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Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/timee-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43690:1" rel="noopener">Timee Inc (215A JP)</a>, a leading part-time job platform in Japan, is seeking to raise up to US$286 million. Book-building runs from 9 to 23 July.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/timee-215a-jp-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:150750" rel="noopener">Timee (215A JP) IPO: The Bull Case</a>, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.</li>
<li>The bear case rests on rapidly slowing growth, an industry-low FCF profile, and a business model predicated on access to large funding and significant share option dilution.</li>
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Timee Inc (215A JP), a leading part-time job platform in Japan, is seeking to raise up to US$286 million. Book-building runs from 9 to 23 July.
In Timee (215A JP) IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
The bear case rests on rapidly slowing growth, an industry-low FCF profile, and a business model predicated on access to large funding and significant share option dilution.


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/timee-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43690:1" rel="noopener">Timee Inc (215A JP)</a>, a leading part-time job platform in Japan, is seeking to raise up to US$286 million. Book-building runs from 9 to 23 July.   </li>
<li>Timee's app allows users to work shifts as short as one hour at restaurants, convenience stores, and hotels, with quick payment for their work.   </li>
<li>The bull case rests on favourable market trends, best-in-class revenue growth, good retention rates, credible growth drivers, and top-quartile EBITDA margins.</li>
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Timee Inc (215A JP), a leading part-time job platform in Japan, is seeking to raise up to US$286 million. Book-building runs from 9 to 23 July.   
Timee's app allows users to work shifts as short as one hour at restaurants, convenience stores, and hotels, with quick payment for their work.   
The bull case rests on favourable market trends, best-in-class revenue growth, good retention rates, credible growth drivers, and top-quartile EBITDA margins.


Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

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<li>The JPX-Nikkei 400 is composed of common stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a free-float-adjusted (capped) market-value-weighted index composed of 400 constituents.</li>
<li>A periodic review is conducted by the Index providers, the JPX Group and Nikkei Inc, in August every year. We look at the potential forward inclusions and removals every month.</li>
<li>Below is a look at potential Inclusions and Removals for the JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebalance to be announced in early August 2023 based on trading data as of end-June 2023.</li>
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The JPX-Nikkei 400 is composed of common stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a free-float-adjusted (capped) market-value-weighted index composed of 400 constituents.
A periodic review is conducted by the Index providers, the JPX Group and Nikkei Inc, in August every year. We look at the potential forward inclusions and removals every month.
Below is a look at potential Inclusions and Removals for the JPX-Nikkei 400 Rebalance to be announced in early August 2023 based on trading data as of end-June 2023.


Quiddity Leaderboard JPX-Nikkei 400: Final Predictions for August 2023

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tryt-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39870:1" rel="noopener">Tryt Inc (9164 JP)</a> priced its IPO at JPY1,200 per share to raise gross proceeds of US$339 million. The shares will start trading on 24 July.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tryt-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:105670" rel="noopener">TRYT IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tryt-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:105712" rel="noopener">TRYT IPO: The Bear Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tryt-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:106020" rel="noopener">TRYT IPO: Valuation Insights</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tryt-ipo-revised-ipo-price-range-remains-unattractive" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:106233" rel="noopener">TRYT IPO: Revised IPO Price Range Remains Unattractive</a>. </li>
<li>The market sentiment on the sector has broadly remained unchanged since the release of the prospectus. Our analysis suggests that Tryt is, at best, fully priced at the IPO price.</li>
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Tryt Inc (9164 JP) priced its IPO at JPY1,200 per share to raise gross proceeds of US$339 million. The shares will start trading on 24 July.
We previously discussed the IPO in TRYT IPO: The Bull Case, TRYT IPO: The Bear Case, TRYT IPO: Valuation Insights and TRYT IPO: Revised IPO Price Range Remains Unattractive. 
The market sentiment on the sector has broadly remained unchanged since the release of the prospectus. Our analysis suggests that Tryt is, at best, fully priced at the IPO price.


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tryt-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39870:1" rel="noopener">Tryt Inc (9164 JP)</a> has disclosed a revised IPO price range of JPY1,100-1,300 per share, which is -32% to -20% below the IPO reference price of JPY1,620 per share.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tryt-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:105670" rel="noopener">TRYT IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tryt-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:105712" rel="noopener">TRYT IPO: The Bear Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tryt-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:106020" rel="noopener">TRYT IPO: Valuation Insights</a>. </li>
<li>Our analysis suggests that Tryt remains unattractively valued at the revised IPO price range. Also, market sentiment on the sector has weakened. We would pass on the IPO.</li>
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Tryt Inc (9164 JP) has disclosed a revised IPO price range of JPY1,100-1,300 per share, which is -32% to -20% below the IPO reference price of JPY1,620 per share.
We previously discussed the IPO in TRYT IPO: The Bull Case, TRYT IPO: The Bear Case and TRYT IPO: Valuation Insights. 
Our analysis suggests that Tryt remains unattractively valued at the revised IPO price range. Also, market sentiment on the sector has weakened. We would pass on the IPO.


TRYT IPO: Revised IPO Price Range Remains Unattractive

Japan

en-japan inc. provides Internet-based recruiting solutions. The Company provides recruitment information for job seekers. en-japan's web site allows member employers to access its database of job seekers. The Company also provides recruitment consulting services.

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Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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Arun George

TRYT IPO: Revised IPO Price Range Remains Unattractive

Our analysis suggests that Tryt remains unattractively valued at the revised IPO price range. Also, market sentiment on the sector has weakened. We...

Arun George

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