Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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Doosan Robotics  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Doosan Robotics (454910 KS) reported excellent IPO book building results. The IPO price has been finalized at 26,000 won (upper end of the IPO price range). </li>
<li>A total of 1,920 institutional investors participated in the IPO demand forecast survey and the demand ratio was 272 to 1. </li>
<li>The trading strategy on the first day of IPO is to take some profits (25%-50% of total) if the share price shoots much higher than the IPO price by 70-100%+.</li>
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Doosan Robotics (454910 KS) reported excellent IPO book building results. The IPO price has been finalized at 26,000 won (upper end of the IPO price range). 
A total of 1,920 institutional investors participated in the IPO demand forecast survey and the demand ratio was 272 to 1. 
The trading strategy on the first day of IPO is to take some profits (25%-50% of total) if the share price shoots much higher than the IPO price by 70-100%+.


Trading Strategy of Doosan Robotics in the First Day of Trading Post Book Building Results

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/doosan-robotics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36816:1" rel="noopener">Doosan Robotics (454910 KS)</a> IPO has coincided with a fortuitous rerating of peers as robotics has recently emerged as a dominant theme in the Korean stock market. </li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/doosan-robotics-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111689" rel="noopener">Doosan Robotics IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/doosan-robotics-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111820" rel="noopener">Doosan Robotics IPO: The Bear Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/doosan-robotics-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111919" rel="noopener">Doosan Robotics IPO: Valuation Insights</a>.</li>
<li>The risk is that sentiment can quickly shift the other way before the listing. Our bull-case DCF suggests that the IPO price range is, at best, fully priced. </li>
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Doosan Robotics (454910 KS) IPO has coincided with a fortuitous rerating of peers as robotics has recently emerged as a dominant theme in the Korean stock market. 
We previously discussed the IPO in Doosan Robotics IPO: The Bull Case, Doosan Robotics IPO: The Bear Case and Doosan Robotics IPO: Valuation Insights.
The risk is that sentiment can quickly shift the other way before the listing. Our bull-case DCF suggests that the IPO price range is, at best, fully priced. 


Doosan Robotics IPO: Exuberance Results in Valuation Disconnect

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

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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/doosan-robotics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36816:1" rel="noopener">Doosan Robotics (454910 KS)</a> is looking to raise up to US$318m in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>Doosan Robotics (DR) manufactures and sells collaborative robots (Cobots). The firm’s product portfolio primarily includes different series of robot arms as well as its coffee module.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we assessed the company’s past performance, undertook a peer comparison and shared our thoughts on valuation. In this note, we share our updated thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Doosan Robotics (454910 KS) is looking to raise up to US$318m in its Korean IPO.
Doosan Robotics (DR) manufactures and sells collaborative robots (Cobots). The firm’s product portfolio primarily includes different series of robot arms as well as its coffee module.
In our previous notes, we assessed the company’s past performance, undertook a peer comparison and shared our thoughts on valuation. In this note, we share our updated thoughts on valuation.


Doosan Robotics IPO - Updated Thoughts on Valuation - Sentiments Going Out of Control

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<li>Chosun Business Daily mentioned today that initial results of Doosan Robotics book building have been very strong. The current IPO price range is from 21,000 won to 26,000 won.</li>
<li>There is a high probability that the IPO price will be set at 26,000 won or more and close to 30,000 won.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation per share of Doosan Robotics is 42,826 won, which is 65% higher than the high end of the IPO valuation range.</li>
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Chosun Business Daily mentioned today that initial results of Doosan Robotics book building have been very strong. The current IPO price range is from 21,000 won to 26,000 won.
There is a high probability that the IPO price will be set at 26,000 won or more and close to 30,000 won.
Our base case valuation per share of Doosan Robotics is 42,826 won, which is 65% higher than the high end of the IPO valuation range.


Doosan Robotics: Strong Initial Book Building Results

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Our updated NAV analysis of Doosan Corp (000150 KS) suggests implied market cap of 3.6 trillion won or target price of 217,392 won which is 47% higher than current price. </li>
<li>To value Doosan Corp, we have assumed a market value of 2.8 trillion won for Doosan Robotics (454910 KS).</li>
<li>The sharp increase in share price of Doosan Corp today (up 28%) is likely to have been a reflection of the initial strong demand for Doosan Robotics IPO.  </li>
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Our updated NAV analysis of Doosan Corp (000150 KS) suggests implied market cap of 3.6 trillion won or target price of 217,392 won which is 47% higher than current price. 
To value Doosan Corp, we have assumed a market value of 2.8 trillion won for Doosan Robotics (454910 KS).
The sharp increase in share price of Doosan Corp today (up 28%) is likely to have been a reflection of the initial strong demand for Doosan Robotics IPO.  


Updated NAV Analysis of Doosan Corp Amid IPO of Doosan Robotics

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YASKAWA Electric Corporation manufactures and markets servomotors, controllers, inverters, and industrial robots.  The Company's products include spindle controllers, computerized numerical control (CNC) systems, and system engineering.

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