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.

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Weilong Delicious Global Holdi / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.</li>
<li>In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison and look at valuations.</li>
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Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO.
According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.
In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison and look at valuations.


Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison and Valuation

<ul>
<li>Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.</li>
<li>In this note, we will look at the updates from its recently filed PHIP.</li>
</ul>


Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO.
According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.
In this note, we will look at the updates from its recently filed PHIP.


Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Mixed Bag 1H21 Performance

<div><p>Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. </p></div><div><p>WDG sells products across three categories: seasoned flour products,  vegetable products and Bean-based and other products. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), in terms of retail sales value in 2020, WDG ranked first among all spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and ranked first in each of the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snack product categories.</p></div><div>
<p>We covered the positive aspects of the deal in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/weilong-delicious-global-pre-ipo-the-positives-fast-growth-strong-backers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Strong Backers.</a></p>
<p>In this note we will talk about some of the not so flattering aspects of the deal.</p>
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Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. WDG sells products across three categories: seasoned flour products,  vegetable products and Bean-based and other products. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), in terms of retail sales value in 2020, WDG ranked first among all spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and ranked first in each of the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snack product categories.
We covered the positive aspects of the deal in our earlier note, Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Strong Backers.
In this note we will talk about some of the not so flattering aspects of the deal.


Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Spicy Valuation

<p>Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. </p><p>WDG sells products across three categories: seasoned flour products,  vegetable products and Bean-based and other products. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), in terms of retail sales value in 2020, WDG ranked first among all spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and ranked first in each of the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snack product categories.</p><p>Overall revenue growth has been strong at 23% YoY in 2019 and 21.7% in 2020 driven both by an increase in volumes and prices over 2019-20. Vegetable products have been the fastest growing category with a CAGR of 98% over FY18-20.</p><p>Along with strong revenue growth, WDG gross profit growth has been even stronger, with gross profit growing by 25-31% YoY over 2018-20. PAT grew at 25-38% over 2018-20.</p>

Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. WDG sells products across three categories: seasoned flour products,  vegetable products and Bean-based and other products. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), in terms of retail sales value in 2020, WDG ranked first among all spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 5.7%, and ranked first in each of the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snack product categories.Overall revenue growth has been strong at 23% YoY in 2019 and 21.7% in 2020 driven both by an increase in volumes and prices over 2019-20. Vegetable products have been the fastest growing category with a CAGR of 98% over FY18-20.Along with strong revenue growth, WDG gross profit growth has been even stronger, with gross profit growing by 25-31% YoY over 2018-20. PAT grew at 25-38% over 2018-20.

Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Strong Backers

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nongfu-spring" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28955:1" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring (9633 HK)</a> had one of the best debuts for large IPOs last year. Despite the recent correction, the stock is still trading 92.5% above its listing price. </p>
<p>In this note, we will talk about the prospects of large trades triggered by the lock-up expiry.</p>
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<div><p>We have covered various aspects of the company in our earlier IPO notes:</p></div>
<div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-pre-ipo-the-positives-leaves-one-thirsty-for-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - The Positives - Leaves One Thirsty for More</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-pre-ipo-the-negatives-doesn-t-need-to-list-or-expand-production-facilities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Doesn’t Need to List or Expand Production Facilities</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-pre-ipo-peer-comparison-superior-margins-and-growth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Superior Margins and Growth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-pre-ipo-first-stab-at-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - First Stab at Valuation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-pre-ipo-phip-updates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-pre-ipo-updates-to-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - Updates to Valuation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-ipo-not-cheap-by-any-measure-but-is-a-quality-name" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring IPO - Not Cheap by Any Measure but Is a Quality Name</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nongfu-spring-ipo-trading-update-strong-subscription-levels-in-a-league-of-its-own" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring IPO Trading Update - Strong Subscription Levels, in a League of Its Own</a></li>
</ul></div>
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Nongfu Spring (9633 HK) had one of the best debuts for large IPOs last year. Despite the recent correction, the stock is still trading 92.5% above its listing price. 
In this note, we will talk about the prospects of large trades triggered by the lock-up expiry.

We have covered various aspects of the company in our earlier IPO notes:

Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - The Positives - Leaves One Thirsty for More
Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Doesn’t Need to List or Expand Production Facilities
Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Superior Margins and Growth
Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - First Stab at Valuation
Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates
Nongfu Spring Pre-IPO - Updates to Valuation
Nongfu Spring IPO - Not Cheap by Any Measure but Is a Quality Name
Nongfu Spring IPO Trading Update - Strong Subscription Levels, in a League of Its Own



Nongfu Spring Lock-Up Could Correct the Tiny Float and Limited Trading

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Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison and Valuation

Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we undertake a...

Sumeet Singh

Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Mixed Bag 1H21 Performance

Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note we talk about...

Sumeet Singh

Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Spicy Valuation

Weilong Delicious Global, a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The company was recently backed by...

Sumeet Singh

Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Strong Backers

Weilong Delicious Global, a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. It recently undertook a pre-IPO...

Sumeet Singh

Nongfu Spring Lock-Up Could Correct the Tiny Float and Limited Trading

Nongfu Spring had one of the best debuts for large IPOs last year. The stock is still trading 92.5% above its listing price. We talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

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