In today’s briefing:
- Ohayo Japan | Doubts Over Cloud Profitability
- Japan Morning Connection: Semi’s Correct Finally, but Already Seeing Dip Buying off Lows Overnight
- Singapore Market Roundup (07-Oct-2025): UOBKH forecasts Banyan Tree residences will drive growth
- US EV Charging Infrastructure Tracker – September 2025
- Monday Delight: 06/10/25
- LG Electronics India IPO: A Blend of Brand Strength, Scale, and Steady Growth
- Exencial Industry Tidings 07/10/2025
- Consumer Monthly WTR Consumer Stock Index Lags the S&P SmallCap 600 in September and YTD
Ohayo Japan | Doubts Over Cloud Profitability
- AI stocks eased Tuesday as Oracle fell up to 7%, closing 2% lower, after reports suggested its cloud business margins were below Wall Street expectations.
- Tesla shares fell 4% after unveiling a cheaper Model Y priced below $40,000, raising investor concerns over profit margins and demand sustainability.
- Parent-Child listings in Japan fell 60% to 168 by September 2025, as governance reforms boosted capital efficiency and made the market more attractive to overseas investors.
Japan Morning Connection: Semi’s Correct Finally, but Already Seeing Dip Buying off Lows Overnight
- Lawmakers accuse semi-caps for helping make China make chips. What else would their equipment do?
- HDD names swoon yet pure play Sandisk stays firm. Wafers down after small-cap Aehr somehow rattles markets.
- Mixed tape for Homebuilders with James Hardie surging on numbers while rest of sector sags on a downgrade.
Singapore Market Roundup (07-Oct-2025): UOBKH forecasts Banyan Tree residences will drive growth
- UOBKH predicts Banyan Tree’s residences will boost growth in 2027.
- RHB’s Natarajan calls Stoneweg European Stapled Trust a ‘buy’ for data centre growth.
- Maybank upgrades Lendlease REIT to ‘buy’ due to lower funding costs and positive factors.
US EV Charging Infrastructure Tracker – September 2025
- EV charging stations totaled 83,226 nationwide (September 2025), rising 0.8% month-on-month, but the pace remains inadequate to achieve NREL’s 2030 goal of 1M Level 2 and 182k DC Fast chargers.
- California leads with 24% of stations and 26% of ports, while Tesla dominates DC Fast charging (54% share). ChargePoint maintains overall leadership with 33% of total ports across its network.
- Ultrafast charging is the emerging trend, with 600kW–1.6MW systems from ChargePoint, BYD, CATL, and Zeekr offering range gains up to 300km in five minutes and setting a new global benchmark.
Monday Delight: 06/10/25
- Each week, I’ll share five intriguing investment ideas that recently caught my attention. These ideas are meant to spark your research and help you kickstart the week ahead with fresh insights.
- Because these ideas are the result of my first-level idea generation process, they require more in depth research. Therefore, the ideas will often be concise, with occasional references to valuable work from other practitioners that I encourage you to explore.
- If you have something fascinating to share that could benefit me and the wider community, don’t hesitate to send it my way—I’d love to hear from you!
LG Electronics India IPO: A Blend of Brand Strength, Scale, and Steady Growth
- India’s home appliances and consumer electronics market, worth INR 6.9 trillion in 2025, is projected to reach INR 11 trillion by 2029, fueled by premiumization and urban demand.
- With over 35,600 retail touchpoints and two major manufacturing hubs meeting 80% of domestic demand, LG Electronics India dominates key categories like TVs, ACs, and washing machines.
- Delivering 12.8% EBITDA margins and a 36.9% RoE, LG Electronics India outperforms peers, supported by innovation, brand trust, and a debt-free balance sheet.
Exencial Industry Tidings 07/10/2025
- Indian industry commissions projects worth Rs.1.5 trillion in September 2025 quarter
- Project completions in food products industry falls to Rs.5 billion in September 2025 quarter
- Project completions in pesticides industry falls to Rs.741.9 million in September 2025 quarter
Consumer Monthly WTR Consumer Stock Index Lags the S&P SmallCap 600 in September and YTD
- The WTR Consumer Index underperformed the S&P SmallCap 600 in September, declining 2.5% versus the 2.7% increase in the broader market.
- The change in 12-month prospective earnings was about the same for both, +0.1% for the WTR Consumer Index and +0.2% for the S&P SmallCap 600, but the prospective P/E ratio for our index compressed 0.43x to 16.34x, while the broader index prospective P/E ratio expanded 0.41x to 16.58x.
- Our index went from trading at a 4% premium to the market in August to a 1% discount at the end of September.
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