Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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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<li>DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Lags the Leader, Remains Loss Making

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<li>DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Positives - On a Rapid Expansion Spree

Equity, Bottom-up Analyst, Investics Research

Sameer Taneja

Equity, Bottom-up Analyst

Investics Research

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Shakey's Pizza Asia Ventures / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shakey-s-pizza-asia-ventures" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23706:1" rel="noopener">Shakey's Pizza (PIZZA PM)</a> reported a strong SWS of 77% YoY in H1 and 121% YoY in Q2 2022. Excluding Potato Corner (PC), recovery tracked &gt;90% of 2019 levels. </li>
<li>The management guided that ex-PC recovery was over 100% in May and July, and numbers will improve with a resurgence in people at work, resulting in an upside to SWS.</li>
<li>We see margin upside as dine-in numbers are set to increase in H2 and the company beds down its PC acquisition; the stock trades at 16x/10x FY22/FY23e.</li>
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Shakey's Pizza (PIZZA PM) reported a strong SWS of 77% YoY in H1 and 121% YoY in Q2 2022. Excluding Potato Corner (PC), recovery tracked &gt;90% of 2019 levels. 
The management guided that ex-PC recovery was over 100% in May and July, and numbers will improve with a resurgence in people at work, resulting in an upside to SWS.
We see margin upside as dine-in numbers are set to increase in H2 and the company beds down its PC acquisition; the stock trades at 16x/10x FY22/FY23e.


Shakey's Pizza: Q2 2022 Recovery Far Better Than Expectations, Management Guidance Extremely Bullish

Converge ICT Solutions / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$138m via selling its 3.6% in Converge ICT (CICT). The sale will be accompanied by a company buyback and a private transaction.</li>
<li>Warburg had earlier sold in the IPO and then in Nov 21, and this trade will be a cleanup.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$138m via selling its 3.6% in Converge ICT (CICT). The sale will be accompanied by a company buyback and a private transaction.
Warburg had earlier sold in the IPO and then in Nov 21, and this trade will be a cleanup.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.


Converge ICT Placement - Clean-Up and Buyback, Just in Time for the Index Inclusion

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<li>Although we were more optimistic about FY22, we still see recovery backed by a very healthy momentum in Q1 2022 with 33% YoY systemwide sales (mid-teens ex-Potato Corner).</li>
<li>EBITDA margins were weaker in Q1 2022 at 18.2% (with Jan/Feb 2022 restrictions), but management guided a sequential improvement QoQ and a 20-21% EBITDA margin for FY22. </li>
<li>The stock trades at 16.6x FY12 and 11.1x FY23 on more conservatively guided numbers. <em>(see: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/shakey-s-pizza-high-conviction-three-bagger-management-call-provides-superb-guidance-for-fy22" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:68211" rel="noopener">Shakey's Pizza: High Conviction Three Bagger, Management Call Provides Superb Guidance For FY22</a> ) </em>
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Although we were more optimistic about FY22, we still see recovery backed by a very healthy momentum in Q1 2022 with 33% YoY systemwide sales (mid-teens ex-Potato Corner).
EBITDA margins were weaker in Q1 2022 at 18.2% (with Jan/Feb 2022 restrictions), but management guided a sequential improvement QoQ and a 20-21% EBITDA margin for FY22. 
The stock trades at 16.6x FY12 and 11.1x FY23 on more conservatively guided numbers. (see: Shakey's Pizza: High Conviction Three Bagger, Management Call Provides Superb Guidance For FY22 ) 



Shakeys Pizza: Encouraging Q1 2022, Despite Headwinds

Philippines

Shakey's Pizza Asia Ventures, Inc. is a leading casual dining restaurant chain and food service group in the Philippines. It develops, operates, and franchises a portfolio of brands including Shakey's Pizza, Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken, R&B Milk Tea, Project Pie, and Potato Corner. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Paranaque City, Philippines.

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Shakey's Pizza Asia Ventures (PIZZA PM)

DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Lags the Leader, Remains Loss Making

DPC Dash, Domino's Pizza's franchisee in China, aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the not so positive...

Sumeet Singh

DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Positives - On a Rapid Expansion Spree

DPC Dash, master franchisee for Domino's Pizza in China, aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Shakey's Pizza: Q2 2022 Recovery Far Better Than Expectations, Management Guidance Extremely Bullish

Shakeys Pizza is Philippine's largest full-service pizza chain with a 67% marketshare trading at 16x/10x FY22/23e PE. The company boasts a...

Sameer Taneja

Converge ICT Placement - Clean-Up and Buyback, Just in Time for the Index Inclusion

Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$138m via selling its 3.6% in Converge ICT (CICT). The sale will be accompanied by a company buyback and a...

Sumeet Singh

Shakeys Pizza: Encouraging Q1 2022, Despite Headwinds

With systemwide sales growth of 33% YoY in Q1 2022, Shakeys has a great runway with good comps for the rest of FY22. The stock trades at 16.6x FY12...

Sameer Taneja

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