Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

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.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Equity Capital Markets

Weilong Delicious Global Holdi / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Weilong Delicious has downsized its IPO to raise around HK$942m (US$121.3m). The company also has the flexibility to set its IPO price at a 10% discount to the bottom.</li>
<li>The company’s top line growth has slowed down in 1H2022 and margins have been under pressure with increased S&amp;M spending to further penetrate into online channels.</li>
<li>Weilong’s IPO is priced at a significant premium to domestic as well as multinational peers which do not justify the growth prospects.</li>
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Weilong Delicious has downsized its IPO to raise around HK$942m (US$121.3m). The company also has the flexibility to set its IPO price at a 10% discount to the bottom.
The company’s top line growth has slowed down in 1H2022 and margins have been under pressure with increased S&amp;M spending to further penetrate into online channels.
Weilong’s IPO is priced at a significant premium to domestic as well as multinational peers which do not justify the growth prospects.


Weilong Delicious IPO: Peer Comparison and Valuation

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>In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. </li>
<li>The lock-up on its shareholders will expire soon, with a number of PE funds on its register</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.</li>
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In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. 
The lock-up on its shareholders will expire soon, with a number of PE funds on its register
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.


Sapphire Foods IPO - Smallish Stock with Big (US$550m) Multiple PE Lockup Expiry

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

<ul>
<li>In last week's Compass (Aug. 23) we discussed the increasing odds for a deeper pullback in the broad market indexes.</li>
<li>This was due to 5-week uptrend breaks on the SPX, NDX, and Russell 2000, the Fed tightening, and with Treasury yields, the U.S. dollar (DXY), and commodities (DJP) inflecting higher.</li>
<li>The market remains in pullback mode; the SPX, NDX, and Russell 2000 are all approaching 50-day MA support, the first big area of interest on this pullback.</li>
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In last week's Compass (Aug. 23) we discussed the increasing odds for a deeper pullback in the broad market indexes.
This was due to 5-week uptrend breaks on the SPX, NDX, and Russell 2000, the Fed tightening, and with Treasury yields, the U.S. dollar (DXY), and commodities (DJP) inflecting higher.
The market remains in pullback mode; the SPX, NDX, and Russell 2000 are all approaching 50-day MA support, the first big area of interest on this pullback.


Headwinds Persist, Including Rising DXY, 10-Yr Treasury Yield, & Commodities; Buying Staples, Solar

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>PepsiCo reported a decent result in the quarter as the business momentum continued in spite of ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic volatility and greater levels of inflation over the markets.</li><li>The company delivered an all-aroubd beat driven by organic revenue growth of double digits in the quarter.</li><li>We provide the stock of PepsiCo with a ‘Hold’ rating with a revision in the target price.</li></ul>

PepsiCo reported a decent result in the quarter as the business momentum continued in spite of ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic volatility and greater levels of inflation over the markets.The company delivered an all-aroubd beat driven by organic revenue growth of double digits in the quarter.We provide the stock of PepsiCo with a ‘Hold’ rating with a revision in the target price.

PepsiCo Inc: Financial Forecasts, DCF & Comparables Valuation, ESG & Other Risks (08/22)

Credit

<ul><li>PepsiCo delivered a strong top-line result and a growth of 8% in organic sales.</li><li>The performance of the business was driven by both its food and beverages categories.</li><li>The company has emerged with huge momentum in the business as well in the top-line with the supply chain managed well despite various headwinds.</li></ul>

PepsiCo delivered a strong top-line result and a growth of 8% in organic sales.The performance of the business was driven by both its food and beverages categories.The company has emerged with huge momentum in the business as well in the top-line with the supply chain managed well despite various headwinds.

PepsiCo Inc.: Financial & Price Forecasts

United States

PepsiCo, Inc. operates worldwide beverage, snack and food businesses. The Company manufactures or uses contract manufacturers, markets and sells a variety of grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods in countries throughout the world.

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Pepsico Inc (PEP US)

Weilong Delicious IPO: Peer Comparison and Valuation

Weilong's IPO is now downsized to US$121.3m from US$500m earlier. The company's IPO is priced at a huge premium to domestic as well as...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Sapphire Foods IPO - Smallish Stock with Big (US$550m) Multiple PE Lockup Expiry

In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited, one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Headwinds Persist, Including Rising DXY, 10-Yr Treasury Yield, & Commodities; Buying Staples, Solar

We still see the market as being in pullback mode; the $SPX, $QQQ $NDX, and $IWM $RUT are all testing 50-day MA support, the first big area of...

Vermilion Research

PepsiCo Inc: Financial Forecasts, DCF & Comparables Valuation, ESG & Other Risks (08/22)

PepsiCo reported a decent result in the quarter as the business momentum continued in spite of ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic volatility...

Baptista Research

PepsiCo Inc.: Financial & Price Forecasts

PepsiCo delivered a strong top-line result and a growth of 8% in organic sales. The performance of the business was driven by both its food and...

Baptista Research

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