IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

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Evergrande Property Services / Equity Capital Markets

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/evergrande-property-services" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30921:1" rel="noopener">Evergrande Services (EGS HK)</a> is a Chinese property management provider. Evergrande ranked fourth in GFA under management, among the Top 100 property management companies in China in 2019, according to CIA. The controlling shareholder is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-evergrande-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:479:1" rel="noopener">Evergrande Real Estate Group (3333 HK)</a>.</p>
<p>At the proposed IPO price range of HK$8.50-9.75 per share, Evergrande will have a market cap of HK$91,891.9-105,405.4 million ($11.9-13.6 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the total proceeds are HK$14,797 million ($1.9 billion) which is equally split between a primary and secondary raise. The selling shareholder is CEG Holdings, which is owned by China Evergrande Group. </p>
</div><div><p>21 cornerstone investors will subscribe for HK$7,207.9 million worth of the offer shares (48.68% of the offer shares at the IPO mid-point). The cornerstone investors are mostly "friends-and-family" accounts and over half have business ties with Evergrande Group. </p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/evergrande-property-services-ipo-initiation-standing-out" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:45554" rel="noopener">Evergrande Property Services IPO Initiation: Standing Out</a>, we stated that Evergrande’s fundamentals are strong. Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price range is attractive. </p></div></div></div>


Evergrande Services (EGS HK) is a Chinese property management provider. Evergrande ranked fourth in GFA under management, among the Top 100 property management companies in China in 2019, according to CIA. The controlling shareholder is Evergrande Real Estate Group (3333 HK).
At the proposed IPO price range of HK$8.50-9.75 per share, Evergrande will have a market cap of HK$91,891.9-105,405.4 million ($11.9-13.6 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the total proceeds are HK$14,797 million ($1.9 billion) which is equally split between a primary and secondary raise. The selling shareholder is CEG Holdings, which is owned by China Evergrande Group. 
21 cornerstone investors will subscribe for HK$7,207.9 million worth of the offer shares (48.68% of the offer shares at the IPO mid-point). The cornerstone investors are mostly "friends-and-family" accounts and over half have business ties with Evergrande Group. In Evergrande Property Services IPO Initiation: Standing Out, we stated that Evergrande’s fundamentals are strong. Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price range is attractive. 

Evergrande Property Services IPO: Valuation Insights

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/evergrande-property-services" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30921:1" rel="noopener">Evergrande Services (EGS HK)</a> is a Chinese property management provider. Evergrande ranked fourth in GFA under management, among the Top 100 property management companies in China in 2019, according to CIA. The controlling shareholder is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-evergrande-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:479:1" rel="noopener">Evergrande Real Estate Group (3333 HK)</a>. Evergrande is joining the ever-expanding list of property management IPOs by seeking to raise $2 billion, according to press reports.  </p><div class="content-highlight"><p>Property developers continue to spin-off their property management arms due to tight credit conditions. However, investors are spoiled for choice due to the plethora of opportunities to gain exposure to the Chinese property management sector through listed companies and a healthy queue of IPO hopefuls. An IPO hopeful needs to offer a combination of strong fundamentals and/or attractive valuation to grab attention. Overall, Evergrande’s fundamentals are attractive, in our view. </p></div>

Evergrande Services (EGS HK) is a Chinese property management provider. Evergrande ranked fourth in GFA under management, among the Top 100 property management companies in China in 2019, according to CIA. The controlling shareholder is Evergrande Real Estate Group (3333 HK). Evergrande is joining the ever-expanding list of property management IPOs by seeking to raise $2 billion, according to press reports.  Property developers continue to spin-off their property management arms due to tight credit conditions. However, investors are spoiled for choice due to the plethora of opportunities to gain exposure to the Chinese property management sector through listed companies and a healthy queue of IPO hopefuls. An IPO hopeful needs to offer a combination of strong fundamentals and/or attractive valuation to grab attention. Overall, Evergrande’s fundamentals are attractive, in our view. 

Evergrande Property Services IPO Initiation: Standing Out

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.

Sunac Services Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunac-services-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29239:1" rel="noopener">Sunac Services (1516 HK)</a> (SSH) raised about US$1bn by pricing its IPO at HK$11.60 per share, exactly at the midpoint of the price range. </p><div><p>SSH is the property management arm of Sunac China. As of 31st May, 2020, SSH has a total contracted GFA of 226.8m sqm which covers 126 cities across 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. The company has a focus on properties located in first and second-tier cities which make up about 86.2% of total GFA under management.</p></div><div>
<p>In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide a table with implied valuation at different share price levels.</p>
<p>Our previous coverage of the IPO:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunac-services-pre-ipo-promising-growth-diversifying-away-from-sunac-via-acquisitions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunac Services (融创服务) Pre-IPO - Promising growth and diversifying away from Sunac China via acquisition </a></li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunac-services-pre-ipo-peer-comparison-and-phip-updates" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:44638" rel="noopener">Sunac Services (融创服务) Pre-IPO -   Peer Comparison and PHIP Updates</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunac-services-pre-ipo-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:44916" rel="noopener">Sunac Services (融创服务) Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunac-services-ipo-better-towards-the-low-end" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:44968" rel="noopener">Sunac Services (融创服务) IPO - Better Towards the Low-End</a> </li>
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Sunac Services (1516 HK) (SSH) raised about US$1bn by pricing its IPO at HK$11.60 per share, exactly at the midpoint of the price range. SSH is the property management arm of Sunac China. As of 31st May, 2020, SSH has a total contracted GFA of 226.8m sqm which covers 126 cities across 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. The company has a focus on properties located in first and second-tier cities which make up about 86.2% of total GFA under management.
In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide a table with implied valuation at different share price levels.
Our previous coverage of the IPO:

Sunac Services (融创服务) Pre-IPO - Promising growth and diversifying away from Sunac China via acquisition 

Sunac Services (融创服务) Pre-IPO -   Peer Comparison and PHIP Updates 

Sunac Services (融创服务) Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation 

Sunac Services (融创服务) IPO - Better Towards the Low-End 


Sunac Services (融创服务) IPO Trading - Subscription Rate Similar to Jinke Svcs

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunac-services-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29239:1" rel="noopener">Sunac Services (1516 HK)</a> is a Chinese property management company. Sunac is the fastest-growing large-scale property management service provider in China, according to China Index Academy. At the proposed IPO price range of HK$10.55-12.65 per share, Sunac will have a market cap of HK$31,650-37,950 million ($4.1-4.9 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, Sunac will raise net proceeds of HK$7,810.0 million ($1 billion).</p>
<p>Four cornerstone investors will subscribe for $370 million worth of the offer shares (35.83% of the offer shares at the IPO mid-point). The cornerstone investors are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Holdings (700 HK)</a>, IDG Capital, Hillhouse Capital and Snow Lake Capital. </p>
</div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunac-services-ipo-initiation-next-in-line" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our initiation note</a>, we stated that Sunac’s fundamentals over the track record period are attractive. In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunac-services-ipo-phip-data-points" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our PHIP update note</a>, we noted that the PHIP data points support our view that Sunac is a well-run property management company. However, the poor post-IPO performance of recent property management IPOs despite good fundamentals was likely due to investors unwilling to pay a growth premium compared to an ever-expanding selection of listed peers. We label this insight bearish as our valuation analysis suggests that we would participate at most at the low-end of the IPO price range. </p></div></div>


Sunac Services (1516 HK) is a Chinese property management company. Sunac is the fastest-growing large-scale property management service provider in China, according to China Index Academy. At the proposed IPO price range of HK$10.55-12.65 per share, Sunac will have a market cap of HK$31,650-37,950 million ($4.1-4.9 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, Sunac will raise net proceeds of HK$7,810.0 million ($1 billion).
Four cornerstone investors will subscribe for $370 million worth of the offer shares (35.83% of the offer shares at the IPO mid-point). The cornerstone investors are Tencent Holdings (700 HK), IDG Capital, Hillhouse Capital and Snow Lake Capital. 
In our initiation note, we stated that Sunac’s fundamentals over the track record period are attractive. In our PHIP update note, we noted that the PHIP data points support our view that Sunac is a well-run property management company. However, the poor post-IPO performance of recent property management IPOs despite good fundamentals was likely due to investors unwilling to pay a growth premium compared to an ever-expanding selection of listed peers. We label this insight bearish as our valuation analysis suggests that we would participate at most at the low-end of the IPO price range. 

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<p>The IPO for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunac-services-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29239:1" rel="noopener">Sunac Services Holdings (1516 HK)</a> ("SSH"), the latest property management service company to seek listing, is open for applications. The Offer Price is expected to be announced on the 18 November, with the commencement of trading in the shares on the 19 November.</p>
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<p>SSH is the spin-off of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunac-china-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:240:1" rel="noopener">Sunac China Holdings (1918 HK)</a>, who will own 72% in SSH after the IPO, down from 100% prior to a recent capitalisation.</p>
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<p>As with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kwg-living-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29231:1" rel="noopener">KWG Living Group (3913 HK)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shimao-services-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29199:1" rel="noopener">Shimao Services Holdings (873 HK)</a>, SSH's punchy implied PER is, to some degree, supported by its strong growth (and absolute size), although on a FY20E (LTM) metric, SSH's valuation is only surpassed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ever-sunshine-lifestyle-services-group-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28932:1" rel="noopener">Ever Sunshine Lifestyle Services (1995 HK)</a>.</p>
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<p>Sunac China, on the other hand, is expensive when de-consolidating out the implied market cap of SSH.</p>
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<p>More below the fold. </p>
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The IPO for Sunac Services Holdings (1516 HK) ("SSH"), the latest property management service company to seek listing, is open for applications. The Offer Price is expected to be announced on the 18 November, with the commencement of trading in the shares on the 19 November.


SSH is the spin-off of Sunac China Holdings (1918 HK), who will own 72% in SSH after the IPO, down from 100% prior to a recent capitalisation.


As with KWG Living Group (3913 HK), and Shimao Services Holdings (873 HK), SSH's punchy implied PER is, to some degree, supported by its strong growth (and absolute size), although on a FY20E (LTM) metric, SSH's valuation is only surpassed by Ever Sunshine Lifestyle Services (1995 HK).


Sunac China, on the other hand, is expensive when de-consolidating out the implied market cap of SSH.


More below the fold. 


Sunac Services (1516 HK): Lofty Metrics In A Congested Space

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Evergrande Property Services IPO Initiation: Standing Out

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Sunac Services (融创服务) IPO Trading - Subscription Rate Similar to Jinke Svcs

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Sunac Services (1516 HK): Lofty Metrics In A Congested Space

SSH is not cheap, regardless of its top four market cap status. The recent share price performance of recent listings - and the sector as a whole -...

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