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<ul><li>Sony plans to achieve profitability in car camera business by 2026, aiming for 6x growth in the sector.</li><li>Samsung cancels anniversary events to focus on new management plan in response to crisis within the company.</li><li>Taiwan's passive component makers like Yageo and Ample flourish in AI boom, indicating growth potential in semiconductor industry.</li></ul>

Sony plans to achieve profitability in car camera business by 2026, aiming for 6x growth in the sector.Samsung cancels anniversary events to focus on new management plan in response to crisis within the company.Taiwan's passive component makers like Yageo and Ample flourish in AI boom, indicating growth potential in semiconductor industry.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (13-Jun-2024): Sony aims for profit in car camera biz by 2026.

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<ul><li>Sony Group Corporation recently reported its FY 2023 results and offered insights into its FY 2024 forecast as well as its fifth mid-range plan.</li><li>The corporation experienced a record high in consolidated sales at JPY 13,020.8 billion while consolidated operating income was JPY 1,208.8 billion.</li><li>Net income stood at JPY 970.6 billion, and consolidated adjusted EBITDA was JPY 1,880 billion.</li></ul>

Sony Group Corporation recently reported its FY 2023 results and offered insights into its FY 2024 forecast as well as its fifth mid-range plan.The corporation experienced a record high in consolidated sales at JPY 13,020.8 billion while consolidated operating income was JPY 1,208.8 billion.Net income stood at JPY 970.6 billion, and consolidated adjusted EBITDA was JPY 1,880 billion.

Sony Corporation: How It Is Implementing A Multi-Faceted Strategy In A Maturing Consumer Electronics Market! - Major Drivers

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Sumeet Singh

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<li>A group of shareholders aims to raise up to US$3.2bn via selling around 5% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/honda-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:154:1" rel="noopener">Honda Motor (7267 JP)</a> .</li>
<li>The possibility of such a selldown was flagged earlier in the week by Reuters. Thus, the deal is well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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A group of shareholders aims to raise up to US$3.2bn via selling around 5% of Honda Motor (7267 JP) .
The possibility of such a selldown was flagged earlier in the week by Reuters. Thus, the deal is well flagged.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Honda Motor Placement - Large in Size, Relatively Small in Other Terms

<ul><li>Based on the Q3 consolidated financial results announcement for Sony Group Corporation for FY 2023, the company showed considerable resilience against some difficult market conditions.</li><li>One critical highlight was the significant increase of 22% in consolidated sales for the quarter compared to the same quarter the previous fiscal year, reaching a record high of JPY 3,747.5 billion.</li><li>Notably, the operating income and net income also increased substantially year-on-year and reached the second-highest level on a quarterly basis.</li></ul>

Based on the Q3 consolidated financial results announcement for Sony Group Corporation for FY 2023, the company showed considerable resilience against some difficult market conditions.One critical highlight was the significant increase of 22% in consolidated sales for the quarter compared to the same quarter the previous fiscal year, reaching a record high of JPY 3,747.5 billion.Notably, the operating income and net income also increased substantially year-on-year and reached the second-highest level on a quarterly basis.

Sony Corporation: Expansion of smartphone market

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trial-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36821:1" rel="noopener">Trial Holdings (5882 JP)</a> was back in the market, a year after ditching its previous attempt, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/juniper-hotels" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40186:1" rel="noopener">Juniper Hotels</a> is trying to ride the India wave.</li>
<li>For placements, more signs of REIT coming back to life, this time in Japan. A relatively large deal in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toei-animation-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18641:1" rel="noopener">Toei Animation (4816 JP)</a> as well was launched.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, Trial Holdings (5882 JP) was back in the market, a year after ditching its previous attempt, while Juniper Hotels is trying to ride the India wave.
For placements, more signs of REIT coming back to life, this time in Japan. A relatively large deal in Toei Animation (4816 JP) as well was launched.


ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2024) - Toei Ani, KB Fin, IIF, Trial, Juniper, Bharti Hexacom, Octillion Energy

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Sony Corporation manufactures audio, home video game consoles, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.  The Company's other businesses include music, pictures, computer entertainment, and online businesses.

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Tech Supply Chain Tracker (13-Jun-2024): Sony aims for profit in car camera biz by 2026.

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Sony Corporation: How It Is Implementing A Multi-Faceted Strategy In A Maturing Consumer Electronics Market! - Major Drivers

Sony Group Corporation recently reported its FY 2023 results and offered insights into its FY 2024 forecast as well as its fifth mid-range...

Baptista Research

Honda Motor Placement - Large in Size, Relatively Small in Other Terms

A group of shareholders aims to raise up to US$3.2bn via selling around 5% of Honda Motor (7267 JP). In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics...

Sumeet Singh

Sony Corporation: Expansion of smartphone market

Based on the Q3 consolidated financial results announcement for Sony Group Corporation for FY 2023, the company showed considerable resilience...

Baptista Research

ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2024) - Toei Ani, KB Fin, IIF, Trial, Juniper, Bharti Hexacom, Octillion Energy

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

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