Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Equity Capital Markets

China Youran Dairy Group Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-youran-dairy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31075:1" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (9858 HK)</a> announced the indicative price range of its IPO on 7th June 2021 at HK$6.98-8.66 per share, which implies a market cap and EV range of HK$26.5-32.9bn and HK$34.0-39.6bn respectively.</p><p>China’s fragmented upstream dairy market consolidation process is led by two main players and the current market leader, Youran, is our first choice when it comes to exposure to this attractive investment theme.</p>

China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (9858 HK) announced the indicative price range of its IPO on 7th June 2021 at HK$6.98-8.66 per share, which implies a market cap and EV range of HK$26.5-32.9bn and HK$34.0-39.6bn respectively.China’s fragmented upstream dairy market consolidation process is led by two main players and the current market leader, Youran, is our first choice when it comes to exposure to this attractive investment theme.

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-youran-dairy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31075:1" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (9858 HK)</a> announced the indicative price range to its IPO on 7<sup>th</sup> June 2021 at HK$6.98-8.66 per share, which implies a market cap and EV range of HK$26.5-32.9bn and HK$34.0-39.6bn respectively.</p><p>At 9.5x implied 2022 EV/EBIT, Youran is priced at a 34% premium to its closest competitor <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-modern-dairy-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6785:1" rel="noopener">China Modern Dairy (1117 HK)</a>. However, we still prefer Youran over China Modern as a thematic pick based on China’s upstream dairy market consolidation trend.</p>

China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (9858 HK) announced the indicative price range to its IPO on 7th June 2021 at HK$6.98-8.66 per share, which implies a market cap and EV range of HK$26.5-32.9bn and HK$34.0-39.6bn respectively.At 9.5x implied 2022 EV/EBIT, Youran is priced at a 34% premium to its closest competitor China Modern Dairy (1117 HK). However, we still prefer Youran over China Modern as a thematic pick based on China’s upstream dairy market consolidation trend.

Priced At a Premium, But Preferred Over Peers As a Thematic Investment

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-youran-dairy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31075:1" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (9858 HK)</a> is the world’s largest raw milk provider as measured by herd size of dairy cows as of 30 June 2020 and raw milk production volume in 1H20, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Youran was once a wholly-owned subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/inner-mongolia-yili-indus-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3220:1" rel="noopener">Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group (A) (600887 CH)</a> until PAG Capital’s investment in 2015.</p>
<p>At the proposed IPO price range of HK$6.98-8.66 per share, Youran will have a market cap of HK$26,492-32,868 million ($3.4-4.2 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the gross proceeds are HK$5,595 million ($722 million). The primary/secondary split is 69%/31%. The selling shareholder is PAG Capital.</p>
<p>The cornerstone support is unusually low. Two cornerstone investors will purchase $50 million worth of the offer shares (6.94% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price range). The cornerstone investors are CITIC-Prudential Life Insurance and Harvest Fund Management.</p>
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<p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/china-youran-dairy-group-ipo-initiation-ecownomics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:51709" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group IPO Initiation: Ecownomics</a>, we stated that notwithstanding its high revenue dependence on Yili, Youran is capitalising on the favourable demand-supply imbalance for raw milk in China by delivering strong organic growth (on a pro-forma basis), rising margins and accretive acquisitions. We concluded that Youran is worth a look.</p>
<div class="content-highlight"><p>Based on our forecasts, Youran is attractively valued to its H-share peer group, which are largely downstream players, at the low-end of the IPO price range. Compared to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-modern-dairy-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6785:1" rel="noopener">China Modern Dairy (1117 HK)</a>, an upstream dairy peer (arguably the key listed comp), Youran trades at a substantial premium on a CY2021 P/E basis but trades at a substantial discount on a CY2021 PEG basis. Overall, we are inclined to participate at most at the low end of the IPO price range due to the decent upside potential. </p></div>
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China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (9858 HK) is the world’s largest raw milk provider as measured by herd size of dairy cows as of 30 June 2020 and raw milk production volume in 1H20, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Youran was once a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group (A) (600887 CH) until PAG Capital’s investment in 2015.
At the proposed IPO price range of HK$6.98-8.66 per share, Youran will have a market cap of HK$26,492-32,868 million ($3.4-4.2 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the gross proceeds are HK$5,595 million ($722 million). The primary/secondary split is 69%/31%. The selling shareholder is PAG Capital.
The cornerstone support is unusually low. Two cornerstone investors will purchase $50 million worth of the offer shares (6.94% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price range). The cornerstone investors are CITIC-Prudential Life Insurance and Harvest Fund Management.

In China Youran Dairy Group IPO Initiation: Ecownomics, we stated that notwithstanding its high revenue dependence on Yili, Youran is capitalising on the favourable demand-supply imbalance for raw milk in China by delivering strong organic growth (on a pro-forma basis), rising margins and accretive acquisitions. We concluded that Youran is worth a look.
Based on our forecasts, Youran is attractively valued to its H-share peer group, which are largely downstream players, at the low-end of the IPO price range. Compared to China Modern Dairy (1117 HK), an upstream dairy peer (arguably the key listed comp), Youran trades at a substantial premium on a CY2021 P/E basis but trades at a substantial discount on a CY2021 PEG basis. Overall, we are inclined to participate at most at the low end of the IPO price range due to the decent upside potential. 


China Youran Dairy Group IPO: Valuation Insights

APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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.

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-youran-dairy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31075:1" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (1836774D CH)</a> is looking to raise up to US$799m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </p></div><div><p>CYD is an integrated provider of products and services in the upstream dairy industry. The company is a leader in the various upstream industries that it operates in even though they are mostly fragmented.</p></div><div><p>In this note, we will share our forecast and assumptions and discuss valuation and other deal dynamics of the IPO.</p></div><div><p>We have previously covered the IPO in:</p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/china-youran-dairy-pre-ipo-a-leader-pulling-ahead-in-a-fragmented-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) Pre-IPO - A Leader Pulling Ahead in a Fragmented Market<br></a></li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/china-youran-dairy-pre-ipo-phip-updates-much-better-disclosure" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:51794" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Much Better Disclosure</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/china-youran-dairy-pre-ipo-peer-comparison-youran-is-the-leader" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:51796" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Youran Is the Leader</a> </li>
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China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (1836774D CH) is looking to raise up to US$799m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. CYD is an integrated provider of products and services in the upstream dairy industry. The company is a leader in the various upstream industries that it operates in even though they are mostly fragmented.In this note, we will share our forecast and assumptions and discuss valuation and other deal dynamics of the IPO.We have previously covered the IPO in:
China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) Pre-IPO - A Leader Pulling Ahead in a Fragmented Market 

China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Much Better Disclosure 

China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Youran Is the Leader 


China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) IPO - Reasonable Valuation but There Will Be Significant Overhang

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-youran-dairy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31075:1" rel="noopener">China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (1836774D CH)</a>, (Youran), is a leader in China’s upstream dairy market and is one of a select number of dairy farming companies around the world with a business layout covering the entire upstream dairy industry.</p><p>According to Reuters, the company is looking to raise US$800m through a Hong Kong IPO which values Youran at around US5.3bn.</p><p>Being the market leader, Youran is better placed to benefit from the long-term tailwinds facing the Chinese upstream dairy market. Though it is not exactly plain sailing for Youran at the moment, we would be keen to accumulate Youran shares as long as the pricing is decent.</p>

China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (1836774D CH), (Youran), is a leader in China’s upstream dairy market and is one of a select number of dairy farming companies around the world with a business layout covering the entire upstream dairy industry.According to Reuters, the company is looking to raise US$800m through a Hong Kong IPO which values Youran at around US5.3bn.Being the market leader, Youran is better placed to benefit from the long-term tailwinds facing the Chinese upstream dairy market. Though it is not exactly plain sailing for Youran at the moment, we would be keen to accumulate Youran shares as long as the pricing is decent.

China Youran Dairy IPO: A Secular Bet on China’s Upstream Dairy Market Consolidation

China

China Youran Dairy Group Ltd operates as a dairy products manufacturing company. The Company conducts feed business, raw milk produ tion, and other buisinesses. China Youran Dairy Group markets its products throughout China.

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China Youran Dairy Group Ltd (9858 HK)

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Oshadhi Kumarasiri

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Oshadhi Kumarasiri

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Arun George

China Youran Dairy(悠然牧业) IPO - Reasonable Valuation but There Will Be Significant Overhang

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Zhen Zhou, Toh

China Youran Dairy IPO: A Secular Bet on China’s Upstream Dairy Market Consolidation

Being the market leader, Youran is better placed to benefit from the long-term tailwinds facing the Chinese upstream dairy market. Though it is not...

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

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