Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Tracking Traffic

Focusing on Asian logistics, transportation, and travel companies

Equity Capital Markets

Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>We compare Lalatech's scale, P&amp;L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow to peers</li>
<li>On several measures, Lalatech is comparable to Full Truck Alliance, SF-Intra</li>
<li>Small, unprofitable GOGOX <em>not</em> an appropriate comp for Lalatech, in our view</li>
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We compare Lalatech's scale, P&amp;L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow to peers
On several measures, Lalatech is comparable to Full Truck Alliance, SF-Intra
Small, unprofitable GOGOX not an appropriate comp for Lalatech, in our view


Lalatech Compared to Full Truck Alliance, SF Intra-City, and GOGOX in Eleven Easy Charts

ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bfi-finance-indonesia-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8447:1" rel="noopener">BFI Finance Indonesia</a> saw a marked turnaround in new bookings and a declining NPF ratio in 4Q2023, as its business recovered from the malware attack in May last year.</li>
<li>The company has started to be more aggressive in non-dealer 4W space but remains cautious on 2W. Write-offs peaked in 4Q2023 and will decline in 2024, leading to lower CoC. </li>
<li>BFIN will launch a tripartite collaboration with GoTo and Bank Jago which will help to drive future bookings growth. Valuations remain attractive with BFIN trading in 2.0x PBV </li>
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BFI Finance Indonesia saw a marked turnaround in new bookings and a declining NPF ratio in 4Q2023, as its business recovered from the malware attack in May last year.
The company has started to be more aggressive in non-dealer 4W space but remains cautious on 2W. Write-offs peaked in 4Q2023 and will decline in 2024, leading to lower CoC. 
BFIN will launch a tripartite collaboration with GoTo and Bank Jago which will help to drive future bookings growth. Valuations remain attractive with BFIN trading in 2.0x PBV 


BFI Finance Indonesia (BFIN IJ) - Visibility Improves

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>CrossASEAN Ground Zero is a new thematic weekly product that focuses on key Southeast Asian digital themes and technology trends with a core focus on Indonesia.</li>
<li>This week we dive deeper into the reasoning behind the sale of Tokopedia's sale of a 75% stake to TikTok, and what it means for GoTo going forward.</li>
<li>We also look at the recent troubles around the leading Indonesian P2P marketplace Investree, which range from the resignation of its CEO to rapidly rising bad debts.</li>
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CrossASEAN Ground Zero is a new thematic weekly product that focuses on key Southeast Asian digital themes and technology trends with a core focus on Indonesia.
This week we dive deeper into the reasoning behind the sale of Tokopedia's sale of a 75% stake to TikTok, and what it means for GoTo going forward.
We also look at the recent troubles around the leading Indonesian P2P marketplace Investree, which range from the resignation of its CEO to rapidly rising bad debts.


CrossASEAN Ground Zero - GoTo's Big Plan and Investree's Troubles

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

Event-Driven

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<li>In Aug 2022, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato (ZOMATO IN)</a> completed the acquisition of 91% of Blinkit’s outstanding shares via issuing its own shares. These shares were released from their lockup in Aug 2023.</li>
<li>Leading to a selldown by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> in the same month, followed by another selldown in Oct 2023. Softbank will once again be released from its lockup soon.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.</li>
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In Aug 2022, Zomato (ZOMATO IN) completed the acquisition of 91% of Blinkit’s outstanding shares via issuing its own shares. These shares were released from their lockup in Aug 2023.
Leading to a selldown by Softbank Group (9984 JP) in the same month, followed by another selldown in Oct 2023. Softbank will once again be released from its lockup soon.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.


Zomato Lock-Up - Last of the Softbank Selldown

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/grab-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26950:1" rel="noopener">Grab</a>'s 3Q2023 results demonstrate a high degree of success in achieving a delicate balance between growth and profitability, with significant progress across all verticals, and a  broadening of product offerings.</li>
<li>The company turned adjusted EBITDA breakeven for the first time in 3Q2023, through lower incentives, cost efficiencies, and lower regional corporate costs, with further progress towards FCF breakeven in 4Q2023.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/grab-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26950:1" rel="noopener">Grab</a> remains confident about the outlook with guidance revised upwards, with the company looking at some potentially interesting M&amp;A, which should be earnings accretive and beneficial to the ecosystem. </li>
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Grab's 3Q2023 results demonstrate a high degree of success in achieving a delicate balance between growth and profitability, with significant progress across all verticals, and a  broadening of product offerings.
The company turned adjusted EBITDA breakeven for the first time in 3Q2023, through lower incentives, cost efficiencies, and lower regional corporate costs, with further progress towards FCF breakeven in 4Q2023.

Grab remains confident about the outlook with guidance revised upwards, with the company looking at some potentially interesting M&amp;A, which should be earnings accretive and beneficial to the ecosystem. 


Grab Holdings (GRAB US) - Steering and Batching Towards Profitability

Indonesia

PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk operates as an e-commerce platform. The Company offers mobility, food delivery, logistics, e-commerce, and financial technology solutions. GoTo Gojek Tokopedia serves customers in Indonesia.

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GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk PT (GOTO IJ)

Lalatech Compared to Full Truck Alliance, SF Intra-City, and GOGOX in Eleven Easy Charts

In this insight we compare Lalatech to listed peers Full Truck Alliance, SF Intra-city, and GOGOX on a range of factors, including scale, growth,...

Tracking Traffic

BFI Finance Indonesia (BFIN IJ) - Visibility Improves

BFIN saw a turnaround in new bookings and a declining NPF ratio in 4Q2023, as its business recovered from the malware attack in May last year....

Angus Mackintosh

CrossASEAN Ground Zero - GoTo's Big Plan and Investree's Troubles

This week we dive deeper into the reasoning behind the sale of Tokopedia's sale of 75% stale to TikTok, and what it means for GoTo going forward.

Angus Mackintosh

Zomato Lock-Up - Last of the Softbank Selldown

In Aug 2022, Zomato completed the acquisition of 91% of Blinkit’s outstanding shares via issuing its own shares. This has led to two earlier...

Sumeet Singh

Grab Holdings (GRAB US) - Steering and Batching Towards Profitability

Grab remains confident on the outlook with guidance revised upwards, with the company looking at some potentially interesting M&A, which should be...

Angus Mackintosh

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