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Hangzhou SF Intra-city Industrial / Equity Capital Markets

Hangzhou SF Intra-city Industrial (9699 HK)

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<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sf-intra-city-industrial-ipo-delivering-losses" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:61272" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses</a>, we noted that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sf-intra-city-industrial-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:61939" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Valuation Insights</a>, we noted that the IPO price is unattractive in the context of its unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of losses.  </li>
<li>The IPO price is HK$16.42 and it closed -9% lower in the grey market. Our base-case DCF value of HK$15.44 per share is a 6% downside to the IPO price.  </li>
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In SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses, we noted that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. 
In SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Valuation Insights, we noted that the IPO price is unattractive in the context of its unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of losses.  
The IPO price is HK$16.42 and it closed -9% lower in the grey market. Our base-case DCF value of HK$15.44 per share is a 6% downside to the IPO price.  


SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Trading Debut

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hangzhou-sf-intra-city-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34916:1" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City (9699 HK)</a> is the largest Chinese independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider. It launched an HKEx IPO to raise net proceeds of $273 million at the IPO mid-point. </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sf-intra-city-industrial-ipo-delivering-losses" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:61272" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses</a>, we noted that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. </li>
<li>While the valuation is undemanding vs peers, we give the IPO a pass as SF Intra-city offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of losses/cash burn.   </li>
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SF Intra-City (9699 HK) is the largest Chinese independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider. It launched an HKEx IPO to raise net proceeds of $273 million at the IPO mid-point. 
In SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses, we noted that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. 
While the valuation is undemanding vs peers, we give the IPO a pass as SF Intra-city offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of losses/cash burn.   


SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Valuation Insights

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hangzhou-sf-intra-city-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34916:1" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City (1874747D CH)</a> is the largest independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider in China. It is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to reports. </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sf-intra-city-industrial-ipo-initiation-missed-delivery" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:60224" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City Industrial IPO Initiation: Missed Delivery</a>, we stated that it offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of gross losses and cash burn. </li>
<li>The PHIP which discloses 5M21 results continues to highlight the growth at all costs strategy. We continue to think that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. </li>
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SF Intra-City (1874747D CH) is the largest independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider in China. It is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to reports. 
In SF Intra-City Industrial IPO Initiation: Missed Delivery, we stated that it offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of gross losses and cash burn. 
The PHIP which discloses 5M21 results continues to highlight the growth at all costs strategy. We continue to think that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. 


SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hangzhou-sf-intra-city-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34916:1" rel="noopener">SF Intra-City (1874747D CH)</a> is the largest independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider with an 11.0% market share in the 12 months ended 31 March 2021, according to iResearch. </p><p>SF Intra-city is seeking approval for an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to press reports. SF Intra-city’s controlling shareholder is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/maanshan-dingtai-rare-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4128:1" rel="noopener">S.F. Holding (002352 CH)</a>, which holds a 75.1% stake. </p><div class="content-highlight"><p>SF Intra-city offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of losses (at the gross profit level) and cash burn. In comparison to recent logistics IPOs such as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ane-logistics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34119:1" rel="noopener">ANE Logistics (1292621D CH)</a>, SF Intra-city’s disclosure particularly on unit cost economies is sorely lacking. On balance, we think that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. Considering the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs, this IPO warrants a pass. </p></div>

SF Intra-City (1874747D CH) is the largest independent third-party on-demand delivery service provider with an 11.0% market share in the 12 months ended 31 March 2021, according to iResearch. SF Intra-city is seeking approval for an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 million, according to press reports. SF Intra-city’s controlling shareholder is S.F. Holding (002352 CH), which holds a 75.1% stake. SF Intra-city offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of losses (at the gross profit level) and cash burn. In comparison to recent logistics IPOs such as ANE Logistics (1292621D CH), SF Intra-city’s disclosure particularly on unit cost economies is sorely lacking. On balance, we think that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring. Considering the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs, this IPO warrants a pass. 

SF Intra-City Industrial IPO Initiation: Missed Delivery

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ane-logistics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34119:1" rel="noopener">ANE Logistics (1292621D CH)</a> operates a leading express freight network in China’s less-than-truckload (LTL) market. ANE operated the largest express freight network in China as measured by annual total freight volume in each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, according to iResearch. ANE’s shareholders include Centurium, Carlyle, CDH, CPE, NWS, Ping An, Goldman Sachs and Yili.</p>
<p>At the proposed IPO price range of HK$13.88-16.88 per share, ANE will have a market cap of HK$16,137-19,625 million ($2.1-2.5 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds are HK$1,124.1 million ($144 million), materially below the rumoured target of $500 million.</p>
<p>A single cornerstone investor, Harvest Prosperity SP, will purchase $12.5 million worth of the offer shares (7.88% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price range). </p>
</div><div><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ane-logistics-ipo-initiation-home-delivery" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:57807" rel="noopener">ANE Logistics IPO Initiation: Home Delivery</a>, we stated that ANE is a play on China’s LTL market which offers substantial opportunities for market consolidation as the top 10 LTL operators in China had a market share of 5.7% by shipper spend in 2020, according to iResearch. As the largest (by freight volume), fastest-growing and most profitable player, ANE is well-positioned to be a market consolidator. We concluded that ANE’s fundamentals are solid. </p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ane-ipo-the-freight-debate" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:57957" rel="noopener">ANE IPO: The Freight Debate</a>, we stated that the PHIP continues to support our view that the ANE IPO is worth a look for investors willing to brave the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs. Our valuation analysis, suggests that the IPO price range is attractive particularly at the low-end.</p></div></div></div>


ANE Logistics (1292621D CH) operates a leading express freight network in China’s less-than-truckload (LTL) market. ANE operated the largest express freight network in China as measured by annual total freight volume in each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, according to iResearch. ANE’s shareholders include Centurium, Carlyle, CDH, CPE, NWS, Ping An, Goldman Sachs and Yili.
At the proposed IPO price range of HK$13.88-16.88 per share, ANE will have a market cap of HK$16,137-19,625 million ($2.1-2.5 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds are HK$1,124.1 million ($144 million), materially below the rumoured target of $500 million.
A single cornerstone investor, Harvest Prosperity SP, will purchase $12.5 million worth of the offer shares (7.88% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price range). 
In ANE Logistics IPO Initiation: Home Delivery, we stated that ANE is a play on China’s LTL market which offers substantial opportunities for market consolidation as the top 10 LTL operators in China had a market share of 5.7% by shipper spend in 2020, according to iResearch. As the largest (by freight volume), fastest-growing and most profitable player, ANE is well-positioned to be a market consolidator. We concluded that ANE’s fundamentals are solid. In ANE IPO: The Freight Debate, we stated that the PHIP continues to support our view that the ANE IPO is worth a look for investors willing to brave the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs. Our valuation analysis, suggests that the IPO price range is attractive particularly at the low-end.

China

Sinotrans is a leading Chinese integrated logistics services provider specializing in freight forwarding (sea, air, and rail), warehousing, transportation, and supply chain management. The company also offers e-commerce logistics solutions. It is headquartered in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and was incorporated in 2002.

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SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Valuation Insights

While the valuation is undemanding vs peers, we give the IPO a pass as SF Intra-city offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at the cost of...

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SF Intra-City Industrial IPO: Delivering Losses

SF Intra-city is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 m. The PHIP continues to show that it offers an unappetizing mix of high growth at...

Arun George

SF Intra-City Industrial IPO Initiation: Missed Delivery

SF Intra-city is seeking approval for an HKEx IPO to raise up to $500 m. We think that SF Intra-city’s fundamentals are less than inspiring and...

Arun George

ANE IPO: Valuation Insights

At the proposed IPO price range of HK$13.88-16.88 per share, the net proceeds are $144 m. Our valuation analysis, suggests that the IPO price range...

Arun George

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