HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Pharmaron’s disappointing 2022 performance is just a start.Its business layout has always been "one step behind". CGT cannot become the main cornerstone business supporting valuation growth for the next stage.</li>
<li>The overall environment of CXO is different from that of the past. Even if Pharmaron finally achieves end-to-end integration,whether the prosperity of CXO industry still exists is a question mark.</li>
<li>Pharmaron may have entered a vicious circle, so that it is very challenging to generate the expected results no matter which direction the Company tries to break through.  </li>
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Pharmaron’s disappointing 2022 performance is just a start.Its business layout has always been "one step behind". CGT cannot become the main cornerstone business supporting valuation growth for the next stage.
The overall environment of CXO is different from that of the past. Even if Pharmaron finally achieves end-to-end integration,whether the prosperity of CXO industry still exists is a question mark.
Pharmaron may have entered a vicious circle, so that it is very challenging to generate the expected results no matter which direction the Company tries to break through.  


Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) - Start to Enter a Vicious Circle

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Feb 3rd.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Bidu, Manulife, Mengniu Dairy, CDF, Tencent, Baba, Anta Sports, Wuxi Bio.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Feb 3rd.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Bidu, Manulife, Mengniu Dairy, CDF, Tencent, Baba, Anta Sports, Wuxi Bio.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Short Covers for Tencent, Baba, Anta, Wuxi Biologics

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a> is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company background and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.</li>
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Mankind Pharma is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
We have looked at the company background and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.


Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuations

CStone Pharmaceuticals / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The revenue brought by CStone’s differentiated layout of pipeline does not match the R&amp;D investment. CStone needs to in-license more late-stage products, but the Company is not cash rich.</li>
<li>CStone was incubated by WuXi Bio. Its business model is“VC+IP+CRO”. Cstone doesn’t have independent R&amp;D capability. The increasingly low cost performance of in-licensed products has made the capital “reconsider” .</li>
<li>Cstone doesn’t have the potential to be a biopharma as it licensed out the key/core candidates. Its future valuation growth would be “discounted”. Corporate governance/instability is also a concern.</li>
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The revenue brought by CStone’s differentiated layout of pipeline does not match the R&amp;D investment. CStone needs to in-license more late-stage products, but the Company is not cash rich.
CStone was incubated by WuXi Bio. Its business model is“VC+IP+CRO”. Cstone doesn’t have independent R&amp;D capability. The increasingly low cost performance of in-licensed products has made the capital “reconsider” .
Cstone doesn’t have the potential to be a biopharma as it licensed out the key/core candidates. Its future valuation growth would be “discounted”. Corporate governance/instability is also a concern.


CStone Pharmaceuticals Placement (2616.HK) - There Is No Certainty that the Dilemma Will Reverse

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Syngene International Ltd / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/syngene-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26923:1" rel="noopener">Syngene International Ltd (SYNG IN)</a> provides integrated services from early discovery to commercial supply across all major therapeutic areas and modalities. The company has 400+ active clients.</li>
<li>To capitalize on the secular industry tailwind, the company has been investing to enhance capacity and capability, which has led to extension of existing client relations and engaging new clients.</li>
<li>For FY23, the company expects high-teens revenue growth and EBITDA margin of ~30%. Operating leverage is expected to improve from next year onwards, and that should improve the overall profitability.</li>
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Syngene International Ltd (SYNG IN) provides integrated services from early discovery to commercial supply across all major therapeutic areas and modalities. The company has 400+ active clients.
To capitalize on the secular industry tailwind, the company has been investing to enhance capacity and capability, which has led to extension of existing client relations and engaging new clients.
For FY23, the company expects high-teens revenue growth and EBITDA margin of ~30%. Operating leverage is expected to improve from next year onwards, and that should improve the overall profitability.


Syngene International Ltd (SYNG IN): Well-Positioned to Capitalize On Strong Industry Tailwind

China

WuXi Biologics (Cayman) Inc. is a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, with operations in China, U.S., and Iceland.  We provide a broad and integrated portfolio of laboratory and manufacturing services throughout the drug and medical device R&D process.  Our services are designed to help our global partners in shortening the cycle and lowering the cost of drug and medical device R&D through cost-effective and efficient solutions. 

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Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK)

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Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuations

Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

CStone Pharmaceuticals Placement (2616.HK) - There Is No Certainty that the Dilemma Will Reverse

CStone's in a reconstruction period after a series of negative news. Its pipeline/business model is hard to bring optimistic outlook. Corporate...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Syngene International Ltd (SYNG IN): Well-Positioned to Capitalize On Strong Industry Tailwind

Through capacity and capability addition in biologics manufacturing and expansion of commercial API manufacturing, Syngene has expanded...

Tina Banerjee

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