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.

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/british-american-tobacco-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21828:1" rel="noopener">British American Tobacco (BATS LN)</a>’s management stated that they were reviewing their stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/itc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:327:1" rel="noopener">ITC Ltd (ITC IN)</a> to enhance its balance sheet flexibility.</li>
<li>BAT has owned its stake in ITC for over a century and remains its largest shareholder.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the possible deal structure and dynamics.</li>
</ul>


Earlier this month, British American Tobacco (BATS LN)’s management stated that they were reviewing their stake in ITC Ltd (ITC IN) to enhance its balance sheet flexibility.
BAT has owned its stake in ITC for over a century and remains its largest shareholder.
In this note, we talk about the possible deal structure and dynamics.


BAT’s Possible US$2.5bn ITC Selldown - Will Be Well Flagged but Still Won’t Be an Easy One to Digest

Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

News from Caixin

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>Robots /In Depth: The march of Chinese robots into domestic factories</li><li>Dam /: China expresses ‘grave concerns’ over Ukraine dam collapse</li><li>Compensation /: Wrongfully convicted man seeks $2.9 million in state compensation</li></ul>

Robots /In Depth: The march of Chinese robots into domestic factoriesDam /: China expresses ‘grave concerns’ over Ukraine dam collapseCompensation /: Wrongfully convicted man seeks $2.9 million in state compensation

CX Daily: The March of Chinese Robots Into Domestic Factories

<ul><li>Tobacco / Cover Story: China’s tobacco monopoly is swept up in corruption probes</li><li>Workers / Eastern province eases upper age limit for construction workers amid labor shortage</li><li>Moon / China plans first crewed moon landing by 2030</li></ul>

Tobacco / Cover Story: China’s tobacco monopoly is swept up in corruption probesWorkers / Eastern province eases upper age limit for construction workers amid labor shortageMoon / China plans first crewed moon landing by 2030

CX Daily: China’s Tobacco Monopoly Is Swept Up in Corruption Probes

Equity Capital Markets

Huabao International Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Huabao International Holdings (HIH) aims to raise up to US$207m via a top-up placement in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>The stock has done exceedingly well over the last year and analysts have been busy initiating on the stock. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Huabao International Holdings (HIH) aims to raise up to US$207m via a top-up placement in Hong Kong.
The stock has done exceedingly well over the last year and analysts have been busy initiating on the stock. 
In this note, we will talk about deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Huabao Placement - Not Wholly Convinced but Giving It the Benefit of Doubt

Weilong Delicious Global Holdi / Equity Capital Markets

Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. WDG sells products across three categories: seasoned flour products,  vegetable products and Bean-based and other products. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), in terms of retail sales value in 2020, WDG ranked first among all spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and ranked first in each of the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snack product categories.Overall revenue growth has been strong at 23% YoY in 2019 and 21.7% in 2020 driven both by an increase in volumes and prices over 2019-20. Vegetable products have been the fastest growing category with a CAGR of 98% over FY18-20.Along with strong revenue growth, WDG gross profit growth has been even stronger, with gross profit growing by 25-31% YoY over 2018-20. PAT grew at 25-38% over 2018-20.

Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. WDG sells products across three categories: seasoned flour products,  vegetable products and Bean-based and other products. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), in terms of retail sales value in 2020, WDG ranked first among all spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and ranked first in each of the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snack product categories.Overall revenue growth has been strong at 23% YoY in 2019 and 21.7% in 2020 driven both by an increase in volumes and prices over 2019-20. Vegetable products have been the fastest growing category with a CAGR of 98% over FY18-20.Along with strong revenue growth, WDG gross profit growth has been even stronger, with gross profit growing by 25-31% YoY over 2018-20. PAT grew at 25-38% over 2018-20.

Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Strong Backers

China

China Tobacco International (HK) Company Limited engages in tobacco international trading business. The Company provides tobacco leaf products import and export, cigarettes export, new tobacco products export, and other services. China Tobacco International (HK) serves customers primarily from China and Southeast Asia.

China Tobacco International (HK) (6055 HK)

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China Tobacco International (HK) (6055 HK)

BAT’s Possible US$2.5bn ITC Selldown - Will Be Well Flagged but Still Won’t Be an Easy One to Digest

The deal is now live for a target raising of US$2bn, which will drop BAT's stake to 25.5%. The news of the deal was leaked earlier today so its...

Sumeet Singh

CX Daily: The March of Chinese Robots Into Domestic Factories

Robots /In Depth: The march of Chinese robots into domestic factories Dam /: China expresses ‘grave concerns’ over Ukraine dam...

Caixin Global

CX Daily: China’s Tobacco Monopoly Is Swept Up in Corruption Probes

Cover Story: China’s tobacco monopoly is swept up in corruption probes. Eastern province eases upper age limit for construction workers amid labor...

Caixin Global

Huabao Placement - Not Wholly Convinced but Giving It the Benefit of Doubt

Huabao International Holdings (HIH) aims to raise up to US$207m via a top-up placement in Hong Kong. In this note we will talk about the deal...

Sumeet Singh

Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Strong Backers

Weilong Delicious Global, a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. It recently undertook a pre-IPO...

Sumeet Singh

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