APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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

Helens International Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/helen-s-international-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34113:1" rel="noopener">Helen's International Holding (9869 HK)</a> (HIH) is looking to raise up to US$358m in its Hong Kong IPO. </p><p>Helens International Holdings (HIH) is the operator of a bar chain called “Helen’s”. The company was the largest bar chain in China in 2018 -  March 2021, in terms of the number of bars, according to Frost and Sullivan (F&amp;S).</p><p>In this note, we will look at deal dynamics, assumptions, and share our thoughts on valuation.</p><p>Our previous coverage of the IPO:</p><ul>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/helens-intl-pre-ipo-largest-bar-chain-targeted-at-youths" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:56817" rel="noopener">Helens Intl (海伦司国际) Pre-IPO - Largest Bar Chain Targeted at Youths</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/helens-intl-pre-ipo-peer-comparison" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:56939" rel="noopener">Helens Intl (海伦司国际) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison</a> </li>
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Helen's International Holding (9869 HK) (HIH) is looking to raise up to US$358m in its Hong Kong IPO. Helens International Holdings (HIH) is the operator of a bar chain called “Helen’s”. The company was the largest bar chain in China in 2018 -  March 2021, in terms of the number of bars, according to Frost and Sullivan (F&amp;S).In this note, we will look at deal dynamics, assumptions, and share our thoughts on valuation.Our previous coverage of the IPO:

Helens Intl (海伦司国际) Pre-IPO - Largest Bar Chain Targeted at Youths 

Helens Intl (海伦司国际) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison 


Helens Intl (海伦司国际) IPO - Cheap Drinks, Expensive Valuation

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

Equity Analyst

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LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
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Devyani International  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/devyani-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33519:1" rel="noopener">Devyani International (6590204Z IN),</a> franchisee of Pizza Hut, KFC and Costa Coffee restaurants in India, is expected to start trading on the 16<sup>th</sup> of August 2021. The IPO was oversubscribed by 116.7x at INR 90.0 per share. The grey market premium has held steady at INR 51.0 over the last three days indicating that the shares could open at around INR 141.0 per share which implies a listing gain of around 57%.</li>
<li>The company has collected around INR 8.3bn (45% of the total offer) at INR 90.0 per share from 41 anchor investors including Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Government of Singapore, Jupiter Asset Management, Nomura and Macquarie.</li>
<li>Moreover, the company has attracted a lot of retail investors, as the retail offer and non-institutional offer were oversubscribed around 39.5x and 213.1x respectively.</li>
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Devyani International (6590204Z IN), franchisee of Pizza Hut, KFC and Costa Coffee restaurants in India, is expected to start trading on the 16th of August 2021. The IPO was oversubscribed by 116.7x at INR 90.0 per share. The grey market premium has held steady at INR 51.0 over the last three days indicating that the shares could open at around INR 141.0 per share which implies a listing gain of around 57%.
The company has collected around INR 8.3bn (45% of the total offer) at INR 90.0 per share from 41 anchor investors including Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Government of Singapore, Jupiter Asset Management, Nomura and Macquarie.
Moreover, the company has attracted a lot of retail investors, as the retail offer and non-institutional offer were oversubscribed around 39.5x and 213.1x respectively.


Devyani International IPO: First Day Trading

China and US Equity Analyst

Roger Xie

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-exchanges-clearing" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:490:1" rel="noopener">HKEX (388 HK)</a> June ADT (Average Daily Turnover) has been cooled off from recent high growth, delivering 16% year-over-year growth in the month. This is partially due to the high base from last year and the renewed worry about Beijing's crackdown of big tech in China. For the 1st half in 2021, HKEx ADT has grown an amazing 60% year-over-year. But the volume on derivative market is more muted than investors expect. We expect HKEx will deliver an in-line interim  result on upcoming August 11th.</li>
<li>On the IPO market, HKEx has completed 14 IPO deals in Q2 2021 and raised HK$ 76 billion. The new economy companies have accounted more than 70% of the IPO deals. The significant ones include <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-logistics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31500:1" rel="noopener">JD Logistics (2618 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nayuki-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32149:1" rel="noopener">Nayuki Holdings (2150 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/linklogis" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31126:1" rel="noopener">Linklogis (9959 HK) </a> and Trip.com (9961 HK). We are the believer that HKEx will play a key role on offshore China listings. Ongoing regulatory uncertainty is likely to accelerate the Chinese ADS' to diversify their listing risk and to benefit HKEx as a preferred offshore listing venue. </li>
<li>On the technology front, HKEx has introduced the new digital platform FINI ( Fast Interface for New Issuance) to speed up the IPO process. The new initiative will shorten the time-consuming paper subscriptions and cut IPO process from pricing to listing from T+5 to T+2. This will improve efficiency of pricing and capital usage. And FINI will likely be rolled out in Q4 2022. We remain bullish on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-exchanges-clearing" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:490:1" rel="noopener">HKEX (388 HK)</a> and have TP HKD 550. </li>
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HKEX (388 HK) June ADT (Average Daily Turnover) has been cooled off from recent high growth, delivering 16% year-over-year growth in the month. This is partially due to the high base from last year and the renewed worry about Beijing's crackdown of big tech in China. For the 1st half in 2021, HKEx ADT has grown an amazing 60% year-over-year. But the volume on derivative market is more muted than investors expect. We expect HKEx will deliver an in-line interim  result on upcoming August 11th.
On the IPO market, HKEx has completed 14 IPO deals in Q2 2021 and raised HK$ 76 billion. The new economy companies have accounted more than 70% of the IPO deals. The significant ones include JD Logistics (2618 HK) , Nayuki Holdings (2150 HK) , Linklogis (9959 HK)  and Trip.com (9961 HK). We are the believer that HKEx will play a key role on offshore China listings. Ongoing regulatory uncertainty is likely to accelerate the Chinese ADS' to diversify their listing risk and to benefit HKEx as a preferred offshore listing venue. 
On the technology front, HKEx has introduced the new digital platform FINI ( Fast Interface for New Issuance) to speed up the IPO process. The new initiative will shorten the time-consuming paper subscriptions and cut IPO process from pricing to listing from T+5 to T+2. This will improve efficiency of pricing and capital usage. And FINI will likely be rolled out in Q4 2022. We remain bullish on HKEX (388 HK) and have TP HKD 550. 


HKEx(388.HK): Expect Slower Q2 Trading Volume, HKEx to Benefit As Offshore Venue for China Listings

<p>Nayuki raised US$656m at HK$19.80 per share, the top-end of its IPO price range, but it is now trading 18% below IPO price.</p>
<p>In this note, we look at potential upcoming catalysts and share updated thoughts on valuation.</p>
<p>Nayuki is the operator of Nayuki teahouses, a premium modern teahouse chain in China. The company had a network of 420 Nayuki teahouses across 61 cities in China as of September 30, 2020. As per CIC, Nayuki is the most extensive premium modern teahouse network in China in terms of the number of cities covered.</p>
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<p>We had previously covered the IPO in:</p>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nayuki-pre-ipo-fast-growing-cash-flow-positive-teahouse-chain" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49798" rel="noopener">Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - Fast-Growing, Cash Flow Positive Teahouse Chain</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nayuki-pre-ipo-phip-updates-4q20-results-shows-improvement" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52793" rel="noopener">Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - 4Q20 Results Shows Improvement</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nayuki-pre-ipo-industry-landscape-and-peer-comparison" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52797" rel="noopener">Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - Industry Landscape and Peer Comparison</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nayuki-pre-ipo-forecast-and-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52992" rel="noopener">Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - Forecast and Thoughts on Valuation</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nayuki-ipo-not-cheap-but-should-still-do-well" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:53247" rel="noopener">Nayuki (奈雪) IPO - Not Cheap but Should Still Do Well</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nayuki-ipo-trading-good-demand" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:53766" rel="noopener">Nayuki (奈雪) IPO Trading - Good Demand</a> </li>
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Nayuki raised US$656m at HK$19.80 per share, the top-end of its IPO price range, but it is now trading 18% below IPO price.
In this note, we look at potential upcoming catalysts and share updated thoughts on valuation.
Nayuki is the operator of Nayuki teahouses, a premium modern teahouse chain in China. The company had a network of 420 Nayuki teahouses across 61 cities in China as of September 30, 2020. As per CIC, Nayuki is the most extensive premium modern teahouse network in China in terms of the number of cities covered.

We had previously covered the IPO in:




Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - Fast-Growing, Cash Flow Positive Teahouse Chain 

Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - 4Q20 Results Shows Improvement 

Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - Industry Landscape and Peer Comparison 

Nayuki (奈雪) Pre-IPO - Forecast and Thoughts on Valuation 

Nayuki (奈雪) IPO - Not Cheap but Should Still Do Well 

Nayuki (奈雪) IPO Trading - Good Demand 



Nayuki (奈雪) Post IPO - Potential Catalysts - Where to from Here?

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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<li>We visited the stores of Nayuki and its competitors.</li>
<li>Nayuki has the No. 4 largest customer base among Chinese teahouses, but we believe Heytea is the only competitor to Nayuki.</li>
<li>Fruit tea is still popular, but customers are loyal to one or two brands.</li>
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We visited the stores of Nayuki and its competitors.
Nayuki has the No. 4 largest customer base among Chinese teahouses, but we believe Heytea is the only competitor to Nayuki.
Fruit tea is still popular, but customers are loyal to one or two brands.


Nayuki (奈雪の茶): Teahouse Competition on the Ground

Hong Kong

Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited owns and operates hotels.  The Company also manages and invests in real estate properties as well as invests in and trades financial instruments and marketable securities.  In addition, Regal hotel operates brewery, operates restaurants, and provides travel and florist and wedding services.

Cafe De Coral Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates quick service restaurants, fast casual dining, institutional catering and specialty restaurant chains, and food manufacturing business.

Fosun Tourism Group operates as a leisure focused integrated tourism group. The Company provides resorts management, tourism destinations development, and other related services. Fosun Tourism Group offers its services worldwide.

Sino Hotels Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates hotels and clubs.  The Company also invests in securities and provides hotel management services.

China Star Entertainment Limited, through its subsidiaries, principally engaged in the production and distribution of films and television drama series that are based in Chinese dialect. The Company also invests the gaming promotion business, property and hotel investments.

Fairwood Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates a chain of fast food restaurants.  The Company also invests in properties.

Ajisen (China) Holdings Limited operates a chain of casual restaurants that offers Japanese ramen and Japanese-style dishes in Hong Kong and People's Republic of China.

China Energy Development Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the sale of food and beverages in Hong Kong and exploration and production of natural gas in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

China Energy Development Holdings Ltd (228 HK)

Paradise Entertainment Limited is the holding company of a diverse group of companies that engages in casino management, and development, supply and leasing of game machinery and equipment.

Paliburg Holdings Limited owns and manages hotels.  The Company also invests in, manages and develops properties and provides development consultancy, project management, and construction services.  The Company also invests in and trades financial instruments and marketable securities as well as operates brewery.

Hotel Grand Central Limited owns, operates, and manages hotels. The Company also collects rent, develops properties, and provides marketing and support services.

Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad is an investment holding company. The Company through its subsidiaries, operates a non-four-digit betting games, leases computerized lottery equipment, manufactures and distributes computerized lottery systems, and develops property.

Stamford Land Corporation Limited is an investment holding company.  The Company owns and manages hotels and travel agencies.  Stamford Land Corporation also develops and invests in properties.

GENKI SUSHI CO., LTD. operates revolving sushi bar chain "Genki Sushi", "Sushi Ondo", and "Senryo" in the Kanto area.  The Company also operates in the Tohoku area.

Magnum Berhad is a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiary, focuses on the gaming or numbers forecasting lottery business.

Delta Corp Limited a diversified business group having a presence in the entertainment and gaming, real estate business in India and Kenya. The Company's business includes offshore casinos, and real estate consulting & development.

Centurion Corporation Limited owns, develops and manages quality, purpose-built workers accommodation assets in Singapore and Malaysia, and purpose-built student accommodation assets in Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom (“UK”), the United States (“US”) and South Korea.

Huatian Hotel Group Co., Ltd. operates a five-star hotel in Changsha, Hunan. The Company also provides related food, entertainment, and other services. Through its subsidiaries, Hunan Huatian develops computer software.

Xi'an Tourism Co., Ltd. operates hotels, providing lodging, catering, and travel services.  The Company also operates in petroleum exploration and extraction businesses.

Berjaya Land Berhad is an investment holding company which provides management services. The Company, through its subsidiaries, operates betting, leases computerized lottery equipment, manufactures and distributes computerized lottery systems. Berjaya Land also develops and invests in properties, operates hotels, resorts, and casinos.

Nayuki Holdings Limited operates as a holding compnay. The Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and retails tea and bakery products. Nayuki serves customers in China.

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Nayuki Holdings (2150 HK)

Helens Intl (海伦司国际) IPO - Cheap Drinks, Expensive Valuation

Helen's International Holding (9869 HK) (HIH) is looking to raise up to US$358m in its Hong Kong IPO. Helens International Holdings (HIH) is the...

Zhen Zhou, Toh

Devyani International IPO: First Day Trading

If shares open at around INR 141.0 per share (based on the grey market premium), Devyani International would be valued at 14.2x FY21 revenue...

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

HKEx(388.HK): Expect Slower Q2 Trading Volume, HKEx to Benefit As Offshore Venue for China Listings

For the 1st half in 2021, HKEx ADT has grown an amazing 60% year-over-year. But the volume on derivative market is more muted. We expect HKEx will...

Roger Xie

Nayuki (奈雪) Post IPO - Potential Catalysts - Where to from Here?

Nayuki is now trading 18% below IPO price. In this note, we look at potential upcoming catalysts and share updates thoughts on valuation.

Zhen Zhou, Toh

Nayuki (奈雪の茶): Teahouse Competition on the Ground

We visited the stores of Nayuki and its competitors. Nayuki has the No. 4 largest customer base among Chinese teahouses, but We believe Heytea is...

Ming Lu

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