In today’s briefing:
- VinFast Auto IPO: The Bear Case
- Yokogawa Electric (6841 JP): Carbon-Neutral Industrial Park & Green Hydrogen
VinFast Auto IPO: The Bear Case
- VinFast (1905332D VN), a Vietnamese EV manufacturer and a majority-owned affiliate of Vingroup Jsc (VIC VN), has filed for a US$1.0 billion IPO to list on Nasdaq.
- In VinFast Auto IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
- The key elements of the bear case are a lack of brand recognition, questionable ability to generate profits, the precarious state of financing and liability exposure to ICE vehicles.
Yokogawa Electric (6841 JP): Carbon-Neutral Industrial Park & Green Hydrogen
- Yokogawa is diversifying with integrated controls systems for green hydrogen plants in the Netherlands and Australia and a carbon neutral industrial park in Japan.
- Holland Hydrogen I, the YURI hydrogen project and the Goi and Soga Complex take the company beyond oil, gas and petrochemicals.
- Based on long-term energy and environmental priorities, these projects should be immune to recession.
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