Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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 Bottom-Up

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<li>The revenue growth accelerated and the operating margin improved in 3Q22.</li>
<li>However, management said the performance may not continue and profit is not their target.</li>
<li>We believe the stock has a downside of 23% for year end 2023. </li>
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The revenue growth accelerated and the operating margin improved in 3Q22.
However, management said the performance may not continue and profit is not their target.
We believe the stock has a downside of 23% for year end 2023. 


Pinduoduo (PDD): High-Performing Financials, But Low-Profile Management, 23% Downside

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Event-Driven

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<li>In Dec 2021, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/star-health-allied-insurance-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34199:1" rel="noopener">Star Health (STARHEAL IN)</a> (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.</li>
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In Dec 2021, Star Health (STARHEAL IN) (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its India IPO.
SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.


Star Health IPO Lockup - Owned by Financial Investors, US$3.0bn Worth Shares Are Well in the Money

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>ATRenew (RERE US) is one of the stocks in China that is starting to look very attractive after a sharp decline in its share price since its IPO.</li>
<li>ATRenew has achieved noticeable improvements in operations and profitability in the recent quarter.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation analysis suggests an implied market cap of US$720 million, representing an implied price of US$3.15 per share, representing an upside of 43% from current price.</li>
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ATRenew (RERE US) is one of the stocks in China that is starting to look very attractive after a sharp decline in its share price since its IPO.
ATRenew has achieved noticeable improvements in operations and profitability in the recent quarter.
Our base case valuation analysis suggests an implied market cap of US$720 million, representing an implied price of US$3.15 per share, representing an upside of 43% from current price.


ATRenew: A Turnaround Story With Material Increase in Profit Margins + Remaining Share Buyback

Equity Capital Markets

Weilong Delicious Global Holdi / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weilong-delicious-global-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33378:1" rel="noopener">Weilong Delicious Global (WDG HK)</a>  a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$140m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 6.2%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes, in this note, we will talk about  the final valuations.</li>
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Weilong Delicious Global (WDG HK)  a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$140m in its Hong Kong IPO.
According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 6.2%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes, in this note, we will talk about  the final valuations.


Weilong Delicious Global IPO - Tepid Recent Performance Still Makes It Look Expensive

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<li>Richard Liu came back to manage JD.com after he resigned half a year ago.</li>
<li>Alibaba Health revenue increased 23% YoY in 1H23, which benefited from hospitals being closed.</li>
<li>Pinduoduo revenue increased by 65% YoY and operating profit increased 388% YoY in 3Q22.</li>
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Richard Liu came back to manage JD.com after he resigned half a year ago.
Alibaba Health revenue increased 23% YoY in 1H23, which benefited from hospitals being closed.
Pinduoduo revenue increased by 65% YoY and operating profit increased 388% YoY in 3Q22.


China Internet Weekly (5Dec2022): JD.com, Baidu, IQiyi, Alibaba Health, ZTO, Pinduoduo, KE

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Pinduoduo (PDD): High-Performing Financials, But Low-Profile Management, 23% Downside

The revenue growth accelerated and the operating margin improve in 3Q22. However, management said the performance may not continue. We believe the...

Ming Lu

Star Health IPO Lockup - Owned by Financial Investors, US$3.0bn Worth Shares Are Well in the Money

In Dec 2021, Star Health (STARHEAL IN) (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in...

Sumeet Singh

Weilong Delicious Global IPO - Tepid Recent Performance Still Makes It Look Expensive

Weilong Delicious Global, a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$140m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

China Internet Weekly (5Dec2022): JD.com, Baidu, IQiyi, Alibaba Health, ZTO, Pinduoduo, KE

Richard Liu came back to manage JD.com after he resigned half a year ago. Alibaba Health revenue increased 23% YoY in 1H23, which benefited from...

Ming Lu

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Pinduoduo (PDD): High-Performing Financials, But Low-Profile Management, 23% Downside

The revenue growth accelerated and the operating margin improve in 3Q22. However, management said the performance may not continue. We believe the...

Ming Lu

Star Health IPO Lockup - Owned by Financial Investors, US$3.0bn Worth Shares Are Well in the Money

In Dec 2021, Star Health (STARHEAL IN) (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in...

Sumeet Singh

ATRenew: A Turnaround Story With Material Increase in Profit Margins + Remaining Share Buyback

Our base case valuation analysis of ATRenew suggests an implied market cap of US$720 million, representing an implied price of US$3.15 per share,...

Douglas Kim

Weilong Delicious Global IPO - Tepid Recent Performance Still Makes It Look Expensive

Weilong Delicious Global, a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$140m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

China Internet Weekly (5Dec2022): JD.com, Baidu, IQiyi, Alibaba Health, ZTO, Pinduoduo, KE

Richard Liu came back to manage JD.com after he resigned half a year ago. Alibaba Health revenue increased 23% YoY in 1H23, which benefited from...

Ming Lu