APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

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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%.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oasis-corp-of-korea" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36074:1" rel="noopener">OASIS Corp (370190 KS)</a> is looking to raise up to US$166m in its upcoming Korea IPO.</li>
<li>Oasis Corporation is an early morning delivery service business that delivers fresh food to consumers. It runs an e-commerce platform named ‘Oasis Market’ as well as offline stores.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and peer comparison. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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OASIS Corp (370190 KS) is looking to raise up to US$166m in its upcoming Korea IPO.
Oasis Corporation is an early morning delivery service business that delivers fresh food to consumers. It runs an e-commerce platform named ‘Oasis Market’ as well as offline stores.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and peer comparison. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Oasis Corporation IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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Sanghyun Park

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<li>Of the four peers, only Coupang adopts the gross method. Since the others adopt the net method, it is impossible to compare PSR with OASIS, which uses the gross method.</li>
<li>If they really want to use PSR, it should only be compared with Coupang. Even if we apply CPNG's current EV/Sales multiple (1.36x), it would only slightly exceed ₩0.5T.</li>
<li>A more logical way would be to use EV/GMV. Even in this case, it wouldn't be easy to expect a valuation higher than ₩0.5T.</li>
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Of the four peers, only Coupang adopts the gross method. Since the others adopt the net method, it is impossible to compare PSR with OASIS, which uses the gross method.
If they really want to use PSR, it should only be compared with Coupang. Even if we apply CPNG's current EV/Sales multiple (1.36x), it would only slightly exceed ₩0.5T.
A more logical way would be to use EV/GMV. Even in this case, it wouldn't be easy to expect a valuation higher than ₩0.5T.


OASIS IPO Pricing Is Not Even Worth Reviewing: Strongly Recommend Avoiding It

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Our base case valuation of Oasis Corp is EV of 605 billion won, implied market cap of 788 billion won, and target price of 24,847 won per share. </li>
<li>This is 18.5% lower than the low end of the IPO price range. Given the lack of upside, we have a Negative View of the Oasis Corp IPO.</li>
<li>The end of COVID pandemic and relaxed regulations for hypermarkets in early morning delivery services are likely to have greater negative impact on Oasis Corp. </li>
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Our base case valuation of Oasis Corp is EV of 605 billion won, implied market cap of 788 billion won, and target price of 24,847 won per share. 
This is 18.5% lower than the low end of the IPO price range. Given the lack of upside, we have a Negative View of the Oasis Corp IPO.
The end of COVID pandemic and relaxed regulations for hypermarkets in early morning delivery services are likely to have greater negative impact on Oasis Corp. 


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<li>Oasis Corp is getting ready to complete its IPO on KOSDAQ in February 2023. Oasis Corp is a leading online/offline provider of organic foods and other groceries in Korea.</li>
<li>IPO price range is from 30,500 won to 39,500 won, with a total offering amount of 160 billion won to 207 billion won. </li>
<li>Other than Coupang, the other three companies (bankers' valuation) may not be appropriate comps, mainly because they operate in different markets around the world and are much bigger in size.</li>
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Oasis Corp is getting ready to complete its IPO on KOSDAQ in February 2023. Oasis Corp is a leading online/offline provider of organic foods and other groceries in Korea.
IPO price range is from 30,500 won to 39,500 won, with a total offering amount of 160 billion won to 207 billion won. 
Other than Coupang, the other three companies (bankers' valuation) may not be appropriate comps, mainly because they operate in different markets around the world and are much bigger in size.


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Etsy reported a strong set of results that were beyond market expectations with a strong adjusted EBITDA margin and growth in revenue.Also, it had some early incorporation of buyer interests and taste to create more personalized and predictable recommendations.The company held Etsy Up: Holiday edition, its foremost global holiday kickoff event for sellers all over the world.

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Oasis Corporation IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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Oasis Corp is getting ready to complete its IPO on KOSDAQ in February 2023. Oasis Corp is a leading online/offline provider of organic foods and...

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