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

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<li>DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Lags the Leader, Remains Loss Making

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.</li><li>The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI China index by 5.4ppt, delivering 0.2% return (vs MSCI China 5.6%).</li><li>China Meidong Auto and Innovent Biologics delivered over 20% of return, and 4 of our 21 long ideas outperformed the benchmark.</li></ul><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>

In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI China index by 5.4ppt, delivering 0.2% return (vs MSCI China 5.6%).China Meidong Auto and Innovent Biologics delivered over 20% of return, and 4 of our 21 long ideas outperformed the benchmark.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.

CMBI Research Focus List (November Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

<ul>
<li>DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


DPC Dash aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
The company is the exclusive master franchisee for Domino’s Pizza in China, HK and Macau. DPC operated 562 stores across 13 cities, as of Nov 2022.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Positives - On a Rapid Expansion Spree

Event-Driven

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<li>In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. </li>
<li>The lock-up on its shareholders will expire soon, with a number of PE funds on its register</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.</li>
</ul>


In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. 
The lock-up on its shareholders will expire soon, with a number of PE funds on its register
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.


Sapphire Foods IPO - Smallish Stock with Big (US$550m) Multiple PE Lockup Expiry

Equity Bottom-Up

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>New products and margins are impressive in 3Q22. We believe YUMC can further consolidate the market, thanks to its 1) mass market focus, 2) improved per store economics and 3) inclusion in stock connect recently.</li><li>Hence, we maintain BUY on YUMC and raise TP to HK$ 465.05, based on 30x FY23E (unchanged), vs 5- year average of 23x, supported by 3-year adj. OP CAGR of 24%</li><li>We are now more positive about YUMC’s long-term growth, supported by a better store economic.</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>

New products and margins are impressive in 3Q22. We believe YUMC can further consolidate the market, thanks to its 1) mass market focus, 2) improved per store economics and 3) inclusion in stock connect recently.Hence, we maintain BUY on YUMC and raise TP to HK$ 465.05, based on 30x FY23E (unchanged), vs 5- year average of 23x, supported by 3-year adj. OP CAGR of 24%We are now more positive about YUMC’s long-term growth, supported by a better store economic.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.

Yum China (9987 HK) – 2022 Consumer corporate day takeaways

China

Yum China Holdings, Inc. operates chain restaurants. The Company offers pizza, entrees, pasta, rice dishes, appetizers, soups, vegetables, beverages, and desserts. Yum China Holding conducts its business worldwide.

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Yum China Holdings (9987 HK)

DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Lags the Leader, Remains Loss Making

DPC Dash, Domino's Pizza's franchisee in China, aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the not so positive...

Sumeet Singh

CMBI Research Focus List (November Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI...

CMB International

DPC Dash Pre-IPO - The Positives - On a Rapid Expansion Spree

DPC Dash, master franchisee for Domino's Pizza in China, aims to raise around US$100m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Sapphire Foods IPO - Smallish Stock with Big (US$550m) Multiple PE Lockup Expiry

In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited, one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Yum China (9987 HK) – 2022 Consumer corporate day takeaways

Hence, we maintain BUY on YUMC and raise TP to HK$ 465.05, based on 30x FY23E (unchanged), vs 5- year average of 23x, supported by 3-year adj. OP...

CMB International

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