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Sino American Silicon Products / Equity Bottom-Up

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sino-american-silicon-products-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3441:1" rel="noopener">Sino American Silicon Products (5483 TT)</a> currently has a market cap of 97.3 billion TWD (US$3.5 billion). Sino American Silicon Products has a 51.2% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/globalwafers-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17916:1" rel="noopener">Globalwafers (6488 TT), </a>which has a market cap of 326.4 billion TWD (US$11.7 billion).</p>
<p>SAS's 51.2% stake in Globalwafers is currently worth 168.7 billion TWD (US$6.0 billion). In other words, Sino American Silicon Products' 51.2% stake in Globalwafers is nearly twice as high as the former company's entire market cap right now. </p>
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<td><strong>Sino American Silicon Products</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>3.5</strong></td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">11.7</td>
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<td><strong>Sino American Silicon Products' 51.2% stake in Globalwafers</strong></td>
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</table><div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>Our NAV analysis suggests a target price of 232 TWD for Sino American Silicon Products, representing a 40% upside from current price. </strong></p></div>


Sino American Silicon Products (5483 TT) currently has a market cap of 97.3 billion TWD (US$3.5 billion). Sino American Silicon Products has a 51.2% stake in Globalwafers (6488 TT), which has a market cap of 326.4 billion TWD (US$11.7 billion).
SAS's 51.2% stake in Globalwafers is currently worth 168.7 billion TWD (US$6.0 billion). In other words, Sino American Silicon Products' 51.2% stake in Globalwafers is nearly twice as high as the former company's entire market cap right now. 






Sino American Silicon Products' 51.2% stake in Globalwafers (Market Cap Comparison)


Market Cap (US$ bn)


Sino American Silicon Products
3.5


Globalwafers
11.7


Sino American Silicon Products' 51.2% stake in Globalwafers
6.0


Source: Company data, Yahoo Finance



Our NAV analysis suggests a target price of 232 TWD for Sino American Silicon Products, representing a 40% upside from current price. 

Sino-American Silicon Products - Its Majority Stake in Globalwafers Is Worth More Than Its Mkt Cap

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sino-american-silicon-products-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3441:1" rel="noopener">Sino American Silicon Products (5483 TT)</a>  is a Taiwan-based company mainly engaged in the research, development, design, manufacture, and distribution of semiconductor wafer products with subsidiaries in both listed and unlisted companies including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/globalwafers-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17916:1" rel="noopener">Globalwafers (6488 TT)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/parade-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6987:1" rel="noopener">Parade Technologies (4966 TT)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/actron-technology-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4989:1" rel="noopener">Actron Technology (8255 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-wireless-semiconduc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16559:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Wireless Semiconduc (8086 TT)</a> with only in Globalwafers - SAS owns more than 51%.</p>
<p>The large discount between SAS and its subsidiaries could be due to 1) lack of bulge-bracket coverage, 2) higher polysilicon price 3) and 3) weak 1H demand from the solar and the semiconductor from COVID-19 plague which caused investors to care less about the value dislocation between SAS and its subsidiaries.</p>
<p>With a somewhat certain 28-30% gain in the earning as early Q1 2022, investors should start slowly building positions in SAS as the risk-off beast may disturb the confidence in the equity market much longer than what investors would like. The second scenario of increasing stake in Parade Tech should be treated as a call option as when it happens, it is a bonus of another 24%. Thus the total upside could be around 54%. </p>
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<p>Besides the above-mentioned reasons, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sino-american-silicon-products-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3441:1" rel="noopener">Sino American Silicon Products (5483 TT)</a> remains a smart way to gain exposure in Globalwafers which trades at 24x PER, compared to SAS that trades at 13x PER. The other factor is that Globalwafers dividend yield is 2.28% while SAS is 5.22%. </p>
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Sino American Silicon Products (5483 TT)  is a Taiwan-based company mainly engaged in the research, development, design, manufacture, and distribution of semiconductor wafer products with subsidiaries in both listed and unlisted companies including Globalwafers (6488 TT) , Parade Technologies (4966 TT) , Actron Technology (8255 TT) and Advanced Wireless Semiconduc (8086 TT) with only in Globalwafers - SAS owns more than 51%.
The large discount between SAS and its subsidiaries could be due to 1) lack of bulge-bracket coverage, 2) higher polysilicon price 3) and 3) weak 1H demand from the solar and the semiconductor from COVID-19 plague which caused investors to care less about the value dislocation between SAS and its subsidiaries.
With a somewhat certain 28-30% gain in the earning as early Q1 2022, investors should start slowly building positions in SAS as the risk-off beast may disturb the confidence in the equity market much longer than what investors would like. The second scenario of increasing stake in Parade Tech should be treated as a call option as when it happens, it is a bonus of another 24%. Thus the total upside could be around 54%. 

Besides the above-mentioned reasons, Sino American Silicon Products (5483 TT) remains a smart way to gain exposure in Globalwafers which trades at 24x PER, compared to SAS that trades at 13x PER. The other factor is that Globalwafers dividend yield is 2.28% while SAS is 5.22%. 


Sino American Silicon (5483): Entry to Globalwafers and Others

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Gcl Poly Energy Holdings Limited (3800 HK)

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Sino-American Silicon Products - Its Majority Stake in Globalwafers Is Worth More Than Its Mkt Cap

Our NAV analysis suggests a target price of 232 TWD for Sino American Silicon Products, representing a 40% upside from current price.

Douglas Kim

Sino American Silicon (5483): Entry to Globalwafers and Others

Sino American Silicon remains a smart way to gain exposure in Globalwafers (24x PER), compared to SAS (13x PER). The other factor is that...

Henry Soediarko