Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

Equity Capital Markets

<p>San Francisco-based <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amplitude-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34148:1" rel="noopener">Amplitude (AMPL US)</a> , best-in-class product analytics and digital optimization technology unicorn, filed for a direct listing and expects their Class A common stock to begin trading on September 28, 2021. The company has registered up to ~35.4M shares to sell in the direct listing with the reference price to be announced. Amplitude plans to list their Class A shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AMPL”. Direct listing means that there will be no book building process and none of the existing shareholders will be subject to 180-day contractual lock-up agreement. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Baird, UBS and William Blair will serve as financial advisors.</p>

San Francisco-based Amplitude (AMPL US) , best-in-class product analytics and digital optimization technology unicorn, filed for a direct listing and expects their Class A common stock to begin trading on September 28, 2021. The company has registered up to ~35.4M shares to sell in the direct listing with the reference price to be announced. Amplitude plans to list their Class A shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AMPL”. Direct listing means that there will be no book building process and none of the existing shareholders will be subject to 180-day contractual lock-up agreement. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Baird, UBS and William Blair will serve as financial advisors.

Founder-Led Unicorn And Leader In Product Analytics

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>Apple's quasi loss in the Epic lawsuit regarding app store take rates makes us all the more bullish on one of our favorite longs...Match Group. And also more bullish on Roblox (another long recommendation) and ATVI (less a beneficiary, but still a good entry point. We think Spotify and Netflix's benefits are overstated. Spotify has run too much on the news, and we think its potentially another good short entry point.</p>

Apple's quasi loss in the Epic lawsuit regarding app store take rates makes us all the more bullish on one of our favorite longs...Match Group. And also more bullish on Roblox (another long recommendation) and ATVI (less a beneficiary, but still a good entry point. We think Spotify and Netflix's benefits are overstated. Spotify has run too much on the news, and we think its potentially another good short entry point.

Apple's App Store Price Cut Beneficiaries

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.

NetEase Cloud Music / Equity Capital Markets

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cloud-village-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33412:1" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (CLV HK)</a> is the second-largest online music platform after <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-music-entertainment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27255:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Music (TME US)</a> as measured by users and revenue in China. The cornerstone product is <em>NetEase Cloud Music</em> that delivers diverse music and music-inspired content and provides interactive community features. Cloud Village is braving the moribund Chinese IPO market by pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $1 billion, according to press reports. </p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-ipo-initiation-musical-shares" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52266" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO Initiation: Musical Shares</a>, we stated that at first sight, Cloud Village performance seems poor as its high growth has come at the cost of negative gross margin and cash burn. However, Cloud Village is on the cusp of turning around its performance due to a fundamental change in its cost structure. We concluded that Cloud Village has the potential to shed its underdog status vs the much larger Tencent Music.  </p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-ipo-play-list" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:55506" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Play List</a>, we examined the 1Q21 results and the recent developments disclosed in the PHIP. We noted that while Cloud Village expects to remain unprofitable over the next three years, the 1Q21 results and the recent SAMR ruling on Tencent Music support our view that Cloud Village is on track to combine its high growth with an improving cost structure. </p>
</div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Cloud Village's potential valuation range. </p></div></div></div>


Cloud Village (CLV HK) is the second-largest online music platform after Tencent Music (TME US) as measured by users and revenue in China. The cornerstone product is NetEase Cloud Music that delivers diverse music and music-inspired content and provides interactive community features. Cloud Village is braving the moribund Chinese IPO market by pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $1 billion, according to press reports. 
In Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO Initiation: Musical Shares, we stated that at first sight, Cloud Village performance seems poor as its high growth has come at the cost of negative gross margin and cash burn. However, Cloud Village is on the cusp of turning around its performance due to a fundamental change in its cost structure. We concluded that Cloud Village has the potential to shed its underdog status vs the much larger Tencent Music.  
In Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Play List, we examined the 1Q21 results and the recent developments disclosed in the PHIP. We noted that while Cloud Village expects to remain unprofitable over the next three years, the 1Q21 results and the recent SAMR ruling on Tencent Music support our view that Cloud Village is on track to combine its high growth with an improving cost structure. 
In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Cloud Village's potential valuation range. 

Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Valuation First-Look

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cloud-village-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33412:1" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (CLV HK)</a> is the second-largest online music platform after <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-music-entertainment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27255:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Music (TME US)</a> as measured by users and revenue in China. The cornerstone product is <em>NetEase Cloud Music</em> that delivers diverse music and music-inspired content and provides interactive community features. Founded by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/netease-inc-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17203:1" rel="noopener">NetEase Inc (NTES US)</a>, <em>NetEase Cloud Music</em>, has been operating as a stand-alone business since October 2016. Cloud Village is braving the moribund Chinese IPO market by pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $1 billion, according to press reports. </p><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-ipo-initiation-musical-shares" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52266" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO Initiation: Musical Shares</a>, we stated that at first sight, Cloud Village performance seems poor as its high growth has come at the cost of negative gross margin and cash burn. However, Cloud Village is on the cusp of turning around its performance due to a fundamental change in its cost structure. We concluded that Cloud Village has the potential to shed its underdog status vs the much larger Tencent Music.  </p><div class="content-highlight"><p>In this note, we examine the 1Q21 results and the recent developments disclosed in the PHIP. While Cloud Village expects to remain unprofitable over the next three years, the 1Q21 results and the recent SAMR ruling on Tencent Music support our view that Cloud Village is on track to combine its high growth with an improving cost structure. With investors understandably wary of Chinese IPOs due to China’s regulatory onslaught, Cloud Village has the potential to entice investors to give Chinese IPOs a renewed look.   </p></div>

Cloud Village (CLV HK) is the second-largest online music platform after Tencent Music (TME US) as measured by users and revenue in China. The cornerstone product is NetEase Cloud Music that delivers diverse music and music-inspired content and provides interactive community features. Founded by NetEase Inc (NTES US), NetEase Cloud Music, has been operating as a stand-alone business since October 2016. Cloud Village is braving the moribund Chinese IPO market by pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $1 billion, according to press reports. In Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO Initiation: Musical Shares, we stated that at first sight, Cloud Village performance seems poor as its high growth has come at the cost of negative gross margin and cash burn. However, Cloud Village is on the cusp of turning around its performance due to a fundamental change in its cost structure. We concluded that Cloud Village has the potential to shed its underdog status vs the much larger Tencent Music.  In this note, we examine the 1Q21 results and the recent developments disclosed in the PHIP. While Cloud Village expects to remain unprofitable over the next three years, the 1Q21 results and the recent SAMR ruling on Tencent Music support our view that Cloud Village is on track to combine its high growth with an improving cost structure. With investors understandably wary of Chinese IPOs due to China’s regulatory onslaught, Cloud Village has the potential to entice investors to give Chinese IPOs a renewed look.   

Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Play List

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.

<p>Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.</p><p>As of Mar 21, it had 183m online music MAUs, 24m online music services monthly paying users, 438,000 social entertainment services monthly paying users. It had over 60m music tracks, of which more than 1m were created by registered independent artists. Its daily active users on average spent 76mins daily listening to music. </p><p>CVI’s revenue has grown 4.3x over FY18-20, to RMB4.9bn. There have been no signs of slowdown as its revenue increased by 102% in FY19 and was up another 111% in FY20. Both online music services and social entertainment services revenue have shown strong growth. Online music services revenue grew by 73% in 2019 and another 47.6% in 2020. Social entertainment services revenue was the largest driver of growth, as it grew by 344% in 2019 and was up another 320% in 2020. However, it remains a distant second player in the market and has yet to make a profit.</p><p>We covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-pre-ipo-was-in-the-slow-stream-playing-catch-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Was in the slow stream, playing catch-up ,</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-pre-ipo-tencent-music-peer-comp-regulatory-impact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Tencent Music Peer Comp, Regulatory Impact </a>and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-pre-ipo-initial-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Initial Thoughts on Valuation</a>.</p><p>In this note, we will talk about the PHIP updates.</p>

Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.As of Mar 21, it had 183m online music MAUs, 24m online music services monthly paying users, 438,000 social entertainment services monthly paying users. It had over 60m music tracks, of which more than 1m were created by registered independent artists. Its daily active users on average spent 76mins daily listening to music. CVI’s revenue has grown 4.3x over FY18-20, to RMB4.9bn. There have been no signs of slowdown as its revenue increased by 102% in FY19 and was up another 111% in FY20. Both online music services and social entertainment services revenue have shown strong growth. Online music services revenue grew by 73% in 2019 and another 47.6% in 2020. Social entertainment services revenue was the largest driver of growth, as it grew by 344% in 2019 and was up another 320% in 2020. However, it remains a distant second player in the market and has yet to make a profit.We covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes, Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Was in the slow stream, playing catch-up , Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Tencent Music Peer Comp, Regulatory Impact and Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Initial Thoughts on Valuation.In this note, we will talk about the PHIP updates.

Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Mixed PHIP Update, Updated Thoughts on Valuation

Luxembourg

Spotify Technology S.A. provides music streaming services. The Company offers commercial free music and ad-supported services to subscribers. Spotify Technology serves clients worldwide.

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Spotify (SPOT US)

Founder-Led Unicorn And Leader In Product Analytics

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Andrei Zakharov

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Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Valuation First-Look

Cloud Village is braving the moribund Chinese IPO market by pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $1 bn. In this note, we present our forecasts...

Arun George

Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Play List

With investors understandably wary of Chinese IPOs due to China’s regulatory onslaught, Cloud Village has the potential to entice investors to give...

Arun George

Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Mixed PHIP Update, Updated Thoughts on Valuation

Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The company has also obtained investments...

Sumeet Singh

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