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Equity Bottom-Up

Take Two Interactive Software, Inc / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Take-Two had a disappointing result and failed to meet the revenue expectations of Wall Street while delivering wider-than-expected losses.</li><li>The management claims that its post-launch content and new game releases have received significant critical acclaim and on the basis of units sold in the Americas, the company has the highest catalog sales.</li><li>Empires and Puzzles was the top performer and Rollic's Balls'n Ropes secured the top spot for U.S.'s most downloaded games.</li></ul>

Take-Two had a disappointing result and failed to meet the revenue expectations of Wall Street while delivering wider-than-expected losses.The management claims that its post-launch content and new game releases have received significant critical acclaim and on the basis of units sold in the Americas, the company has the highest catalog sales.Empires and Puzzles was the top performer and Rollic's Balls'n Ropes secured the top spot for U.S.'s most downloaded games.

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.: Major Drivers

Credit

Take Two Interactive Software, Inc / Credit

<ul><li>Take-Two Interactive Software is a renowned a well-known developer, publisher, and marketer of games and interactive entertainment for consumers across the globe.</li><li>The company has expanded its scale tremendously after the recent acquisition of Zynga.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

Take-Two Interactive Software is a renowned a well-known developer, publisher, and marketer of games and interactive entertainment for consumers across the globe.The company has expanded its scale tremendously after the recent acquisition of Zynga.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.: Detailed Credit Analysis & Financial Strength Evaluation Report

<ul><li>This is our first report on Take-Two Interactive Software, a well-known developer, publisher, and marketer of games and interactive entertainment for consumers across the globe.</li><li>The company delivered a disappointing result in the past quarter failing to meet Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.</li><li>We initiate coverage on the stock of Take-Two Interactive Software with a 'Buy' rating.</li></ul>

This is our first report on Take-Two Interactive Software, a well-known developer, publisher, and marketer of games and interactive entertainment for consumers across the globe.The company delivered a disappointing result in the past quarter failing to meet Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.We initiate coverage on the stock of Take-Two Interactive Software with a 'Buy' rating.

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.: Initiation of Coverage – Adapting To An Evolving Business Environment & Key Drivers

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

Lionheart Studio  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lionheart-studio-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36417:1" rel="noopener">Lionheart Studio (426630 KS)</a>, a game development studio based in South Korea,  aims to raise around US$420m via its South Korean IPO.</li>
<li>The company is majority owned by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-games-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26730:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Games Corp (293490 KS)</a>, which after having recently hiked its stake, owned 54.94% of the company prior to listing.  </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Lionheart Studio (426630 KS), a game development studio based in South Korea,  aims to raise around US$420m via its South Korean IPO.
The company is majority owned by Kakao Games Corp (293490 KS), which after having recently hiked its stake, owned 54.94% of the company prior to listing.  
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Lion Heart Studio Pre-IPO - The Positives - Got One Hit

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group has a grand ambition to invest in the global gaming industry. It recently announced that it will invest US$37.8 billion in the global gaming industry.</li>
<li>There has been a sharp appreciation of the USD and Riyal versus JPY which could help to accelerate more M&amp;As of Japanese game companies by SGG.</li>
<li>Saudi Arabia's aggressive push to expand into the global gaming industry could aid this sector in the coming months as it could result in further major M&amp;As in this sector.</li>
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Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group has a grand ambition to invest in the global gaming industry. It recently announced that it will invest US$37.8 billion in the global gaming industry.
There has been a sharp appreciation of the USD and Riyal versus JPY which could help to accelerate more M&amp;As of Japanese game companies by SGG.
Saudi Arabia's aggressive push to expand into the global gaming industry could aid this sector in the coming months as it could result in further major M&amp;As in this sector.


Saudi Arabia Gaming: Plans to Invest $38 Billion in Global Game Industry

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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. develops, markets, distributes, and publishes interactive entertainment software games and accessories.  The Company's products are for console systems, handheld gaming systems and personal computers (including smartphones and tablets) and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online and cloud streaming services.

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