IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/linklogis" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31126:1" rel="noopener">Linklogis (LINK HK)</a> is a leading technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China. Its solutions optimise the payment cycle of supply chain transactions and digitalize the entire workflow of supply chain finance. Linklogis is backed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Holdings (700 HK)</a>, CITIC Capital, GIC and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/standard-chartered-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:193:1" rel="noopener">Standard Chartered (STAN LN)</a>. </p></div><div><p>At the proposed IPO price range of HK$16.28-18.28 per share, Linklogis will have a market cap of HK$36,864-41,393 million ($4.7-5.3 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds are HK$7,581.3 million ($976 million). Six cornerstone investors will purchase $365 million worth of the offer shares (36.22% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price range). The cornerstone investors are BlackRock, Fidelity International, Janus Henderson, Ontario Teachers’, Sequoia Funds and EDB Investments. </p></div><div><div>
<p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-ipo-initiation-isupply" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47017" rel="noopener">Linklogis IPO Initiation: ISupply</a>, we stated that Linklogis is an attractive play on China’s supply chain finance market by combining a sensible monetisation model, high customer retention rate (good revenue visibility) and strong operating leverage. In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-ipo-every-little-helps" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49480" rel="noopener">Linklogis IPO: Every Little Helps</a>, we noted that based on the PHIP which discloses the 2020 results and recent developments, we continue to believe that Linklogis’ fundamentals are attractive.</p>
<div class="content-highlight"><p>Notwithstanding the recent de-rating of Chinese tech names, our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price range is attractive. Overall, we would participate in the IPO. </p></div>
</div></div>

Linklogis (LINK HK) is a leading technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China. Its solutions optimise the payment cycle of supply chain transactions and digitalize the entire workflow of supply chain finance. Linklogis is backed by Tencent Holdings (700 HK), CITIC Capital, GIC and Standard Chartered (STAN LN). At the proposed IPO price range of HK$16.28-18.28 per share, Linklogis will have a market cap of HK$36,864-41,393 million ($4.7-5.3 billion). At the mid-point of the IPO price range, the net proceeds are HK$7,581.3 million ($976 million). Six cornerstone investors will purchase $365 million worth of the offer shares (36.22% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price range). The cornerstone investors are BlackRock, Fidelity International, Janus Henderson, Ontario Teachers’, Sequoia Funds and EDB Investments. 
In Linklogis IPO Initiation: ISupply, we stated that Linklogis is an attractive play on China’s supply chain finance market by combining a sensible monetisation model, high customer retention rate (good revenue visibility) and strong operating leverage. In Linklogis IPO: Every Little Helps, we noted that based on the PHIP which discloses the 2020 results and recent developments, we continue to believe that Linklogis’ fundamentals are attractive.
Notwithstanding the recent de-rating of Chinese tech names, our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price range is attractive. Overall, we would participate in the IPO. 


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.

<div><p>Linklogis, a technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China, is aiming to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. Its investors include Tencent, GIC and Standard Chartered Bank.</p></div><div><p>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier insights,</p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-pre-ipo-the-positives-fast-growing-blockchain-driven-supply-chain-financier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growing Blockchain Driven Supply Chain Financier,</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-pre-ipo-the-negatives-inconsistent-growth-and-margins-well-funded-competitors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Inconsistent Growth and Margins, Well Funded Competitors, and</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-pre-ipo-earnings-forecast-peer-comparison-and-first-stab-at-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linklogis Pre-IPO - Earnings Forecast, Peer Comparison and First Stab at Valuation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-pre-ipo-phip-updates-nothing-to-complain-about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linklogis Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Nothing to Complain About</a></li>
</ul></div><div><p>In this note, we'll talk about deal dynamics and final valuation.</p></div>

Linklogis, a technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China, is aiming to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. Its investors include Tencent, GIC and Standard Chartered Bank.We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier insights,

Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growing Blockchain Driven Supply Chain Financier, 
Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Inconsistent Growth and Margins, Well Funded Competitors, and
Linklogis Pre-IPO - Earnings Forecast, Peer Comparison and First Stab at Valuation
Linklogis Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Nothing to Complain About
In this note, we'll talk about deal dynamics and final valuation.

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/linklogis" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31126:1" rel="noopener">Linklogis (LINK HK)</a> is a leading technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China. Its solutions optimise the payment cycle of supply chain transactions and digitalize the entire workflow of supply chain finance. Linklogis is backed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Holdings (700 HK)</a>, CITIC Capital, GIC and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/standard-chartered-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:193:1" rel="noopener">Standard Chartered (STAN LN)</a>. Linklogis will launch an HKEx IPO to raise as much as $1 billion on Friday, according to press reports.</p></div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-ipo-initiation-isupply" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47017" rel="noopener">Linklogis IPO Initiation: ISupply</a>, we stated that Linklogis is an attractive play on China’s supply chain finance market by combining a sensible monetisation model, high customer retention rate (good revenue visibility) and strong operating leverage. In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-ipo-every-little-helps" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49480" rel="noopener">Linklogis IPO: Every Little Helps</a>, we noted that based on the PHIP which discloses the 2020 results and recent developments, we continue to believe that Linklogis’ fundamentals are attractive. In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Linklogis' potential valuation. </p></div></div>

Linklogis (LINK HK) is a leading technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China. Its solutions optimise the payment cycle of supply chain transactions and digitalize the entire workflow of supply chain finance. Linklogis is backed by Tencent Holdings (700 HK), CITIC Capital, GIC and Standard Chartered (STAN LN). Linklogis will launch an HKEx IPO to raise as much as $1 billion on Friday, according to press reports.In Linklogis IPO Initiation: ISupply, we stated that Linklogis is an attractive play on China’s supply chain finance market by combining a sensible monetisation model, high customer retention rate (good revenue visibility) and strong operating leverage. In Linklogis IPO: Every Little Helps, we noted that based on the PHIP which discloses the 2020 results and recent developments, we continue to believe that Linklogis’ fundamentals are attractive. In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Linklogis' potential valuation. 

<div><p>Linklogis, a technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China, is aiming to raise over US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. Its investors include Tencent, GIC and Standard Chartered Bank.</p></div><div>
<p>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier insights,</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-pre-ipo-the-positives-fast-growing-blockchain-driven-supply-chain-financier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growing Blockchain Driven Supply Chain Financier,</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-pre-ipo-the-negatives-inconsistent-growth-and-margins-well-funded-competitors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Inconsistent Growth and Margins, Well Funded Competitors, and</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-pre-ipo-earnings-forecast-peer-comparison-and-first-stab-at-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linklogis Pre-IPO - Earnings Forecast, Peer Comparison and First Stab at Valuation</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In this note, we'll talk about the latest updates from the recently filed PHIP.</p>
</div>

Linklogis, a technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China, is aiming to raise over US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. Its investors include Tencent, GIC and Standard Chartered Bank.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our earlier insights,


Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growing Blockchain Driven Supply Chain Financier, 
Linklogis Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Inconsistent Growth and Margins, Well Funded Competitors, and
Linklogis Pre-IPO - Earnings Forecast, Peer Comparison and First Stab at Valuation

In this note, we'll talk about the latest updates from the recently filed PHIP.


Linklogis Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Nothing to Complain About

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/linklogis" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31126:1" rel="noopener">Linklogis (LINK HK)</a> is a leading technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China. Its solutions optimise the payment cycle of supply chain transactions and digitalize the entire workflow of supply chain finance. Linklogis was the leading technology solution providers in China with a 20.6% market share of supply chain finance transactions processed in 2020, according to CIC. Linklogis is backed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Holdings (700 HK)</a>, CITIC Capital, GIC and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/standard-chartered-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:193:1" rel="noopener">Standard Chartered (STAN LN)</a>. Linklogis has started pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise as much as $1 billion, according to press reports.</p><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linklogis-ipo-initiation-isupply" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47017" rel="noopener">Linklogis IPO Initiation: ISupply</a>, we stated that Linklogis is an attractive play on China’s supply chain finance market by combining a sensible monetisation model, high customer retention rate (good revenue visibility) and strong operating leverage. In this note, we examine the 2020 results and recent developments disclosed in the PHIP. Overall, we continue to believe that Linklogis’ fundamentals are attractive.  </p></div>

Linklogis (LINK HK) is a leading technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China. Its solutions optimise the payment cycle of supply chain transactions and digitalize the entire workflow of supply chain finance. Linklogis was the leading technology solution providers in China with a 20.6% market share of supply chain finance transactions processed in 2020, according to CIC. Linklogis is backed by Tencent Holdings (700 HK), CITIC Capital, GIC and Standard Chartered (STAN LN). Linklogis has started pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise as much as $1 billion, according to press reports.In Linklogis IPO Initiation: ISupply, we stated that Linklogis is an attractive play on China’s supply chain finance market by combining a sensible monetisation model, high customer retention rate (good revenue visibility) and strong operating leverage. In this note, we examine the 2020 results and recent developments disclosed in the PHIP. Overall, we continue to believe that Linklogis’ fundamentals are attractive.  

Hong Kong

Standard Chartered plc is an international banking group operating principally in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.  The Company offers its products and services in the personal, consumer, corporate, institutional and treasury areas.

Price Gauge
52-week Range	0.00 - 0.00
Market Cap (USDm)	0.00
P/E	0.00
Dividend (Yield)	0.00

Standard Chartered (2888 HK)

Linklogis IPO: Valuation Insights

Linklogis has launched its IPO to raise net proceeds of $976m at the mid-point. Notwithstanding the recent de-rating of Chinese tech, we think that...

Arun George

Linklogis IPO - Pricey for a Reason

Linklogis, a technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China, is aiming to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. Its investors...

Sumeet Singh

Linklogis IPO: Valuation First Look

Linklogis will launch an HKEx IPO to raise as much as $1 billion on Friday, according to press reports. In this note, we present our forecasts and...

Arun George

Linklogis Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Nothing to Complain About

Linklogis, a technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China, is aiming to raise over US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. Its investors...

Sumeet Singh

Linklogis IPO: Every Little Helps

Linklogis has started pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise as much as $1 billion, according to press reports. The PHIP which discloses the 2020...

Arun George

Price Gauge

52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

Dividend (Yield)