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In today’s briefing:
- Rakuten Bank IPO Trading – Ample Upside
- Rakuten Bank IPO: Trading Debut
- Modest ROE Growth Expected to Increase Shareholder Proposals for Higher Shareholder Returns
Rakuten Bank IPO Trading – Ample Upside
- Rakuten Bank (5838 JP), the online banking arm of Rakuten (4755 JP), raised around US$630m in its Japan IPO.
- RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Dec 22, it had 13.3m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.8tn.
- In our earlier notes, we have looked at various aspects of the deal. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and trading updates.
Rakuten Bank IPO: Trading Debut
- Rakuten Bank (5838 JP) priced its IPO at JPY1,400 per share to raise gross proceeds of US$620 million. The shares will start trading on 21 April.
- We previously discussed the IPO in Rakuten Bank IPO: The Investment Case, Rakuten Bank Vs SBI Sumishin Net Bank and Rakuten Bank IPO: New Price Range Is a Steal.
- Peers have re-rated and our valuation analysis points to a fair value of around JPY1,900 per share, 36% above the IPO price. Therefore, the IPO price remains attractive.
Modest ROE Growth Expected to Increase Shareholder Proposals for Higher Shareholder Returns
- The fact that there is a certain correlation between ROE+DOE and TOPIX reconfirms that it’s effective to ask management to improve performance in terms of both profitability and shareholder return.
- While % change in shareholders’ equity moves in line with % of change in net profit, dividend payout moves moves differently. Many companies still adopt a “stable dividend” policy.
- If shareholders propose share repurchases, dividend increases, etc., it can be said that management has determined that the shareholder return (ROE+DOE) it has secured is not sufficient.
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