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

<ul>
<li>A noteworthy flow trend in the Korean stock market is the National Pension Service's local equity purchase. For this, they tend to overweight those previously underweighted blue-chip stocks. </li>
<li>All of the top 10 most net-bought stocks by local pensions on April 18-26 are KOSPI 200 constituents. And most of them all have a relatively small NPS-owned stake.</li>
<li>Most of them have significantly outperformed the KOSPI 200 (-0.90%) during this period.</li>
</ul>


A noteworthy flow trend in the Korean stock market is the National Pension Service's local equity purchase. For this, they tend to overweight those previously underweighted blue-chip stocks. 
All of the top 10 most net-bought stocks by local pensions on April 18-26 are KOSPI 200 constituents. And most of them all have a relatively small NPS-owned stake.
Most of them have significantly outperformed the KOSPI 200 (-0.90%) during this period.


Noteworthy Flow Trend: Korea NPS Overweighting Local Equity

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.

<ul>
<li>Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month lock-up will expire soon.</li>
<li>The stock more than doubled on listing, providing one of the best first day returns in 2021. However, its performance since then hasn’t been all that great.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month lock-up will expire soon.
The stock more than doubled on listing, providing one of the best first day returns in 2021. However, its performance since then hasn’t been all that great.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Kakao Pay IPO Lock-Up - IPO Was Great, Performance Since Then Has Been Tepid

Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.</li>
<li>SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.</li>
<li>In this note, we will look at the refiling updates.</li>
</ul>


SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.
SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.
In this note, we will look at the refiling updates.


SK Shieldus IPO - Refiling Disclosures Should Make Multiples Move, LOWER.

Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

Equity Bottom-Up

ASM Pacific Technology / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Revenue of HK$5.27 billion (US$674.8 million), +21.5% YoY and -15.1% QoQ, was at the high end of revenue guidance issued in 1Q22.</li>
<li>Revenue guidance was US$670 million to US$740 million, which was +5.8% YoY and +4.5% QoQ at mid-point in Q2 2022.</li>
<li>Usually, the 1st quarter is the weakest of the year. The booking magnitude might be showing how is the industry customers' confidence now. </li>
</ul>


Revenue of HK$5.27 billion (US$674.8 million), +21.5% YoY and -15.1% QoQ, was at the high end of revenue guidance issued in 1Q22.
Revenue guidance was US$670 million to US$740 million, which was +5.8% YoY and +4.5% QoQ at mid-point in Q2 2022.
Usually, the 1st quarter is the weakest of the year. The booking magnitude might be showing how is the industry customers' confidence now. 


ASMP (522.HK): 1Q22 Results and 2Q22 Forecast- A Warm up in 2022 and It Should Be Another Hike in 3Q

<ul>
<li>Mediatek revenue was NTD$142.7bn in 1Q22, which was 32.1% YoY and 10.9% QoQ. It was higher than the prior high-end guidance of $NTD141.5bn.</li>
<li>The 2nd quarter outlook could be slight growth of NTD$148.9bn/49.1% GM, which could be not much growth expected.</li>
<li>The expectation of the 5G deployment could be a bit slower because of COVID-19 impact and slow down in China handset shipment. </li>
</ul>


Mediatek revenue was NTD$142.7bn in 1Q22, which was 32.1% YoY and 10.9% QoQ. It was higher than the prior high-end guidance of $NTD141.5bn.
The 2nd quarter outlook could be slight growth of NTD$148.9bn/49.1% GM, which could be not much growth expected.
The expectation of the 5G deployment could be a bit slower because of COVID-19 impact and slow down in China handset shipment. 


MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/​ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits

South Korea

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic equipment and products such as semiconductors, personal computers, peripherals, monitors, televisions, and home appliances including air conditioners and microwave ovens. The Company also produces Internet access network systems and telecommunications equipment including mobile phones.

Samsung Electronics Pref Shares (005935 KS)

Price Gauge
52-week Range	0.00 - 0.00
Market Cap (USDm)	0.00
P/E	0.00
Dividend (Yield)	0.00

Samsung Electronics Pref Shares (005935 KS)

Noteworthy Flow Trend: Korea NPS Overweighting Local Equity

The NPS seems to have recently begun to overweight local equity, and this post investigates this significant flow trend and the stocks worthy of...

Sanghyun Park

Kakao Pay IPO Lock-Up - IPO Was Great, Performance Since Then Has Been Tepid

Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month...

Sumeet Singh

SK Shieldus IPO - Refiling Disclosures Should Make Multiples Move, LOWER.

SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO. In this note we will look at the...

Sumeet Singh

ASMP (522.HK): 1Q22 Results and 2Q22 Forecast- A Warm up in 2022 and It Should Be Another Hike in 3Q

Revenue guidance was US$670 million to US$740 million, which was +5.8% YoY and +4.5% QoQ. Usually, the 1st quarter is the weakest. The booking...

Patrick Liao

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits

Mediatek revenue was NTD$142.7bn in 1Q22, which was 32.1% YoY and 10.9% QoQ. The 2nd quarter outlook could be slightly growth of NTD$148.9bn/49.1%...

Patrick Liao

Price Gauge

52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

Dividend (Yield)

Noteworthy Flow Trend: Korea NPS Overweighting Local Equity

The NPS seems to have recently begun to overweight local equity, and this post investigates this significant flow trend and the stocks worthy of...

Sanghyun Park

Kakao Pay IPO Lock-Up - IPO Was Great, Performance Since Then Has Been Tepid

Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month...

Sumeet Singh

SK Shieldus IPO - Refiling Disclosures Should Make Multiples Move, LOWER.

SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO. In this note we will look at the...

Sumeet Singh

ASMP (522.HK): 1Q22 Results and 2Q22 Forecast- A Warm up in 2022 and It Should Be Another Hike in 3Q

Revenue guidance was US$670 million to US$740 million, which was +5.8% YoY and +4.5% QoQ. Usually, the 1st quarter is the weakest. The booking...

Patrick Liao

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/​ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits

Mediatek revenue was NTD$142.7bn in 1Q22, which was 32.1% YoY and 10.9% QoQ. The 2nd quarter outlook could be slightly growth of NTD$148.9bn/49.1%...

Patrick Liao

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits