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.

Equity Capital Markets

Healthium Medtech / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Healthium Medtech (HM) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. </p><p>Healthium Medtech is a global medtech company that manufactures products used in surgical, post-surgical and chronic care. It operates in three key markets namely, India, UK and the Rest of the World and currently has eight manufacturing facilities, seven in India and one in China. The firm has a diverse suite of offerings with over 52,000 SKUs and as of Mar 21, one in five surgeries conducted globally had used a Healthium Medtech product, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S).</p><p>While the company started off by manufacturing surgical consumables, it has since then expanded into other segments, mostly via acquisitions. Now the company primarily sells products pertaining to surgical consumables, urology and arthroscopy. </p><p>HM revenue has been growing steadily over the past few years, while its margins have been expanding, resulting in bottom-line growth comfortably outpacing sales growth. In addition, HM has undertaken three acquisitions in FY22 which will increase its earnings by 40-50%. </p><p>Although, the company hasn’t been very forthcoming with data and it didn’t pay a whole lot for the companies that it recently acquired.</p><p>We have covered the company background in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/healthium-medtech-pre-ipo-tearsheet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO Tearsheet.</a></p>

Healthium Medtech (HM) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. Healthium Medtech is a global medtech company that manufactures products used in surgical, post-surgical and chronic care. It operates in three key markets namely, India, UK and the Rest of the World and currently has eight manufacturing facilities, seven in India and one in China. The firm has a diverse suite of offerings with over 52,000 SKUs and as of Mar 21, one in five surgeries conducted globally had used a Healthium Medtech product, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S).While the company started off by manufacturing surgical consumables, it has since then expanded into other segments, mostly via acquisitions. Now the company primarily sells products pertaining to surgical consumables, urology and arthroscopy. HM revenue has been growing steadily over the past few years, while its margins have been expanding, resulting in bottom-line growth comfortably outpacing sales growth. In addition, HM has undertaken three acquisitions in FY22 which will increase its earnings by 40-50%. Although, the company hasn’t been very forthcoming with data and it didn’t pay a whole lot for the companies that it recently acquired.We have covered the company background in our earlier note, Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO Tearsheet.

Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO - Steady Earnings, Creating a Niche

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<p>PHC Holdings and its shareholders raised around US$645m, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO. The company is backed by KKR (48.7% stake pre-listing), Mitsui (21.5%), Life Science Institute (13.4%) and Panasonic (11.5%).</p>
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<div>We have covered the various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes:</div>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-pre-ipo-many-companies-rolled-into-one" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Many companies rolled into one</a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-pre-ipo-peer-comparison" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-pre-ipo-peer-comparison" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-pre-ipo-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation, and</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-ipo-should-have-cut-the-price-not-just-the-size" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PHC Holdings IPO - Should Have Cut the Price, Not Just the Size</a></li>
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<p>In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</p>
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PHC Holdings and its shareholders raised around US$645m, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO. The company is backed by KKR (48.7% stake pre-listing), Mitsui (21.5%), Life Science Institute (13.4%) and Panasonic (11.5%).

We have covered the various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes:



 PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Many companies rolled into one


 PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison 
PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation, and
PHC Holdings IPO - Should Have Cut the Price, Not Just the Size

In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


PHC Holdings IPO Trading - Needs to Start Acting like One Company to Move Higher

Shanghai MicroPort MedBot Group / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p>MicroPort MedBot (MM), a surgical robot company, aims to raise up to US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. It is a subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microport-scientific-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4487:1" rel="noopener">Microport Scientific (853 HK)</a> and is backed by Hillhouse and other  mainly domestic investors.</p></div><div><p>MicroPort MedBot (MM) is a surgical robot company which designs, develops and commercializes surgical robots to assist surgeons in performing complex surgical procedures. It is the only company with a product portfolio covering the five major and fast-growing surgical specialties of laparoscopic, orthopedic, panvascular, natural orifice and percutaneous surgical procedures, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S).</p></div><div><p>Its flagship products, Toumai Laparoscopic Surgical Robot, DFVision 3D Electronic Laparoscope and Honghu Orthopedic Surgical Robot, have all been admitted to the NMPA’s Green Path. Toumai and Honghu are at or near the registration approval stage, and DFVision has recently received NMPA approval.</p></div><p>We have looked at the company’s background and products in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/microport-medbot-pre-ipo-robodoc-pre-revenue-has-a-large-competitor-but-a-large-market-as-well" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MicroPort MedBot Pre-IPO - RoboDoc - pre-revenue, has a large competitor but a large market as well</a>. </p><p>In this note, we will talk about the PHIP updates and look at the performance of its largest competitor.</p>

MicroPort MedBot (MM), a surgical robot company, aims to raise up to US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. It is a subsidiary of Microport Scientific (853 HK) and is backed by Hillhouse and other  mainly domestic investors.MicroPort MedBot (MM) is a surgical robot company which designs, develops and commercializes surgical robots to assist surgeons in performing complex surgical procedures. It is the only company with a product portfolio covering the five major and fast-growing surgical specialties of laparoscopic, orthopedic, panvascular, natural orifice and percutaneous surgical procedures, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S).Its flagship products, Toumai Laparoscopic Surgical Robot, DFVision 3D Electronic Laparoscope and Honghu Orthopedic Surgical Robot, have all been admitted to the NMPA’s Green Path. Toumai and Honghu are at or near the registration approval stage, and DFVision has recently received NMPA approval.We have looked at the company’s background and products in our earlier note, MicroPort MedBot Pre-IPO - RoboDoc - pre-revenue, has a large competitor but a large market as well. In this note, we will talk about the PHIP updates and look at the performance of its largest competitor.

MicroPort MedBot Pre-IPO - RoboDoc - PHIP Updates and a Look at Its Largest Competitor

<div><p>PHC Holdings and its shareholders aim to raise around US$700m, down from US$1.8bn, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO. The company is backed by KKR (48.7% stake pre-listing), Mitsui (21.5%), Life Science Institute (13.4%) and Panasonic (11.5%).</p></div><div><p>PHC is engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of healthcare devices and services. The company has three main segments: Diabetes Management (35% of FY21 revenue); Healthcare Services (37.9% of FY21 revenue); and Diagnosis/Life Science (26.1% of FY21 revenue).</p></div><div><p>We have covered the main aspects of the deal in our earlier notes<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-pre-ipo-many-companies-rolled-into-one" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Many companies rolled into one and </a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-pre-ipo-peer-comparison" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison and</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-pre-ipo-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation</a>.</p></div><div><p>In this note we will talk about the IPO valuation.</p></div>

PHC Holdings and its shareholders aim to raise around US$700m, down from US$1.8bn, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO. The company is backed by KKR (48.7% stake pre-listing), Mitsui (21.5%), Life Science Institute (13.4%) and Panasonic (11.5%).PHC is engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of healthcare devices and services. The company has three main segments: Diabetes Management (35% of FY21 revenue); Healthcare Services (37.9% of FY21 revenue); and Diagnosis/Life Science (26.1% of FY21 revenue).We have covered the main aspects of the deal in our earlier notes PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Many companies rolled into one and  PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison and PHC Holdings Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation.In this note we will talk about the IPO valuation.

PHC Holdings IPO - Should Have Cut the Price, Not Just the Size

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

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<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/phc-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34198:1" rel="noopener">PHC Holdings (6523 JP)</a> is a leading diversified diagnostic, life sciences and medical device company serving global markets. PHC shareholders include <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kkr-co-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27333:1" rel="noopener">KKR &amp; Co Inc (KKR US)</a> (owns 48.0% of PHC), <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20799:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui &amp; Co Ltd (8031 JP)</a> (21.1%), Life Science Institute (13.2%) and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/panasonic-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:222:1" rel="noopener">Panasonic Corp (6752 JP)</a> (11.3%).</p></div><div><p>At the indicative price of JPY3,700 per share, PHC will have a market cap of JPY452 billion (US$4.1 billion). PHC plans to raise JPY172 billion ($1.57 billion) by offering 5.8 million primary shares (JPY22 billion raise) and 40.7 million secondary shares (JPY150 billion raise). </p></div><div><div>
<p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/phc-holdings-ipo-initiation-sugar-high" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:57915" rel="noopener">PHC Holdings IPO Initiation: Sugar High</a>, we opined that at first glance, PHC offers solid growth, stable and healthy margins along with solid cash generation. However, on an organic basis, the revenue has declined in each of the last two financial years. The strong growth in the recent first quarter was largely due to low comps and an unsustainable revenue boost from COVID-19 related products. We concluded that PHC’s fundamentals are mixed and we are inclined to watch this IPO from the sidelines.</p>
<div class="content-highlight"><p>Our valuation analysis suggests that PHC is fully valued at the indicative price. In combination with the mixed fundamentals, we would pass on the IPO. </p></div>
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PHC Holdings (6523 JP) is a leading diversified diagnostic, life sciences and medical device company serving global markets. PHC shareholders include KKR &amp; Co Inc (KKR US) (owns 48.0% of PHC), Mitsui &amp; Co Ltd (8031 JP) (21.1%), Life Science Institute (13.2%) and Panasonic Corp (6752 JP) (11.3%).At the indicative price of JPY3,700 per share, PHC will have a market cap of JPY452 billion (US$4.1 billion). PHC plans to raise JPY172 billion ($1.57 billion) by offering 5.8 million primary shares (JPY22 billion raise) and 40.7 million secondary shares (JPY150 billion raise). 
In PHC Holdings IPO Initiation: Sugar High, we opined that at first glance, PHC offers solid growth, stable and healthy margins along with solid cash generation. However, on an organic basis, the revenue has declined in each of the last two financial years. The strong growth in the recent first quarter was largely due to low comps and an unsustainable revenue boost from COVID-19 related products. We concluded that PHC’s fundamentals are mixed and we are inclined to watch this IPO from the sidelines.
Our valuation analysis suggests that PHC is fully valued at the indicative price. In combination with the mixed fundamentals, we would pass on the IPO. 


Japan

Terumo Corporation is a manufacturer and supplier of pharmaceuticals and medical tools and equipment. The Company's products include health foods, transfusion and infusion equipment, disposable medical supply, clinical testing systems, artificial organs, and electronic thermometers. Terumo markets the products through its subsidiaries and sales offices in the US, Europe, and Asia.

SYSMEX CORPORATION manufactures reagents and equipment for clinical tests including hematologic (blood) and immune tests. The Company also develops, manufactures, and trades particle analyzers such as blood coagulation analyzer and related software. Manufacturing and sales outside Japan include the United States, EMEA, China and Asia Pacific regions.

ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD. manufactures medical tools as well as both medical and industrial-use stainless wire rope.  The Company's main products include catheters, guidewires, and miniature coils for endoscopic devices.

JEOL Ltd. manufactures electron optics instruments and analytical instruments including electron microscope, X-ray diffractometer and spectrometer and thermographs.  The Company also makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, medical equipment and industrial equipment.

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION develops, manufactures, and sells medical equipment, transformers, and power switches and devices.  The Company's products include testing equipment for cerebral nerve such as electroencephalographs, circulatory systems, diagnostic equipment, catheters, biogenic monitoring systems such as electrocardiographs used into patient monitoring systems.

MANI, INC. manufactures medical goods and equipment.  The Company's products include threads and needles for surgeries, surgical knives for eye surgeries, and dental instruments and equipment.

FUKUDA DENSHI CO., LTD. manufactures and wholesales electronic equipment for medical use.  The Company's products include electrocardiograph, phonocardiogram, ultrasonic diagnosis systems, physical condition monitoring systems, pacemakers, and respirators.

NIPRO CORPORATION manufactures medical products.  The Company's products include artificial dialysis and blood transfusion equipment, hypodermic syringes, and glass products for medical use.

NAKANISHI INC. manufactures gyration equipment for dental and industry use. The Company's products include precision spindles and hand-held grinders.

Paramount Bed Holdings Company Ltd. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures hospital, medical, electric, motorized, and orthopedic beds.

STERIS Public Limited Company operates as a provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services. The Company offers sterilizers and washers, surgical tables, lights and equipment management systems, and endoscopy accessories. STERIS serves healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries.

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. applies value-added services to the process of bringing new drug therapies and healthcare products to global markets. The Company's technologies include the design and manufacture of packaging components, research and development of drug delivery systems, and contract laboratory services and other services.

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (WST US)

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited designs, manufactures and markets heated humidification products and systems for use in respiratory care and the treatment of sleep apnea.  The Company also offers patient warming and neonatal care products, including warming products and infant resuscitators.

Teleflex Incorporated is a global provider of medical technology products. The Company primarily develops, manufactures and supplies single-use medical devices used by hospitals and healthcare providers for common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in critical care and surgical applications.

Insulet Corporation is a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets an insulin infusion system for people with insulin-dependent diabetes.

Hologic, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems, and surgical products. The Company's core business units focus on diagnostics, breast health, GYN surgical, and skeletal health.

Baxter International Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets products and technologies related to hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma and other chronic and acute medical conditions. The Company's products are used by hospitals, kidney dialysis centers, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, doctors' offices, and research laboratories.

BioMerieux designs, develops, manufactures, and markets systems in the field of in vitro diagnostics for medical and industrial applications. The Company is specialized in the diagnosis of infectious diseases and pathologies. BioMerieux is also active in the analysis of food, pharmaceuticals and environmental samples to determine their microbiological quality.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech develops and manufactures laboratory technologies and equipment for the pharma and food industries, as well as for public research institutes and laboratories.

Sartorius AG manufactures and markets precision electronic equipment and components.  The Company produces precision scales for laboratory and industrial uses and electrochemistry.  Sartorius manufactures equipment for biomolecular and microbial separations, cell culture, concentration, fermentation, and purification.  The Company markets its products worldwide.

OLYMPUS CORPORATION manufactures optoelectronic products.  The Company's products include cameras, video sets, endoscopes for medicine and industrial use, microscopes, analytical equipment, office communication systems, laseroptical scanners, and ionic printers.

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Olympus Corp (7733 JP)

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Sumeet Singh

MicroPort MedBot Pre-IPO - RoboDoc - PHIP Updates and a Look at Its Largest Competitor

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Sumeet Singh

PHC Holdings IPO - Should Have Cut the Price, Not Just the Size

PHC Holdings and its shareholders aim to raise around US$700m, down from US$1.8bn, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO.

Sumeet Singh

PHC Holdings IPO: Valuation Insights

Our valuation analysis suggests that PHC is fully valued at the indicative price. In combination with the mixed fundamentals, we would pass on the...

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