Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>There are some major surprises (both inclusions and exclusions) in the Korea Value Up index. </li>
<li>In particular, the telecom sector (SK Telecom and KT) and large cap holding companies (Samsung C&amp;T and LG Corp) are surprising exclusions in the index.</li>
<li>There are many surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index. We provide 30 companies are surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index (19 KOSDAQ and 11 KOSPI listed).</li>
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There are some major surprises (both inclusions and exclusions) in the Korea Value Up index. 
In particular, the telecom sector (SK Telecom and KT) and large cap holding companies (Samsung C&amp;T and LG Corp) are surprising exclusions in the index.
There are many surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index. We provide 30 companies are surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index (19 KOSDAQ and 11 KOSPI listed).


Korea Value Up Index - Surprising Inclusions and Exclusions

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<li>In this insight, we discuss the details of the share price performances of the Korea Value Up Index (especially among the index constituents) this year.</li>
<li>It appears that many traders are buying beaten up, higher beta stocks in Korea that were excessively pushed to much lower levels last year. </li>
<li>Among the top 20 best performing stocks in the Korea Value Up Index this year, 15 of them (75% of the top 20 stocks) are listed on KOSDAQ. </li>
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In this insight, we discuss the details of the share price performances of the Korea Value Up Index (especially among the index constituents) this year.
It appears that many traders are buying beaten up, higher beta stocks in Korea that were excessively pushed to much lower levels last year. 
Among the top 20 best performing stocks in the Korea Value Up Index this year, 15 of them (75% of the top 20 stocks) are listed on KOSDAQ. 


Korea Value Up Index: Winners and Losers in 2025 YTD

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.

Event-Driven

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<li>The reshuffle results align with expectations, but the decision to list 11 KOSDAQ Global stocks in April is surprising. Local authorities seem to prioritize boosting the derivatives market for liquidity.</li>
<li>Ecopro Materials' SSF listing, earlier than expected, attracts attention, potentially leading to an unusual basis pattern, coinciding with a major lockup release on May 17th.</li>
<li>We should also be wary of a pattern akin to last July's in KOSDAQ stocks. Spot prices of recent SSFs showed a pronounced short-term uptrend, especially in KOSDAQ, versus KOSPI.</li>
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The reshuffle results align with expectations, but the decision to list 11 KOSDAQ Global stocks in April is surprising. Local authorities seem to prioritize boosting the derivatives market for liquidity.
Ecopro Materials' SSF listing, earlier than expected, attracts attention, potentially leading to an unusual basis pattern, coinciding with a major lockup release on May 17th.
We should also be wary of a pattern akin to last July's in KOSDAQ stocks. Spot prices of recent SSFs showed a pronounced short-term uptrend, especially in KOSDAQ, versus KOSPI.


KRX's Official SSF/SSO Reshuffle Results: Trading Considerations

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<strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bh-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3933:1" rel="noopener">BH Co Ltd (090460 KS)</a></strong> will likely complete the transfer listing by early May, suggesting an ad-hoc change may occur before the regular rebalancing of the KOSDAQ 150 in June.</li>
<li>BH's GICS sector is INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. It means the top reserved issue at the previous review gets to replace BH. At this point, it will be <strong>HFR Inc (230240 KS)</strong>.</li>
<li>We should build up a Long position on HFR right after KRX approves BH's transfer and then close it on the next trading day after the KQ150 corporate action announcement.</li>
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BH Co Ltd (090460 KS) will likely complete the transfer listing by early May, suggesting an ad-hoc change may occur before the regular rebalancing of the KOSDAQ 150 in June.
BH's GICS sector is INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. It means the top reserved issue at the previous review gets to replace BH. At this point, it will be HFR Inc (230240 KS).
We should build up a Long position on HFR right after KRX approves BH's transfer and then close it on the next trading day after the KQ150 corporate action announcement.


An Exposed Target for Flow Trading on KQ150 Ad-Hoc Change by BH's KOSPI Transfer Listing

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Our base case valuation of Gigavis IPO is target price of 61,755 won per share, representing 56% higher than the high end of the IPO price range.</li>
<li>We estimate the company to generate sales of 126.6 billion won (up 27% YoY) in 2023 and 150.9 billion won (up 19.2% YoY) in 2024.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation is based on 21.8x P/E using our estimated net profit of 35.9 billion won in 2023.</li>
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Our base case valuation of Gigavis IPO is target price of 61,755 won per share, representing 56% higher than the high end of the IPO price range.
We estimate the company to generate sales of 126.6 billion won (up 27% YoY) in 2023 and 150.9 billion won (up 19.2% YoY) in 2024.
Our base case valuation is based on 21.8x P/E using our estimated net profit of 35.9 billion won in 2023.


South Korea

NEXTIN, Inc. manufactures and distributes semiconductor devices. The Company produces process defect detection equipment, cube scan equipment, and other related products. NEXTIN markets its products worldwide.

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Korea Value Up Index - Surprising Inclusions and Exclusions

There are many surprising inclusions and exclusions in the Korea Value Up Index. We provide 30 companies that are surprising inclusions and 10...

Douglas Kim

Korea Value Up Index: Winners and Losers in 2025 YTD

In this insight, we discuss the details of the share price performances of the Korea Value Up Index (especially among the index constituents) this...

Douglas Kim

KRX's Official SSF/SSO Reshuffle Results: Trading Considerations

As pointed out in this post, considering KOSDAQ additions as a long basket is suitable. However, stocks with high pre-reshuffle price appreciation...

Sanghyun Park

An Exposed Target for Flow Trading on KQ150 Ad-Hoc Change by BH's KOSPI Transfer Listing

This post investigates the target of flow trading on KOSDAQ 150 ad-hoc change resulting from BH Co's transfer of listing from KOSDAQ to KOSPI.

Sanghyun Park

Gigavis IPO Valuation Analysis

Our base case valuation of Gigavis IPO is target price of 61,755 won per share, representing 56% higher than the high end of the IPO price range.

Douglas Kim

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