Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Quantitative Analysis

The short notional in the market for the week ended 20 September is US$32.63bn with the largest short positions in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/itochu-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18448:1">Itochu Corp (8001 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kddi-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1">KDDI Corp (9433 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shiseido-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5718:1">Shiseido Co Ltd (4911 JP)</a>. Most shorted stocks as a percentage of free float are Amazia, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/leopalace21-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8244:1">Leopalace21 Corp (8848 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiyo-yuden-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9924:1">Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/extreme-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5311:1">Extreme Co Ltd (6033 JP)</a>, while the stocks with the highest days to cover are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/katakura-industries-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2007:1">Katakura Industries (3001 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mirait-holdings-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7034:1">Mirait Holdings (1417 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vital-ksk-holdings-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7398:1">Vital Ksk Holdings (3151 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/j-trust-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20246:1">J Trust Co Ltd (8508 JP)</a>.The largest increases in short notional over the week were <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kddi-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1">KDDI Corp (9433 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shiseido-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5718:1">Shiseido Co Ltd (4911 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokyo-electron-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:280:1">Tokyo Electron (8035 JP)</a> while shorts were covered in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27445:1">Softbank Corp (9434 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yaskawa-electric-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2458:1">Yaskawa Electric (6506 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/familymart-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:320:1">Familymart UNY Holdings (8028 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kao-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12933:1">Kao Corp (4452 JP)</a>.   <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1"></a>Sectorally, new short positions were built in all sectors except Real Estate.

The short notional in the market for the week ended 20 September is US$32.63bn with the largest short positions in Itochu Corp (8001 JP), Toyota Motor (7203 JP), KDDI Corp (9433 JP), Fast Retailing (9983 JP) and Shiseido Co Ltd (4911 JP). Most shorted stocks as a percentage of free float are Amazia, Leopalace21 Corp (8848 JP), Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP), and Extreme Co Ltd (6033 JP), while the stocks with the highest days to cover are Katakura Industries (3001 JP), Mirait Holdings (1417 JP), Vital Ksk Holdings (3151 JP) and J Trust Co Ltd (8508 JP).The largest increases in short notional over the week were KDDI Corp (9433 JP), Shiseido Co Ltd (4911 JP), Fast Retailing (9983 JP) and Tokyo Electron (8035 JP) while shorts were covered in Softbank Corp (9434 JP), Yaskawa Electric (6506 JP), Familymart UNY Holdings (8028 JP) and Kao Corp (4452 JP).   Sectorally, new short positions were built in all sectors except Real Estate.

Japan Short Interest - Another Jump Across Sectors

Senior Technology Analyst, Japanese Equities, LightStream Research

Scott Foster

Senior Technology Analyst, Japanese Equities

ja research

ja research is an independent research platform focused exclusively on Japanese equities. Leveraging data and graphic analysis provided by Japan Analytics, we provide insights on small and medium-sized companies that have been ignored by the sell-side as well as challenging conventional wisdom on larger companies. We also offer analyst and corporate access, the latter with translation if required. 

Equity Bottom-Up

Screen Holding's share price has rebounded by 87% from its 52-week low at the beginning of June, a performance comparable to that of other leading semiconductor production equipment (SPE) makers including Tokyo Electron, Applied Materials, Lam Research and KLA. At ¥6,690 (Friday, September 20 closing price), Screen is selling at 18.4x management's EPS guidance for FY Mar-20. The latest wafer fab equipment forecast from industry organization SEMI, announced during the Semicon West trade show in July, has worldwide SPE sales falling by 18% to $52.7 billion in calendar 2019 and then rebounding by 12% to 58.8 billion in 2020. SEMI also expects 300mm fab equipment spending to gradually recover in 2020 and reach a new record high of more than $60 billion in 2021. Adding 200mm equipment spending in China and elsewhere might take total sales back to the $64.5 billion peak reached in 2018. Screen's consolidated sales were down 19.7% year-on-year and the company dropped into the red in the three months to June, but new SPE orders rebounded, rising 17.0% from 4Q of FY Mar-19 and 18.6% year-on-year. New orders for equipment used in the production of flat panel displays were also up.After a downward revision in July, management is now guiding for an 11.0% decline in consolidated sales, a 15.7% decline in operating profit and a 5.9% decline in net profit in FY Mar-20. This implies rising sales and profits during the remainder of this fiscal year.Risks include a slowing global economy, the possibility that cell-phone sales will remain weak until 5G wireless service is widely available, and the ongoing trade war. SPE shares have risen so far so fast that a period of consolidation seems likely.

Screen Holding's share price has rebounded by 87% from its 52-week low at the beginning of June, a performance comparable to that of other leading semiconductor production equipment (SPE) makers including Tokyo Electron, Applied Materials, Lam Research and KLA. At ¥6,690 (Friday, September 20 closing price), Screen is selling at 18.4x management's EPS guidance for FY Mar-20. The latest wafer fab equipment forecast from industry organization SEMI, announced during the Semicon West trade show in July, has worldwide SPE sales falling by 18% to $52.7 billion in calendar 2019 and then rebounding by 12% to 58.8 billion in 2020. SEMI also expects 300mm fab equipment spending to gradually recover in 2020 and reach a new record high of more than $60 billion in 2021. Adding 200mm equipment spending in China and elsewhere might take total sales back to the $64.5 billion peak reached in 2018. Screen's consolidated sales were down 19.7% year-on-year and the company dropped into the red in the three months to June, but new SPE orders rebounded, rising 17.0% from 4Q of FY Mar-19 and 18.6% year-on-year. New orders for equipment used in the production of flat panel displays were also up.After a downward revision in July, management is now guiding for an 11.0% decline in consolidated sales, a 15.7% decline in operating profit and a 5.9% decline in net profit in FY Mar-20. This implies rising sales and profits during the remainder of this fiscal year.Risks include a slowing global economy, the possibility that cell-phone sales will remain weak until 5G wireless service is widely available, and the ongoing trade war. SPE shares have risen so far so fast that a period of consolidation seems likely.

Screen Holdings (7735 JP): Anticipated Recovery Largely Discounted

'Quantamental' Japan Specialist, LightStream Research

Campbell Gunn

'Quantamental' Japan Specialist

• RELATIVE PRICE SCORE •<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/178/original/2019-09-06_09-42-35.png?1567730614" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98178"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Japan Analytics</div>INTRODUCTION - The Relative Price Score (RPS) is a measure of stock price performance relative to TOPIX calculated by comparing the current deviation with the mean absolute deviation of monthly and daily relative share prices. As all companies are thus on a comparable scale, 'Overbought' and 'Oversold' outliers and changes in scoring can reveal short-term and longer-term trading opportunities. Company outlier thresholds are set at +4 &amp; -2 and equate to the top and bottom first-to-second percentiles of historical observations from which mean reversion takes a matter of months. RPS outliers with a Score of greater than 10.0 are rare outside of the 2000 tech 'bubble'. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lasertec-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4126:1" rel="noopener">Lasertec (6920 JP)</a> has just joined <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/goldwin-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:410:1" rel="noopener">Goldwin (8111 JP)</a> in being only the second large-cap RPS 'ten-baggers' in the last twenty years. <div class="content-highlight">This insight updates our list of Overbought and Oversold companies, reviews the best and worst-performing companies in terms of RPS over the last three months and adds some specific comments on stocks on each category.</div><div></div><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/046/original/2019-09-05_12-46-46.png?1567655232" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98046"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Japan Analytics</div>STATISTICS - Currently, of the 3,706 listed companies for which monthly RPS data is available, 81 companies are 'Overbought', and 133 are 'Oversold' - 2.45% and 3.8%, respectively of the total. For the 737 companies with a market capitalisation of over ¥100b, there are 44 'Overbought' and 37 'Oversold' companies, 6% and 5%, respectively.<hr>• RELATIVE PRICE SCORE 'TOPS' •<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/055/original/2019-09-05_13-06-30.png?1567656423" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98055"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Japan Analytics</div>RPS 'TOPS' - In the last two years, 388 companies have achieved an RPS of '4' or more and the average Overbought 'persistence' is 42 days. 1.26% of the total of 1.94 million traded stock days were by companies with an RPS of over 4. For companies with a market capitalisation higher than ¥100b, the numbers are 95 companies and 74 days - demonstrating the superior persistence of large capitalisation companies in this regard. The chart above highlights the track record of all 95 large caps which are some point were Overbought in the last twenty-four months and illustrates the extreme outlier status of Goldwin and Lasertec.RPS NEGATIVE MEAN REVERSION - Some examples of RPS mean reversion in the last three months have been <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzuken-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14996:1" rel="noopener">Suzuken (9987 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/infomart-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1301:1" rel="noopener">Infomart (2492 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nichirei-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7168:1" rel="noopener">Nichirei (2871 JP)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fancl-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15862:1" rel="noopener">Fancl (4921 JP)</a>. <figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/096/original/2019-09-05_16-25-39.png?1567668352" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98096"></figure><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/097/original/2019-09-05_16-27-09.png?1567668441" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98097"></figure><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/098/original/2019-09-05_16-28-42.png?1567668548" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98098"></figure><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/099/original/2019-09-05_16-30-29.png?1567668640" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98099"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Japan Analytics</div><hr>• RELATIVE PRICE SCORE 'BOTTOMS' •<div>
<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/056/original/2019-09-05_13-12-52.png?1567656806" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98056"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Japan Analytics</div>
</div>RPS 'BOTTOMS' - 259 companies have seen their RPS fall to '-2' or below in the last two years, and the average Oversold 'persistence' is 83 days. 1.46% of the total of 1.94 million traded stock days were by companies with an RPS of less than -2.  For larger capitalisation companies, the numbers are 79 companies and 94 days. The chart above highlights the track record of the 79 large caps which are some point were Oversold in the last twenty-four months and illustrates the strong recovery in the REITs Sector and the continuing demise of Regional Banks.RPS POSITIVE MEAN REVERSION - Some recent examples of positive RPS mean reversions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/otsuka-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12292:1" rel="noopener">Otsuka Holdings (4578 JP) </a>and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/line-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22772:1" rel="noopener">LINE (3938 JP)</a>.<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/100/original/2019-09-05_16-35-47.png?1567668972" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98100"></figure><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/098/102/original/2019-09-05_16-36-50.png?1567669047" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="98102"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Japan Analytics</div>As we noted in our June <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/japan-relative-price-scores-overbought-oversold-companies-june-2019" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:30393" rel="noopener">Insight: -</a><blockquote><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/line-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22772:1" rel="noopener">LINE (3938 JP)</a>- Line has performed poorly since being featured in last year's Sohn Conference and has had negative and worsening Operating Income for each of the previous five quarters. Although there is a possibility of a double-bottom RPS 'bounce' and the company is now the most-Oversold non-financial large-cap over one year, there are no fundamental reasons to own the shares.   </blockquote>In the DETAIL section below, we list the current Very Overbought (RPS&gt;5), Too-Late-To-Buy (RPS &gt;4&lt;5) and Oversold (RPS &lt;-2) stocks as well as the most substantial three-month positive and negative changes in RPS.

• RELATIVE PRICE SCORE •Source: Japan AnalyticsINTRODUCTION - The Relative Price Score (RPS) is a measure of stock price performance relative to TOPIX calculated by comparing the current deviation with the mean absolute deviation of monthly and daily relative share prices. As all companies are thus on a comparable scale, 'Overbought' and 'Oversold' outliers and changes in scoring can reveal short-term and longer-term trading opportunities. Company outlier thresholds are set at +4 &amp; -2 and equate to the top and bottom first-to-second percentiles of historical observations from which mean reversion takes a matter of months. RPS outliers with a Score of greater than 10.0 are rare outside of the 2000 tech 'bubble'. Lasertec (6920 JP) has just joined Goldwin (8111 JP) in being only the second large-cap RPS 'ten-baggers' in the last twenty years. This insight updates our list of Overbought and Oversold companies, reviews the best and worst-performing companies in terms of RPS over the last three months and adds some specific comments on stocks on each category.Source: Japan AnalyticsSTATISTICS - Currently, of the 3,706 listed companies for which monthly RPS data is available, 81 companies are 'Overbought', and 133 are 'Oversold' - 2.45% and 3.8%, respectively of the total. For the 737 companies with a market capitalisation of over ¥100b, there are 44 'Overbought' and 37 'Oversold' companies, 6% and 5%, respectively.• RELATIVE PRICE SCORE 'TOPS' •Source: Japan AnalyticsRPS 'TOPS' - In the last two years, 388 companies have achieved an RPS of '4' or more and the average Overbought 'persistence' is 42 days. 1.26% of the total of 1.94 million traded stock days were by companies with an RPS of over 4. For companies with a market capitalisation higher than ¥100b, the numbers are 95 companies and 74 days - demonstrating the superior persistence of large capitalisation companies in this regard. The chart above highlights the track record of all 95 large caps which are some point were Overbought in the last twenty-four months and illustrates the extreme outlier status of Goldwin and Lasertec.RPS NEGATIVE MEAN REVERSION - Some examples of RPS mean reversion in the last three months have been Suzuken (9987 JP), Infomart (2492 JP), Nichirei (2871 JP), and Fancl (4921 JP). Source: Japan Analytics• RELATIVE PRICE SCORE 'BOTTOMS' •
Source: Japan Analytics
RPS 'BOTTOMS' - 259 companies have seen their RPS fall to '-2' or below in the last two years, and the average Oversold 'persistence' is 83 days. 1.46% of the total of 1.94 million traded stock days were by companies with an RPS of less than -2.  For larger capitalisation companies, the numbers are 79 companies and 94 days. The chart above highlights the track record of the 79 large caps which are some point were Oversold in the last twenty-four months and illustrates the strong recovery in the REITs Sector and the continuing demise of Regional Banks.RPS POSITIVE MEAN REVERSION - Some recent examples of positive RPS mean reversions are Otsuka Holdings (4578 JP) and LINE (3938 JP).Source: Japan AnalyticsAs we noted in our June Insight: -LINE (3938 JP)- Line has performed poorly since being featured in last year's Sohn Conference and has had negative and worsening Operating Income for each of the previous five quarters. Although there is a possibility of a double-bottom RPS 'bounce' and the company is now the most-Oversold non-financial large-cap over one year, there are no fundamental reasons to own the shares.   In the DETAIL section below, we list the current Very Overbought (RPS&gt;5), Too-Late-To-Buy (RPS &gt;4&lt;5) and Oversold (RPS &lt;-2) stocks as well as the most substantial three-month positive and negative changes in RPS.

🇯🇵 Japan • September Relative Price Scores - Life at the Poles Part 2: Companies

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/21097/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ASML (ASML NA)</a> is the market leader in the semiconductor lithography segment with a share of about 85% and is the only maker of EUV lithography globally. The company has spent more than 10 years developing the EUV technology has been going mainstream since the beginning of 2019. We expect the company revenues to grow significantly over the next 5-7 years given the increasing demand for EUV systems. The shift in the company’s product mix towards EUV should support higher revenues as EUV systems command a higher average selling price and the company’s monopolistic state in the EUV market should help boost the company’s top-line. Lithography as a percentage of semiconductor equipment spending declined briefly during 2014-2017 due to lack of EUV lithography while NAND is mainly driven by deposition and etch. With wider adoption of EUV systems particularly in logic and according to ASML, the DRAM segment starting to adopt EUV towards the second half of 2019, we expect a higher fraction of semiconductor capex spending moving towards lithography. We believe, the company is well positioned to reap the benefits of its investment in EUV over the next couple of years. While the current negative sentiment surrounding the semiconductor market could impact the company’s share price in the short-term, the long-term structural changes in the semiconductor lithography market should bode well for the company.

ASML (ASML NA) is the market leader in the semiconductor lithography segment with a share of about 85% and is the only maker of EUV lithography globally. The company has spent more than 10 years developing the EUV technology has been going mainstream since the beginning of 2019. We expect the company revenues to grow significantly over the next 5-7 years given the increasing demand for EUV systems. The shift in the company’s product mix towards EUV should support higher revenues as EUV systems command a higher average selling price and the company’s monopolistic state in the EUV market should help boost the company’s top-line. Lithography as a percentage of semiconductor equipment spending declined briefly during 2014-2017 due to lack of EUV lithography while NAND is mainly driven by deposition and etch. With wider adoption of EUV systems particularly in logic and according to ASML, the DRAM segment starting to adopt EUV towards the second half of 2019, we expect a higher fraction of semiconductor capex spending moving towards lithography. We believe, the company is well positioned to reap the benefits of its investment in EUV over the next couple of years. While the current negative sentiment surrounding the semiconductor market could impact the company’s share price in the short-term, the long-term structural changes in the semiconductor lithography market should bode well for the company.

ASML: Transition to EUV Lithography Should Boost Company’s Top-Line and Margins

The short notional in the market for the week ended 23 August is US$24.95bn with the largest short positions in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/itochu-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18448:1">Itochu Corp (8001 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/canon-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1:1">Canon Inc (7751 JP)</a>,  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiyo-yuden-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9924:1">Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sumitomo-mitsui-financial-gr" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:217:1">Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316 JP)</a> . Most shorted stocks as a percentage of free float are Amazia, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/extreme-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5311:1">Extreme Co Ltd (6033 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiyo-yuden-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9924:1">Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/leopalace21-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8244:1">Leopalace21 Corp (8848 JP)</a> while the stocks with the highest days to cover are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/katakura-industries-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2007:1">Katakura Industries (3001 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vital-ksk-holdings-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7398:1">Vital Ksk Holdings (3151 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mirait-holdings-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7034:1">Mirait Holdings (1417 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aruhi-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26072:1">Aruhi Corp (7198 JP)</a>.The largest increases in short notional over the week were <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/recruit-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15070:1">Recruit Holdings (6098 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokyo-electron-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:280:1">Tokyo Electron (8035 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/familymart-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:320:1">Familymart UNY Holdings (8028 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1">Rakuten Inc (4755 JP)</a>  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advantest-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18107:1"></a>while shorts were covered in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a>,<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27445:1">Softbank Corp (9434 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zozo-inc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18379:1">ZOZO Inc (3092 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/renesas-electronics-corp" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15933:1">Renesas Electronics (6723 JP)</a>.  Sectorally, new short positions were built in Industrials, Financials and Materials, while shorts were covered in Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services.

The short notional in the market for the week ended 23 August is US$24.95bn with the largest short positions in Itochu Corp (8001 JP), Toyota Motor (7203 JP), Canon Inc (7751 JP),  Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316 JP) . Most shorted stocks as a percentage of free float are Amazia, Extreme Co Ltd (6033 JP), Taiyo Yuden (6976 JP) and Leopalace21 Corp (8848 JP) while the stocks with the highest days to cover are Katakura Industries (3001 JP), Vital Ksk Holdings (3151 JP), Mirait Holdings (1417 JP) and Aruhi Corp (7198 JP).The largest increases in short notional over the week were Recruit Holdings (6098 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035 JP), Familymart UNY Holdings (8028 JP) and Rakuten Inc (4755 JP)  while shorts were covered in Fast Retailing (9983 JP),Softbank Corp (9434 JP), ZOZO Inc (3092 JP) and Renesas Electronics (6723 JP).  Sectorally, new short positions were built in Industrials, Financials and Materials, while shorts were covered in Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services.

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Tokyo Electron Limited manufactures and sells industrial electronics products, such as semiconductor manufacturing machines, computer system, and electronic components.  The Company products are sold in US, Taiwan, and others as well as in Japan.

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