Daily Briefs

• Tube Investments of India (TIINDIA IN) is focused on clean mobility solutions through its subsidiary, TI Clean Mobility Private Limited. 
• The subsidiary’s Montra Electric 3-wheelers have quickly gained market share in southern India, targeting the last-mile mobility segment. 
• TI’s management is keenly focused on the EV segment, with upcoming launches of e-rickshaws and a new Cargo Version poised to drive substantial growth in the near future.

• US DoD & AWS deals are little more than distractions from the main event
• Making Intel Foundry a subsidiary won’t make one whit of a difference but may just be the next step in its eventual spin-off
• The core issue, the GM collapse in Q224, was not addressed in the BM update from the CEO. That’s a problem. 

• Oracle Corporation’s Q1 FY 2025 results demonstrated a robust performance, underscored by significant revenue growth and strategic expansions in their cloud offerings.
• The total revenue for the quarter was $13.3 billion, marking an 8% year-over-year increase.
• Cloud revenue was a standout with SaaS and IaaS generating $5.6 billion, reflecting a 22% increase.

• The biosimilar market is forecast to grow three to four times faster than the generic drug market over the next five years.
• However, we believe that this high growth will not necessarily imply good profitability, given the early stage of the biosimilar market, complications and competition.
• We also believe that the company’s guidance is too optimistic resulting in an expensive multiple. We prefer some room for error.  

• Adaro Energy (ADRO IJ) has announced that it intends to spin off its thermal coal related assets under Adaro Andalan Indonesia, allowing it to focus purely on its sustainable businesses. 
• The move will potentially allow it to realise a higher valuation for its pure coal assets while paving the way for access to sustainable financing for its renewable businesses. 
• This will help the group accelerate the progress towards having more than 50% of its revenues from non-coal businesses by 2023. Adaro Energy (ADRO IJ) can trade at higher multiples.

Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO) returned to full dividend cover in H124, with EPRA earnings benefiting from inflation-linked, mostly uncapped rental growth and improving rent collection. Property valuations and NAV per share were lower, but progress with the two problem tenants and falling interest rates suggest this could reverse. Meanwhile, the shares yield more than 8% with the board targeting asset sales and share repurchases to address the discount to NAV.

• RaaS Research Group has published a flash comment on advanced materials manufacturing group Amaero International (ASX:3DA) following the completion of an upsized institutional placement to raise $25m at $0.35/share to fund capital equipment purchases and further fit out its Tennessee facility.
• The raise was not unexpected; we had factored in a $22.5m raise at $0.34/share in our modelling before 30 September.
• We have incorporated the raise into our forecasts with no impact on current numbers.Post raise, the company will have pro-forma cash of approximately $37.5m to fund the capex programme ahead of ramping up production and transitioning to commercial sales.

• EDG announced assay results for its first six drill holes as part of its 10,000m 2024 drill program, it has completed 11 holes (3,500m) to date.
• Today’s results confirm high-grade at-depth (~175m vertical) and extends the Imperial Zone ~100m to the northwest along strike (still open).
• Assays for the next five drill holes are expected to be released in mid-October.

• Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) is a leading beneficiary of the recovery in global Smartphone demand, and strength in Memory prices, driven by the proliferation of Gen AI demand.
• Global Memory prices have recovered by up to +80%y/y driven by demand from hyperscaler customers for leading-technology DDR5, HBM, and other high-value-added memory products.
• Samsung Electronics trades more than one standard deviation below its 5-year historic average trading range, a historically proved to be an excellent buying point.

• Jet2 stock has been accumulating over the last 6 months, trading at a lower valuation compared to competitor BKNG
• Company has shifted focus to asset-light package holiday earnings, with majority of flight passengers now going on package holidays
• Despite being range-bound since COVID-19, Jet2 has continued to grow and execute its plans, offering an attractive investment opportunity with low earnings multiple and smart fleet choices by founder

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