APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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

Indegene Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indegene-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36629:1" rel="noopener">Indegene Limited (1864095D IN)</a> is looking to raise US$220m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>Indegene is a “digital-first” commercialisation firm with an exclusive focus on the global life sciences industry.</li>
<li>In this note, we will look at peers and discuss our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Indegene Limited (1864095D IN) is looking to raise US$220m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.
Indegene is a “digital-first” commercialisation firm with an exclusive focus on the global life sciences industry.
In this note, we will look at peers and discuss our thoughts on valuation.


Indegene IPO - Marquee Clients, Strong Track Record, Decent Valuation

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Bottom-Up

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sun-pharmaceutical-industries-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:98:1" rel="noopener">Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN)</a> reported 11% YoY revenue growth to INR118B in Q1FY24, mainly driven by the U.S. business. EBITDA margin expanded 109bps to 27.9%.</li>
<li>Net profit declined 2% YoY to INR20B due to certain one-off charges amounting to INR3B. Excluding the exceptional items, adjusted net profit grew 14% YoY to INR23B.</li>
<li>With 26 marketed products globally, Sun Pharma is betting big on specialty products. Specialty pipeline includes 5 molecules undergoing clinical trials. Specialty R&amp;D accounts for 35% of total R&amp;D spends.</li>
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN) reported 11% YoY revenue growth to INR118B in Q1FY24, mainly driven by the U.S. business. EBITDA margin expanded 109bps to 27.9%.
Net profit declined 2% YoY to INR20B due to certain one-off charges amounting to INR3B. Excluding the exceptional items, adjusted net profit grew 14% YoY to INR23B.
With 26 marketed products globally, Sun Pharma is betting big on specialty products. Specialty pipeline includes 5 molecules undergoing clinical trials. Specialty R&amp;D accounts for 35% of total R&amp;D spends.


Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Q1 Profit Falls Due to One-Off Expenses; Double-Digit Revenue Growth

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indegene-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36629:1" rel="noopener">Indegene Limited (1864095D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$220m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Indegene is a “digital-first” commercialisation firm with an exclusive focus on the global life sciences industry.</li>
<li>We looked at the firm’s past performance in an earlier note. In this note, we look at the RHP updates.</li>
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Indegene Limited (1864095D IN) is looking to raise about US$220m in its upcoming India IPO.
Indegene is a “digital-first” commercialisation firm with an exclusive focus on the global life sciences industry.
We looked at the firm’s past performance in an earlier note. In this note, we look at the RHP updates.


Indegene Pre-IPO - RHP Updates - Client Base Continued to Grow, and Margins Have Begun Stabilizing

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sun-pharmaceutical-industries-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:98:1" rel="noopener">Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN)</a> recorded 14% YoY revenue growth in Q4FY23, driven by 21% growth in U.S. formulation business. Adjusted net profit for Q4FY23 was INR21.6B, up 36% YoY.</li>
<li>Global specialty business continues to maintain strong momentum. Adjusted for milestone received, global specialty contributed 18% of Q4FY23 overall sales and grew 28% YoY to $244M.</li>
<li>Sun Pharma has proposed to acquire the remaining stake in Taro Pharmaceutical for a purchase price of $38 per share in cash. Management expects high single-digit revenue growth in FY24.</li>
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN) recorded 14% YoY revenue growth in Q4FY23, driven by 21% growth in U.S. formulation business. Adjusted net profit for Q4FY23 was INR21.6B, up 36% YoY.
Global specialty business continues to maintain strong momentum. Adjusted for milestone received, global specialty contributed 18% of Q4FY23 overall sales and grew 28% YoY to $244M.
Sun Pharma has proposed to acquire the remaining stake in Taro Pharmaceutical for a purchase price of $38 per share in cash. Management expects high single-digit revenue growth in FY24.


Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Specialty Business Drove Q4 Revenue; Propose to Acquire 100% of Taro

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.</li>
<li>Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  </li>
<li>Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.</li>
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We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.
Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  
Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.


Top APAC (Ex-China) Investment Worthy Healthcare Companies Using Smartkarma’s Smart Score Screener

India

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals for domestic and international distribution. The Company's pharmaceutical portfolio includes drugs in the areas of diabetes, cardiology, neurology, psychiatry and  gastroenterology.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN)

Indegene IPO - Marquee Clients, Strong Track Record, Decent Valuation

Indegene Limited (1864095D IN) is looking to raise US$220m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.

Clarence Chu

Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Q1 Profit Falls Due to One-Off Expenses; Double-Digit Revenue Growth

Sun Pharma reported 11% sales growth to INR118B in Q1, driven by the US business. Net profit declined 2% to INR20B due to one-off charges....

Tina Banerjee

Indegene Pre-IPO - RHP Updates - Client Base Continued to Grow, and Margins Have Begun Stabilizing

Indegene Limited (1864095D IN) is looking to raise about US$220m in its upcoming India IPO. We looked at the firm’s past performance in an earlier...

Clarence Chu

Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Specialty Business Drove Q4 Revenue; Propose to Acquire 100% of Taro

Best-positioned among the Indian generic pharmaceutical companies to reap the benefit from a robust specialty portfolio in the U.S. Less severe...

Tina Banerjee

Top APAC (Ex-China) Investment Worthy Healthcare Companies Using Smartkarma’s Smart Score Screener

We have screened APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies with market cap≥$800M using Smartkarma’s Smart Score and picked up 2 investable ideas by...

Tina Banerjee