Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/varex-imaging-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28738:1" rel="noopener">Varex Imaging Corp (VREX US)</a> reported 10% YoY drop in revenue and a squeeze in profits as well in Q3FY24, driven by weakness in Medical segment business.</li>
<li>China market softness continues to drag the operating performance of the company. The woes faced in China does not appear to subside quickly in the near foreseeable future.</li>
<li>The company has guided for Q4FY24 sales and EPS in the range of $190-210M and $0.00-0.15, respectively, representing significant drop from year-ago quarter.</li>
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Varex Imaging Corp (VREX US) reported 10% YoY drop in revenue and a squeeze in profits as well in Q3FY24, driven by weakness in Medical segment business.
China market softness continues to drag the operating performance of the company. The woes faced in China does not appear to subside quickly in the near foreseeable future.
The company has guided for Q4FY24 sales and EPS in the range of $190-210M and $0.00-0.15, respectively, representing significant drop from year-ago quarter.


Varex Imaging Corp (VREX US): No Near-Term Respite Visible From China Headwinds

Global Healthcare Strategist

Vincy Ip

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Brain disorders, including various neurological and mental diseases, are the hidden danger with the largest social burden among all diseases. </li>
<li>With strong government support across the globe and accelerating private financing, we identify four key areas of investment opportunities in brain science, including neurotherapeutics, neurodiagnostics, neurosurgery, and brain-computer interface (BCI).</li>
<li>Even though the concept of BCI looks promising, its scalability, application, and monetisation potential remain uncertain in the near term and hence the invesmtent risks would be high. </li>
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Brain disorders, including various neurological and mental diseases, are the hidden danger with the largest social burden among all diseases. 
With strong government support across the globe and accelerating private financing, we identify four key areas of investment opportunities in brain science, including neurotherapeutics, neurodiagnostics, neurosurgery, and brain-computer interface (BCI).
Even though the concept of BCI looks promising, its scalability, application, and monetisation potential remain uncertain in the near term and hence the invesmtent risks would be high. 


Brain Science - An Opportunity or a Trap?

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Capital Markets

Jiangxi Rimag Group / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Jiangxi Rimag Group, a China-based medical imaging center operator and provider of Rimag cloud services, set terms for an IPO and plans to raise ~HK$280M (~$36M) in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>The IPO is expected to be between HK$14.60 and HK$16.80. At the midpoint of the range, Jiangxi Rimag will have a market value of ~HK$5.6B based on 356.3M outstanding shares.</li>
<li>CITIC Securities is leading the offering. CMB International and Huatai International act as joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers.</li>
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Jiangxi Rimag Group, a China-based medical imaging center operator and provider of Rimag cloud services, set terms for an IPO and plans to raise ~HK$280M (~$36M) in Hong Kong.
The IPO is expected to be between HK$14.60 and HK$16.80. At the midpoint of the range, Jiangxi Rimag will have a market value of ~HK$5.6B based on 356.3M outstanding shares.
CITIC Securities is leading the offering. CMB International and Huatai International act as joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers.


Jiangxi Rimag IPO (2522.HK): Global Offering and Valuation Update

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<li>Jiangxi Rimag Group, China's largest medical group with focus on medical imaging services, updated its PHIP and may enter the public market in June.</li>
<li>Terms of an IPO have not yet been set. The expected price range and the size of the offering were not disclosed in the company’s filings. </li>
<li>I’m positive on Jiangxi Rimag Group given the fast-growing TAM: third-party medical imaging center market accounts only for ~1% of the PRC medical imaging service market today.</li>
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Jiangxi Rimag Group, China's largest medical group with focus on medical imaging services, updated its PHIP and may enter the public market in June.
Terms of an IPO have not yet been set. The expected price range and the size of the offering were not disclosed in the company’s filings. 
I’m positive on Jiangxi Rimag Group given the fast-growing TAM: third-party medical imaging center market accounts only for ~1% of the PRC medical imaging service market today.


Jiangxi Rimag IPO: FCF Generation and Margin Expansion. Expect ~30 New Imaging Centers By 2026

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. / Equity Bottom-Up

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

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<li>The National Health Commission and eight other departments issued “<em>Opinions on strengthening the capacity building of critical care medical services</em>”. New policy catalysts in the medical device sector arrives.</li>
<li>Current valuations of weight-loss drug companies have “large bubble”, which have basically priced in all the potential of GLP-1s even based on optimistic assumptions. We advise investors to be rational.</li>
<li>The price of core raw materials is showing a continuous upward trend, which will inevitably cause certain difficulties for Pientzehuang’s performance growth in 2024. Valuation has more downside ahead.</li>
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The National Health Commission and eight other departments issued “Opinions on strengthening the capacity building of critical care medical services”. New policy catalysts in the medical device sector arrives.
Current valuations of weight-loss drug companies have “large bubble”, which have basically priced in all the potential of GLP-1s even based on optimistic assumptions. We advise investors to be rational.
The price of core raw materials is showing a continuous upward trend, which will inevitably cause certain difficulties for Pientzehuang’s performance growth in 2024. Valuation has more downside ahead.


China Healthcare Weekly (May12)-Policy Catalyst in Medical Device, GLP-1 Overvaluation, Pientzehuang

China

Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, and distributes medical imaging systems and equipment. The Company produces computed tomography scanners, mobile medical devices, molecular imaging instruments, magnetic resonance equipment, and others. Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare also offers equipment leasing services.

Shanghai United Imaging Health (688271 CH)

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Vincy Ip

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Andrei Zakharov

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Andrei Zakharov

China Healthcare Weekly (May12)-Policy Catalyst in Medical Device, GLP-1 Overvaluation, Pientzehuang

New policy catalysts in medical device sector arrives.Current valuation of weight-loss drug companies have “big bubble”.Due to China's de...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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Varex Imaging Corp (VREX US): No Near-Term Respite Visible From China Headwinds

​Varex Imaging reports 10% YoY revenue drop in Q3FY24 due to China market softness, which is expected to continue in near-term. Q4FY24 guidance...

Tina Banerjee

Brain Science - An Opportunity or a Trap?

We identify four key areas of investment opportunities in brain science, including neurotherapeutics, neurodiagnostics, neurosurgery, and brain...

Vincy Ip

Jiangxi Rimag IPO (2522.HK): Global Offering and Valuation Update

I believe that Jiangxi Rimag is the best pure-play way to invest in a third-party medical imaging center market in Mainland China. The company is...

Andrei Zakharov

Jiangxi Rimag IPO: FCF Generation and Margin Expansion. Expect ~30 New Imaging Centers By 2026

Jiangxi Rimag Group restarted Hong Kong IPO and plans to raise capital for expanding medical imaging center network in Mainland China and overseas...

Andrei Zakharov

China Healthcare Weekly (May12)-Policy Catalyst in Medical Device, GLP-1 Overvaluation, Pientzehuang

New policy catalysts in medical device sector arrives.Current valuation of weight-loss drug companies have “big bubble”.Due to China's de...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Varex Imaging reports 10% YoY revenue drop in Q3FY24 due to China market softness, which is expected to continue in near-term. Q4FY24 guidance...