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.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/grab-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26950:1" rel="noopener">Grab Holdings (GRAB US)</a> ’s share price dropped by about 15% despite reported revenue and adjusted EBITDA losses beating consensus estimates.</li>
<li>Deliveries’ growth has started falling as more people preferring to dine-out. Grab’s incentive optimisation also has contributed to the fall in growth rates.</li>
<li>Grab’s aggressive ambitions to turn around profitability is a significant downside risk as it will impact growth going forward and force the company to invest back on growth.</li>
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Grab Holdings (GRAB US) ’s share price dropped by about 15% despite reported revenue and adjusted EBITDA losses beating consensus estimates.
Deliveries’ growth has started falling as more people preferring to dine-out. Grab’s incentive optimisation also has contributed to the fall in growth rates.
Grab’s aggressive ambitions to turn around profitability is a significant downside risk as it will impact growth going forward and force the company to invest back on growth.


Grab: Strong Earnings Beat Fails to Impress Market as Growth Rates Decelerating

Research from Water Tower Research, Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

Equity Research Firm

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>We have a whopper! For more than a year, we have been noting how IBC deals have been getting smaller.</li><li>While there have been four $1 billion-plus deals announced so far in 2023, in terms of size, we have not seen anything like the $27 billion pre-money value for the proposed SPAC IBC merger that was announced at the end of last week by SPAC Black Spade Acquisition Co. (BSAQ) and privately held VinFast Auto, a Vietnamese manufacturer of EVs, since the peak of the SPAC euphoria in 2021.</li><li>In fact, this transaction happens to be the third-largest SPAC merger deal in history behind MSP Recovery (LIFW) in July 2021 (TEV $32.6 billion) and Grab (GRAB) in April 2021 (TEV $31.3 billion).</li></ul>

We have a whopper! For more than a year, we have been noting how IBC deals have been getting smaller.While there have been four $1 billion-plus deals announced so far in 2023, in terms of size, we have not seen anything like the $27 billion pre-money value for the proposed SPAC IBC merger that was announced at the end of last week by SPAC Black Spade Acquisition Co. (BSAQ) and privately held VinFast Auto, a Vietnamese manufacturer of EVs, since the peak of the SPAC euphoria in 2021.In fact, this transaction happens to be the third-largest SPAC merger deal in history behind MSP Recovery (LIFW) in July 2021 (TEV $32.6 billion) and Grab (GRAB) in April 2021 (TEV $31.3 billion).

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Pertamina Hulu Energi / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pertamina-hulu-energi-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39781:1" rel="noopener">Pertamina Hulu Energi</a>  is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming Indonesia IPO.</li>
<li>PHE is a subsidiary of  Pertamina (Persero), which operates an integrated end-to-end energy business, from upstream to downstream businesses. PHE manages the upstream oil and gas assets of its parent.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Pertamina Hulu Energi  is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming Indonesia IPO.
PHE is a subsidiary of  Pertamina (Persero), which operates an integrated end-to-end energy business, from upstream to downstream businesses. PHE manages the upstream oil and gas assets of its parent.
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Pertamina Hulu Energi Early Look - The Negatives - Past Growth Record Seems Lackluster

PT Pertamina (Persero) / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pertamina-hulu-energi-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39781:1" rel="noopener">Pertamina Hulu Energi</a>  is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming Indonesia IPO.</li>
<li>PHE is a subsidiary of  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pt-pertamina-persero" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35862:1" rel="noopener">Pertamina (Persero)</a>, which operates an integrated end-to-end energy business, from upstream to downstream businesses. PHE manages the upstream oil and gas assets of its parent.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Pertamina Hulu Energi  is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming Indonesia IPO.
PHE is a subsidiary of  Pertamina (Persero), which operates an integrated end-to-end energy business, from upstream to downstream businesses. PHE manages the upstream oil and gas assets of its parent.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Pertamina Hulu Energi Early Look - The Positives - High Domestic Market Share

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

GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk PT / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/goto-gojek-tokopedia" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25976:1" rel="noopener">GoTo (GOTO IJ)</a> 1Q2023 were impressive given the group is now contribution margin positive for all its divisions plus making good headway towards positive Adjusted EBITDA by 4Q2023. </li>
<li>This came at a cost with substantial QoQ declines in GTV for both ODS and e-commerce but better take rates offset this decline. Further significant declines may raise concerns.</li>
<li>GoTo Logistics and GoPay's lending business are key foundational focus areas to underpin a lower cost to serve and higher future growth. Valuations remain reasonable relative to peers. </li>
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GoTo (GOTO IJ) 1Q2023 were impressive given the group is now contribution margin positive for all its divisions plus making good headway towards positive Adjusted EBITDA by 4Q2023. 
This came at a cost with substantial QoQ declines in GTV for both ODS and e-commerce but better take rates offset this decline. Further significant declines may raise concerns.
GoTo Logistics and GoPay's lending business are key foundational focus areas to underpin a lower cost to serve and higher future growth. Valuations remain reasonable relative to peers. 


GoTo (GOTO IJ) - Foundations Laid for Profitable Growth

Singapore

Grab Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, develops delivery management, mobility, financial services, and enterprise software solutions. Grab Holdings serves customers worldwide.

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Grab Holdings (GRAB US)

Grab: Strong Earnings Beat Fails to Impress Market as Growth Rates Decelerating

Grab’s share price dropped by about 15% despite earnings beating consensus. Growth rates have started falling and aggressive profit targets have...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

SPAC Talk : The Whopper SPAC Merger

We have a whopper! For more than a year, we have been noting how IBC deals have been getting smaller. While there have been four $1 billion-plus...

Water Tower Research

Pertamina Hulu Energi Early Look - The Negatives - Past Growth Record Seems Lackluster

Pertamina Hulu Energi is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming Indonesia IPO. In this note we talk about the not so positive aspects of...

Sumeet Singh

GoTo (GOTO IJ) - Foundations Laid for Profitable Growth

GoTo 1Q2023 numbers were impressive with the group now contribution margin positive for all its divisions plus making good headway towards positive...

Angus Mackintosh

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Grab: Strong Earnings Beat Fails to Impress Market as Growth Rates Decelerating

Grab’s share price dropped by about 15% despite earnings beating consensus. Growth rates have started falling and aggressive profit targets have...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

SPAC Talk : The Whopper SPAC Merger

We have a whopper! For more than a year, we have been noting how IBC deals have been getting smaller. While there have been four $1 billion-plus...

Water Tower Research

Pertamina Hulu Energi Early Look - The Negatives - Past Growth Record Seems Lackluster

Pertamina Hulu Energi is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming Indonesia IPO. In this note we talk about the not so positive aspects of...

Sumeet Singh

Pertamina Hulu Energi Early Look - The Positives - High Domestic Market Share

Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE) is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming Indonesia IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of...

Sumeet Singh

GoTo (GOTO IJ) - Foundations Laid for Profitable Growth

GoTo 1Q2023 numbers were impressive with the group now contribution margin positive for all its divisions plus making good headway towards positive...

Angus Mackintosh