Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>The most noteworthy developments include Samsung Electronics being newly added to the Semicon sector, while SK Square has been removed.</li>
<li>We must be mindful of the potential concentration of shorting flow on SK Square as most names expected to experience negative flows do not fall under the KS200/KQ150 membership.</li>
<li>Our strategic approach can take three directions: 1. aim at only those receiving positive flows, 2. heavy shorting SK Square, and 3. long-short the four with the most flow size.</li>
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The most noteworthy developments include Samsung Electronics being newly added to the Semicon sector, while SK Square has been removed.
We must be mindful of the potential concentration of shorting flow on SK Square as most names expected to experience negative flows do not fall under the KS200/KQ150 membership.
Our strategic approach can take three directions: 1. aim at only those receiving positive flows, 2. heavy shorting SK Square, and 3. long-short the four with the most flow size.


KRX Sector Index Series Rebalancing: Heavy Shorting on SK Square Is Anticipated

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Due to the sharp appreciation of Hana Micron's share price this year, its valuation discount to companies such as HPSP has narrowed substantially. </li>
<li>Samsung Electronics is one of the major customers of Hana Micron. Samsung recently reported that it has successfully secured the right to supply advanced memory chips to NVIDIA.</li>
<li>We do not believe Hana Micron's valuations are attractive right now. Rather than chasing after its shares, we would rather wait for its shares to retreat (20-30%) a bit.</li>
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Due to the sharp appreciation of Hana Micron's share price this year, its valuation discount to companies such as HPSP has narrowed substantially. 
Samsung Electronics is one of the major customers of Hana Micron. Samsung recently reported that it has successfully secured the right to supply advanced memory chips to NVIDIA.
We do not believe Hana Micron's valuations are attractive right now. Rather than chasing after its shares, we would rather wait for its shares to retreat (20-30%) a bit.


Hana Micron: Semiconductor Chips Packaging Company With Solid Fundamentals and FOMO Trading

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>US graphics chip designer <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nvidia-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5891:1" rel="noopener">NVIDIA Corp (NVDA US)</a> has, to date, sourced HBM3 chips exclusively from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-hynix-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16955:1" rel="noopener">SK Hynix (000660 KS)</a>.</li>
<li>Shares in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> promptly popped ~6% last Friday on news it had been added as a supplier to NVIDIA.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hana-micron-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1464:1" rel="noopener">Hana Micron Inc (067310 KS)</a>, which boasts Samsung as its largest customer, similarly jumped, and is up 45% in the past week. Too much too quickly?</li>
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US graphics chip designer NVIDIA Corp (NVDA US) has, to date, sourced HBM3 chips exclusively from SK Hynix (000660 KS).
Shares in Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) promptly popped ~6% last Friday on news it had been added as a supplier to NVIDIA.

Hana Micron Inc (067310 KS), which boasts Samsung as its largest customer, similarly jumped, and is up 45% in the past week. Too much too quickly?


Hana Micron's Boost From Samsung/Nvidia Agreement

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> aims to raisebetween US$4.5-4.9bn via selling some of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/arm-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21816:1" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings</a>' US IPO.</li>
<li>ARM develops and licences high-performance, low-cost, and energy-efficient CPU products and related technology, which is used by semiconductor companies and OEMs to develop their own products.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about valuation.</li>
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Softbank Group (9984 JP) aims to raisebetween US$4.5-4.9bn via selling some of its stake in ARM Holdings' US IPO.
ARM develops and licences high-performance, low-cost, and energy-efficient CPU products and related technology, which is used by semiconductor companies and OEMs to develop their own products.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about valuation.


ARM Holdings IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - Still Very Demanding

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/arm-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21816:1" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings (1822695D US)</a> has launched a roadshow for its IPO. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> offers 95.5 million ADSs (over-allotment option of 7.0 million ADS) at US$47.00-51.00 per ADS.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/arm-holdings-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111238" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/arm-holdings-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111471" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings IPO: The Bear Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/arm-holdings-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111704" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings IPO: Valuation Insights</a>. </li>
<li>The IPO price range values ARM at a premium to peers' multiples. DCF sensitivity analysis suggests a need for ambitious forecasts to justify the price range.</li>
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ARM Holdings (1822695D US) has launched a roadshow for its IPO. Softbank Group (9984 JP) offers 95.5 million ADSs (over-allotment option of 7.0 million ADS) at US$47.00-51.00 per ADS.
We previously discussed the IPO in ARM Holdings IPO: The Bull Case, ARM Holdings IPO: The Bear Case and ARM Holdings IPO: Valuation Insights. 
The IPO price range values ARM at a premium to peers' multiples. DCF sensitivity analysis suggests a need for ambitious forecasts to justify the price range.


ARM Holdings IPO: Unattractive Price Range

South Korea

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic equipment and products such as semiconductors, personal computers, peripherals, monitors, televisions, and home appliances including air conditioners and microwave ovens. The Company also produces Internet access network systems and telecommunications equipment including mobile phones.

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KRX Sector Index Series Rebalancing: Heavy Shorting on SK Square Is Anticipated

This post highlights KRX Sector Index Series rebalancing and explores three trading approaches, with a focus on SK Square, ahead of the September...

Sanghyun Park

Hana Micron: Semiconductor Chips Packaging Company With Solid Fundamentals and FOMO Trading

We do not believe Hana Micron's valuations are attractive right now. Rather than chasing after its shares, we would rather wait for its shares to...

Douglas Kim

Hana Micron's Boost From Samsung/Nvidia Agreement

Hana appears expensive. On the surface. Yet forecast figures are impressive as Hana rides on Samsung's coatails. At a 6x and 4.7x FY24E and FY25E...

David Blennerhassett

ARM Holdings IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - Still Very Demanding

Softbank Group (9984 JP) aims to raisebetween US$4.5-4.9bn via selling some of its stake in ARM Holdings' US IPO. In this note, we provide our...

Sumeet Singh

ARM Holdings IPO: Unattractive Price Range

The IPO price range values ARM at a premium to peers' multiples. DCF sensitivity analysis suggests a need for ambitious forecasts to justify the...

Arun George

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