Smartkarma Daily Briefs

• Dr Lal PathLabs Ltd (DLPL IN) has maintained its 10% revenue growth target for the current financial year, mainly driven by 6–7% growth in patient volume.
• The operating environment is becoming conducive. Competitive intensity in terms of predatory pricing, promotional offer, and cash burning to acquire customers, have come to an end.
• As of Q1FY25, DLPL has net cash position of INR10B. The company is looking for small or mid-sized acquisitions in South and West India and expanding in small towns.

• Fast Retailing, through its flagship Uniqlo, is redefining retail by focusing on high-quality, functional apparel, surpassing global peers in operating profit margins.
• The company’s “scrap & build” strategy revitalizes underperforming stores in China, while expanding internationally, with a strong growth trajectory across North America and Europe.
• With a revised fair value of 52,500 yen, we forecast significant sales growth, driven by favorable seasonal trends, global expansion and recovering consumer sentiment in China.

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• Arena Bilgisayar is Turkey’s second-largest IT distributor led by CEO Serkan Celik, who has successfully turned around the core distribution business and created value from non-core ventures
• Despite appearing undifferentiated, levered, and expensive on the surface, the company’s valuation is attractive at 1x tangible book value and 5-7x P/E ratio
• With double-digit annual growth, pre-tax returns on capital exceeding 35%, and Turkey’s return to orthodox monetary policy, an investment in Arena could potentially return between 3-5x over the next 5 years, founded in 1991 by former Karma International employees, Arena has a strong history and promising future.

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• Wise operates centers in different countries for faster and cost-effective cross-border transactions
• Strong track record of organic growth in a growing market with high Total Addressable Market
• Recent stock declines attributed to cyclical factors, but investors optimistic about Wise’s expanding product offerings and core FX payments supporting revenue growth

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• We are gradually building a high-conviction coverage of ideas for the mid and small-caps in the Philippines.
• We set criteria for high ROCE, reasonable growth (10-15% YoY), strong balance sheets, and reasonable capital allocation (dividend yields), all ingredients for being multi-baggers.
• We like Ginebra San Miguel (GSMI PM), The Keepers Holdings (KEEPR PM), and DigiPlus Interactive (PLUS PM).  We recently included Sti Education Systems (STI PM) in our coverage

• In a filing released last evening after the market, Mongolian Mining (975 HK) announced it had redeemed the entire outstanding principal amount of the perpetual securities and their distribution.
• The announcement is significant as it prepares the company to distribute dividends for FY24 in the March results. 
• The stock trades at 5.2x FY24 PE and 2.5x EV-EBITDA, and we expect the company to have massive net cash by the end of the year.

• Taiwan’s carbon fee policy is being challenged by local and EU regulations, impacting their offshore wind goals.
• Europe’s data center capacity shortage for the AI race is causing concerns in the region.
• Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S10 series now includes MediaTek chips, bringing new capabilities to the familiar design.

• We are reiterating our Buy rating, projections and $3 price target for Vince after meeting with management in their European headquarters and touring the Galeries Lafayette shop in shop in Paris.
• We believe, with the company now well capitalized and acting in a materially more strategic fashion, the European opportunities, from owned stores to additional wholesale to category expansion, position Vince to drive material international growth going froward.
• When coupled with strong product offerings and what we believe are material opportunities in the domestic market, we believe Vince is ideally positioned to register material top and bottom line growth, and we reiterate our Buy rating and $3 price target for VNCE.

• The WTR Sustainable Index was up 3.5% W/W versus the S&P 500 Index (up 0.6%), the Russell 2000 Index (down 0.1%) and the Nasdaq Index (up 1.1%).
• Energy Technology (13.5% of the index) was up 3.3%, while Industrial Climate and Ag Technology (46.3% of the index) was up 1.1%, ClimateTech Mining was up 4.2%, and Advanced Transportation Solutions (21.0% of index) was up 8.4%.
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