Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Panasonic Holdings Corporation (PHD) is entering a strategic partnership with Apollo Global Management, involving the partial sale of its ownership in Panasonic Automotive Systems Corporation (PAS).</li>
<li>PAS, historically known for car stereos and navigation systems, has expanded into automotive electronics, holding approximately 15% of the global Automotive Digital Cockpit market with $3.6 billion in sales.</li>
<li>Despite a bearish view on Panasonic, this deal is seen as a positive step toward streamlining the group structure and concentrating on core, sustainable growth areas.</li>
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Panasonic Holdings Corporation (PHD) is entering a strategic partnership with Apollo Global Management, involving the partial sale of its ownership in Panasonic Automotive Systems Corporation (PAS).
PAS, historically known for car stereos and navigation systems, has expanded into automotive electronics, holding approximately 15% of the global Automotive Digital Cockpit market with $3.6 billion in sales.
Despite a bearish view on Panasonic, this deal is seen as a positive step toward streamlining the group structure and concentrating on core, sustainable growth areas.


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<li>Panasonic's Q2 results showed flat consolidated sales of Y2,090 billion, with a 24% YoY increase in adjusted operating profit.</li>
<li>FY3/24 outlook was revised down with sales and operating profit reductions across segments, notably in Lifestyle and Energy</li>
<li>Our concerns include the company's complex structure, low overall profitability, uncertainties about valuing IRA credits, and challenges stemming from economic conditions, leading to pessimism about Panasonic's stock price</li>
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Panasonic's Q2 results showed flat consolidated sales of Y2,090 billion, with a 24% YoY increase in adjusted operating profit.
FY3/24 outlook was revised down with sales and operating profit reductions across segments, notably in Lifestyle and Energy
Our concerns include the company's complex structure, low overall profitability, uncertainties about valuing IRA credits, and challenges stemming from economic conditions, leading to pessimism about Panasonic's stock price


Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>For this report we datamined autonomous driving technology (ADT) innovations.</li>
<li>Worldwide over the last decade the ADT sector has seen nearly 25% CAGR growth in patent filings, with over 40,000 patent family filings.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/delphi-automotive-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20870:1" rel="noopener"><strong>Aptiv PLC (APTV US)</strong></a>, with a leadership position in several areas of ADT, strong financials, reasonable valuations and strategic partnerships stands out.  </li>
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For this report we datamined autonomous driving technology (ADT) innovations.
Worldwide over the last decade the ADT sector has seen nearly 25% CAGR growth in patent filings, with over 40,000 patent family filings.

Aptiv PLC (APTV US), with a leadership position in several areas of ADT, strong financials, reasonable valuations and strategic partnerships stands out.  


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.

Event-Driven

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<li>With <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota (7203 JP)</a> having sold some of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kddi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1" rel="noopener">KDDI</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/harmonic-drive-systems-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10238:1" rel="noopener">Harmonic Drive</a> this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.</li>
<li>Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
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With Toyota (7203 JP) having sold some of its stake in Denso, KDDI and Harmonic Drive this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.
Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


Toyota Cross-Shareholding - To Say a Whole Lot Is Left Would Be a US$26bn Understatement

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<li>Following up on our earlier cross-shareholding notes, in this note we look at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mizuho-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:219:1" rel="noopener">Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP)</a>'s cross-shareholding.</li>
<li>Mizuho had a stake over US$100m in at least 34 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of around US$7bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
</ul>


Following up on our earlier cross-shareholding notes, in this note we look at Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP)'s cross-shareholding.
Mizuho had a stake over US$100m in at least 34 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of around US$7bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


Mizuho Cross-Shareholding - US$11bn of Cross-Shareholding, with at Least US$2bn to Sell over FY24-26

Japan

Panasonic Corporation manufactures electric and electronic products. The Company produces home appliances, car navigation systems, digital devices, computer peripherals, telecommunications, industrial equipment, and electronic parts. Panasonic has associated companies around the world.

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