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<ul><li>Global smartphone shipments expected to increase beyond 2025, with OLED technology gaining popularity in tablets and notebooks while Mini LED becomes less preferred.</li><li>Uncertainty over whether Trump will end TSMC's subsidies for Arizona factory, impacting material suppliers benefiting from TSMC's growth in 3Q24.</li><li>PSMC chairman shifts from cautious approach towards India to optimism with new partnership with Tata, while Horizon Robotics' Hong Kong IPO supported by Alibaba, Baidu, and TSMC for manufacturing.</li></ul>

Global smartphone shipments expected to increase beyond 2025, with OLED technology gaining popularity in tablets and notebooks while Mini LED becomes less preferred.Uncertainty over whether Trump will end TSMC's subsidies for Arizona factory, impacting material suppliers benefiting from TSMC's growth in 3Q24.PSMC chairman shifts from cautious approach towards India to optimism with new partnership with Tata, while Horizon Robotics' Hong Kong IPO supported by Alibaba, Baidu, and TSMC for manufacturing.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (24-Oct-2024): 2025+ global smartphone forecast.

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Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-robotics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35637:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics (9660 HK)</a>, a provider of autonomous driving products and services, is seeking to raise up to US$696 million through a HKEx IPO.</li>
<li>In <em><strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/horizon-robotics-9660-hk-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:162681" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) IPO: The Bull Case</a>,</strong></em> we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.</li>
<li>The bear case rests on high related parties' revenue, customer concentration risk, pricing pressure, uncertain path to profitability, high cash conversion cycle and FCF burn.</li>
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Horizon Robotics (9660 HK), a provider of autonomous driving products and services, is seeking to raise up to US$696 million through a HKEx IPO.
In Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
The bear case rests on high related parties' revenue, customer concentration risk, pricing pressure, uncertain path to profitability, high cash conversion cycle and FCF burn.


Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) IPO: The Bear Case

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-robotics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35637:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics (9660 HK)</a>, a provider of autonomous driving products and services, is seeking to raise up to US$696 million through a HKEx IPO.    </li>
<li>Horizon ranked fourth among all global ADAS and AD solution providers in China by solution installation volume in 2023 and 1H24, with a market share of 9.3% and 15.4%, respectively.</li>
<li>The bull case rests on a large TAM, a blue-chip customer base, a robust backlog, a core business in good health, a high gross margin, and a strong balance sheet.</li>
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Horizon Robotics (9660 HK), a provider of autonomous driving products and services, is seeking to raise up to US$696 million through a HKEx IPO.    
Horizon ranked fourth among all global ADAS and AD solution providers in China by solution installation volume in 2023 and 1H24, with a market share of 9.3% and 15.4%, respectively.
The bull case rests on a large TAM, a blue-chip customer base, a robust backlog, a core business in good health, a high gross margin, and a strong balance sheet.


Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) IPO: The Bull Case

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Sumeet Singh

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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%.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-robotics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35637:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics</a> is looking to raise up to US$696m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>Horizon Robotics (HR) is a provider of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) solutions for passenger vehicles, empowered by its proprietary software and hardware technologies.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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Horizon Robotics is looking to raise up to US$696m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
Horizon Robotics (HR) is a provider of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) solutions for passenger vehicles, empowered by its proprietary software and hardware technologies.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


Horizon Robotics IPO - Peers Are Down a Lot, Its Valuation Isn’t

European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Event-Driven

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<li>Since mid-September, share-price spreads have generally widened across our European liquid universe of ordinary and preferred shares (9 have tightened, 10 widened).</li>
<li>Recommended trades long preferred / short ordinary shares: Atlas Copco, Grifols SA, Media-for-Europe, Volkswagen.</li>
<li>Recommended trades long ordinary / short preferred shares: Carlsberg, Henkel, SSAB Svenska Stal.</li>
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Since mid-September, share-price spreads have generally widened across our European liquid universe of ordinary and preferred shares (9 have tightened, 10 widened).
Recommended trades long preferred / short ordinary shares: Atlas Copco, Grifols SA, Media-for-Europe, Volkswagen.
Recommended trades long ordinary / short preferred shares: Carlsberg, Henkel, SSAB Svenska Stal.


Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: October‘24 Report

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Volkswagen AG manufactures and sells vehicles. The Company offers economy and luxury automobiles, sports cars, trucks, and commercial vehicles. Volkswagen serves customers worldwide.

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Tech Supply Chain Tracker (24-Oct-2024): 2025+ global smartphone forecast.

Global smartphone market forecasts beyond 2025, OLED gaining popularity in tablets and notebooks while Mini LED fades; uncertainties around Trump's...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) IPO: The Bear Case

The bear case rests on high related parties' revenue, customer concentration risk, pricing pressure, uncertain path to profitability, high cash...

Arun George

Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) IPO: The Bull Case

The bull case rests on a large TAM, a blue-chip customer base, a robust backlog, a core business in good health, a high gross margin, and a strong...

Arun George

Horizon Robotics IPO - Peers Are Down a Lot, Its Valuation Isn’t

Horizon Robotics is looking to raise up to US$696m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes, in...

Sumeet Singh

Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: October‘24 Report

Since mid-September, share-price spreads have generally widened across our European liquid universe of ordinary and preferred shares (9 have...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

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