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

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/paytm-mobile-solutions-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26149:1" rel="noopener">Paytm (PAYTM IN)</a> plans to raise around US$2.2bn via a mix of selling primary and secondary shares in its India IPO. 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/alibaba-group-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:787:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group (BABA US)</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.</p><p>Paytm offers payment services, commerce and cloud services, and financial services to 333m consumers and over 21m merchants, as of Mar 21. It offers consumers a wide selection of payment options on the Paytm app. It also offers merchants solutions that allow them to accept payments, acquire and retain consumers, improve their business operations and access financial services.</p><p>The company clocked payment gross merchant value (GMV) of INR4tn (US$50bn) in FY21 for 114m transacting users during the year. Its users undertook a total of 7.4bn transactions in 2020. Along with its payment infrastructure, PayTM also runs a payment bank, in which it owns a 49% stake. The payment bank had a deposit base of INR52bn across 64m payment bank accounts.</p><p>In this note we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</p>

Paytm (PAYTM IN) plans to raise around US$2.2bn via a mix of selling primary and secondary shares in its India IPO. The company is backed by Ant Financial Services Group (6688 HK) (Alibaba Group (BABA US)), Softbank Group (9984 JP) and counts Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A (BRK/A US) among its investors.Paytm offers payment services, commerce and cloud services, and financial services to 333m consumers and over 21m merchants, as of Mar 21. It offers consumers a wide selection of payment options on the Paytm app. It also offers merchants solutions that allow them to accept payments, acquire and retain consumers, improve their business operations and access financial services.The company clocked payment gross merchant value (GMV) of INR4tn (US$50bn) in FY21 for 114m transacting users during the year. Its users undertook a total of 7.4bn transactions in 2020. Along with its payment infrastructure, PayTM also runs a payment bank, in which it owns a 49% stake. The payment bank had a deposit base of INR52bn across 64m payment bank accounts.In this note we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Paytm (One 97) Pre-IPO - The Positives - Will Be One of India’s Largest IPOs

Devyani International  / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p>Devyani International Limited (DIL), Yum Brand’s largest franchisor in India, aims to raise around US$200m via its Indian IPO. The IPO will be a mix of primary and secondary shares. </p></div><div><p>DIL operates a chain of quick service restaurants (QSRs) in India. Its core business is to operate KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee in India. It operated 655 stores across 155 cities in India, as of Mar 2021. These include 264 KFC stores, 297 Pizza Hut stores and 44 Costa Coffee stores. It also operates stores in Nepal and Nigeria for KFC and Pizza Hut. In addition, it also runs its own brands Vaango, Food Street, Masala Twist, Ile Bar, Amreli, and Ckrussh Juice Bar in India. Yum owns over 4% stake in the company.</p></div><p>We covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/devyani-pre-ipo-might-not-do-another-burger-king-india-but-should-be-good" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Devyani Pre-IPO - Might not do another Burger King India but should be good</a>.</p><p>In this note we will compare the company against some of its listed peers.</p>

Devyani International Limited (DIL), Yum Brand’s largest franchisor in India, aims to raise around US$200m via its Indian IPO. The IPO will be a mix of primary and secondary shares. DIL operates a chain of quick service restaurants (QSRs) in India. Its core business is to operate KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee in India. It operated 655 stores across 155 cities in India, as of Mar 2021. These include 264 KFC stores, 297 Pizza Hut stores and 44 Costa Coffee stores. It also operates stores in Nepal and Nigeria for KFC and Pizza Hut. In addition, it also runs its own brands Vaango, Food Street, Masala Twist, Ile Bar, Amreli, and Ckrussh Juice Bar in India. Yum owns over 4% stake in the company.We covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note, Devyani Pre-IPO - Might not do another Burger King India but should be good.In this note we will compare the company against some of its listed peers.

Devyani Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Slots in Neatly

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<p>About the stock: Infosys Ltd (Infy) is one of the leading IT player catering to BFSI, retail, communication, manufacturing &amp; hi tech verticals.</p>
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<li>The company generates &gt;50% of revenues from digital technologies</li>
<li>Dividend payout (&gt;80%), margins (&gt;20%) and RoCE (&gt;31%) key positives</li>
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About the stock: Infosys Ltd (Infy) is one of the leading IT player catering to BFSI, retail, communication, manufacturing &amp; hi tech verticals.

The company generates &gt;50% of revenues from digital technologies
Dividend payout (&gt;80%), margins (&gt;20%) and RoCE (&gt;31%) key positives

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Infosys Ltd: Robust Revenue Guidance Keeps Us Positive

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

<p>We recommend a BUY rating on the stock and assign a 28x P/E multiple to its FY23E earnings of Rs 62.3/share to arrive at a TP of Rs 1,740/share, implying an upside of 10% from CMP.</p><div class="content-highlight"><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></div>

We recommend a BUY rating on the stock and assign a 28x P/E multiple to its FY23E earnings of Rs 62.3/share to arrive at a TP of Rs 1,740/share, implying an upside of 10% from CMP.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Infosys: Revenue Beat, Margins Below Expectations; Upgrade in Revenue Guidance

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p><strong>Infosys</strong>: We maintain BUY on Infosys (INFY), following the decade best Q1 growth and a strong growth outlook. Revenue growth guidance for FY22E was increased to 14-16% CC (12-14% earlier) and the EBIT margin band was maintained at 22-24% (despite the near-term supply crunch). INFY’s growth trajectory remains strong, supported by (1) a strong deal pipeline (higher QoQ), release in pent-up demand to restart the delayed projects, and sustainable improvement in large deals (USD 9.8bn TTM new large deal wins); (2) momentum across verticals – BFSI (nine large deals in Q1 vs six in Q4), retail, manufacturing, life-science and utilities, notwithstanding the lower net-new bookings; (3) structural operational pivots of offshoring and utilisation mitigating the near-term impact from higher sub-contracting; (4) uptick in fresher onboarding (35k in FY22 vs. 25k planned earlier and 21k in FY21) towards demand fulfilment and offsetting the near-term attrition surge. We remain positive on INFY (top pick in tier-1 IT) with &gt;13% EPS CAGR and &gt;40% RoIC valuing the company at INR 1,730, based on 28x Jun-23E EPS.</p>
<p><strong>L&amp;T Technology Services</strong>: We maintain REDUCE on L&amp;T Technology Services (LTTS), despite a slightly better Q1 revenue performance. Revenue guidance has been increased to 15-17% growth for FY22 (13-15% earlier), which implies a decelerated trajectory of 2-3% CQGR (as compared to 4.2% QoQ delivered in Q1FY22), despite a base benefit (FY21 at -6%). Two wins with TCV &gt;USD 25mn (similar to Q4) will support growth in the transportation vertical. LTTS' historical volatility in the large accounts bucket (&gt;USD 20mn accounts) and volatility due to variability in segmental operating profile are reflected in the growth guidance of ~800bps below its strongest year.</p>
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Infosys: We maintain BUY on Infosys (INFY), following the decade best Q1 growth and a strong growth outlook. Revenue growth guidance for FY22E was increased to 14-16% CC (12-14% earlier) and the EBIT margin band was maintained at 22-24% (despite the near-term supply crunch). INFY’s growth trajectory remains strong, supported by (1) a strong deal pipeline (higher QoQ), release in pent-up demand to restart the delayed projects, and sustainable improvement in large deals (USD 9.8bn TTM new large deal wins); (2) momentum across verticals – BFSI (nine large deals in Q1 vs six in Q4), retail, manufacturing, life-science and utilities, notwithstanding the lower net-new bookings; (3) structural operational pivots of offshoring and utilisation mitigating the near-term impact from higher sub-contracting; (4) uptick in fresher onboarding (35k in FY22 vs. 25k planned earlier and 21k in FY21) towards demand fulfilment and offsetting the near-term attrition surge. We remain positive on INFY (top pick in tier-1 IT) with &gt;13% EPS CAGR and &gt;40% RoIC valuing the company at INR 1,730, based on 28x Jun-23E EPS.
L&amp;T Technology Services: We maintain REDUCE on L&amp;T Technology Services (LTTS), despite a slightly better Q1 revenue performance. Revenue guidance has been increased to 15-17% growth for FY22 (13-15% earlier), which implies a decelerated trajectory of 2-3% CQGR (as compared to 4.2% QoQ delivered in Q1FY22), despite a base benefit (FY21 at -6%). Two wins with TCV &gt;USD 25mn (similar to Q4) will support growth in the transportation vertical. LTTS' historical volatility in the large accounts bucket (&gt;USD 20mn accounts) and volatility due to variability in segmental operating profile are reflected in the growth guidance of ~800bps below its strongest year.
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HSIE Results Daily (Technology Services): Infosys, L&T Technology Services

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Infosys Limited provides IT consulting and software services, including e-business, program management and supply chain solutions. The Group's services include application development, product co-development, and system implementation and system engineering. Infosys targets businesses specializing in the insurance, banking, telecommunication and manufacturing sectors.

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Paytm (One 97) Pre-IPO - The Positives - Will Be One of India’s Largest IPOs

Paytm plans to raise around US$2.2bn in its India IPO. The company is backed by Ant Fin, Softbank (9984 JP) and counts Berkshire Hathaway among its...

Sumeet Singh

Devyani Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Slots in Neatly

Devyani International Limited (DIL), Yum Brand’s largest franchisor in India, aims to raise around US$200m via its Indian IPO. The IPO will be a...

Sumeet Singh

Infosys Ltd: Robust Revenue Guidance Keeps Us Positive

Infosys Ltd (Infy) is one of the leading IT player catering to BFSI, retail, communication, manufacturing & hi tech verticals. The company...

ICICI Securities Limited

Infosys: Revenue Beat, Margins Below Expectations; Upgrade in Revenue Guidance

We recommend a BUY rating on the stock and assign a 28x P/E multiple to its FY23E earnings of Rs 62.3/share to arrive at a TP of Rs 1,740/share,...

Axis Direct

HSIE Results Daily (Technology Services): Infosys, L&T Technology Services

We maintain REDUCE on L&T Technology Services (LTTS), despite a slightly better Q1 revenue performance. We maintain BUY on Infosys (INFY),...

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