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Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

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<li>Valuation losses in the public portfolio have increased by $6bn over two days on weakness at Coupang, Grab, DoorDash and WeWork.  Total losses for the quarter stand at $17bn.</li>
<li>With Alibaba shares still weak, NAV/share has moved decisively below ¥10,000/share and is back to where it in May/June 2020 when tech was first rebounding from the Covid shock.</li>
<li>The discount to NAV stands at 49% but is likely to expand when markets in Japan have a chance to respond to how stocks traded in the US on Friday.</li>
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Valuation losses in the public portfolio have increased by $6bn over two days on weakness at Coupang, Grab, DoorDash and WeWork.  Total losses for the quarter stand at $17bn.
With Alibaba shares still weak, NAV/share has moved decisively below ¥10,000/share and is back to where it in May/June 2020 when tech was first rebounding from the Covid shock.
The discount to NAV stands at 49% but is likely to expand when markets in Japan have a chance to respond to how stocks traded in the US on Friday.


Softbank Group - Tough Week for VF as Public Portfolio Falls $6bn over Two Days

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<li>NAV/Share is the lowest since July 2020 largely driven by declines in Alibaba shares (-8% this week and -61% from all-time highs)</li>
<li>A US de-listing for Didi is not necessarily good news for Softbank as the value of that stake will be determined by pricing for a HK listing</li>
<li>The NAV discount has returned to 48% as a less aggressive buyback program does little to drive the share price (not necessarily bad over the long run)</li>
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NAV/Share is the lowest since July 2020 largely driven by declines in Alibaba shares (-8% this week and -61% from all-time highs)
A US de-listing for Didi is not necessarily good news for Softbank as the value of that stake will be determined by pricing for a HK listing
The NAV discount has returned to 48% as a less aggressive buyback program does little to drive the share price (not necessarily bad over the long run)


Softbank Group - A Very Bad Week as China Drives NAV Weakness and Discount Round Trip

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<li>PayTM shares fell 27% in their debut as investors seem unhappy with loss-making companies.  Policy Bazaar's Monday listing was better (+40%) but it's not a good sign for Oyo</li>
<li>This is the seventh Q3 listing event for Vision Fund after little activity in Q2 and is consistent with weak performance for 2021 IPOs in general</li>
<li>The buyback is doing its job with shares up 13% in two weeks with the discount moving from 48%to 43%.  We have updated our Softbank and VF tables below</li>
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PayTM shares fell 27% in their debut as investors seem unhappy with loss-making companies.  Policy Bazaar's Monday listing was better (+40%) but it's not a good sign for Oyo
This is the seventh Q3 listing event for Vision Fund after little activity in Q2 and is consistent with weak performance for 2021 IPOs in general
The buyback is doing its job with shares up 13% in two weeks with the discount moving from 48%to 43%.  We have updated our Softbank and VF tables below


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These are our initial thoughts – we will write more about the quarter later – but we wanted to get our initial thoughts on the buyback out.This was a terrible print for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a>  which posted record investment losses for Vision Fund despite some fancy footwork on valuations in the private portfolio. That seems to make the announcement of a ¥1,000bn share buyback less surprising. No doubt it will attract interest as the shares trade near 52-week lows and at the high-end of the holding company discount range but there are some caveats that may temper enthusiasm whilst the longer-term risk is that the buyback is tied to completion of the Nvidia/ARM deal, which still faces regulatory scrutiny.

These are our initial thoughts – we will write more about the quarter later – but we wanted to get our initial thoughts on the buyback out.This was a terrible print for Softbank Group (9984 JP)  which posted record investment losses for Vision Fund despite some fancy footwork on valuations in the private portfolio. That seems to make the announcement of a ¥1,000bn share buyback less surprising. No doubt it will attract interest as the shares trade near 52-week lows and at the high-end of the holding company discount range but there are some caveats that may temper enthusiasm whilst the longer-term risk is that the buyback is tied to completion of the Nvidia/ARM deal, which still faces regulatory scrutiny.   

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