Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>OVERSEAS.  SPX Rallies as Earnings take centre stage; Telsa rips as Musk see 2m in Sales; Auto Semis in Play as STMicro beats - lifts sector; Seagate at turning point</li>
<li>JAPAN.  NKY Futs +0.5% vs Cash; USDJPY Steady at 130.22; Baton gets passed at Toyota; Double D/G of Shippers downgrade to Sell ; EARNINGS TODAY: All about Fanuc</li>
<li>DAILY NUGGET. Toyota - End of an Era, and the start of another. We expect new CEO Sato to accelerate the EV shift !</li>
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OVERSEAS.  SPX Rallies as Earnings take centre stage; Telsa rips as Musk see 2m in Sales; Auto Semis in Play as STMicro beats - lifts sector; Seagate at turning point
JAPAN.  NKY Futs +0.5% vs Cash; USDJPY Steady at 130.22; Baton gets passed at Toyota; Double D/G of Shippers downgrade to Sell ; EARNINGS TODAY: All about Fanuc
DAILY NUGGET. Toyota - End of an Era, and the start of another. We expect new CEO Sato to accelerate the EV shift !


Good Morning Japan |Earnings Bonanaza! ; Tesla Rips; AutoSemis in Play;Toyoda @Toyota Passes Baton

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 31st. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD26,908m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, Advantest, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Nintendo, Tokyo Electron, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, Mizuho Financial, Disco, Toyota Motor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 31st. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD26,908m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, Advantest, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Nintendo, Tokyo Electron, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, Mizuho Financial, Disco, Toyota Motor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 31st): Kioxia, Advantest, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Nintendo, Disco

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>On 31 July, SK Inc (034730 KS)'s BOD approved the sale of its 70.6% stake in SK Siltron to Doosan Corp (000150 KS) for 2.3 trillion won (US$1.6 billion). </li>
<li>If SK Siltron’s EBITDA exceeds a defined threshold, SK Inc. receives an earn-out payment equal to 40% of the excess amount, scaled to its 70.6% equity stake.</li>
<li>The SK Siltron sale boosts SK Inc. through the initial 2.3 trillion won cash inflow plus further upside from the performance-linked earn-out clause.</li>
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On 31 July, SK Inc (034730 KS)'s BOD approved the sale of its 70.6% stake in SK Siltron to Doosan Corp (000150 KS) for 2.3 trillion won (US$1.6 billion). 
If SK Siltron’s EBITDA exceeds a defined threshold, SK Inc. receives an earn-out payment equal to 40% of the excess amount, scaled to its 70.6% equity stake.
The SK Siltron sale boosts SK Inc. through the initial 2.3 trillion won cash inflow plus further upside from the performance-linked earn-out clause.


SK Inc Agrees To Sell Its 70.6% Stake in SK Siltron to Doosan Corp

Bayon Financial

Graeme Cunningham

Independent Insight Provider

Bayon Financial provides industry and company analysis focusing on mid and small cap equity research coverage across a range of sectors including mining, financials and telecoms.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Shin-Etsu Chemical's price slumped after it maintaining full-year guidance in the Q1/27 results disappointed the market, and while overall EBIT recovered, this masked a divergence for the two largest divisions</li>
<li>The continued severe decline in the US housing and PVC-driven Infrastructure segment has been offset by strength in the semiconductor-led Electronics, and smaller Functional, and Processing and Specialized, divisions  </li>
<li>While it has declined to our well-below-consensus valuation, which prices in substantial risk for the major divisions, negative sentiment could persist and the shares stagnate given few immediate catalysts</li>
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Shin-Etsu Chemical's price slumped after it maintaining full-year guidance in the Q1/27 results disappointed the market, and while overall EBIT recovered, this masked a divergence for the two largest divisions
The continued severe decline in the US housing and PVC-driven Infrastructure segment has been offset by strength in the semiconductor-led Electronics, and smaller Functional, and Processing and Specialized, divisions  
While it has declined to our well-below-consensus valuation, which prices in substantial risk for the major divisions, negative sentiment could persist and the shares stagnate given few immediate catalysts


Shin-Etsu: Slumps Near Valuation After Maintained Guidance Disappoints

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 24th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD27,589m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo Electron, Ferrotec, Dai-ichi Life, Nintendo.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 24th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD27,589m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo Electron, Ferrotec, Dai-ichi Life, Nintendo.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 24th): Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing

Japan

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. produces and distributes synthetic resins and other chemical products such as fertilizers. The Company also manufactures electronic materials such as semiconductor silicon, synthetic, and rare earth quartz. Shin-Etsu Chemical operates in Japan and overseas.

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Shin Etsu Chemical (4063 JP)

Good Morning Japan |Earnings Bonanaza! ; Tesla Rips; AutoSemis in Play;Toyoda @Toyota Passes Baton

JAPAN. NKY Futs +0.5% vs Cash; Baton gets passed at Toyota; Double D/G of Shippers downgrade to Sell ; EARNINGS TODAY: All about Fanuc.

Mark Chadwick

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 31st): Kioxia, Advantest, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Nintendo, Disco

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Kioxia (285A JP), Advantest (6857 JP), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

SK Inc Agrees To Sell Its 70.6% Stake in SK Siltron to Doosan Corp

On 31 July, SK Inc's BOD approved the sale of its 70.6% stake in SK Siltron to Doosan Corp (000150 KS) for 2.3 trillion won (US$1.6 billion). This...

Douglas Kim

Shin-Etsu: Slumps Near Valuation After Maintained Guidance Disappoints

While after the market was disappointed by the company maintaining sub-consensus guidance in Q1/27 the price has slumped to near our well-below...

Graeme Cunningham

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 24th): Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Kioxia (285A JP), Disco (6146 JP), Advantest (6857 JP), Mizuho...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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