Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.2% as of Jan 6th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -2.6ppt week on week, led by utilities, real estate, financials and offset by health care, consumer discretionary.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Weichai Power, Tigermed, Pharmaron, Minsheng, Junshi, YOFC, Huaneng Power, China Longyuan.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.2% as of Jan 6th.
The average A-H premium changed by -2.6ppt week on week, led by utilities, real estate, financials and offset by health care, consumer discretionary.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Weichai Power, Tigermed, Pharmaron, Minsheng, Junshi, YOFC, Huaneng Power, China Longyuan.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jan 6th): Weichai Power, Tigermed, Pharmaron, Minsheng, Junshi, YOFC

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Bottom-Up

Sinopharm Group Co Ltd H / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sinopharm-group-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32:1" rel="noopener">Sinopharm Group Co Ltd H (1099 HK)</a> remains a beneficiary of both VBP and China reopening. Consensus expects double-digit revenue and earnings growth for the company in 2023 and 2024.</li>
<li>SinoPharm’s acquisition of VBP varieties constantly stood in the leading position in the industry. Through June 2022, China carried out seven batches of VBP, with 294 categories being included.</li>
<li>With China gradually re-opening, SinoPharm should record accelerated growth in its pharma distribution business. With subsiding COVID-19 cases in Q3, SinoPharm reported 10% YoY and 8% QoQ revenue growth.</li>
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Sinopharm Group Co Ltd H (1099 HK) remains a beneficiary of both VBP and China reopening. Consensus expects double-digit revenue and earnings growth for the company in 2023 and 2024.
SinoPharm’s acquisition of VBP varieties constantly stood in the leading position in the industry. Through June 2022, China carried out seven batches of VBP, with 294 categories being included.
With China gradually re-opening, SinoPharm should record accelerated growth in its pharma distribution business. With subsiding COVID-19 cases in Q3, SinoPharm reported 10% YoY and 8% QoQ revenue growth.


Sinopharm Group (1099 HK): Industry Tailwind and China Reopening To Drive Growth

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Resources Pharmaceutical / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The distribution business is stable, but it’s difficult to achieve high growth/profits due to industry trend. Therefore, the valuation of this business is hard to increase.</li>
<li>The performance of pharmaceutical manufacturing business is important, which largely determines the overall profit margin. But it actually depends on what the subsidiaries can contribute, who are facing different challenges.</li>
<li>China Resources Pharmaceutical may need to improve its vision of asset selection and its ability to judge and grasp the long-term trend of the industry. The current valuation isn’t attractive.</li>
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The distribution business is stable, but it’s difficult to achieve high growth/profits due to industry trend. Therefore, the valuation of this business is hard to increase.
The performance of pharmaceutical manufacturing business is important, which largely determines the overall profit margin. But it actually depends on what the subsidiaries can contribute, who are facing different challenges.
China Resources Pharmaceutical may need to improve its vision of asset selection and its ability to judge and grasp the long-term trend of the industry. The current valuation isn’t attractive.


China Resources Pharmaceutical (3320.HK) - Here Are the Concerns

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The majority revenue of Shanghai Pharmaceuticals comes from pharmaceutical distribution business, but the pharmaceutical manufacturing business has much higher gross margin,which drives up the overall profit margin of the Company.</li>
<li>Due to VBP, profit margin is under pressure. Weak demand for COVID-19 vaccines, decreasing long-term profitability and concerns on synergistic effect of cooperation with Yunnan Baiyao cast doubt on outlook.</li>
<li>Compared with peers, the valuation of Shanghai Pharmaceuticals doesn’t show decent upside potential. High valuation expectations cannot be supported due to industry trend. Its share prices could underperform.</li>
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The majority revenue of Shanghai Pharmaceuticals comes from pharmaceutical distribution business, but the pharmaceutical manufacturing business has much higher gross margin,which drives up the overall profit margin of the Company.
Due to VBP, profit margin is under pressure. Weak demand for COVID-19 vaccines, decreasing long-term profitability and concerns on synergistic effect of cooperation with Yunnan Baiyao cast doubt on outlook.
Compared with peers, the valuation of Shanghai Pharmaceuticals doesn’t show decent upside potential. High valuation expectations cannot be supported due to industry trend. Its share prices could underperform.


Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (2607.HK)- Low Profitability Is Big Problem; Share Price Would Underperform

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-pharmaceuticals-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:228:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding (2607 HK)</a> reported strong result for the first nine months of 2022, with revenue increasing 8.5% to RMB174.6B. Notably, total revenue growth accelerated to 13% in 3Q22.</li>
<li>With a leading market positioning and nation-wide distribution network, the company is well-positioned to benefit from the sector tailwinds. Easing of restrictions will provide a major impetus to the company.</li>
<li>The company has been improving its innovative drug pipeline. It has 42 innovative products in its pipeline, six of which are in pivotal studies.</li>
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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding (2607 HK) reported strong result for the first nine months of 2022, with revenue increasing 8.5% to RMB174.6B. Notably, total revenue growth accelerated to 13% in 3Q22.
With a leading market positioning and nation-wide distribution network, the company is well-positioned to benefit from the sector tailwinds. Easing of restrictions will provide a major impetus to the company.
The company has been improving its innovative drug pipeline. It has 42 innovative products in its pipeline, six of which are in pivotal studies.


Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (2607 HK): Stable Core Business; New Drug Approvals to Accelerate Growth

China

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd. manufactures, retails, and wholesales a variety of pharmaceuticals including biopharmaceuticals, chemical and Chinese traditional medicines, and healthcare products. The Company also invests in new medicine development and provides related services.

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding (2607 HK)

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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding (2607 HK)

A-H Premium Weekly (Jan 6th): Weichai Power, Tigermed, Pharmaron, Minsheng, Junshi, YOFC

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Weichai Power, Tigermed, Pharmaron, Minsheng, Junshi, YOFC,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Sinopharm Group (1099 HK): Industry Tailwind and China Reopening To Drive Growth

SinoPharm’s acquisition of VBP varieties is in the leading position in the industry. As depicted by accelerating revenues in the first three...

Tina Banerjee

China Resources Pharmaceutical (3320.HK) - Here Are the Concerns

Pharmaceutical manufacturing business is the key to drive valuation,but the subsidiaries face challenge.CR Pharma should improve its vision of...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (2607 HK): Stable Core Business; New Drug Approvals to Accelerate Growth

SPH reported accelerated double-digit revenue growth in Q3. Sector tailwinds, easing of COVID restrictions, and rich pipeline of innovative drugs...

Tina Banerjee

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52-week Range

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A-H Premium Weekly (Jan 6th): Weichai Power, Tigermed, Pharmaron, Minsheng, Junshi, YOFC

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Weichai Power, Tigermed, Pharmaron, Minsheng, Junshi, YOFC,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Sinopharm Group (1099 HK): Industry Tailwind and China Reopening To Drive Growth

SinoPharm’s acquisition of VBP varieties is in the leading position in the industry. As depicted by accelerating revenues in the first three...

Tina Banerjee

China Resources Pharmaceutical (3320.HK) - Here Are the Concerns

Pharmaceutical manufacturing business is the key to drive valuation,but the subsidiaries face challenge.CR Pharma should improve its vision of...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (2607.HK)- Low Profitability Is Big Problem; Share Price Would Underperform

Due to VBP, Shanghai Pharmaceuticals will face low margin. Weak COVID vaccine demand/uncertain synergistic effect of cooperation with Yunnan Baiyao...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (2607 HK): Stable Core Business; New Drug Approvals to Accelerate Growth

SPH reported accelerated double-digit revenue growth in Q3. Sector tailwinds, easing of COVID restrictions, and rich pipeline of innovative drugs...

Tina Banerjee