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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<li>I-Tail Corporation, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the wet pet food category, aims to list in Thailand in 4Q22. ITC is a subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thai-union-group-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:161:1" rel="noopener">Thai Union Group (TU TB)</a>. </li>
<li>As per ITC, it was the number two pet food company in Asia and in the top ten pet food companies globally. ITC expertise lies in fish-based wet pet food.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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I-Tail Corporation, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the wet pet food category, aims to list in Thailand in 4Q22. ITC is a subsidiary of Thai Union Group (TU TB). 
As per ITC, it was the number two pet food company in Asia and in the top ten pet food companies globally. ITC expertise lies in fish-based wet pet food.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


I-Tail Corporation Pre-IPO - The Positives - For the Pampered Pets

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chewy-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28110:1" rel="noopener">Chewy Inc (CHWY US)</a> , one of the largest pure-play pet e-commerce companies that benefited from COVID-19 pandemic, reported 13% y/y revenue growth in 2QFY22, down from 47% in 2QFY20.</li>
<li>The company’s management, including CEO and Director Mr. Singh, sold ~$25M worth of Chewy shares this year, and BC Partners dumped 6.1M shares at $82.50 each in 2021. </li>
<li>Our bear case scenario suggests further room for downside on post-pandemic slowdown, rising costs, intense competition in the pet space, and weak consumer spending.</li>
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Chewy Inc (CHWY US) , one of the largest pure-play pet e-commerce companies that benefited from COVID-19 pandemic, reported 13% y/y revenue growth in 2QFY22, down from 47% in 2QFY20.
The company’s management, including CEO and Director Mr. Singh, sold ~$25M worth of Chewy shares this year, and BC Partners dumped 6.1M shares at $82.50 each in 2021. 
Our bear case scenario suggests further room for downside on post-pandemic slowdown, rising costs, intense competition in the pet space, and weak consumer spending.


Chewy: Post-Pandemic Slowdown Is Here To Stay While Insiders Are Cashing Out

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We compare how a portfolio composed of our top five picks in each of our thematic reports based on datamining technical publications would have performed versus Indices</li>
<li>The size of outperformance for various periods suggests that incorporating innovation quality index that we use to rank companies can be a solid tool to generate alpha.   </li>
<li>We understand that much of the outperformance is generated by positive skew but even backing out the largest two contributors we see solid outperformance.</li>
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We compare how a portfolio composed of our top five picks in each of our thematic reports based on datamining technical publications would have performed versus Indices
The size of outperformance for various periods suggests that incorporating innovation quality index that we use to rank companies can be a solid tool to generate alpha.   
We understand that much of the outperformance is generated by positive skew but even backing out the largest two contributors we see solid outperformance.


A Look at How a Portfolio Composed of Our Top Five Innovators in Each Report Would Have Performed

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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<li>The global game market can shrink in 2022, which will impact Chinese game companies’ global diversification.</li>
<li>NetEase formally launched its own social networking service to compete with Tencent.</li>
<li>Kuaishou announced that it would launch an e-commerce channel on its App’s homepage.</li>
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The global game market can shrink in 2022, which will impact Chinese game companies’ global diversification.
NetEase formally launched its own social networking service to compete with Tencent.
Kuaishou announced that it would launch an e-commerce channel on its App’s homepage.


China Internet Weekly (3Oct2022): Tencent, NetEase, Alibaba, Kuaishou, Uxin

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets, JapanConsuming

Michael Causton

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets

Real Insight on Japanese Consumer Markets

JapanConsuming

JapanConsuming is a specialist research firm producing intelligence on Japanese retail and consumer markets. Founded in 2000, JapanConsuming has become the leading provider of insights on Japanese retailers and consumer trends to retailers, brands, government agencies and investors. As well as a highly regarded monthly report on the market, JapanConsuming produces in-depth reports on retail sectors, seminars on key trends and telephone consulting to investors on trends and retailers.

JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

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<li>The battle for online food sales continues to heat up, with Rakuten and Amazon squaring up to challenge for supremacy. </li>
<li>Although Amazon has signed two of the largest names, Life and Valor, Rakuten is quickly catching up, last month adding Comodi-Iida to existing members, Seiyu, Beisia and Inageya.</li>
<li>Other supermarket chains are already preparing to sign-up with Rakuten. </li>
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The battle for online food sales continues to heat up, with Rakuten and Amazon squaring up to challenge for supremacy. 
Although Amazon has signed two of the largest names, Life and Valor, Rakuten is quickly catching up, last month adding Comodi-Iida to existing members, Seiyu, Beisia and Inageya.
Other supermarket chains are already preparing to sign-up with Rakuten. 


Rakuten’s Netsuper Expands with New Partners

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Amazon.com, Inc. is an online retailer that offers a wide range of products. The Company's products include books, music, videotapes, computers, electronics, home and garden, and numerous other products.  Amazon offers personalized shopping services, Web-based credit card payment, and direct shipping to customers.

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I-Tail Corporation Pre-IPO - The Positives - For the Pampered Pets

I-Tail Corporation, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the wet pet food category, aims to list in Thailand in 4Q22. ITC is a subsidiary of...

Sumeet Singh

Chewy: Post-Pandemic Slowdown Is Here To Stay While Insiders Are Cashing Out

We believe Chewy stock is overvalued as revenue growth decelerated significantly and active customer growth stalled. Insiders are cashing out,...

Andrei Zakharov

A Look at How a Portfolio Composed of Our Top Five Innovators in Each Report Would Have Performed

Our datamining reports ranks companies within thematic based on innovation quality. We see strong outperformance in a portfolio built using the top...

Pyari Menon

China Internet Weekly (3Oct2022): Tencent, NetEase, Alibaba, Kuaishou, Uxin

The global game market shrink will impact Chinese game companies’ global diversification. NetEase launched its own social networking service....

Ming Lu

Rakuten’s Netsuper Expands with New Partners

Rakuten continues to maintain leadership in Japanese e-commerce against rivals Amazon and Z Holdings and could emerge as the top player in the...

Michael Causton

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