Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

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.

Event-Driven

<p>The ride-hailing giant <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/grabtaxi-holdings-pte-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26950:1" rel="noopener">Grab (0967655D SP)</a>  announced on Tuesday (13<sup>th</sup> April 2021) that it plans to go public in the US via a SPAC merger with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/altimeter-growth-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33007:1" rel="noopener">Altimeter Growth Corp (AGC US)</a>  at a proposed valuation (pro-forma) of approx. US$39.6bn.</p><p>As per the proposed transaction, Altimeter Growth and Grab will become wholly-owned subsidiaries of a new holding company and the combined company will have an equity-value of approx. US$39.6bn on a pro-forma basis.</p><p>Grab will receive about US$4.5bn in cash, including more than US$4.0bn from a fully committed PIPE (private investment in public equity arrangement) offering that will be managed by BlackRock, Counterpoint Global, T.Rowe Price Associates, Fidelity International, Fidelity Management and Research, Mubadala, Temasek and several others.</p><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/200/522/original/image_77815607321618386359074.png?1618386363" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="200522"></figure><div style="text-align: left;" class="content-caption"><em>Source: Company disclosures</em></div><p>Altimeter Capital has committed to US$750m to the PIPE Financing and also also has committed to a 3-year lock-up period for its sponsor promote shares offering investors confidence over Grab’s future prospects.</p>

The ride-hailing giant Grab (0967655D SP)  announced on Tuesday (13th April 2021) that it plans to go public in the US via a SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp (AGC US)  at a proposed valuation (pro-forma) of approx. US$39.6bn.As per the proposed transaction, Altimeter Growth and Grab will become wholly-owned subsidiaries of a new holding company and the combined company will have an equity-value of approx. US$39.6bn on a pro-forma basis.Grab will receive about US$4.5bn in cash, including more than US$4.0bn from a fully committed PIPE (private investment in public equity arrangement) offering that will be managed by BlackRock, Counterpoint Global, T.Rowe Price Associates, Fidelity International, Fidelity Management and Research, Mubadala, Temasek and several others.Source: Company disclosuresAltimeter Capital has committed to US$750m to the PIPE Financing and also also has committed to a 3-year lock-up period for its sponsor promote shares offering investors confidence over Grab’s future prospects.

Grab Goes Public: Expanding Top Line but No Profits; Proposed Valuation Seems Excessively Ambitious

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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 Bottom-Up

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<li>Hellobike, an Alibaba’s investee and traffic source, will go public in 2Q21.</li>
<li>NetEase’s Cloud Music is seeking IPO next year.</li>
<li>The authorities said Tencent and Baidu were fined not because they eliminate competition, but because they forgot to ask for approval.</li>
<li>Tencent invests in Rakuten.</li>
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Hellobike, an Alibaba’s investee and traffic source, will go public in 2Q21.
NetEase’s Cloud Music is seeking IPO next year.
The authorities said Tencent and Baidu were fined not because they eliminate competition, but because they forgot to ask for approval.
Tencent invests in Rakuten.


China Internet Weekly (Mar 15): BABA & NTES Subsidiaries Seek IPO, Tencent Invests in Rakuten

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.

Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coupang" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28425:1" rel="noopener">Coupang (CPNG US)</a> is the largest e-commerce platform in South Korea, according to Euromonitor. Coupang is best known for Rocket Delivery, which provides free, next-day delivery for orders placed any time of the day.</p></div><div><p>Coupang has increased its IPO price range from $27-30 per share to $32-34 per share. The number of the offer shares remains unchanged at 120 million shares and the primary/secondary split remains unchanged. At the upsized IPO price range of $32-34 per share, Coupang will have a market cap of $55-58 billion vs the previous market cap of $46-51 billion. At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds from the primary raise are $3.2 billion ($2.8 billion previously). </p></div><div>
<p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/coupang-ipo-initiation-delivering-the-goods" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48125" rel="noopener">Coupang IPO Initiation: Delivering the Goods</a>, we opined that Coupang's fundamentals tick all the right boxes and worth a look, in our view. In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/coupang-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48708" rel="noopener">Coupang IPO: Valuation Insights</a> we noted was attractively priced for its growth potential vs global e-commerce peers at the original IPO price range.</p>
<div class="content-highlight"><p>Our valuation analysis suggests that Coupang remains attractive at the upsized IPO price range of $32-34 per share. Our base-case DCF valuation is $39.35 per share and we would participate in the IPO.</p></div>
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Coupang (CPNG US) is the largest e-commerce platform in South Korea, according to Euromonitor. Coupang is best known for Rocket Delivery, which provides free, next-day delivery for orders placed any time of the day.Coupang has increased its IPO price range from $27-30 per share to $32-34 per share. The number of the offer shares remains unchanged at 120 million shares and the primary/secondary split remains unchanged. At the upsized IPO price range of $32-34 per share, Coupang will have a market cap of $55-58 billion vs the previous market cap of $46-51 billion. At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds from the primary raise are $3.2 billion ($2.8 billion previously). 
In Coupang IPO Initiation: Delivering the Goods, we opined that Coupang's fundamentals tick all the right boxes and worth a look, in our view. In Coupang IPO: Valuation Insights we noted was attractively priced for its growth potential vs global e-commerce peers at the original IPO price range.
Our valuation analysis suggests that Coupang remains attractive at the upsized IPO price range of $32-34 per share. Our base-case DCF valuation is $39.35 per share and we would participate in the IPO.


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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coupang" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28425:1" rel="noopener">Coupang (CPNG US)</a> is the largest e-commerce platform in South Korea, according to Euromonitor. Coupang is best known for Rocket Delivery, which provides free, next-day delivery for orders placed any time of the day.</p>
<p>At the proposed IPO price range of $27-30 per share, Coupang will have a market cap of $46-51 billion. The IPO which comprises of a primary and secondary offering will raise total gross proceeds up to $3.6 billion.  At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds from the primary raise are $2.8 million. </p>
</div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/coupang-ipo-initiation-delivering-the-goods" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48125" rel="noopener">Coupang IPO Initiation: Delivering the Goods</a>, we opined that Coupang's fundamentals tick all the right boxes and worth a look, in our view. Coupang is a new-economy growth story and at the IPO price range, is attractively priced for its growth potential vs global e-commerce peers. Consequently, we would participate in the IPO. </p></div></div></div>


Coupang (CPNG US) is the largest e-commerce platform in South Korea, according to Euromonitor. Coupang is best known for Rocket Delivery, which provides free, next-day delivery for orders placed any time of the day.
At the proposed IPO price range of $27-30 per share, Coupang will have a market cap of $46-51 billion. The IPO which comprises of a primary and secondary offering will raise total gross proceeds up to $3.6 billion.  At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds from the primary raise are $2.8 million. 
In Coupang IPO Initiation: Delivering the Goods, we opined that Coupang's fundamentals tick all the right boxes and worth a look, in our view. Coupang is a new-economy growth story and at the IPO price range, is attractively priced for its growth potential vs global e-commerce peers. Consequently, we would participate in the IPO. 

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-logistics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31500:1" rel="noopener">JD Logistics (JDL HK)</a> , the delivery arm of China’s second largest e-commerce platform JD.com has filed for an IPO to list its shares on the Hong Kong Exchange. According to news media outlets, JD Logistics (JDL) plans to raise about US$4-5bn through the IPO.</p><p>JDL was spun off from JD.com in 2017, and the company offers a full spectrum of supply chain solutions and high-quality logistics services ranging from warehousing to distribution.</p><p>According to the CIC report, the company was ranked the largest player in China’s integrated supply chain logistics services market in terms of total revenues in 2019.</p><p>This is the <strong>First</strong> of a series of reports on JD Logistics’ IPO, and in this insight, we will be discussing the company’s business model, revenues and gross profit margin.</p>

JD Logistics (JDL HK) , the delivery arm of China’s second largest e-commerce platform JD.com has filed for an IPO to list its shares on the Hong Kong Exchange. According to news media outlets, JD Logistics (JDL) plans to raise about US$4-5bn through the IPO.JDL was spun off from JD.com in 2017, and the company offers a full spectrum of supply chain solutions and high-quality logistics services ranging from warehousing to distribution.According to the CIC report, the company was ranked the largest player in China’s integrated supply chain logistics services market in terms of total revenues in 2019.This is the First of a series of reports on JD Logistics’ IPO, and in this insight, we will be discussing the company’s business model, revenues and gross profit margin.

JD Logistics IPO: Expanding External Customer Base Supports Top Line Growth and GPM Expansion

China

Dada Nexus Limited operates a platform for local on-demand retail and delivery. The Company provides a digital solution leveraging the crowdsourcing model to address the challenge of frequent fluctuations brought forward by the nature of on-demand orders and to match the surging demand for delivery capacity with efficient supply. Dada Nexus serves customers in China.

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Grab Goes Public: Expanding Top Line but No Profits; Proposed Valuation Seems Excessively Ambitious

Grab announced on Tuesday that it plans to go public in the US via a SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp. at a proposed valuation (pro-forma) of...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

China Internet Weekly (Mar 15): BABA & NTES Subsidiaries Seek IPO, Tencent Invests in Rakuten

Tencent was fined not because they eliminate competition, but because they forgot to ask for approval. Tencent invests in Rakuten. Hellobike and...

Ming Lu

Coupang IPO: Upsized Deal Size

Coupang has increased its IPO price range from $27-30 per share to $32-34 per share. Our base-case DCF valuation is $39.35 per share and we would...

Arun George

Coupang IPO: Valuation Insights

The $27-30 price range implies gross proceeds up to $3.6 billion and values Coupang at $46-51 billion. At the price range, Coupang is attractively...

Arun George

JD Logistics IPO: Expanding External Customer Base Supports Top Line Growth and GPM Expansion

This is the First of a series of reports on JD Logistics’ IPO, and in this insight, we will be discussing the company’s business model, revenues...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

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