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.

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>Tianqi managed to pull off the largest HK IPO so far this year, a good listing could see a pickup in other large deals.</li>
<li>For placements, SK IE couldn't hold on to its deal price, while Ming Yang kicked off what might be a busy GDR season.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
Tianqi managed to pull off the largest HK IPO so far this year, a good listing could see a pickup in other large deals.
For placements, SK IE couldn't hold on to its deal price, while Ming Yang kicked off what might be a busy GDR season.


ECM Weekly (10th Jul 2022) -Tianqi, Thai Life, TPG, SK IE, Weilong, Emperador, Soosan, SoCar, Deewin

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Our base case valuation of WCP is EV of 2.4 trillion won, implied market cap of 3.0 trillion won and target price of 87,805 won per share. </li>
<li>Given the lack of upside relative to the IPO price range (80,000 won to 100,000 won), we would PASS on this IPO deal.</li>
<li>We forecast the company to generate revenue of 229.1 billion won (up 23.5% YoY) in 2022. We estimate operating margin of 14.8% in 2022, lower than 21.8% in 2021.</li>
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Our base case valuation of WCP is EV of 2.4 trillion won, implied market cap of 3.0 trillion won and target price of 87,805 won per share. 
Given the lack of upside relative to the IPO price range (80,000 won to 100,000 won), we would PASS on this IPO deal.
We forecast the company to generate revenue of 229.1 billion won (up 23.5% YoY) in 2022. We estimate operating margin of 14.8% in 2022, lower than 21.8% in 2021.


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<li>WCP is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in August. This is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in Korea post LG Energy Solution (373220 KS).</li>
<li>The IPO price range is from 80,000 won to 100,000 won. The IPO base deal size is from $560 million to $700 million.</li>
<li>WCP is a leading maker of separators which are key materials used in EV batteries.</li>
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WCP is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in August. This is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in Korea post LG Energy Solution (373220 KS).
The IPO price range is from 80,000 won to 100,000 won. The IPO base deal size is from $560 million to $700 million.
WCP is a leading maker of separators which are key materials used in EV batteries.


Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>This block deal won't lead to a float increase event. Nevertheless, it will substantially impact the rebalancing of the TIGER (WISE) Secondary Cell ETF next week.</li>
<li>A passive net inflow of up to ₩10B occurs, equivalent to 0.5x ADTV. Indeed, this level provides a significant day trade setup.</li>
<li>With today's price correction, SKIET's index weight will drop to the high 4% range. Applying the 36% float to today's price will increase the weight to 5.5% at the rebalancing. </li>
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This block deal won't lead to a float increase event. Nevertheless, it will substantially impact the rebalancing of the TIGER (WISE) Secondary Cell ETF next week.
A passive net inflow of up to ₩10B occurs, equivalent to 0.5x ADTV. Indeed, this level provides a significant day trade setup.
With today's price correction, SKIET's index weight will drop to the high 4% range. Applying the 36% float to today's price will increase the weight to 5.5% at the rebalancing. 


SKIET Block Deal: Passive Impact on TIGER (WISE) Secondary Cell ETF Rebalancing

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<li>Premier Partners private equity firm plans to sell a total of 3.46 million shares (4.84% stake) of SK IE Technology (361610 KS) in a block deal sale.</li>
<li>Premier Partners is trying to dump its shares right after a dead cat bounce in SK IET's share price rise on 5 July.  </li>
<li>Despite the large block deal discount range, we remain negative on the SK IE Technology shares and we would avoid this block deal. Valuations remain expensive.</li>
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Premier Partners private equity firm plans to sell a total of 3.46 million shares (4.84% stake) of SK IE Technology (361610 KS) in a block deal sale.
Premier Partners is trying to dump its shares right after a dead cat bounce in SK IET's share price rise on 5 July.  
Despite the large block deal discount range, we remain negative on the SK IE Technology shares and we would avoid this block deal. Valuations remain expensive.


Block Deal Sale of SK IE Technology by Premier Partners: Trying to Dump Shares on a Dead Cat Bounce

South Korea

SK IE Technology Co., Ltd operates as a material solution provider. The Company provides information material solutions, electronic materials solutions, and other products. SK IE Technology conducts businesses across worldwide.

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ECM Weekly (10th Jul 2022) -Tianqi, Thai Life, TPG, SK IE, Weilong, Emperador, Soosan, SoCar, Deewin

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

WCP IPO Valuation Analysis

Our base case valuation of WCP is target price of 87,805 won per share. Given the lack of upside relative to the IPO price range (80,000 won to...

Douglas Kim

WCP IPO Preview

WCP is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in August. This is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in Korea in 2022. WCP is a leading maker of...

Douglas Kim

SKIET Block Deal: Passive Impact on TIGER (WISE) Secondary Cell ETF Rebalancing

This post investigates the passive impact of SKIET's block deal yesterday on the rebalancing of the TIGER (WISE) Secondary Cell ETF next week.

Sanghyun Park

Block Deal Sale of SK IE Technology by Premier Partners: Trying to Dump Shares on a Dead Cat Bounce

Premier Partners private equity firm plans to sell a total of 3.46 million shares (4.84% stake) of SK IET in a block deal sale. We remain negative...

Douglas Kim

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