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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ganfeng-lithium-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26795:1" rel="noopener">Ganfeng Lithium (1772 HK)</a> aims to raise around US$628m to fund its capacity expansion plans and for potential investment. 
We have covered the H-shares listing in 2018, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ganfeng-lithium-ipo-falling-lithium-prices-weigh-on-the-leading-producer" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:24529" rel="noopener">Ganfeng Lithium IPO (赣锋锂业): Falling Lithium Prices Weigh on the Leading Producer</a> and the Sep 2020 placement in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/ganfeng-lithium-placement-momentum-play" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ganfeng Lithium Placement - Momentum Play.</a>
</div><div>In this note, we talk about the updates since then and run the deal through our ECM Framework.</div>


Ganfeng Lithium (1772 HK) aims to raise around US$628m to fund its capacity expansion plans and for potential investment. 
We have covered the H-shares listing in 2018, Ganfeng Lithium IPO (赣锋锂业): Falling Lithium Prices Weigh on the Leading Producer and the Sep 2020 placement in Ganfeng Lithium Placement - Momentum Play.
In this note, we talk about the updates since then and run the deal through our ECM Framework.

Ganfeng Lithium Placement - Recent Momentum Has Been Weakening, Last Deal Did Exceptionally Well

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Sona Comstar (Sona) aims to raise around US$761m in its Indian IPO. The company is backed by Blackstone, which held a 66.2% stake prior to listing.Sona is an automotive technology company, designing, manufacturing and supplying highly engineered, mission critical automotive systems and components to automotive OEMs across US, Europe, India and China, for both electrified and non-electrified powertrain segments.Sona delivered a steady performance in 2019 with revenue up 16.6% and PAT up 24.1%. However, its revenue fell by 14.5% in FY20, although it still managed to grow its PAT by 4%. It registered a strong bounce bank in FY21 with 28.4% revenue growth but PAT was flat.While the company enjoys a long customer relationship, its largest customers haven’t consistently grown their contribution to revenue over the past few years.We have covered the deal background in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sona-comstar-pre-ipo-inconsistent-growth-patchy-disclosures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sona Comstar Pre-IPO - Inconsistent growth, patchy disclosures. </a>In this note, we will talk about the recent updates and run the deal through our ECM framework.

Sona Comstar (Sona) aims to raise around US$761m in its Indian IPO. The company is backed by Blackstone, which held a 66.2% stake prior to listing.Sona is an automotive technology company, designing, manufacturing and supplying highly engineered, mission critical automotive systems and components to automotive OEMs across US, Europe, India and China, for both electrified and non-electrified powertrain segments.Sona delivered a steady performance in 2019 with revenue up 16.6% and PAT up 24.1%. However, its revenue fell by 14.5% in FY20, although it still managed to grow its PAT by 4%. It registered a strong bounce bank in FY21 with 28.4% revenue growth but PAT was flat.While the company enjoys a long customer relationship, its largest customers haven’t consistently grown their contribution to revenue over the past few years.We have covered the deal background in our earlier note, Sona Comstar Pre-IPO - Inconsistent growth, patchy disclosures. In this note, we will talk about the recent updates and run the deal through our ECM framework.

Sona Comstar - Has Its Positives, but We Remain Unconvinced

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Headline developments are all up in the air this week, starting with United Airlines (UAL) who have signed an agreement with Boom Supersonic (private) to add 15 of their $200m jets to the fleet, with the option of adding an additional 35, after certain safety, sustainability and operating metrics are met.

Headline developments are all up in the air this week, starting with United Airlines (UAL) who have signed an agreement with Boom Supersonic (private) to add 15 of their $200m jets to the fleet, with the option of adding an additional 35, after certain safety, sustainability and operating metrics are met.

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Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

<div class="content-highlight"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/lg-energy-solution-ipo/update-3-lg-energy-moves-ahead-on-skorea-ipo-that-ifr-says-may-raise-10-12-bln-idUSL2N2NQ0HI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution</a> is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in 2H 2021. LG Energy Solution is expected to be the largest IPO in Korea this year. It is expected that LG Energy Solution (LGES) could raise $10 billion to $12 billion, which would be the biggest ever IPO offering in Korea. The biggest ever IPO (in terms of amount raised) in Korea was Samsung Life IPO when it raised $4.4 billion in 2010. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coupang" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28425:1" rel="noopener">Coupang (CPNG US)</a> recently raised $4.6 billion in the United States this year. </div>

LG Energy Solution is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in 2H 2021. LG Energy Solution is expected to be the largest IPO in Korea this year. It is expected that LG Energy Solution (LGES) could raise $10 billion to $12 billion, which would be the biggest ever IPO offering in Korea. The biggest ever IPO (in terms of amount raised) in Korea was Samsung Life IPO when it raised $4.4 billion in 2010. Coupang (CPNG US) recently raised $4.6 billion in the United States this year. 

Initial Thoughts on the LG Energy Solution IPO

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The first “refreshed”<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tesla-motors-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20279:1" rel="noopener">Tesla Motors (TSLA US)</a> Model S will roll out in a “delivery event” on <a href="https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1401992031073886212" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thursday</a>, unless it gets <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1395286896842985479" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delayed </a>again.Either way, it’s not likely to move the needle much on second quarter deliveries.For that we look to China, arguably Tesla’s most important market. This week we find out how well Tesla's monthly deliveries recovered in May versus dismal April results (see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tesla-s-troubles-in-china-are-heating-up" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:51400" rel="noopener">Tesla's Troubles in China Are Heating Up</a> on 5/12/21).

The first “refreshed”Tesla Motors (TSLA US) Model S will roll out in a “delivery event” on Thursday, unless it gets delayed again.Either way, it’s not likely to move the needle much on second quarter deliveries.For that we look to China, arguably Tesla’s most important market. This week we find out how well Tesla's monthly deliveries recovered in May versus dismal April results (see Tesla's Troubles in China Are Heating Up on 5/12/21).

Tesla's Pending China Sales and Model S Plaid—with an Asterisk

Ganfeng Lithium Placement - Recent Momentum Has Been Weakening, Last Deal Did Exceptionally Well

Ganfeng Lithium (1772 HK) aims to raise around US$628m to fund its capacity expansion plans and for potential investment.

Sumeet Singh

Sona Comstar - Has Its Positives, but We Remain Unconvinced

Sona Comstar aims to raise around US$761m in its Indian IPO. The company is backed by Blackstone, which held a 66.2% stake prior to listing.

Sumeet Singh

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Headline developments are all up in the air this week, starting with United Airlines (UAL) who have signed an agreement with Boom Supersonic

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Initial Thoughts on the LG Energy Solution IPO

LG Energy Solution is getting ready for an IPO in Korea in 2H 2021. LG Energy Solution is expected to be the largest IPO in Korea this year.

Douglas Kim

Tesla's Pending China Sales and Model S Plaid—with an Asterisk

Tesla wants you to see Plaid, not The Asterisk. Not that it matter much in sales. May monthly deliveries in China are far more important—and...

Vicki Bryan