs.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about peer comparison.</li>
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Fadu (440110 KS) is looking to raise up to US$147m in its Korean IPO.
Fadu is a South Korean fabless semiconductor maker mainly engaged in flash storage technology innovation. Its core products are Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) and Enterprise SSDs.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about peer comparison.


Fadu Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Hardly Comparable in Scale to Its Peers

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory, ROK Advisory LLC

Ken S. Kim

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory

ROK Advisory LLC

ROK is an independent research advisory firm. We guide you to minimize the information gap between foreign and local investors in Northeast Asia with a focus in Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

Independent Research Advisory Firm

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> has been a nice outperformer relative to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-hynix-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16955:1" rel="noopener">SK Hynix (000660 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/micron-technology-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13382:1" rel="noopener">Micron Technology (MU US)</a> due to valuation, tech merit and exposure to AI</li>
<li>For cyclical stocks, no matter defensive vs. peers, does it make more sense to play the pure plays?</li>
<li>On the recent settlement between Elliott and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-c-t-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:481:1" rel="noopener">Samsung C&amp;T (028260 KS)</a> , there was a secret payment made to just Elliott. What about the other minority shareholders?!</li>
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Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) has been a nice outperformer relative to SK Hynix (000660 KS) and Micron Technology (MU US) due to valuation, tech merit and exposure to AI
For cyclical stocks, no matter defensive vs. peers, does it make more sense to play the pure plays?
On the recent settlement between Elliott and Samsung C&amp;T (028260 KS) , there was a secret payment made to just Elliott. What about the other minority shareholders?!


At the Core Lies Why Anything Named Samsung Deserves a Discount

Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Emerging Market Equities

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>The 200 largest weighted companies in the GEM index reported average EPS growth of +6.3%y/y for 1Q23-to-date, slightly down from the +7.5% reported for 4Q22.</li>
<li>Only 51% of companies delivered positive sales surprises, whilst 60% delivered positive EPS surprises, an increase from the trend seen over the past year.</li>
<li>Historically, there has been a significant difference in relative share price performance between the largest positive versus negative surprise generators, for 3 months after the reporting date.</li>
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The 200 largest weighted companies in the GEM index reported average EPS growth of +6.3%y/y for 1Q23-to-date, slightly down from the +7.5% reported for 4Q22.
Only 51% of companies delivered positive sales surprises, whilst 60% delivered positive EPS surprises, an increase from the trend seen over the past year.
Historically, there has been a significant difference in relative share price performance between the largest positive versus negative surprise generators, for 3 months after the reporting date.


Global Emerging Markets: Reporting Season Summary, 1Q2023

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>On 24 April, KCC Corp announced that it plans to IPO its subsidiary Momentive Performance Materials Inc. in the US stock market as early as 2023.</li>
<li>In 2021, KCC raised its stake in MOM Holding from 50% + 1 share to 60%. Momentive EBITDA increased from $300 million in 2018 to $450 million in 2022.</li>
<li>Our valuation of KCC Corp suggests an NAV of 3.1 trillion won (post 50% discount) or NAV per share of 347,633 won per share, representing 49% higher than current price.</li>
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On 24 April, KCC Corp announced that it plans to IPO its subsidiary Momentive Performance Materials Inc. in the US stock market as early as 2023.
In 2021, KCC raised its stake in MOM Holding from 50% + 1 share to 60%. Momentive EBITDA increased from $300 million in 2018 to $450 million in 2022.
Our valuation of KCC Corp suggests an NAV of 3.1 trillion won (post 50% discount) or NAV per share of 347,633 won per share, representing 49% higher than current price.


KCC: Plans to IPO Its Subsidiary Momentive Performance Materials in the US as Early as 2023

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
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In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.
Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 2Q 2023

South Korea

Samsung C&T Corporation conducts diversified business support services and resort operation activities. The Company offers a range of services in areas including clothing retail, construction, energy, real estate, food service, and resort accommodations. Samsung C&T also operates a resort with amusement rides, a zoo, water park, golf clubs, and restaurants.

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Samsung C&T (028260 KS)

Fadu Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Hardly Comparable in Scale to Its Peers

Fadu (440110 KS) is looking to raise up to US$147m in its Korean IPO. In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this...

Ethan Aw

At the Core Lies Why Anything Named Samsung Deserves a Discount

Why Samsung deserves a discount and the new 3 yr shareholder return plan nor M&A will fix this unless one or both of 2 things happen.

Ken S. Kim

Global Emerging Markets: Reporting Season Summary, 1Q2023

In this quarterly insight, we analyse recent GEM reporting trends with reference to Sales and EPS growth, size and percentage of positive...

Wium Malan, CFA

KCC: Plans to IPO Its Subsidiary Momentive Performance Materials in the US as Early as 2023

The IPO of Momentive in late 2023/early 2024 could provide a positive spark to KCC's share price in the next 6-12 months.

Douglas Kim

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 2Q 2023

In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023. We highlight 38 pair trades that...

Douglas Kim

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