Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>Isupetasys (007660 KS) announced a large-scale rights offering worth 550 billion won. The company plans to issue 20.1 million new shares (32% of outstanding shares).</li>
<li>About 55% of the capital raise proceeds will be used to acquire a 30.1% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jeio-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36398:1" rel="noopener">Jeio (418550 KS)</a>. Remaining 45% will be used to invest in Isupetays' core business. </li>
<li>Valuations on Isupetasys are not compelling. Isupetasys is also buying Jeio which has high P/E multiples, which could further result in capital outflow on Isupetasys among some value conscious investors.</li>
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Isupetasys (007660 KS) announced a large-scale rights offering worth 550 billion won. The company plans to issue 20.1 million new shares (32% of outstanding shares).
About 55% of the capital raise proceeds will be used to acquire a 30.1% stake in Jeio (418550 KS). Remaining 45% will be used to invest in Isupetays' core business. 
Valuations on Isupetasys are not compelling. Isupetasys is also buying Jeio which has high P/E multiples, which could further result in capital outflow on Isupetasys among some value conscious investors.


Isupetasys Announces a Rights Offering of 32% of Outstanding Shares and Acquisition of Jeio

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>I initially skipped this rights issue due to the tight 15% discount and lack of hedge options, but today’s 20% drop opens up a potential angle worth exploring.</li>
<li>Today’s selloff stems from pushback on ISU Petasys entering the battery business, not just dilution concerns. This means there’s a high chance we’ll see a lot of leftover, unsold shares.</li>
<li>The strategy is to grab stock rights cheaply or go for the public offering. The main risk is whether the 15% spread holds until listing, but the case is strong.</li>
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I initially skipped this rights issue due to the tight 15% discount and lack of hedge options, but today’s 20% drop opens up a potential angle worth exploring.
Today’s selloff stems from pushback on ISU Petasys entering the battery business, not just dilution concerns. This means there’s a high chance we’ll see a lot of leftover, unsold shares.
The strategy is to grab stock rights cheaply or go for the public offering. The main risk is whether the 15% spread holds until listing, but the case is strong.


ISU Petasys Rights Issue: Today’s Wild Price Action Has Opened up a Fresh Trading Angle

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 20th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics, KB Financial, Shinhan Group, Posco.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 20th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.0bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics, KB Financial, Shinhan Group, Posco.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 20th): Samsung Electronics, KB Financial, Shinhan Group, Posco

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

Foxconn Industrial Internet / Technical Analysis

<ul>
<li>Not much has changed since our latest Int'l Compass from May 31, 2024 titled "Buy the Pullback." </li>
<li>We were buyers of the pullback in global equities (MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, EAFE, EM, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, etc.) with important supports holding, combined with ongoing healthy market dynamics.</li>
<li>Supports are holding, and our bullish outlook (since early-November 2023) remains intact. Continue to buy dips.</li>
</ul>


Not much has changed since our latest Int'l Compass from May 31, 2024 titled "Buy the Pullback." 
We were buyers of the pullback in global equities (MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, EAFE, EM, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, etc.) with important supports holding, combined with ongoing healthy market dynamics.
Supports are holding, and our bullish outlook (since early-November 2023) remains intact. Continue to buy dips.


Downgrading Europe to Market Weight; Europe Indexes Still Bullish (Price); Bullish Outlook Intact

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) / Technical Analysis

<ul>
<li>New multi-year highs on the MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, EAFE, and EM indexes -- combined with overwhelmingly healthy market dynamics -- validates our bullish outlook on global equities.</li>
<li>We continue to view the latest 5-6% pullback on $ACWI as healthy and normal within the ongoing bull market, and we expect higher prices ahead.</li>
<li>Global Energy Sector appears to be topping, and Materials could be next. We highlight buys in Technology (quickly becoming leadership again) and Consumer Discretionary/Retail </li>
</ul>


New multi-year highs on the MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, EAFE, and EM indexes -- combined with overwhelmingly healthy market dynamics -- validates our bullish outlook on global equities.
We continue to view the latest 5-6% pullback on $ACWI as healthy and normal within the ongoing bull market, and we expect higher prices ahead.
Global Energy Sector appears to be topping, and Materials could be next. We highlight buys in Technology (quickly becoming leadership again) and Consumer Discretionary/Retail 


Global MSCI Indexes at Multi-Year Highs; Global Energy Sector Deteriorating, Is Materials Next?

South Korea

IsuPetasys Co., Ltd. manufactures printed circuit boards (PCBs) specializing in high multilayer PCBs.  The Company exports its products to Cisco Systems, Brocade Communications Systems, and Sun Microsystems in the United States.

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Isupetasys (007660 KS)

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