Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Capital Markets

MNTN, Inc. operates as an advertising and marketing company. The Company builds advertising platform for brands to drive measurable conversions, revenue, and site visits through the power of television. MNTN serves customers in the United States.

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<li>MNTN, Inc. (pronounced "mountain"), leader in OTT advertising software and first mover of PTV in the United States, filed to go public.</li>
<li>Founder-Led adtech company was backed by Fidelity, BlackRock, Greycroft, SV Angel, Qualcomm Ventures, and Baroda Ventures, among others.</li>
<li>I like the company’s leadership position,  high growth, FCF positive business and $60B+ near-term market opportunity centering around SMBs in the United States.</li>
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MNTN, Inc. (pronounced "mountain"), leader in OTT advertising software and first mover of PTV in the United States, filed to go public.
Founder-Led adtech company was backed by Fidelity, BlackRock, Greycroft, SV Angel, Qualcomm Ventures, and Baroda Ventures, among others.
I like the company’s leadership position,  high growth, FCF positive business and $60B+ near-term market opportunity centering around SMBs in the United States.


MNTN IPO Preview: Fidelity-Backed Category Creator of Performance TV, Watch This Offering Closely

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Chagee Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides a wide range of tea drinks products and services. Chagee Holdings serves customers worldwide.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chagee-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45011:1" rel="noopener">Chagee Holdings (CHA US)</a>  is looking to raise up to US$411m in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>It is a leading premium tea drinks brand, serving healthy and delicious freshly-made tea drinks.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and provided our initial thoughts on valuations. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.</li>
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Chagee Holdings (CHA US)  is looking to raise up to US$411m in its upcoming US IPO.
It is a leading premium tea drinks brand, serving healthy and delicious freshly-made tea drinks.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and provided our initial thoughts on valuations. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.


Chagee IPO: Trading at a Discount to Peers but with Geopolitical Overhang

US IPOs and Secondary Offerings, IPO Boutique

IPO Boutique

US IPOs and Secondary Offerings

For more than 20 years, we have been providing research, analysis, commentary and ratings on US Equity Capital Markets to institutional investors (US IPOs and Secondary Offerings). Our vast network of contacts across the Equity Capital Markets and attention-to-detail sets us apart from our competitors.

Since 2012, we have achieved a successful hit rating on 89% of Buy-rated IPOs. The collective “Buy” ratings averaged a first trade of 16.3% above issue.Our Neutral Rated Deals averaged just 2% above the issue price at first trade.

Our written research includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

In addition, we provide a high-touch premium desk access which includes analyst access, as well as real time insights on US IPOs as well as secondary offerings.

IPOs and Secondary Offerings

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<li>Chinese Tea Company is moving ahead with the IPO despite heavy Macro-Economic winds.</li>
<li>The company is seeking up to $412m with a high-end pricing and already includes $205m worth of buying on the cover of the prospectus.</li>
<li>There are. more questions than answers regarding this IPO due to the current uncertainty in the market. </li>
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Chinese Tea Company is moving ahead with the IPO despite heavy Macro-Economic winds.
The company is seeking up to $412m with a high-end pricing and already includes $205m worth of buying on the cover of the prospectus.
There are. more questions than answers regarding this IPO due to the current uncertainty in the market. 


Chagee Holdings Limited (CHA): Chinese Tea Company Moves Forward with IPO Despite Macro Risks

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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<li>The main reason behind declining performance is related to the increase in regional market density brought about by newly opened teahouses. Franchisees would be more cautious about investing in Chagee.</li>
<li>With the passage of time and the declining same store GMV, the low teahouse closure rate will gone. Product strategy of "flagship product + classic basics " also has risks.</li>
<li>Based on our forecast of 2025 net profit of about RMB3 billion (or US$400 million) and US IPO market value of US$5 billion, P/E is about 12.5x. </li>
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The main reason behind declining performance is related to the increase in regional market density brought about by newly opened teahouses. Franchisees would be more cautious about investing in Chagee.
With the passage of time and the declining same store GMV, the low teahouse closure rate will gone. Product strategy of "flagship product + classic basics " also has risks.
Based on our forecast of 2025 net profit of about RMB3 billion (or US$400 million) and US IPO market value of US$5 billion, P/E is about 12.5x. 


Pre-IPO Chagee Holdings - Some Points Worth the Attention

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chagee-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45011:1" rel="noopener">Chagee Holdings (CHA US)</a>  is planning to raise up to US$500m through its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>It is a leading premium tea drinks brand, serving healthy and delicious freshly-made tea drinks.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we discuss latest industry dynamics, conduct a quick peer comparison and discuss the company’s valuation.</li>
</ul>



Chagee Holdings (CHA US)  is planning to raise up to US$500m through its upcoming US IPO.
It is a leading premium tea drinks brand, serving healthy and delicious freshly-made tea drinks.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we discuss latest industry dynamics, conduct a quick peer comparison and discuss the company’s valuation.


Chagee IPO: Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

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