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Daily Brief ECM: Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) Lockup – Time for Another Selldown and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) Lockup – Time for Another Selldown, This Time Could Touch US$900m
  • EbixCash IPO: The Bull Case
  • Nexteel IPO Valuation Analysis
  • WuXi XDC Cayman Pre-IPO Tearsheet


Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) Lockup – Time for Another Selldown, This Time Could Touch US$900m

By Sumeet Singh

  • InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN)’s co-founder Rakesh Gangwal’s 29%+ stake was released from lock-up today.
  • He had earlier stated his intention to pare down his stake after a long drawn, and very public battle, with his co-founder Rahul Bhatia. 
  • In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.

EbixCash IPO: The Bull Case

By Arun George

  • EbixCash (EBIXC IN), a subsidiary of Ebix Inc (EBIX US) and India’s largest end-to-end financial exchange, is seeking to launch an Rs60 billion (US$730 million) in July.   
  • EbixCash’s Forex operations have emerged as a leader in India’s airport Forex business. Also, EbixCash’s inward remittance business in India is the clear market leader.
  • The key elements of the bull case rest on fast-paced growth, growth runaway from the post-COVID recovery, declining contract assets, improving balance sheet, and declining leverage.

Nexteel IPO Valuation Analysis

By Douglas Kim

  • Our base case valuation of Nexteel is target price of 18,671 won per share, which represents 49% higher than the high end of the IPO price range of 12,500 won. 
  • We estimate Nexteel to generate sales of 883.6 billion won (up 32.2% YoY) and operating profit of 257.4 billion won (up 42% YoY) in 2023.
  • Nexteel’s main products include pipes used to extract oil and gas from oil wells. It also makes steel pipes for transporting oil & steam, construction, shipbuilding, and machinery industries.

WuXi XDC Cayman Pre-IPO Tearsheet

By Clarence Chu

  • WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK) is looking to raise >US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan.
  • WuXi XDC Cayman (WXDC) is a contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO) focused on the global antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and broader bioconjugate market providing integrated and end-to-end services.
  • As per Frost & Sullivan (F&S), the firm was the second largest CRDMO for ADCs and other bioconjugates globally in terms of FY22 sales.

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