Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>This is the second weekly series on the "Top 20 Best Performers in the Korean Stock Market Adjusted for Trading Value &amp; Mkt Cap." </li>
<li>Starting this weekly, we include stocks in both KOSPI and KOSDAQ. All the stocks in KOSPI and KOSDAQ are ranked, adjusted for market cap and trading value. </li>
<li>Among the top 20 performers, NCSoft, Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, Dohwa Engineering, DB Hitek, SK Telecom, and KT Corp were included. </li>
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This is the second weekly series on the "Top 20 Best Performers in the Korean Stock Market Adjusted for Trading Value &amp; Mkt Cap." 
Starting this weekly, we include stocks in both KOSPI and KOSDAQ. All the stocks in KOSPI and KOSDAQ are ranked, adjusted for market cap and trading value. 
Among the top 20 performers, NCSoft, Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, Dohwa Engineering, DB Hitek, SK Telecom, and KT Corp were included. 


Top 20 Best Performers in the Korean Stock Market (Week of 13 May)

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

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<li>ADRs are traded at a significant premium when the foreign room for underlying shares is exhausted. This is the pattern that KT showed in 2018.</li>
<li>SKT's foreign room is currently 1.85%. That is, the burnout rate is 98.15%. Only about 2M shares need to be burned to hit bottom. This is 0.91% of SO.</li>
<li>The shortage of SKT ADRs is likely to intensify, which in turn suggests that the ADR premium may rise further.</li>
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ADRs are traded at a significant premium when the foreign room for underlying shares is exhausted. This is the pattern that KT showed in 2018.
SKT's foreign room is currently 1.85%. That is, the burnout rate is 98.15%. Only about 2M shares need to be burned to hit bottom. This is 0.91% of SO.
The shortage of SKT ADRs is likely to intensify, which in turn suggests that the ADR premium may rise further.


Trading Opportunity Coming on SK Telecom ADR Premium

<ul>
<li>On 27 April, Bloomberg reported that KT Corp is considering a partial sale of its newly created cloud business unit.</li>
<li>It is estimated that a sale of about 20% stake in KT Cloud could raise approximately $400 million, which would value KT Cloud business at $2 billion.</li>
<li>A key reason why the major telcos' share prices were down today was because of reports that the incoming Yoon Seok-Yeol administration is pressuring telcos to lower 5G tariff rates.</li>
</ul>


On 27 April, Bloomberg reported that KT Corp is considering a partial sale of its newly created cloud business unit.
It is estimated that a sale of about 20% stake in KT Cloud could raise approximately $400 million, which would value KT Cloud business at $2 billion.
A key reason why the major telcos' share prices were down today was because of reports that the incoming Yoon Seok-Yeol administration is pressuring telcos to lower 5G tariff rates.


KT Considering a Partial Sale of Its Cloud Business & Concerns About Tariff Rate Cut for 5G Services

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.

Equity Capital Markets

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPOs front, Campus Activewear and Rainbow Hospitals will get India's IPO season going again, with LIC in the pipeline.</li>
<li>Placement flows remained slow over the holiday shortened week. With only Taiwan and India seeing deals.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPOs front, Campus Activewear and Rainbow Hospitals will get India's IPO season going again, with LIC in the pipeline.
Placement flows remained slow over the holiday shortened week. With only Taiwan and India seeing deals.


ECM Weekly (24th Apr 22) - Sk Shieldus, One Store, LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Zhihu, LG Energy, Shin Kong

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<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.

South Korea

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. is a Korean mobile and telecommunications operator. The Company provides cellular voice, wireless data, and wireless internet services. SK Telecom also offers fixed line services and platform services.

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Trading Opportunity Coming on SK Telecom ADR Premium

This post examines the trading opportunities that will likely arise on SK Telecom's ADR premium to the underlying share.

Sanghyun Park

KT Considering a Partial Sale of Its Cloud Business & Concerns About Tariff Rate Cut for 5G Services

On 27 April, Bloomberg reported that KT Corp is considering a partial sale of its newly created cloud business unit. A 20% stake sale in KT Cloud...

Douglas Kim

ECM Weekly (24th Apr 22) - Sk Shieldus, One Store, LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Zhihu, LG Energy, Shin Kong

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

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

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