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.

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<li>WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the recent refiling updates, peer comparison and valuations.</li>
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WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO.
WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries
In this note, we talk about the recent refiling updates, peer comparison and valuations.


WCP IPO - Peer Comparison and Valuation - Needs a Price Cut Not a Timeline Extension

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Sebit Chem had excellent IPO book building results. The demand ratio from the institutional investors was 1,671 to 1. </li>
<li>The IPO price has been determined at 35,000 won, which is higher than the high end of the IPO price range (25,000 won to 30,000 won).</li>
<li>Our base case valuation is implied market cap of 256 billion won or target price of 50,775 won per share (45% higher than the IPO price of 35,000 won). </li>
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Sebit Chem had excellent IPO book building results. The demand ratio from the institutional investors was 1,671 to 1. 
The IPO price has been determined at 35,000 won, which is higher than the high end of the IPO price range (25,000 won to 30,000 won).
Our base case valuation is implied market cap of 256 billion won or target price of 50,775 won per share (45% higher than the IPO price of 35,000 won). 


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<li>Our base case valuation of Sebit Chem IPO is target price of 50,775 won which is 69% higher than the high end of the IPO price range. </li>
<li>Sebit Chem's business is now mainly composed of recycling waste rechargeable batteries and waste acid (mostly from semiconductor and LCD related products).</li>
<li>Our base case valuation is based on 23.7x P/E (comps' average) using our estimated net profit of 10.8 billion won in 2023. </li>
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Our base case valuation of Sebit Chem IPO is target price of 50,775 won which is 69% higher than the high end of the IPO price range. 
Sebit Chem's business is now mainly composed of recycling waste rechargeable batteries and waste acid (mostly from semiconductor and LCD related products).
Our base case valuation is based on 23.7x P/E (comps' average) using our estimated net profit of 10.8 billion won in 2023. 


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<li>Sebit Chem is getting ready to complete its IPO in early August. The IPO price range is from 25,000 won to 30,000 won.</li>
<li>The IPO base deal size is from US$21 million to US$25 million. The expected market cap after the IPO is from 126 billion won to 151 billion won.</li>
<li>Sebit Chem is one of the competitors to Sungeel Hitech which completed a very successful IPO book building. Sebit Chem is also likely to enjoy strong demand among many investors. </li>
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Sebit Chem is getting ready to complete its IPO in early August. The IPO price range is from 25,000 won to 30,000 won.
The IPO base deal size is from US$21 million to US$25 million. The expected market cap after the IPO is from 126 billion won to 151 billion won.
Sebit Chem is one of the competitors to Sungeel Hitech which completed a very successful IPO book building. Sebit Chem is also likely to enjoy strong demand among many investors. 


Sebit Chem IPO Preview - A Major Competitor to Sungeel Hitech in Rechargeable Batteries Recycling

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<li>LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO. The stock was listed on 27th Jan 22. Its six-month lockup is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO. The stock was listed on 27th Jan 22. Its six-month lockup is set to expire soon.
LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


LG Energy IPO Lock-Up - Largest Lockup Release of the Lot at US$3bn

South Korea

LG Chem Ltd. is a chemical manufacturer. The Company's products include petrochemicals, plastic resins, and engineering plastics. LG Chem also produces industrial and electronic materials.

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WCP IPO - Peer Comparison and Valuation - Needs a Price Cut Not a Timeline Extension

WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. In this note we talk about the refiling...

Sumeet Singh

Sebit Chem IPO Book Building Results

Sebit Chem had excellent IPO book building results. The demand ratio from the institutional investors was 1,671 to 1. The IPO price has been...

Douglas Kim

Sebit Chem Valuation Analysis

Our base case valuation of Sebit Chem IPO is target price of 50,775 won which is 69% higher than the high end of the IPO price range.

Douglas Kim

Sebit Chem IPO Preview - A Major Competitor to Sungeel Hitech in Rechargeable Batteries Recycling

Sebit Chem is one of the competitors to Sungeel Hitech which completed a very successful IPO book building. Sebit Chem is also likely to enjoy...

Douglas Kim

LG Energy IPO Lock-Up - Largest Lockup Release of the Lot at US$3bn

LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO. The stock was listed on 27th Jan 22. Its six-month lockup is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

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