Smartkarma Daily Briefs

• We expect BABA to report CY4Q23 top-line, adjusted EBITA and non-GAAP net income (3.2%), (7.1%) and (3.0%) vs. consensus. 
• We estimate Taobao/Tmall GMV grew 2.4%, but was offset by lower take-rate, we expect;
• BABA’s “Return to Taobao” strategy tilts traffic to low-priced Taobao products to fight PDD for low-priced mindset.

• Over a third of the way through the review period of the June rebalance, we see one potential index change with Wipro Ltd (WPRO IN) in deletion zone.
• There are a bunch of stocks that could be added to the index as a replacement and price changes over the rest of the review period are important.
• Passive trackers will need to trade over 1x ADV and over 7x of delivery volume on the index changes, so there will be decent impact on the stocks.

• The UK Post Office “Horizon Scandal” has blown up, putting Fujitsu’s computer system failure on the front pages and on the agenda of Parliament and Prime Minister Sunak.
• Fujitsu UK has been awarded £6.8bn in public contracts since 2012. The Justice Secretary is  now talking about compensation for the enormous financial and personal damage caused.
• Fujitsu’s share price is coming off a new all-time high reached in December. The amount of compensation and loss of potential future contracts is substantial but uncertain.

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• FLEX is undergoing a strategic shift towards higher-margin markets, which is expected to improve its operating margins and free cash flow.
• The potential spin-off of NEXTracker gives FLEX an opportunity to repurchase shares and enhance shareholder value.
• FLEX’s outstanding shares are expected to further increase shareholder value.

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• In this insight, we discuss the potential KOSDAQ150 rebalance candidates in June 2024.
• The following companies are likely candidates to be included in KOSDAQ150 rebalance in June 2024, including LS Materials, Gigavis, and Cafe24 Corp. 
• We also provide a list of 10 companies that are potential exclusion candidates from KOSDAQ150 rebalance in June 2024.

• Taiwan PC names have been the top losers over the recent period, after having previously been the top winners. Our Long Dell vs. Short Acer trade is doing well.
• Nanya Tech was a top loser, falling along with its international Memory peers. Nevertheless, we note it underperformed Micron and SK Hynix. We continue to prefer SK Hynix for Memory.
• CES is happening now and will be wrapping up Friday. We like our Dell vs. Taiwan PC names through the CES event. TSMC will be reporting results January 18th.

• Zhubajie Co Ltd (ZHUHKZ HK) is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Citic Securities, and CCB International.
• Zhubajie (ZBJ) is a customized enterprise services e-commerce platform in China.
• The firm focuses on using technologies to match the service demands of enterprise clients with the skills of service providers, facilitating transactions between its ZBJ platform.

• Lucror Analytics’ ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable).
• We assess TalkTalk’s ESG as “Adequate”, in line with its Environmental and Governance scores, while the Social score is “Weak”. Controversies are “Immaterial” and Disclosure is “Weak”.
• TalkTalk is the UK’s leading non-traditional telecom service provider. It offers fixed-line telecom and pay-TV services (3.8 k on-net subscribers as of August 2023), as well as wholesale telecom services.

• XPER is gaining momentum within the car and TV, setting up the potential for the second half of the year outperforming expectations.
• The additional customer wins are poised to put XPER on pace to grow adjusted EBITDA over 2023 levels. Additionally, these wins could be large enough to generate broader interest.
• During CES, XPER announced new design win at Argos, a United Kingdom based brand, and disclosed Konka, a Chinese TV maker, was the previously unnamed third TVOS partner

• In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for Korea IPOs and placements in 2023.
• The following dataset includes all Korean IPOs and placements above US$100m, which amounted to a total of seven deals. Given the small number of deals, we’ll keep the note short.
• The deals you see in this note are based on our historical IPO and placement tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information.