TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Gitlab is down 61% since its IPO and trades at 16x forward sales, now reasonable for years of 40% like growth expected.</li>
<li>At $6B valuation, would make an attractive acquisition candidate for Google/Amazon or some of the growing DevSecOps players like Datadog.</li>
<li>Dynamic TAM with long runway ahead, very underpenetrated, strong secular tailwinds.</li>
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Gitlab is down 61% since its IPO and trades at 16x forward sales, now reasonable for years of 40% like growth expected.
At $6B valuation, would make an attractive acquisition candidate for Google/Amazon or some of the growing DevSecOps players like Datadog.
Dynamic TAM with long runway ahead, very underpenetrated, strong secular tailwinds.


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>Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is looking to raise around US$500m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Fabindia offers a diverse portfolio of lifestyle products to its customers across Apparel and Accessories, Home and Lifestyle, Personal Care and Organic Food categories. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is looking to raise around US$500m in its India IPO.
Fabindia offers a diverse portfolio of lifestyle products to its customers across Apparel and Accessories, Home and Lifestyle, Personal Care and Organic Food categories. 
In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Fabindia Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Past Financial Performance Trends Remain Unclear

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/international-business-machines-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1064:1" rel="noopener">International Business Machines (IBM US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alphabet-inc-cl-c" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11369:1" rel="noopener">Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)</a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/apple-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:666:1" rel="noopener">Apple Inc (AAPL US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amazon-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:409:1" rel="noopener">Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> are the top five AI innovators.</li>
<li>Top "non-tech" companies include medical diagnostic/surgical players like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/johnson-johnson" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1132:1" rel="noopener">Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/medtronic-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14982:1" rel="noopener">Medtronic Plc (MDT US)</a>, and financials like State Farm Mutual, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/capital-one-financial-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:255:1" rel="noopener">Capital One Financial (COF US)</a>
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<li>Since AI technology includes integrating several areas of technology, we have data-mined from multiple technological areas that we think are fundamental to AI, We have detailed these in the report.</li>
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International Business Machines (IBM US), Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)Apple Inc (AAPL US), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US), and Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) are the top five AI innovators.
Top "non-tech" companies include medical diagnostic/surgical players like Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ US), Medtronic Plc (MDT US), and financials like State Farm Mutual, and Capital One Financial (COF US)

Since AI technology includes integrating several areas of technology, we have data-mined from multiple technological areas that we think are fundamental to AI, We have detailed these in the report.


Insights from Data Mining Technical Publications - A Look into Artificial Intelligence

ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sea-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8509:1" rel="noopener">Sea Ltd (SE US)</a> results were in line but given a slow down in gaming and bearish guidance partly with India ban on FreeFire, the stock was sold off aggressively.</li>
<li>Strong performance from e-commerce and digital financial services was ignored, with improving take rates in core markets and comments on impending profitability overlooked, with hardly a mention in press commentary. </li>
<li>The risk for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sea-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8509:1" rel="noopener">Sea Ltd (SE US)</a> is squarely on the upside with valuations now looking attractive, trading at a discount to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mercadolibre-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27954:1" rel="noopener">MercadoLibre (MELI US)</a> despite its broader footprint.</li>
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Sea Ltd (SE US) results were in line but given a slow down in gaming and bearish guidance partly with India ban on FreeFire, the stock was sold off aggressively.
Strong performance from e-commerce and digital financial services was ignored, with improving take rates in core markets and comments on impending profitability overlooked, with hardly a mention in press commentary. 
The risk for Sea Ltd (SE US) is squarely on the upside with valuations now looking attractive, trading at a discount to MercadoLibre (MELI US) despite its broader footprint.


Sea Ltd (SE US) - Leaning Towards Profitability and Sustainability

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<li>Snowflake dropped another monster quarterly result, with product revenues growing 102%, with rising margins and FCF generation.</li>
<li>The 30% after hours drop was insane due to a misunderstanding of revenue guidance.</li>
<li>An incredible entry point for those who wanted to buy Snowflake but were waiting for it to return to the low $200s</li>
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Snowflake dropped another monster quarterly result, with product revenues growing 102%, with rising margins and FCF generation.
The 30% after hours drop was insane due to a misunderstanding of revenue guidance.
An incredible entry point for those who wanted to buy Snowflake but were waiting for it to return to the low $200s


Snowflake 4Q22 Earnings: What a Buying Opportunity

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Recent IPO Insights: Gitlab

Gitlab is down 61% since its IPO and trades at 16x forward sales, reasonable for 40% like growth expected. At $6B , would be acquisition candidate...

Aaron Gabin

Fabindia Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Past Financial Performance Trends Remain Unclear

Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is...

Sumeet Singh

Insights from Data Mining Technical Publications - A Look into Artificial Intelligence

The global artificial intelligence (AI) market is forecast to grow rapidly in the coming years. In this report, we data-mine publications to rank...

Pyari Menon

Sea Ltd (SE US) - Leaning Towards Profitability and Sustainability

The risk for Sea Ltd looks to be squarely on the upside with valuations now looking attractive, trading at a discount to MercadoLibre (MELI US)...

Angus Mackintosh

Snowflake 4Q22 Earnings: What a Buying Opportunity

Snowflake dropped another monster quarterly result, with product revenues growing 102% but was cut afterhours by 30% over revenue guidance....

Aaron Gabin

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