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Daily Brief Industrials: Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), Kokuyo Co Ltd and more

In today’s briefing:

  • ECM Weekly (17th Feb 2025) – CATL, Hengrui, Mixue, Guming, Hexaware, Ajax, Aegis, Daiichi, Takasago
  • Kokuyo Co Ltd (7984 JP): Full-year FY12/24 flash update


ECM Weekly (17th Feb 2025) – CATL, Hengrui, Mixue, Guming, Hexaware, Ajax, Aegis, Daiichi, Takasago

By Sumeet Singh

  • Aequitas Research’s weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
  • On the IPO front, while Guming Holdings (1364 HK) added to the list of disaapointing tea chain, MIXUE is said to be gearing up for a launch soon.
  • On the placements front, there were two smallish deals in Japan.

Kokuyo Co Ltd (7984 JP): Full-year FY12/24 flash update

By Shared Research

  • Revenue increased by 2.9% YoY to JPY338.2bn, with net income rising 14.3% YoY to JPY21.8bn.
  • The FY12/25 forecast predicts revenue of JPY366.0bn (+8.2% YoY) and operating profit of JPY24.0bn (+9.0% YoY).
  • The company plans an annual dividend per share of JPY91.0, targeting a consolidated payout ratio of 50.1%.

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