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

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<li>Paytm (PAYTM IN) raised around US$2.5bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.</li>
<li>The company is backed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ant-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24240:1" rel="noopener">Ant Financial Services Group (6688 HK)</a>, <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> and counts <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/berkshire-hathaway-inc-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1044:1" rel="noopener">Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A (BRK/A US)</a> among its investors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the subscription levels and the trading dynamics.</li>
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Paytm (PAYTM IN) raised around US$2.5bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.
The company is backed by Ant Financial Services Group (6688 HK), Softbank Group (9984 JP) and counts Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A (BRK/A US) among its investors.
In this note, we will talk about the subscription levels and the trading dynamics.


Paytm IPO Trading - Largest IPO with Lowest Coverage, Skipped by Domestics

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<li>PB Fintech, India’s largest online platform for insurance and lending products, raised  US$793m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.</li>
<li>The company is backed by a strong set of investors including Info Edge, Tencent, Temasek, Tiger Global and Softbank.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates since our last note.</li>
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PB Fintech, India’s largest online platform for insurance and lending products, raised  US$793m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.
The company is backed by a strong set of investors including Info Edge, Tencent, Temasek, Tiger Global and Softbank.
In this note, we will talk about the updates since our last note.


PB Fintech (Policybazaar) IPO Trading - Mixed Bag Demand

Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Financials & FinTech research

Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Our core profitability and credit quality screens send out mixed signals; generally, credit quality metrics to end-September 2021 were constructive, in our view, whilst core profitability signals were underwhelming </li>
<li>We expect credit quality to worsen in the coming quarters, leading to higher credit costs going forward and, combined with core profitability softness, an erosion of returns</li>
<li>We like HDFC Bank, turn cautious on State Bank of India &amp; Axis Bank and are negative on Canara Bank &amp; Bandhan Bank; neutral on Kotak Mahindra &amp; ICICI Bank</li>
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Our core profitability and credit quality screens send out mixed signals; generally, credit quality metrics to end-September 2021 were constructive, in our view, whilst core profitability signals were underwhelming 
We expect credit quality to worsen in the coming quarters, leading to higher credit costs going forward and, combined with core profitability softness, an erosion of returns
We like HDFC Bank, turn cautious on State Bank of India &amp; Axis Bank and are negative on Canara Bank &amp; Bandhan Bank; neutral on Kotak Mahindra &amp; ICICI Bank


Indian Banks; A Time for Increased Caution

Healthium Medtech / Equity Capital Markets

Healthium Medtech (HM) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. Healthium Medtech is a global medtech company that manufactures products used in surgical, post-surgical and chronic care. It operates in three key markets namely, India, UK and the Rest of the World and currently has eight manufacturing facilities, seven in India and one in China. The firm has a diverse suite of offerings with over 52,000 SKUs and as of Mar 21, one in five surgeries conducted globally had used a Healthium Medtech product, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S).While the company started off by manufacturing surgical consumables, it has since then expanded into other segments, mostly via acquisitions. Now the company primarily sells products pertaining to surgical consumables, urology and arthroscopy. HM revenue has been growing steadily over the past few years, while its margins have been expanding, resulting in bottom-line growth comfortably outpacing sales growth. In addition, HM has undertaken three acquisitions in FY22 which will increase its earnings by 40-50%. Although, the company hasn’t been very forthcoming with data and it didn’t pay a whole lot for the companies that it recently acquired.We have covered the company background in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/healthium-medtech-pre-ipo-tearsheet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO Tearsheet.</a>

Healthium Medtech (HM) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. Healthium Medtech is a global medtech company that manufactures products used in surgical, post-surgical and chronic care. It operates in three key markets namely, India, UK and the Rest of the World and currently has eight manufacturing facilities, seven in India and one in China. The firm has a diverse suite of offerings with over 52,000 SKUs and as of Mar 21, one in five surgeries conducted globally had used a Healthium Medtech product, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S).While the company started off by manufacturing surgical consumables, it has since then expanded into other segments, mostly via acquisitions. Now the company primarily sells products pertaining to surgical consumables, urology and arthroscopy. HM revenue has been growing steadily over the past few years, while its margins have been expanding, resulting in bottom-line growth comfortably outpacing sales growth. In addition, HM has undertaken three acquisitions in FY22 which will increase its earnings by 40-50%. Although, the company hasn’t been very forthcoming with data and it didn’t pay a whole lot for the companies that it recently acquired.We have covered the company background in our earlier note, Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO Tearsheet.

Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO - Steady Earnings, Creating a Niche

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) / Equity Capital Markets

FSN E-commerce (Nykaa) raised around US$720m, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Indian IPO. Nykaa is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and fashion products, including its own branded products. As per RedSeer, it was the largest Specialty Beauty and Personal Care Platform in India in terms of value of products sold in FY21.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes:<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/fsn-e-commerce-nykaa-pre-ipo-mixed-bag-fashion-growing-beauty-slowing" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>
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<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/fsn-e-commerce-nykaa-pre-ipo-mixed-bag-fashion-growing-beauty-slowing" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> FSN E-Commerce (Nykaa) Pre-IPO - Mixed bag - Fashion growing, beauty slowing, and</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/fsn-e-commerce-nykaa-ipo-beauty-showing-signs-of-improvement-but-its-too-expensive-for-our-taste" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FSN E-Commerce (Nykaa) IPO - Beauty Showing Signs of Improvement but Its Too Expensive for Our Taste</a></li>
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 In this note, we will talk about the trading updates.

FSN E-commerce (Nykaa) raised around US$720m, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Indian IPO. Nykaa is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and fashion products, including its own branded products. As per RedSeer, it was the largest Specialty Beauty and Personal Care Platform in India in terms of value of products sold in FY21.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes:

 FSN E-Commerce (Nykaa) Pre-IPO - Mixed bag - Fashion growing, beauty slowing, and
FSN E-Commerce (Nykaa) IPO - Beauty Showing Signs of Improvement but Its Too Expensive for Our Taste

 In this note, we will talk about the trading updates.

FSN E-Commerce (Nykaa) IPO Trading - FOMO.

India

HDFC Bank Ltd. offers a wide range of services to the global corporate sector. The Bank provides corporate banking and custodial services and is active in the treasury and capital markets. HDFC also markets project advisory services and capital market products such as Global Deposit Receipts, Euro currency loans, and Euro currency bonds.

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HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN)

Paytm IPO Trading - Largest IPO with Lowest Coverage, Skipped by Domestics

Paytm (PAYTM IN) raised around US$2.5bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

PB Fintech (Policybazaar) IPO Trading - Mixed Bag Demand

PB Fintech, India’s largest online platform for insurance and lending products, raised US$793m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares...

Sumeet Singh

Indian Banks; A Time for Increased Caution

Credit quality is likely to worsen, leading to higher credit costs going forward and eroded returns; We like HDFC Bank, turn cautious on SBI &...

Victor Galliano

Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO - Steady Earnings, Creating a Niche

Healthium Medtech is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. Healthium Medtech is a medtech company that manufactures products...

Sumeet Singh

FSN E-Commerce (Nykaa) IPO Trading - FOMO.

FSN E-commerce (Nykaa) raised around US$720m, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Indian IPO. In this note we will talk about...

Sumeet Singh

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