APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Lotte Global Logistics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lotte-global-logistics-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45000:1" rel="noopener">Lotte Global Logistics (LGG KS)</a> aims to raise around US$140m in its Korea IPO via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>Lotte Global Logistics is a logistics and shipping company engaged in a comprehensive logistics service business including courier service, land transportation, 3PL, port loading and unloading, and international logistics.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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Lotte Global Logistics (LGG KS) aims to raise around US$140m in its Korea IPO via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.
Lotte Global Logistics is a logistics and shipping company engaged in a comprehensive logistics service business including courier service, land transportation, 3PL, port loading and unloading, and international logistics.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Lotte Logistics Pre-IPO - Sluggish Revenues, High Dependence on Group Affiliates

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>Lotte Global Logistics is getting ready to complete its IPO in KOSPI in May 2025. IPO price range is from 11,500 won and 13,500 won.</li>
<li>At the high end of the IPO price range, the expected public offering amount is 202 billion won.</li>
<li>According to the bankers' valuation, the expected market cap after the IPO is 479 billion won to 562 billion won. </li>
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Lotte Global Logistics is getting ready to complete its IPO in KOSPI in May 2025. IPO price range is from 11,500 won and 13,500 won.
At the high end of the IPO price range, the expected public offering amount is 202 billion won.
According to the bankers' valuation, the expected market cap after the IPO is 479 billion won to 562 billion won. 


Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we discuss how Temu and AliExpress have been taking away meaningful market share away from Coupang (CPNG US) in Korea in the past year. </li>
<li>Temu's MAU skyrocketed in the past year in Korea. Temu's MAU surged from zero in January 2023 to 3.28 million as of December 2023.</li>
<li>One could argue that Coupang's valuations are overvalued relative to its Chinese competitors such as PDD Holdings (PDD US).</li>
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In this insight, we discuss how Temu and AliExpress have been taking away meaningful market share away from Coupang (CPNG US) in Korea in the past year. 
Temu's MAU skyrocketed in the past year in Korea. Temu's MAU surged from zero in January 2023 to 3.28 million as of December 2023.
One could argue that Coupang's valuations are overvalued relative to its Chinese competitors such as PDD Holdings (PDD US).


Temu and AliExpress Taking Away Meaningful Market Share from Coupang in Korea

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Tracking Traffic

Focusing on Asian logistics, transportation, and travel companies

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<li>Previously, we criticized CJ Logistics as unfocused, pursuing deals in low-margin segments around the world as if to fill a logistics <em>'Bingo!'</em> card rather than in-line with a rational strategy</li>
<li>In recent years, investors have punished the company's shares, which have fallen by more than half since reaching a high of over 184,000 won per share in March 2021. </li>
<li>However, with management de-emphasizing its Global segment and focusing instead on the more promising Parcel / E-commerce line of business, there is cause for optimism, in our view</li>
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Previously, we criticized CJ Logistics as unfocused, pursuing deals in low-margin segments around the world as if to fill a logistics 'Bingo!' card rather than in-line with a rational strategy
In recent years, investors have punished the company's shares, which have fallen by more than half since reaching a high of over 184,000 won per share in March 2021. 
However, with management de-emphasizing its Global segment and focusing instead on the more promising Parcel / E-commerce line of business, there is cause for optimism, in our view


Catching Up With CJ Logistics (000120 KS): With Shares Beaten Down, Management Forced to Refocus

ESG Intelligence RA, Who's Good

Yujin Oh

ESG Intelligence RA

ASIA’S FIRST AI-DRIVEN ESG INSIGHT PROVIDER

Who's Good

Using AI technologies and public data, Who’s Good provides objective and up-to-date corporate ESG insights on Asian companies.

WHY WHO'S GOOD

* Time-sensitive: Time is the essence in finance. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can process vast amount of information in a short span of time. Our powerful algorithm offers real-time in-depth corporate ESG analysis with out compromising its quality.
* Objective: We turned to public big data and news big data as source to base our analysis on and to preserve impartiality. We leverage 350 public big data sources and 93 news data sources in Korea to uncover insights.
* Insightful: Who’s Good ESG analysis coverage extends to all listed and non-listed companies in Korea. This allows us to provide a comprehensive insight into the Korean market.
* Global approach to ESG: Our ESG research framework is built on international standards and principles including UN Global Compact, ISO 26000, ICGN and CFA Guidelines on Corporate Governance to meet the global standards.

HDC Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction / ESG

HDC Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction

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<li>The result of analyzing 23,940 news articles on 2,722 Korean listed companies released between 1 January and 31 December 2022, reveal that 565 companies (20.7%) had ESG risks.</li>
<li>Companies with ESG risks has decreased compared to 2021, which is the first time a decrease trend has been recorded since Who's Good began conducting ESG analysis in 2015.</li>
<li>Social risk ranked as the highest risk among ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) with the highest ranking ESG issue being 'Supply Chain Management'.</li>
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The result of analyzing 23,940 news articles on 2,722 Korean listed companies released between 1 January and 31 December 2022, reveal that 565 companies (20.7%) had ESG risks.
Companies with ESG risks has decreased compared to 2021, which is the first time a decrease trend has been recorded since Who's Good began conducting ESG analysis in 2015.
Social risk ranked as the highest risk among ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) with the highest ranking ESG issue being 'Supply Chain Management'.


South Korea's Top ESG Risk Trend in 2022: Analysis of News Articles on More than 2,000 Entities

South Korea

CJ Logistics Corporation provides logistics services. The Company provides land transportation, maritime transportation, harbor unloading, cargo storage, international logistics processing, and other services. CJ Logistics also provides internet home shopping services. CJ Logistics serves customers worldwide.

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CJ Logistics (000120 KS)

Lotte Logistics Pre-IPO - Sluggish Revenues, High Dependence on Group Affiliates

Lotte Global Logistics (LGG KS) aims to raise around US$140m in its Korea IPO via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.

Akshat Shah

Lotte Global Logistics IPO Preview

Lotte Global Logistics is getting ready to complete its IPO in KOSPI in May 2025. According to the bankers' valuation, the expected market cap...

Douglas Kim

Catching Up With CJ Logistics (000120 KS): With Shares Beaten Down, Management Forced to Refocus

In this insight we check on CJ Logistics' recent financial performance. Management has de-emphasized the Global segment and put more resources into...

Tracking Traffic

South Korea's Top ESG Risk Trend in 2022: Analysis of News Articles on More than 2,000 Entities

Presenting insights into various ESG incidents of Korean companies in 2022, and analysis on trending ESG issue of the year. The analysis is based...

Yujin Oh

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Lotte Logistics Pre-IPO - Sluggish Revenues, High Dependence on Group Affiliates

Lotte Global Logistics (LGG KS) aims to raise around US$140m in its Korea IPO via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.

Akshat Shah

Lotte Global Logistics IPO Preview

Lotte Global Logistics is getting ready to complete its IPO in KOSPI in May 2025. According to the bankers' valuation, the expected market cap...

Douglas Kim

Temu and AliExpress Taking Away Meaningful Market Share from Coupang in Korea

In this insight, we discuss how Temu and AliExpress have been taking away meaningful market share away from Coupang (CPNG US) in Korea in the past...

Douglas Kim

Catching Up With CJ Logistics (000120 KS): With Shares Beaten Down, Management Forced to Refocus

In this insight we check on CJ Logistics' recent financial performance. Management has de-emphasized the Global segment and put more resources into...

Tracking Traffic

South Korea's Top ESG Risk Trend in 2022: Analysis of News Articles on More than 2,000 Entities

Presenting insights into various ESG incidents of Korean companies in 2022, and analysis on trending ESG issue of the year. The analysis is based...

Yujin Oh