APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

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.

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SBFC Finance Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbfc-finance-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36713:1" rel="noopener">SBFC Finance Limited (SBFC IN) </a>raised around US$131m in its India IPO, after the deal was priced at INR57/share. Its six-month lockup will expire on 12th Feb 2024. </li>
<li>SBFC Finance is a systematically important, non-deposit taking non-banking finance company (NBFC-ND-SI), offering secured MSME Loans and Loans against Gold.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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SBFC Finance Limited (SBFC IN) raised around US$131m in its India IPO, after the deal was priced at INR57/share. Its six-month lockup will expire on 12th Feb 2024. 
SBFC Finance is a systematically important, non-deposit taking non-banking finance company (NBFC-ND-SI), offering secured MSME Loans and Loans against Gold.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


SBFC Finance Lockup Expiry - Time to Cash in on Some Hefty Profits

Equity Research Analyst - Long-Short

Raj S, CA, CFA

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Equity Bottom-Up

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Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN)  has become the second-best PSU bank in India after SBIN, in terms of improvement in asset quality and profitability.</li>
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Medium-Term ROE Forecast 16% to 18%; ROA &gt;1% consistently; Asset Quality problems receding; Strategy is to diversify loan book towards retail further and focus on improving efficiencies</li>
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Despite the recent rally, P/BV is cheap at 0.9x FY25e for high teen ROE business. BOB can easily re-rate to P/BV of 1.3x FY25e in the near term</li>
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Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN)  has become the second-best PSU bank in India after SBIN, in terms of improvement in asset quality and profitability.

Medium-Term ROE Forecast 16% to 18%; ROA &gt;1% consistently; Asset Quality problems receding; Strategy is to diversify loan book towards retail further and focus on improving efficiencies

Despite the recent rally, P/BV is cheap at 0.9x FY25e for high teen ROE business. BOB can easily re-rate to P/BV of 1.3x FY25e in the near term


Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN): Initiating Coverage – Best Value Bet Among Indian Banks

INOX India Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/inox-india-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40138:1" rel="noopener">INOX India Limited (INOX IN)</a> raised around US$175m in its Indian IPO, after pricing the deal at INR660/share. It will begin trading tomorrow on 21st Dec 2023.</li>
<li>Inox India is a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment. As per CRISIL, the firm was the largest Indian exporter of cryogenic tanks in terms of FY23 sales.</li>
<li>We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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INOX India Limited (INOX IN) raised around US$175m in its Indian IPO, after pricing the deal at INR660/share. It will begin trading tomorrow on 21st Dec 2023.
Inox India is a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment. As per CRISIL, the firm was the largest Indian exporter of cryogenic tanks in terms of FY23 sales.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about demand and trading dynamics.


Inox India IPO Trading - Hot Demand for Cryogenics

Muthoot Microfin / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/muthoot-microfin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39950:1" rel="noopener">Muthoot Microfin (1363943D IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$116m in its Indian IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$163m.</li>
<li>Muthoot Microfin (MMF) is a microfinance institution providing micro-loans to women customers with a focus on the rural regions of India.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the company’s performance. In this note, we talk about the company’s RHP updates and share our quick thoughts on peer comp and valuation.</li>
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Muthoot Microfin (1363943D IN) is looking to raise up to US$116m in its Indian IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$163m.
Muthoot Microfin (MMF) is a microfinance institution providing micro-loans to women customers with a focus on the rural regions of India.
In our previous note, we looked at the company’s performance. In this note, we talk about the company’s RHP updates and share our quick thoughts on peer comp and valuation.


Muthoot Microfin IPO - RHP Updates, Quick Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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>In the IPO space, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sino-synergy-hydrogen-energy-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40364:1" rel="noopener">Sino-Synergy Hydrogen Energy Technology (9663 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dekon-food-and-agriculture-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36756:1" rel="noopener">Dekon Food</a> didn't do much even as other are lining up to try their luck.</li>
<li>On the placements front, Japan and India flows continue like there is no tomorrow.</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.
In the IPO space, Sino-Synergy Hydrogen Energy Technology (9663 HK) and Dekon Food didn't do much even as other are lining up to try their luck.
On the placements front, Japan and India flows continue like there is no tomorrow.


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Bank of India, through its subsidiaries, provides corporate, commercial, personal banking, retail, rural, and development banking.  The Group specializes its services towards corporate and medium businesses, in addition to upmarket retail customers.

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Bank Of India (BOI IN)

SBFC Finance Lockup Expiry - Time to Cash in on Some Hefty Profits

SBFC Finance Limited (SBFC IN) raised around US$131m in its India IPO, after the deal was priced at INR57/share. Its six-month lockup will expire...

Ethan Aw

Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN): Initiating Coverage – Best Value Bet Among Indian Banks

Bank of Baroda has become a great value pick among Indian Banks due to its strong earnings profile and incrementally improving asset quality.

Raj S, CA, CFA

Inox India IPO Trading - Hot Demand for Cryogenics

INOX India Limited (INOX IN) raised around US$175m in its Indian IPO, after pricing the deal at INR660/share. It will begin trading tomorrow on...

Ethan Aw

Muthoot Microfin IPO - RHP Updates, Quick Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Muthoot Microfin (1363943D IN) is looking to raise up to US$116m in its Indian IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$163m.

Ethan Aw

ECM Weekly (10th Dec 2023) - Toyota, Denso, Rakuten, Evolution, IRCON, REPT, UBTech, Entero

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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