APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Tamilnad Mercantile Bank is looking to raise about US$137m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis Capital, Motilal Oswal and SBI Capital.</p><p>Tamilnad Mercantile Bank is one of the oldest private sector banks in India, offering banking and financial services to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), agricultural and retail customers (RAM). As of Jun 21, it had 509 branches, of which 106 were in rural areas, 247 in semi-urban, 80 in urban and 76 in metropolitan centres. Its overall consumer base is approximately 4.93m and 69.96% of its customers have been associated with the bank for a period of more than five years, contributing 67.02% of deposits and 57.56% of advances.</p>

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank is looking to raise about US$137m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis Capital, Motilal Oswal and SBI Capital.Tamilnad Mercantile Bank is one of the oldest private sector banks in India, offering banking and financial services to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), agricultural and retail customers (RAM). As of Jun 21, it had 509 branches, of which 106 were in rural areas, 247 in semi-urban, 80 in urban and 76 in metropolitan centres. Its overall consumer base is approximately 4.93m and 69.96% of its customers have been associated with the bank for a period of more than five years, contributing 67.02% of deposits and 57.56% of advances.

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Aptus Value Housing Finance India / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Aptus Value Housing Finance (AVHF) raised around US$375m in its India IPO. The company is backed by a host of investors including WestBridge, Malabar Investments, Sequoia, Madison and Steadview.</p><p>Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited (AVHF) is a retail focussed housing finance company (HFC) primarily serving low and middle income self-employed customers in the rural and semi-urban markets in India. AVHF was one of the largest HFC’s in South India in terms of AUM, as of Mar 21. </p><p>AVHF’s net interest income has grown by 38-55% pa over FY18-FY21, while its Pre-provision operating profit has done even better with 40-63% pa growth. Earnings growth has been driven by its rapid loan growth which has been between 28-58% pa over the past three years. Although loan growth has been slowing down and disbursements growth had already declined from 47% YoY in FY19 to just 2% YoY in FY21.</p><p>We covered the company background in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/aptus-value-housing-finance-ipo-valuation-is-too-rich-especially-with-an-over-capitalised-book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aptus Value Housing Finance IPO Trading - Valuation is too rich, especially with an over-capitalised book</a>.</p><p>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics.</p>

Aptus Value Housing Finance (AVHF) raised around US$375m in its India IPO. The company is backed by a host of investors including WestBridge, Malabar Investments, Sequoia, Madison and Steadview.Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited (AVHF) is a retail focussed housing finance company (HFC) primarily serving low and middle income self-employed customers in the rural and semi-urban markets in India. AVHF was one of the largest HFC’s in South India in terms of AUM, as of Mar 21. AVHF’s net interest income has grown by 38-55% pa over FY18-FY21, while its Pre-provision operating profit has done even better with 40-63% pa growth. Earnings growth has been driven by its rapid loan growth which has been between 28-58% pa over the past three years. Although loan growth has been slowing down and disbursements growth had already declined from 47% YoY in FY19 to just 2% YoY in FY21.We covered the company background in our earlier note, Aptus Value Housing Finance IPO Trading - Valuation is too rich, especially with an over-capitalised book.In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics.

Aptus Value Housing Finance IPO Trading - Remains One of the Most Expensive HFCs

Aadhar Housing Finance / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) was the largest affordable housing finance company (HFC) in India, in terms of AUM as of Mar 2020. It plans to raise around US$1bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO. AHF is 98.72% owned by Blackstone.</p><p>AHF is entirely retail-focussed, serving economically weaker and low-to-middle income customers. The average ticket size of its loans was INR0.85m, with an average loan-to-value of 56.73%, as of Sep 2020. 64.83% of its gross AUM consisted of loans to salaried customers, with the rest coming from self-employed customers, as of Sep 2020. </p><p>AHF’s customer base has grown at 22.18% CAGR over FY18-20, while AUM grew at a CAGR of 19.79%. Total income growth outpaced AUM growth with a 30.85% CAGR over FY18-20.</p><p>However, its disbursements have been falling and its AUM growth has slowed down over the past few years. In addition, its disclosures aren’t exactly the best.</p>

Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) was the largest affordable housing finance company (HFC) in India, in terms of AUM as of Mar 2020. It plans to raise around US$1bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO. AHF is 98.72% owned by Blackstone.AHF is entirely retail-focussed, serving economically weaker and low-to-middle income customers. The average ticket size of its loans was INR0.85m, with an average loan-to-value of 56.73%, as of Sep 2020. 64.83% of its gross AUM consisted of loans to salaried customers, with the rest coming from self-employed customers, as of Sep 2020. AHF’s customer base has grown at 22.18% CAGR over FY18-20, while AUM grew at a CAGR of 19.79%. Total income growth outpaced AUM growth with a 30.85% CAGR over FY18-20.However, its disbursements have been falling and its AUM growth has slowed down over the past few years. In addition, its disclosures aren’t exactly the best.

Aadhar Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Decent past Growth but Comes with Weird Disclosures

Home First Finance / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Home First Finance (HFF) is an affordable housing finance company targeting first time home buyers in low and middle-income groups. The company aims to raise around US$160m in its India IPO. It is backed by True North, GIC and Bessemer and has recently obtained an investment from Warburg Pincus as well.</p><p>HFF has grown rapidly over the past few years, driven by an expansion in its branch network and large number of new customers. Over FY17-20, HFF’s loan grew at a CAGR of 62%, while its earnings grew even faster with NII growing at 68%, PPoP at 117% and PAT at 128% CAGR.  It still remains largely focussed on housing loans and has pristine asset quality.</p><p>However, its funding sources lack diversity and its margin is artificially inflated by its high capitalisation. Furthermore, the company talks a lot about tech but a lot of its functions appear to be still very contact heavy and hence, salesforce/customer service dependent.</p><p>I have covered various aspects of the deal in my earlier notes,  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/home-first-finance-pre-ipo-riding-on-affordable-housing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Home First Finance Pre-IPO - Riding on affordable housing</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/home-first-finance-pre-ipo-earnings-not-showing-the-covid-strain-but-other-metrics-are" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Home First Finance Pre-IPO - Earnings not showing the COVID strain but other metrics are</a>.</p><p>In this note I’ll run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about recent updates.</p>

Home First Finance (HFF) is an affordable housing finance company targeting first time home buyers in low and middle-income groups. The company aims to raise around US$160m in its India IPO. It is backed by True North, GIC and Bessemer and has recently obtained an investment from Warburg Pincus as well.HFF has grown rapidly over the past few years, driven by an expansion in its branch network and large number of new customers. Over FY17-20, HFF’s loan grew at a CAGR of 62%, while its earnings grew even faster with NII growing at 68%, PPoP at 117% and PAT at 128% CAGR.  It still remains largely focussed on housing loans and has pristine asset quality.However, its funding sources lack diversity and its margin is artificially inflated by its high capitalisation. Furthermore, the company talks a lot about tech but a lot of its functions appear to be still very contact heavy and hence, salesforce/customer service dependent.I have covered various aspects of the deal in my earlier notes,  Home First Finance Pre-IPO - Riding on affordable housing and Home First Finance Pre-IPO - Earnings not showing the COVID strain but other metrics are.In this note I’ll run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about recent updates.

Home First Finance IPO - It’s Not Really Cheap, Banking on Momentum

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

SBI Cards & Payment Services / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbi-cards-payment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28662:1" rel="noopener">SBI Cards (SBICARDS IN)</a> is the second-largest credit card issuer in India, with an 18.0% market share of the Indian credit card market as measured by the number of credit cards outstanding as of 30 September 2019. SBI Cards will commence trading on Monday, 16 March. SBI Cards set its IPO price at Rs755 per share, which is the upper limit of the IPO price band.</p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sbi-cards-and-payment-ipo-price-range-s-polarized-appeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our valuation note</a>, we stated that the signs point to a good post-IPO performance, and we are inclined to put on our "growth" hat and participate in the IPO. However, since then, the markets globally are in turmoil due to the covid-19 outbreak. While trying to predict market moves in the current environment is challenging, we think that SBI Cards will have a tepid debut (likely flat). On a longer-term basis, we think the valuation remains appealing to growth-oriented investors willing to look past the market turmoil.</p></div></div></div>

SBI Cards (SBICARDS IN) is the second-largest credit card issuer in India, with an 18.0% market share of the Indian credit card market as measured by the number of credit cards outstanding as of 30 September 2019. SBI Cards will commence trading on Monday, 16 March. SBI Cards set its IPO price at Rs755 per share, which is the upper limit of the IPO price band.In our valuation note, we stated that the signs point to a good post-IPO performance, and we are inclined to put on our "growth" hat and participate in the IPO. However, since then, the markets globally are in turmoil due to the covid-19 outbreak. While trying to predict market moves in the current environment is challenging, we think that SBI Cards will have a tepid debut (likely flat). On a longer-term basis, we think the valuation remains appealing to growth-oriented investors willing to look past the market turmoil.

SBI Cards and Payment IPO: Trading Debut In Unprecedented Times

India

Aavas Financiers Limited provides consumer finance services. The Company offers home, land purchase, construction, home improvement, balance transfer, and business loans. Aavas Financiers serves customers in India.

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Aavas Financiers Ltd (AAVAS IN)

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank is looking to raise about US$137m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis Capital, Motilal Oswal and SBI...

Clarence Chu

Aptus Value Housing Finance IPO Trading - Remains One of the Most Expensive HFCs

Aptus Value Housing Finance (AVHF) raised around US$375m in its India IPO. The company is backed by a host of investors including WestBridge,...

Sumeet Singh

Aadhar Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Decent past Growth but Comes with Weird Disclosures

Aadhar Housing Finance, the largest affordable housing finance company, plans to raise around US$1bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary...

Sumeet Singh

Home First Finance IPO - It’s Not Really Cheap, Banking on Momentum

Home First Finance is an affordable housing finance company aiming to raise around US$160m in its India IPO. It is backed by True North, Warburg,...

Sumeet Singh

SBI Cards and Payment IPO: Trading Debut In Unprecedented Times

SBI Cards (SBICARDS IN) is the second-largest credit card issuer in India, with an 18.0% market share of the Indian credit card market as measured...

Arun George

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