Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Q2 OP rises +8% to Y344 billion on strong growth in Music and Image Sensors, despite 49% profit fall in Games segment.</li>
<li>SONY sold 3.3 million PS5 units in the quarter, the same figure as a year ago. Managment remains confident of hitting 18m units by the end of the fiscal year</li>
<li>Sony's stock is down -30% YTD. We think the Q2 results/guidance lift should help put a floor under the stock. We would be buyers below 15x earnings</li>
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Q2 OP rises +8% to Y344 billion on strong growth in Music and Image Sensors, despite 49% profit fall in Games segment.
SONY sold 3.3 million PS5 units in the quarter, the same figure as a year ago. Managment remains confident of hitting 18m units by the end of the fiscal year
Sony's stock is down -30% YTD. We think the Q2 results/guidance lift should help put a floor under the stock. We would be buyers below 15x earnings


SONY (6758) | Q2 Earnings Beat, Guidance Raise

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

Private Capital Markets

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<li>Dobot is a Chinese manufacturer and leading provider of all-perceptive intelligent robotic arms backed by top-tier investment bank CICC and high-profile investors.   </li>
<li>Dobot has raised a total of ~CN¥490M in funding over 3 rounds. Investors include Qianhai Fund of Funds, Shenzhen Capital Group, CICC, Potential Capital and Green Pine Capital Partners.</li>
<li>The global industrial robotics market is an $80B+ opportunity. The number of robots installed in the automotive industry in China has doubled in 2021.</li>
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Dobot is a Chinese manufacturer and leading provider of all-perceptive intelligent robotic arms backed by top-tier investment bank CICC and high-profile investors.   
Dobot has raised a total of ~CN¥490M in funding over 3 rounds. Investors include Qianhai Fund of Funds, Shenzhen Capital Group, CICC, Potential Capital and Green Pine Capital Partners.
The global industrial robotics market is an $80B+ opportunity. The number of robots installed in the automotive industry in China has doubled in 2021.


Dobot: Make Smart Manufacturing Accessible

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

Lionheart Studio  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lionheart-studio-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36417:1" rel="noopener">Lionheart Studio (426630 KS)</a>, a game development studio based in South Korea,  aims to raise around US$420m via its South Korean IPO.</li>
<li>The company is majority owned by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-games-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26730:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Games Corp (293490 KS)</a>, which after having recently hiked its stake, owned 54.94% of the company prior to listing.  </li>
<li>We spoke about the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison in our previous note. In this note, we’ll talk about our earnings estimates and valuation.</li>
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Lionheart Studio (426630 KS), a game development studio based in South Korea,  aims to raise around US$420m via its South Korean IPO.
The company is majority owned by Kakao Games Corp (293490 KS), which after having recently hiked its stake, owned 54.94% of the company prior to listing.  
We spoke about the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison in our previous note. In this note, we’ll talk about our earnings estimates and valuation.


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lionheart-studio-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36417:1" rel="noopener">Lionheart Studio (426630 KS)</a>, a game development studio based in South Korea,  aims to raise around US$420m via its South Korean IPO.</li>
<li>The company is majority owned by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-games-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26730:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Games Corp (293490 KS)</a>, which after having recently hiked its stake, owned 54.94% of the company prior to listing.  </li>
<li>We spoke about the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we’ll undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Lionheart Studio (426630 KS), a game development studio based in South Korea,  aims to raise around US$420m via its South Korean IPO.
The company is majority owned by Kakao Games Corp (293490 KS), which after having recently hiked its stake, owned 54.94% of the company prior to listing.  
We spoke about the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we’ll undertake a peer comparison.


LionHeart Studio IPO - Peer Comparison - Youngest and Most Untested

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>We expect global CIS sales to decline 5.1% YoY in 2022, mainly dragged by the weak performance in mobile CIS market.</li><li>We expect CIS market to recover in 2H23, as mobile CIS inventory level returns to a normal level.</li><li>However, challenges remain given high uncertainties in economy and geopolitical issues.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We expect global CIS sales to decline 5.1% YoY in 2022, mainly dragged by the weak performance in mobile CIS market.We expect CIS market to recover in 2H23, as mobile CIS inventory level returns to a normal level.However, challenges remain given high uncertainties in economy and geopolitical issues.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China CIS Sector – Maintain long-term positive outlook; near-term challenges persist

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Sony Corporation manufactures audio, home video game consoles, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.  The Company's other businesses include music, pictures, computer entertainment, and online businesses.

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Andrei Zakharov

Lionheart IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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Sumeet Singh

LionHeart Studio IPO - Peer Comparison - Youngest and Most Untested

Lionheart Studio, a game development studio based in South Korea, aims to raise around US$420m via its South Korean IPO. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

China CIS Sector – Maintain long-term positive outlook; near-term challenges persist

We expect CIS market to recover in 2H23, as mobile CIS inventory level returns to a normal level.However, challenges remain given high...

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