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Daily Brief ECM: National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) IPO – Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation and more

In today’s briefing:

  • National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) IPO – Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation
  • Kasumigaseki Hotel REIT IPO: Lags in Size but Priced at a Discount
  • Aditya Infotech: Niche Opportunity at Fair Valuations but Concerns Lurk
  • WhiteFiber, Inc. (WYFI): AI Infrastructure Company Sets Terms for IPO, Data Centers in Focus
  • Ab&B Bio-Tech (中慧生物) Pre-IPO: PHIP Updates Suggest Competition Intensifying


National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) IPO – Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

By Sumeet Singh

  • NSDL (NSDL IN) is looking to raise around US$460m in its upcoming India IPO.
  • It is the largest depository in India in terms of number of issuers, number of active instruments, market share in demat value of settlement volume and value of assets.
  • In this note, we undertake a peer comparison and talk about valuations.

Kasumigaseki Hotel REIT IPO: Lags in Size but Priced at a Discount

By Nicholas Tan


Aditya Infotech: Niche Opportunity at Fair Valuations but Concerns Lurk

By Himanshu Dugar

  • Company operates home grown CCTV brand ‘CP PLUS’. Also the sole distributor for Zhejiang Dahua Technology A (002236 CH) in India. Dahua is also its primary components supplier.
  • Expect 15-25% revenue growth vs 16% for industry with operating margins gradually improving to 10% translating to FY26E earnings range of 20-24.
  • Company is raising 1,300cr (500cr fresh and 800cr OFS) at implied multiple of ~30x in line with valuation paid by Dixon Technologies India Ltd (DIXON IN) for its 6.5% stake.

WhiteFiber, Inc. (WYFI): AI Infrastructure Company Sets Terms for IPO, Data Centers in Focus

By IPO Boutique

  • WhiteFiber is offering 7.8 million shares at $15-$17 equating to a potential market cap of $523m-$593m.
  • They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bit Digital. They intend to sell approximately 22.4% of their issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares to the public as part of this offering.
  • They expect preliminary unaudited revenue from cloud services for the three months ended June 30, 2025 will be $16.1 million to $17.8 million, an increase of  28.7% to 42.3%, respectively.

Ab&B Bio-Tech (中慧生物) Pre-IPO: PHIP Updates Suggest Competition Intensifying

By Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

  • China-Based vaccine biopharmaceutical company Ab&B is looking to raise at least US$100 million via a Hong Kong listing. The joint book runners are CITIC and CMBI.
  • In our previous insight, we looked at the story that the company is trying to sell and the influenza vaccine market.
  • In this insight, we look at the latest updates in its PHIP filing.

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