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

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> saw very strong demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.</li>
<li>While other IPO markets were in torpor, a number of placements continued to flow in.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) saw very strong demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.
While other IPO markets were in torpor, a number of placements continued to flow in.


ECM Weekly (16th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Nippon Paint, Sunac, JL Mag, JREITs

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Hyundai Engineering   / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-engineering-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33008:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS)</a>/HEC is a leading global EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor. It is seeking to raise up to $1 billion.  </li>
<li>HEC is offering 16.0 million shares with a primary/secondary split of 25/75 at an indicative price range of KRW57,900-66,800 per share.</li>
<li>HEG has attractive fundamentals with a strong backlog, healthy book-to-bill, improving 3Q21 revenue growth and improving margins. </li>
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Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS)/HEC is a leading global EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor. It is seeking to raise up to $1 billion.  
HEC is offering 16.0 million shares with a primary/secondary split of 25/75 at an indicative price range of KRW57,900-66,800 per share.
HEG has attractive fundamentals with a strong backlog, healthy book-to-bill, improving 3Q21 revenue growth and improving margins. 


Hyundai Engineering IPO Initiation: Building on Good Foundations

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<li>2021 marked our sixth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. </li>
<li>Most markets were in top gear on the ECM front and we ended the year covering the highest number of IPOs and the second highest number of placements since inception.</li>
<li>For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.</li>
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2021 marked our sixth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. 
Most markets were in top gear on the ECM front and we ended the year covering the highest number of IPOs and the second highest number of placements since inception.
For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.


Aequitas 2021 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - Busiest Year on Record

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Our base case valuation of Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd is EV of 3.3 trillion won, implied market cap of 5.4 trillion won, and target price of 67,475 won per share. </li>
<li>This is within the IPO price range of 57,900 won and 75,700 won per share. Given the lack of upside, we have a Negative view of this IPO.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation is based on 6.3x EV/EBITDA valuation multiple using 2022 estimated EBITDA of 526 billion won.</li>
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Our base case valuation of Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd is EV of 3.3 trillion won, implied market cap of 5.4 trillion won, and target price of 67,475 won per share. 
This is within the IPO price range of 57,900 won and 75,700 won per share. Given the lack of upside, we have a Negative view of this IPO.
Our base case valuation is based on 6.3x EV/EBITDA valuation multiple using 2022 estimated EBITDA of 526 billion won.


Hyundai Engineering IPO Valuation Analysis

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

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<li>The review period for the June rebalance of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI2 INDEX</a> ends 30 April. The KRX will announce the changes in May with implementation at the close on 9 June.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> could get Fast Entry to the KOSPI200 Index in March. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-engineering-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33008:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS)</a> needs a price jump to get Fast Entry.</li>
<li>We see 6 potential changes to the KOSPI200 in June; most of these are high probability. The potential adds are already outperforming the potential deletes - there should be more.</li>
</ul>


The review period for the June rebalance of the KOSPI2 INDEX ends 30 April. The KRX will announce the changes in May with implementation at the close on 9 June.

LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) could get Fast Entry to the KOSPI200 Index in March. Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS) needs a price jump to get Fast Entry.
We see 6 potential changes to the KOSPI200 in June; most of these are high probability. The potential adds are already outperforming the potential deletes - there should be more.


KOSPI200 June Index Rebalance Preview: High Probability Adds/Deletes

South Korea

Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd provides engineering services. The Company specializes in oil and gas projects including oil and gas processing plants, LNG facilities, oil refineries, and offshore facilities.Hyundai Engineering markets its services internationally.

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Hyundai Engineering (064540 KS)

ECM Weekly (16th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Nippon Paint, Sunac, JL Mag, JREITs

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Hyundai Engineering IPO Initiation: Building on Good Foundations

HEC is seeking to raise up to $1 billion. HEG has attractive fundamentals with a strong backlog, healthy book-to-bill, improving 3Q21 revenue...

Arun George

Aequitas 2021 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - Busiest Year on Record

2021 marked our sixth year of Asia ECM coverage. Most markets were in top gear on the ECM front and we ended the year covering the highest number...

Sumeet Singh

Hyundai Engineering IPO Valuation Analysis

Our target price of Hyundai Engineering Co is 67,475 won per share which is within the IPO price range of 57,900 won and 75,700 won. Given the lack...

Douglas Kim

KOSPI200 June Index Rebalance Preview: High Probability Adds/Deletes

There could be 2 changes to the KOSPI200 in March & then another 6 in June. Historically, the adds outperform the deletes and the first couple of...

Brian Freitas

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