Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lotus-pharmaceutical-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20568:1" rel="noopener">Lotus Pharmaceutical (1795 TT)</a> achieved 16% revenue growth to NT$17B in 2023, while net profit increased 36% to NT$4B. Growth was mainly driven by the strong performance of Asian business.</li>
<li>For the first two months of 2024, the company reported revenue of NT$3B, representing 1% YoY decline. While exports grew, Asia business remained flat. </li>
<li>1Q24 should be flat or slightly negative for the company, while growth is expected to pick up from the later half of the year.</li>
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Lotus Pharmaceutical (1795 TT) achieved 16% revenue growth to NT$17B in 2023, while net profit increased 36% to NT$4B. Growth was mainly driven by the strong performance of Asian business.
For the first two months of 2024, the company reported revenue of NT$3B, representing 1% YoY decline. While exports grew, Asia business remained flat. 
1Q24 should be flat or slightly negative for the company, while growth is expected to pick up from the later half of the year.


Lotus Pharmaceutical (1795 TT): Record-High Performance in 2023; What Lies Ahead?

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 Mar 15th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD70.1bn.</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 Wistron, Hon Hai, Asia Vital, Wt, Umc, Unimicron Tech, Wiwynn, Mediatek.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 15th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD70.1bn.
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 Wistron, Hon Hai, Asia Vital, Wt, Umc, Unimicron Tech, Wiwynn, Mediatek.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 15th): Wistron, Hon Hai, Asia Vital, Wt, Umc, Unimicron Tech, Wiwynn

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 8th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD69.7bn.</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 TSMC, ASE, Mediatek, Yageo, Faraday Tech, Chung-Hsin, Momo.Com.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 8th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD69.7bn.
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 TSMC, ASE, Mediatek, Yageo, Faraday Tech, Chung-Hsin, Momo.Com.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 8th): TSMC, ASE, Mediatek, Yageo, Faraday Tech, Chung-Hsin, Momo.Com

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

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<li>The index changes for the March 2024 index rebal event for the T50/100 index family and the TDIV index were confirmed after market close on Friday 1st March 2024.</li>
<li>The confirmed changes for T50 and T100 were captured in our expectations but an additional change we expected did not materialize which adversely affected our flow expectations for March 2024.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a close look at the breakdown of our <em>final flow expectations</em> for the upcoming Inclusion/Exclusion and Capping events.</li>
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The index changes for the March 2024 index rebal event for the T50/100 index family and the TDIV index were confirmed after market close on Friday 1st March 2024.
The confirmed changes for T50 and T100 were captured in our expectations but an additional change we expected did not materialize which adversely affected our flow expectations for March 2024.
In this insight, we take a close look at the breakdown of our final flow expectations for the upcoming Inclusion/Exclusion and Capping events.


Quiddity TDIV/​50/​100 Mar 24 Rebal: Disappointing Result but Trade Successful So Far; Bail Out Now!

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Feb 23rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD66.3bn.</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 Novatek, Faraday Tech, Realtek Semi, Shihlin Elec&amp;Eng, Asmedia Tech, TSMC, Global Unichip, Alchip Tech.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Feb 23rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD66.3bn.
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 Novatek, Faraday Tech, Realtek Semi, Shihlin Elec&amp;Eng, Asmedia Tech, TSMC, Global Unichip, Alchip Tech.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Feb 23rd): Novatek, Faraday Tech, Realtek Semi, Shihlin Elec&Eng, TSMC

Taiwan

Bora Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd is a pharmaceutical company. The Company researches, manufactures and sell proprietary pharmaceuticals.

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Lotus Pharmaceutical (1795 TT): Record-High Performance in 2023; What Lies Ahead?

Lotus achieved 16% and 36%, YoY, revenue and profit growth, respectively, in 2023. The company is facing slight revenue decline in early 2024,...

Tina Banerjee

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 15th): Wistron, Hon Hai, Asia Vital, Wt, Umc, Unimicron Tech, Wiwynn

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Wistron, Hon Hai, Asia Vital, Wt, Umc, Unimicron...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 8th): TSMC, ASE, Mediatek, Yageo, Faraday Tech, Chung-Hsin, Momo.Com

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in TSMC, ASE, Mediatek, Yageo, Faraday Tech, Chung...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity TDIV/50/100 Mar 24 Rebal: Disappointing Result but Trade Successful So Far; Bail Out Now!

Our SHORT Bizlink has underperformed the index by 4.11% in the last 2 weeks. Now, I think it is time to unwind this trade as the expected deletion...

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TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Feb 23rd): Novatek, Faraday Tech, Realtek Semi, Shihlin Elec&Eng, TSMC

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Novatek, Faraday Tech, Realtek Semi, Shihlin...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Lotus Pharmaceutical (1795 TT): Record-High Performance in 2023; What Lies Ahead?

​Lotus achieved 16% and 36%, YoY, revenue and profit growth, respectively, in 2023. The company is facing slight revenue decline in early 2024,...

Tina Banerjee

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 15th): Wistron, Hon Hai, Asia Vital, Wt, Umc, Unimicron Tech, Wiwynn

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Wistron, Hon Hai, Asia Vital, Wt, Umc, Unimicron...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 8th): TSMC, ASE, Mediatek, Yageo, Faraday Tech, Chung-Hsin, Momo.Com

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in TSMC, ASE, Mediatek, Yageo, Faraday Tech, Chung...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity TDIV/​50/​100 Mar 24 Rebal: Disappointing Result but Trade Successful So Far; Bail Out Now!

Our SHORT Bizlink has underperformed the index by 4.11% in the last 2 weeks. Now, I think it is time to unwind this trade as the expected deletion...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Feb 23rd): Novatek, Faraday Tech, Realtek Semi, Shihlin Elec&Eng, TSMC

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Novatek, Faraday Tech, Realtek Semi, Shihlin...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Lotus achieved 16% and 36%, YoY, revenue and profit growth, respectively, in 2023. The company is facing slight revenue decline in early 2024,...

Quiddity TDIV/50/100 Mar 24 Rebal: Disappointing Result but Trade Successful So Far; Bail Out Now!