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>SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via a mix of issuing primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.</li>
<li>SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the postive aspects of the deal.</li>
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SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via a mix of issuing primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.
SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.
In this note, we will talk about the postive aspects of the deal.


SK Shieldus IPO - The Positives - Decent Growth, Diversifying Its Revenue Base

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>Our updated NAV valuation of SK Square suggests an implied price of 82,167 won per share, which represents a 46% upside from current levels.</li>
<li>For SK Shieldus and OneStore, we took the mid-points of the IPO price ranges and applied SK Square's post IPO ownership stakes, respectively. </li>
<li>SK Square's CEO Park Jung-Ho announced that the SK Group is interested in investing in Arm Holdings. SK Group is well positioned to participate in the investment of ARM Holdings. </li>
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Our updated NAV valuation of SK Square suggests an implied price of 82,167 won per share, which represents a 46% upside from current levels.
For SK Shieldus and OneStore, we took the mid-points of the IPO price ranges and applied SK Square's post IPO ownership stakes, respectively. 
SK Square's CEO Park Jung-Ho announced that the SK Group is interested in investing in Arm Holdings. SK Group is well positioned to participate in the investment of ARM Holdings. 


SK Square: NAV Post IPOs of SK Shieldus/OneStore and a Major Investment in ARM Holdings?

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-shieldus-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35799:1" rel="noopener">SK Shieldus (ABFHIZ KS)</a> is a leading South Korean security provider. It is pre-marketing a KRX IPO to raise up to US$0.9 billion.  </li>
<li>SK shieldus is offering 27.1 million shares with a primary/secondary split of 53/47 at an indicative price range of KRW31,000- 38,800 per share.</li>
<li>SK shieldus has attractive fundamentals with healthy growth and margins. The leverage is manageable due to good cash generation.</li>
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SK Shieldus (ABFHIZ KS) is a leading South Korean security provider. It is pre-marketing a KRX IPO to raise up to US$0.9 billion.  
SK shieldus is offering 27.1 million shares with a primary/secondary split of 53/47 at an indicative price range of KRW31,000- 38,800 per share.
SK shieldus has attractive fundamentals with healthy growth and margins. The leverage is manageable due to good cash generation.


SK Shieldus IPO Initiation: Track and Shield

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<li>OneStore is getting ready to complete its IPO in May with IPO price range of 34,300 won to 41,700 won. It is one of the largest app operators in Korea.</li>
<li>The IPO base deal size is from $187 million to $227 million. The expected market cap after the IPO is from 0.9 trillion won to 1.1 trillion won. </li>
<li>OneStore generated sales of 214.2 billion won (up 38% YoY), operating loss of 5.8 billion won, and EBITDA of 8 billion won in 2021. </li>
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OneStore is getting ready to complete its IPO in May with IPO price range of 34,300 won to 41,700 won. It is one of the largest app operators in Korea.
The IPO base deal size is from $187 million to $227 million. The expected market cap after the IPO is from 0.9 trillion won to 1.1 trillion won. 
OneStore generated sales of 214.2 billion won (up 38% YoY), operating loss of 5.8 billion won, and EBITDA of 8 billion won in 2021. 


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.

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<li>Korea has a total of 68 holding companies listed on KOSPI and KOSDAQ. We then have 14 holdcos with a high level of price cointegration with their respective listed subsidiaries.</li>
<li>Three holding companies have sigma below zero on a 20D MA. Hanwha Corp is considered stub tradable as its share price relative to its subsidiaries was relatively flat.</li>
<li>Four holdcos, including SK Square are over 70% NAV discount. Among them, SK Square is of the most interest as the price correlation with SK Hynix has been improving lately.</li>
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Korea has a total of 68 holding companies listed on KOSPI and KOSDAQ. We then have 14 holdcos with a high level of price cointegration with their respective listed subsidiaries.
Three holding companies have sigma below zero on a 20D MA. Hanwha Corp is considered stub tradable as its share price relative to its subsidiaries was relatively flat.
Four holdcos, including SK Square are over 70% NAV discount. Among them, SK Square is of the most interest as the price correlation with SK Hynix has been improving lately.


Korea Holding Companies: Stub Tradable Names

South Korea

SK Square Co., Ltd. operates as an investment company. The Company invests in semiconductors, information and communications technologies, and other industries. SK Square conducts businesses in South Korea.

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SK Square (402340 KS)

SK Shieldus IPO - The Positives - Decent Growth, Diversifying Its Revenue Base

SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via a mix of issuing primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

SK Square: NAV Post IPOs of SK Shieldus/OneStore and a Major Investment in ARM Holdings?

Our updated NAV valuation of SK Square suggests an implied price of 82,167 won per share, which represents a 46% upside from current levels.

Douglas Kim

SK Shieldus IPO Initiation: Track and Shield

SK shieldus is pre-marketing a KRX IPO to raise up to US$0.9 billion. SK shieldus has attractive fundamentals with healthy growth and margins.

Arun George

OneStore IPO Preview

OneStore is getting ready to complete its IPO in May with IPO price range of 34,300 won to 41,700 won. It is one of the largest app operators in...

Douglas Kim

Korea Holding Companies: Stub Tradable Names

Korea has a total of 68 holding companies listed on KOSPI and KOSDAQ. Then, there are 14 stub tradable names as they have a high level of price...

Sanghyun Park

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