Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>TSMC's premium is trading at a historically high level after its recent results release, while ADR short interest has remained subdued.</li>
<li>ASE's ADR premium is at one of its highest levels in history, appears precarious in our view.</li>
<li>ChipMOS premium near middle of range; the company will report results this week.</li>
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TSMC's premium is trading at a historically high level after its recent results release, while ADR short interest has remained subdued.
ASE's ADR premium is at one of its highest levels in history, appears precarious in our view.
ChipMOS premium near middle of range; the company will report results this week.


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Premium High & Short Interest Down; ASE Premium Precarious

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<li>TSMC: 9.9% premium, continues to stay above one standard deviation from historical median... Earnings coming this week.</li>
<li>UMC: 0.0% ADR premium... Trading on par with local shares... Earnings next week.</li>
<li>Chunghwa Telecom: -0.8% discount represents relatively deep discount vs. history.</li>
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TSMC: 9.9% premium, continues to stay above one standard deviation from historical median... Earnings coming this week.
UMC: 0.0% ADR premium... Trading on par with local shares... Earnings next week.
Chunghwa Telecom: -0.8% discount represents relatively deep discount vs. history.


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Premium Staying High Ahead of Earnings This Week; UMC at Par

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 14th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Quanta Computer, Inventec, Lite-On Tech, Walsin Lihwa, ASE, Lotus.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 14th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.0bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Quanta Computer, Inventec, Lite-On Tech, Walsin Lihwa, ASE, Lotus.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 14th): Quanta Computer, Inventec, Lite-On Tech, Walsin Lihwa, ASE

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<li>TSMC winning with Nvidia's business, beating Samsung due to TSMC's advanced packaging technology; this highlights the rising importance and complexity of chip packaging.</li>
<li>China export restrictions for rare earths used in semiconductors highlight opportunity for U.S. and Australian rare earths producers. We identify two potential plays.</li>
<li>Nanya Technology Earnings: DRAM market has bottomed, sees industry improvement ahead. We see a trading Long opportunity.</li>
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TSMC winning with Nvidia's business, beating Samsung due to TSMC's advanced packaging technology; this highlights the rising importance and complexity of chip packaging.
China export restrictions for rare earths used in semiconductors highlight opportunity for U.S. and Australian rare earths producers. We identify two potential plays.
Nanya Technology Earnings: DRAM market has bottomed, sees industry improvement ahead. We see a trading Long opportunity.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Packaging Tech Ahead of Samsung; China Rare Earths Restrictions Plays; DRAM

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 7th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD13.8bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Quanta Computer, Inventec, Novatek, Lite-On Tech, Yang Ming Marine, ASE, China Airlines.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 7th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD13.8bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Quanta Computer, Inventec, Novatek, Lite-On Tech, Yang Ming Marine, ASE, China Airlines.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 7th): Quanta Computer, Inventec, Novatek, Lite-On Tech

Taiwan

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. offers assembly and testing services. The Company provides outsourced assembly, semiconductor testing, semiconductor packaging, and other related services. ASE Technology Holding operates in Taiwan.

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ASE Technology Holding (3711 TT)

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Premium High & Short Interest Down; ASE Premium Precarious

TSMC's premium is trading at a historically high level after its recent results release, while ADR short interest has remained subdued.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Premium Staying High Ahead of Earnings This Week; UMC at Par

Earnings events will be coming over the next few weeks for all of our tracked names. UMC, CHT look interesting in terms of room for ADR spreads to...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 14th): Quanta Computer, Inventec, Lite-On Tech, Walsin Lihwa, ASE

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Quanta Computer, Inventec, Lite-On Tech, Walsin...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Packaging Tech Ahead of Samsung; China Rare Earths Restrictions Plays; DRAM

China export restrictions for rare earths used in semiconductors highlight opportunity for U.S. and Australian rare earths producers.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 7th): Quanta Computer, Inventec, Novatek, Lite-On Tech

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Quanta Computer, Inventec, Novatek, Lite-On Tech,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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