Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>The monthly inflows of US$9.3bn tops the monthly inflows in the past 12 months. The inflows were led by the financials, consumer staples, and industrial sectors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Moutai, Ping An, CMB, ICBC, Wuliangye.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
The monthly inflows of US$9.3bn tops the monthly inflows in the past 12 months. The inflows were led by the financials, consumer staples, and industrial sectors.
We highlight inflows into Moutai, Ping An, CMB, ICBC, Wuliangye.


Northbound Flows (Feb): $9.3bn Inflows in Feb

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Capital Markets

Beijing Yuanxin Technology Group Co Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The essence of Yuanxin's business is selling drugs.Although Yuanxin is backed by Tencent, it’s difficult to come up with more outstanding advantages to compete with Alibaba Health and JD Health.</li>
<li>We have doubts about Yuanxin’s core competitiveness and sustainable profitability, which are also far behind its peers. In our view, the market/investors may find it difficult to accept such stories.</li>
<li>Pre-IPO valuation level of Yuanxin has greatly exceeded the valuation of its drugstore business model. Yuanxin’s valuation should be lower than peers, or for example, P/S ratio of below 1x.</li>
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The essence of Yuanxin's business is selling drugs.Although Yuanxin is backed by Tencent, it’s difficult to come up with more outstanding advantages to compete with Alibaba Health and JD Health.
We have doubts about Yuanxin’s core competitiveness and sustainable profitability, which are also far behind its peers. In our view, the market/investors may find it difficult to accept such stories.
Pre-IPO valuation level of Yuanxin has greatly exceeded the valuation of its drugstore business model. Yuanxin’s valuation should be lower than peers, or for example, P/S ratio of below 1x.


Pre-IPO Beijing Yuanxin Technology Group (PHIP Update) - Risk of Overvaluation and Poor Profit Model

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Financials ($1,425 million worth of outflows), and Consumer Staples ($854 million worth of outflows) led the outflows (first chart below).</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into CATL, Mindray, Will Semi, BYD, Wuxi Apptec, and outflows from CMB, Wuliangye, Shanghai United, Midea, Hygon.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Financials ($1,425 million worth of outflows), and Consumer Staples ($854 million worth of outflows) led the outflows (first chart below).
We highlight inflows into CATL, Mindray, Will Semi, BYD, Wuxi Apptec, and outflows from CMB, Wuliangye, Shanghai United, Midea, Hygon.


Northbound Flows (December): Five Months of Outflows

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Consumer Staples (inflows of $818 million) led the inflows. Financials ($1,109 million worth of outflows), Materials ($1,131 million worth of outflows) led the outflows.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Moutai, Hygon Information Technology, Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare, Mindray, China Yangtze Power, Shenzhen Inovance Technology.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Consumer Staples (inflows of $818 million) led the inflows. Financials ($1,109 million worth of outflows), Materials ($1,131 million worth of outflows) led the outflows.
We highlight inflows into Moutai, Hygon Information Technology, Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare, Mindray, China Yangtze Power, Shenzhen Inovance Technology.


Northbound Flows (November): Inflows (Consumer Staples, Healthcare) Offset by Outflows (Financials)

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<li>Yuanxin’s financial performance has not improved and it is still in a state of continuous loss. At such low gross margin level, Yuanxin will find it difficult to make money.</li>
<li>As China's retail pharmacy market has entered a new era of integration as the industry growth is slowing down, the challenges Yuanxin has to face would be different from before.</li>
<li>When the market pattern has been basically determined, Yuanxin has little chance to break through. Being acquired may be a better outcome. If IPO, valuation would be lower than peers.</li>
</ul>


Yuanxin’s financial performance has not improved and it is still in a state of continuous loss. At such low gross margin level, Yuanxin will find it difficult to make money.
As China's retail pharmacy market has entered a new era of integration as the industry growth is slowing down, the challenges Yuanxin has to face would be different from before.
When the market pattern has been basically determined, Yuanxin has little chance to break through. Being acquired may be a better outcome. If IPO, valuation would be lower than peers.


Pre-IPO Beijing Yuanxin Technology Group - Some Points Worth the Attention

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Yifeng Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd. operates as a chain of retail stores that specialize in pharmaceutical and over the counter remedies and personal care products.

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Northbound Flows (Feb): $9.3bn Inflows in Feb

Analysis of Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows shows record monthly inflows of US$9.3bn, led by financials, consumer staples, and...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Beijing Yuanxin Technology Group (PHIP Update) - Risk of Overvaluation and Poor Profit Model

The dilemma of single revenue model and excessive reliance on drug sales is hard to overcome.Due to low gross margin, it's difficult to generate...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Northbound Flows (December): Five Months of Outflows

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for December and highlight flows for CATL, Mindray, Will Semi, BYD, Wuxi Apptec, CMB, Wuliangye,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Northbound Flows (November): Inflows (Consumer Staples, Healthcare) Offset by Outflows (Financials)

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for November and highlight flows for Moutai, Hygon Information Technology, Shanghai United Imaging...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Beijing Yuanxin Technology Group - Some Points Worth the Attention

Yuanxin has weak profitability. It's questionable whether investors can achieve expected returns on this company.We think Yuanxin may eventually be...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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Northbound Flows (Feb): $9.3bn Inflows in Feb

​Analysis of Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows shows record monthly inflows of US$9.3bn, led by financials, consumer staples, and...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Beijing Yuanxin Technology Group (PHIP Update) - Risk of Overvaluation and Poor Profit Model

The dilemma of single revenue model and excessive reliance on drug sales is hard to overcome.Due to low gross margin, it's difficult to generate...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Northbound Flows (December): Five Months of Outflows

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for December and highlight flows for CATL, Mindray, Will Semi, BYD, Wuxi Apptec, CMB, Wuliangye,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Northbound Flows (November): Inflows (Consumer Staples, Healthcare) Offset by Outflows (Financials)

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for November and highlight flows for Moutai, Hygon Information Technology, Shanghai United Imaging...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Beijing Yuanxin Technology Group - Some Points Worth the Attention

Yuanxin has weak profitability. It's questionable whether investors can achieve expected returns on this company.We think Yuanxin may eventually be...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Analysis of Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows shows record monthly inflows of US$9.3bn, led by financials, consumer staples, and...