IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fsn-e-commerce-ventures-nykaa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33796:1" rel="noopener">FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (1003622D IN)</a> provides e-retailing of beauty and fashion products through two verticals Nykaa (beauty and personal care) and Nykaa Fashion (apparel and accessories). Nykaa is the largest speciality beauty and personal care platform in India as measured by the value of products sold in the FY21 and in 5MFY22 (five months ending August), according to RedSeer.   </p></div><div>
<p>Nykaa will launch its IPO on 28 October. The IPO comprises a primary raise of Rs6,300 million ($84 million) with the remainder 42.0 million secondary shares. At the indicative price range of Rs1,085-1,125 per share, the gross proceeds are Rs51.8-53.2 billion ($691-714 million). An anchor placement of up to Rs23.4 billion ($312 million) will open on 27 October, and the IPO will close on 1 November. </p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nykaa-ipo-initiation-beauty-parade" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:58791" rel="noopener">Nykaa IPO Initiation: Beauty Parade</a>, we stated that Nykaa has a strong positioning in India’s e-commerce beauty products industry, underpinned by the strong brand recognition of the ‘Nykaa’ brand. The financial performance is solid with strong growth, rising margins and cash generation. These characteristics should enable Nykaa to hold its own against intensifying competition. We concluded that Nykaa has attractive fundamentals.</p>
</div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nykaa-ipo-on-trend" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:59407" rel="noopener">Nykaa IPO: On Trend</a>, we stated that the recent results from the updated prospectus reinforce our view that Nykaa has the ability to deliver strong profitable growth. Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price range is attractive.</p></div></div>

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (1003622D IN) provides e-retailing of beauty and fashion products through two verticals Nykaa (beauty and personal care) and Nykaa Fashion (apparel and accessories). Nykaa is the largest speciality beauty and personal care platform in India as measured by the value of products sold in the FY21 and in 5MFY22 (five months ending August), according to RedSeer.   
Nykaa will launch its IPO on 28 October. The IPO comprises a primary raise of Rs6,300 million ($84 million) with the remainder 42.0 million secondary shares. At the indicative price range of Rs1,085-1,125 per share, the gross proceeds are Rs51.8-53.2 billion ($691-714 million). An anchor placement of up to Rs23.4 billion ($312 million) will open on 27 October, and the IPO will close on 1 November. 
In Nykaa IPO Initiation: Beauty Parade, we stated that Nykaa has a strong positioning in India’s e-commerce beauty products industry, underpinned by the strong brand recognition of the ‘Nykaa’ brand. The financial performance is solid with strong growth, rising margins and cash generation. These characteristics should enable Nykaa to hold its own against intensifying competition. We concluded that Nykaa has attractive fundamentals.
In Nykaa IPO: On Trend, we stated that the recent results from the updated prospectus reinforce our view that Nykaa has the ability to deliver strong profitable growth. Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price range is attractive.

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology / Equity Bottom-Up

<p>On August 10, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yunnan-botanee-bio-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33954:1" rel="noopener">Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology (300957 CH)</a> released its 2021/1H financial results. In the first half of 2021, Botanee achieved revenue of RMB1.412 billion, up 49.94% YoY. Net profit attributed to shareholders was RMB265 million, up 65.28% YoY. Net profit after deducting non-recurring gains and losses was RMB253 million, up 68.46% YoY. The performance was outstanding, but the market seemed to have very modest response. Botanee’s share price was just up 1.02% on August 11 and 3.98% on August 12 but down 5.35% on August 13. So, how is this Company? What are the concerns behind positive financial results?</p>

On August 10, Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology (300957 CH) released its 2021/1H financial results. In the first half of 2021, Botanee achieved revenue of RMB1.412 billion, up 49.94% YoY. Net profit attributed to shareholders was RMB265 million, up 65.28% YoY. Net profit after deducting non-recurring gains and losses was RMB253 million, up 68.46% YoY. The performance was outstanding, but the market seemed to have very modest response. Botanee’s share price was just up 1.02% on August 11 and 3.98% on August 12 but down 5.35% on August 13. So, how is this Company? What are the concerns behind positive financial results?

Botanee Bio-Technology (300957.CH)-The Success of WINONA Cannot Cover up the Concerns on the Outlook

EBeauty Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ebeauty-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33505:1" rel="noopener">EBeauty Holdings (1894926D HK)</a> is the largest beauty brand e-commerce enablement service provider by GMV (gross merchandise value) facilitated or generated in China, with a market share of 13.3% in 2020, according to iResearch. eBeauty primarily executes the branding and marketing strategies that the brand partners have designed, operating their official online stores, while in some cases it provides marketing strategy advisory to brand partners to help them formulate their marketing strategies.</p><p>eBeauty is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $600 million, according to press reports. The shareholders include Genesis Capital, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-insurance-grp-co-of-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12880:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bilibili-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26793:1" rel="noopener">Bilibili Inc (BILI US)</a> and Mass Ave Global.</p><p>eBeauty is a play on the rising complexity of China’s beauty e-commerce industry which has resulted in more brands out-sourcing their e-commerce operations to specialized brand e-commerce enablement service providers (such as eBeauty). The beauty e-commerce industry is fast-evolving, with mounting demands for personalised marketing strategy, multi-channel operation capabilities and technology solutions. These demanding requirements force a significant proportion of beauty brands to engage service providers who offer a suite of services in the e-commerce value chain.</p><div class="content-highlight"><p>eBeauty is capitalising on these industry dynamics by delivering solid organic growth, rising margins and good cash generation. Overall, we believe that eBeauty is worth a closer look.</p></div>

EBeauty Holdings (1894926D HK) is the largest beauty brand e-commerce enablement service provider by GMV (gross merchandise value) facilitated or generated in China, with a market share of 13.3% in 2020, according to iResearch. eBeauty primarily executes the branding and marketing strategies that the brand partners have designed, operating their official online stores, while in some cases it provides marketing strategy advisory to brand partners to help them formulate their marketing strategies.eBeauty is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $600 million, according to press reports. The shareholders include Genesis Capital, Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK), Bilibili Inc (BILI US) and Mass Ave Global.eBeauty is a play on the rising complexity of China’s beauty e-commerce industry which has resulted in more brands out-sourcing their e-commerce operations to specialized brand e-commerce enablement service providers (such as eBeauty). The beauty e-commerce industry is fast-evolving, with mounting demands for personalised marketing strategy, multi-channel operation capabilities and technology solutions. These demanding requirements force a significant proportion of beauty brands to engage service providers who offer a suite of services in the e-commerce value chain.eBeauty is capitalising on these industry dynamics by delivering solid organic growth, rising margins and good cash generation. Overall, we believe that eBeauty is worth a closer look.

EBeauty Holdings IPO Initiation: Attention Pays

APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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.

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cheerwin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31314:1" rel="noopener">Cheerwin (6601 HK)</a> raised US$395m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at HK$9.20 per share, the top-end of its initial IPO price range.</p>
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<p>Cheerwin is a home, personal, and pet care product platform. The company sells products such as air care, insecticides, repellants, household cleaners, and etc. As per CIC, the company is ranked first among domestic companies for the past five years (from 2015 - 2019) and had a market share of 9.4% in 2019 in terms of retail sales value.</p>
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<p>In this note, we discuss how Cheerwin's bookbuild demand compare to recent IPOs and update peer valuation table.</p>
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<p>We have previously covered the company in:</p>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cheerwin-pre-ipo-monetizing-a-mature-business" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47223" rel="noopener">Cheerwin (朝云集团) Pre-IPO - Monetizing a Mature Business</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cheerwin-pre-ipo-9m20-results-product-review" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48399" rel="noopener">Cheerwin (朝云集团) Pre-IPO - 9M20 Results + Product Review</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cheerwin-pre-ipo-peer-analysis-and-thoughts-valuation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48493" rel="noopener">Cheerwin (朝云集团) Pre-IPO - Peer Analysis and Thoughts Valuation</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cheerwin-ipo-not-the-right-price" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48609" rel="noopener">Cheerwin (朝云集团) IPO - Not the Right Price</a> </li>
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Cheerwin (6601 HK) raised US$395m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at HK$9.20 per share, the top-end of its initial IPO price range.


Cheerwin is a home, personal, and pet care product platform. The company sells products such as air care, insecticides, repellants, household cleaners, and etc. As per CIC, the company is ranked first among domestic companies for the past five years (from 2015 - 2019) and had a market share of 9.4% in 2019 in terms of retail sales value.


In this note, we discuss how Cheerwin's bookbuild demand compare to recent IPOs and update peer valuation table.


We have previously covered the company in:




Cheerwin (朝云集团) Pre-IPO - Monetizing a Mature Business 

Cheerwin (朝云集团) Pre-IPO - 9M20 Results + Product Review 

Cheerwin (朝云集团) Pre-IPO - Peer Analysis and Thoughts Valuation 

Cheerwin (朝云集团) IPO - Not the Right Price 



Cheerwin (朝云集团) IPO - Good Bookbuild Demand but Still Below Average

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p><strong>Emerging Asia -</strong> notably China and India -  is witnessing a  steady expansion in the Male grooming sector as men's habits around personal care is shifting - led by a confluence of social, economic and <strong>compelling demographic factors</strong>. Expect this trend to gather more momentum as image-conscious young men adopt a wider array of personal care products. Skincare products that address specific needs/concerns of male customers will drive the early stage of segment growth; light cosmetics are picking up demand too. Companies that are quick to identify and address the demand with male-specific products/brands stand to gain from early mover advantage given male customers, reportedly, are far more brand loyal compared to female counterparts.</p>
<p><strong>What is original in this report?</strong> We discuss the social, economic and <strong>compelling demographic </strong>factors driving the shift and growth in the Male grooming sector in China and India. We look at the emerging trends across segments and in both the markets to arrive at a pecking order in terms of investment potential. We have scanned the personal care and cosmetics products landscape to shortlist brands and companies that offer a male-specific product range. A brief on select companies - private and listed -  are presented for further investment analysis and evaluation. </p>

Emerging Asia - notably China and India -  is witnessing a  steady expansion in the Male grooming sector as men's habits around personal care is shifting - led by a confluence of social, economic and compelling demographic factors. Expect this trend to gather more momentum as image-conscious young men adopt a wider array of personal care products. Skincare products that address specific needs/concerns of male customers will drive the early stage of segment growth; light cosmetics are picking up demand too. Companies that are quick to identify and address the demand with male-specific products/brands stand to gain from early mover advantage given male customers, reportedly, are far more brand loyal compared to female counterparts.
What is original in this report? We discuss the social, economic and compelling demographic factors driving the shift and growth in the Male grooming sector in China and India. We look at the emerging trends across segments and in both the markets to arrive at a pecking order in terms of investment potential. We have scanned the personal care and cosmetics products landscape to shortlist brands and companies that offer a male-specific product range. A brief on select companies - private and listed -  are presented for further investment analysis and evaluation. 

Male Grooming in Asia: Blooming Prospects. Skincare to Drive Growth

China

Shanghai Jahwa United Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures and wholesales skin care and hair care products, cosmetics, perfumes, detergents, and other household chemical products.  The Company also provides technical and food services.

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Shanghai Jahwa United Co A (600315 CH)

Nykaa IPO: Valuation Insights

Nykaa will launch its IPO on 28 October to raise gross proceeds of $691-714 million. Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price range is...

Arun George

Botanee Bio-Technology (300957.CH)-The Success of WINONA Cannot Cover up the Concerns on the Outlook

The article analyzed a popular skin care product company Botanee in terms of the market potential, 2021H1 performance, strength, comparison with...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

EBeauty Holdings IPO Initiation: Attention Pays

eBeauty is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $600 m. eBeauty is capitalising on favourable industry dynamics by delivering solid organic...

Arun George

Cheerwin (朝云集团) IPO - Good Bookbuild Demand but Still Below Average

Cheerwin (6601 HK) IPO was priced at HK$9.20 per share. In this note, we discuss how Cheerwin's bookbuild demand compare to recent IPOs and update...

Zhen Zhou, Toh

Male Grooming in Asia: Blooming Prospects. Skincare to Drive Growth

Steady expansion in the Male grooming sector in China & India is led by a generational shift in grooming habits and not a passing fad. Only a few...

Devi Subhakesan

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