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Equity Bottom-Up

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 <li>Tosoh is a major Japanese chemical manufacturer with a balanced business portfolio, strategically blending commodity chemicals (Chlor-alkali, Petrochemicals) with high-margin specialty products (Advanced Materials, Bioscience).</li>
 <li>The company's vertically integrated 'Vinyl Isocyanate Chain' provides a significant competitive advantage in the Asian Chlor-alkali market, ensuring cost efficiencies and a stable supply of raw materials.</li>
 <li>Future growth is contingent on the successful expansion of its specialty products segment and navigating the cyclicality of commodity markets, alongside a strategic focus on decarbonization and growth in high-value-added products.</li>
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  Tosoh is a major Japanese chemical manufacturer with a balanced business portfolio, strategically blending commodity chemicals (Chlor-alkali, Petrochemicals) with high-margin specialty products (Advanced Materials, Bioscience).
  The company's vertically integrated 'Vinyl Isocyanate Chain' provides a significant competitive advantage in the Asian Chlor-alkali market, ensuring cost efficiencies and a stable supply of raw materials.
  Future growth is contingent on the successful expansion of its specialty products segment and navigating the cyclicality of commodity markets, alongside a strategic focus on decarbonization and growth in high-value-added products.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>A few years ago, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/resonac-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1496:1" rel="noopener">Resonac Holdings (4004 JP)</a> announced it would consider spinning off its petrochemicals business.</li>
<li>This summer it announced it would happen, and on 7 September it got TSE approval for a spinoff 1 October 2026. Shares start trading on 29 September. </li>
<li>On Friday, the reference price for listing was announced at ¥200/share. Day 1 will mean significant index flows, and thoughts of what is to come.</li>
</ul>


A few years ago, Resonac Holdings (4004 JP) announced it would consider spinning off its petrochemicals business.
This summer it announced it would happen, and on 7 September it got TSE approval for a spinoff 1 October 2026. Shares start trading on 29 September. 
On Friday, the reference price for listing was announced at ¥200/share. Day 1 will mean significant index flows, and thoughts of what is to come.


[Japan Event] The Crasus Chemical (646A) Spinoff - Details, Valuation, Flows

Chart based progressive global trading strategies, Chart Partners

Thomas Schroeder

Chart based progressive global trading strategies

Chart Partners

Chart Partners objective is to discover medium-term cycle turns and profit opportunities before they unfold, within structural trends while preserving capital with clear degrees of risk. We have real return ideas. 

Markets are dynamic and trading systems must reflect this. It is crucial to determine underlying correlations and lead-lag relationships within global markets and the impact on linked instruments. Our weekly Chartonics product gives you short-term trading strategies that can be applied within the medium and longer term macro trends that are mapped out in our strategy updates. 

Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

Technical Analysis

Chartonics flash Tuesday 30 August 2016USD/JPY macro low and position update webcast<div>We have made a USD bull case from JPY 100 or 95 if we broke below 100 with a bull pivot above USD/JPY 101 which was triggered Friday. The bigger test revolves around USD sustainability above 101 and a successful test on the lower 101 pullback zone followed by a move through the second hurdle at 102.70. MT pivot resistance lies at 104 (macro bull targets come in at 110 and 114 with ideal objective at 114/117 in…</div>

Chartonics flash Tuesday 30 August 2016USD/JPY macro low and position update webcastWe have made a USD bull case from JPY 100 or 95 if we broke below 100 with a bull pivot above USD/JPY 101 which was triggered Friday. The bigger test revolves around USD sustainability above 101 and a successful test on the lower 101 pullback zone followed by a move through the second hurdle at 102.70. MT pivot resistance lies at 104 (macro bull targets come in at 110 and 114 with ideal objective at 114/117 in…

USD/JPY Macro Low and Fresh Position Webcast

Japanese Turnaround Situations, Short-Ideas, Azabu Research

Michael Allen

Japanese Turnaround Situations, Short-Ideas

Azabu Research

Azabu Research is a publishing and consulting firm focused on distressed equities in the Japanese market. We specialize in turnaround strategies, corporate combinations, divestitures, and restructuring.

Publisher of the Tokyo Turnaround Letter, which conducts the most thorough research possible of publicly available information, including forensic tests for fraudulent overstatement of assets and understatement of liabilities, as well as rigorous market and industry analysis to assess the underlying strengths of the company’s products or services, the appropriateness of the company’s turnaround strategy, and the skill of its current management team. The average length of a report exceeds 25 pages of text and tables, excluding any disclosures or executive summaries.

We have more than 30 years of experience in applying this process to distressed equities in Japan. Additionally, subscribers have free access to detailed, yet easily navigated earnings models for the target company as well as the top five comparable companies, and unlimited access to the analyst for follow-up questions.

Azabu Research also conducts be-spoke research on a project basis, and provides consulting services to companies looking to restructure, divest, make acquisitions, go public, or improve investor sentiment toward their stock.

Independent Research and Consulting Firm

<ul>
<li>Japan’s chemicals industry is finally undergoing a long-overdue consolidation that should lead to fewer companies, higher profitability, and less volatility.</li>
<li>These changes may be driving significant mispricing. Like most segments, RoE drives most of the variance in PBR, but with more frequent and far larger outliers.</li>
<li>KH Neochem, Daicel, and Mitsui Chemicals are the undervalued outliers, and all three are positioned for rapid growth in our view.</li>
</ul>


Japan’s chemicals industry is finally undergoing a long-overdue consolidation that should lead to fewer companies, higher profitability, and less volatility.
These changes may be driving significant mispricing. Like most segments, RoE drives most of the variance in PBR, but with more frequent and far larger outliers.
KH Neochem, Daicel, and Mitsui Chemicals are the undervalued outliers, and all three are positioned for rapid growth in our view.


Long-Overdue Consolidation in Japanese Chemicals Drives Growth & Mispricing

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Capital Markets

JX Advanced Metals / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>JX Advanced Metals raised 438.6 billion yen (US$3 billion) on its IPO offering after pricing the IPO at 820 yen per share, valuing the company at 761.3 billion yen. </li>
<li>Our base case valuation of JX Advanced Metals is price per share of 863 yen, based on P/E of 9.9x using our estimated net profit of 81 billion yen (2026E).</li>
<li>Therefore, we would sell into strength if the share price of JX Advanced Metals rises to the 863 yen to 1,044 yen per share.</li>
</ul>


JX Advanced Metals raised 438.6 billion yen (US$3 billion) on its IPO offering after pricing the IPO at 820 yen per share, valuing the company at 761.3 billion yen. 
Our base case valuation of JX Advanced Metals is price per share of 863 yen, based on P/E of 9.9x using our estimated net profit of 81 billion yen (2026E).
Therefore, we would sell into strength if the share price of JX Advanced Metals rises to the 863 yen to 1,044 yen per share.


Japan

TOSOH CORPORATION produces petrochemical and other chemical products.  The Company's primary products include ethylene, polyethylene, caustic soda, vinyl chloride, fine chemicals, and fertilizers.

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Tosoh Corp (4042 JP)

Primer: Tosoh Corp (4042 JP) - May 2026

Tosoh is a major Japanese chemical manufacturer with a balanced business portfolio, strategically blending commodity chemicals (Chlor-alkali,...

αSK Primers

[Japan Event] The Crasus Chemical (646A) Spinoff - Details, Valuation, Flows

The Crasus Chemical spin off arrives in 8 days. The stock lists on 29 September. The reference price comes out at what appears to be <0.7x book and...

Travis Lundy

USD/JPY Macro Low and Fresh Position Webcast

Chartonics flash Tuesday 30 August 2016USD/JPY macro low and position update webcastWe have made a USD bull case from JPY 100 or 95 if we broke...

Thomas Schroeder

Long-Overdue Consolidation in Japanese Chemicals Drives Growth & Mispricing

Consolidation in Japan's chemicals industry leading to fewer companies, higher profitability, and potential for growth in undervalued outliers...

Michael Allen

JX Advanced Metals IPO Trading

JX Advanced Metals priced the IPO at 820 yen per share. We would sell into strength if the share price of JX Advanced Metals rises to the 863 yen...

Douglas Kim

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Primer: Tosoh Corp (4042 JP) - May 2026

Tosoh is a major Japanese chemical manufacturer with a balanced business portfolio, strategically blending commodity chemicals (Chlor-alkali,...

αSK Primers

[Japan Event] The Crasus Chemical (646A) Spinoff - Details, Valuation, Flows

The Crasus Chemical spin off arrives in 8 days. The stock lists on 29 September. The reference price comes out at what appears to be <0.7x book and...

Travis Lundy

USD/JPY Macro Low and Fresh Position Webcast

Chartonics flash Tuesday 30 August 2016USD/JPY macro low and position update webcastWe have made a USD bull case from JPY 100 or 95 if we broke...

Thomas Schroeder

Long-Overdue Consolidation in Japanese Chemicals Drives Growth & Mispricing

​Consolidation in Japan's chemicals industry leading to fewer companies, higher profitability, and potential for growth in undervalued outliers...

Michael Allen

JX Advanced Metals IPO Trading

JX Advanced Metals priced the IPO at 820 yen per share. We would sell into strength if the share price of JX Advanced Metals rises to the 863 yen...

Douglas Kim

Consolidation in Japan's chemicals industry leading to fewer companies, higher profitability, and potential for growth in undervalued outliers...