Daily Brief Equity Bottom-Up: Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (18 July to 1 August 2025) and more

In today’s briefing:

Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (18 July to 1 August 2025)
US-China Decoupling: The Reshaping of Asian Industrial Logistics – SHORT MapleTree Logistics Trust
BHP: Operations Strong in Q4/25 But Looking Fully Valued

Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly (18 July to 1 August 2025)

In this insight, we provide the top 10 stock picks and key catalysts in the Korean stock market for the two weeks (18 July to 1 August 2025).
Our top 10 picks were up on average 4.5% in the past two weeks, slightly outperforming KOSPI which was up 4.4% in the same period.
The top 10 picks in this bi-weekly include Hanil Cement, LG CNS, KCC Corp, Poongsan, Paradise, Samsung Electronics, Naver, SM Entertainment, LG Chem, and SK Inc.

The US-China decoupling is resulting in geo-political risks, causing structural changes to China’s manufacturing and logistics sector. Companies re-locate their supply chains due to “China Plus One” strategy.
Despite E-commerce remains as a long-term strong driver for China logistics, the sector is facing severe over-supply in the near term. National vacancy is 20.3% at Q1 2025
We recommend SHORT MapleTree Logistics Trust, due to its significant exposure to China logistics. DPU, NPI and ROE are on downward trend

BHP reported strong operations overall for fiscal Q4/25, with iron ore, copper and coal production up yoy and a qoq recovery after rough Q3/25 Australian weather
The company released 2026E guidance, with the low-end indicating production declines for the three major divisions, although this was expected by the market
We remain concerned of potential iron ore and copper price reversals, while the shares trade near our DCF value and at a moderate premium to big cap iron ore

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