Daily BriefsJapan

Daily Brief Japan: Tokyo Metro, Rigaku Holdings and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Tokyo Metro IPO: Steady Tracks with Potential for OP Growth Through Fixed Cost Savings
  • ECM Weekly (7th Oct 2024) – Tokyo Metro, Rigaku, China Resources, K Bank, JD Ind, Swiggy, Lalatech
  • Rigaku IPO Thoughts on Valuation – Decent Upside from the Indicative Range


Tokyo Metro IPO: Steady Tracks with Potential for OP Growth Through Fixed Cost Savings

By Oshadhi Kumarasiri

  • Tokyo Metro (9023 JP) operates 9 out of the 14 subway lines that provides essential public transportation services within the Greater Tokyo area. 
  • Many are unaware of Tokyo Metro’s cost savings, and we believe it could reach ¥110bn OP, exceeding the ¥100bn OP that most currently expect.
  • Even without factoring in the cost savings, the indicative IPO price appears reasonably cheap, as it’s priced near the lower end of peer multiples.

ECM Weekly (7th Oct 2024) – Tokyo Metro, Rigaku, China Resources, K Bank, JD Ind, Swiggy, Lalatech

By Sumeet Singh

  • Aequitas Research’s weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
  • On the IPO front, the roaring China/HK market led to some refilings, in what is likely to be the start of a tsunami of refilings, if the market momentum sustains. 
  • On the placements front, given the China/HK holidays there weren’t any deals. We instead looked at Bharti Hexacom upcoming lockup expiry.

Rigaku IPO Thoughts on Valuation – Decent Upside from the Indicative Range

By Clarence Chu

  • Rigaku Holdings (268A JP) is looking to raise US$762m in its Japan IPO.
  • Rigaku engages in developing, manufacturing, sales and servicing scientific instruments specializing in X-ray technologies.
  • In our earlier notes, we looked at the firm’s past performance and peers. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on valuation.

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