Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: Korea Stock Exchange Kospi Index, EcoPro Materials, Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200, Dentium and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Breaking Down Korean Regulators’ Official Details on New Short Selling System
  • Ecopro Materials: Overshooting Share Price and Upcoming End of Lockup in December
  • EQD | KOSPI 200 Stalling: Where to Go LONG on the Pullback?
  • Dentium (145720 KS): Economic Health of China Is the Key to Bring Back Smiles


Breaking Down Korean Regulators’ Official Details on New Short Selling System

By Sanghyun Park

  • Concerning the newly imposed 90-day mandatory repayment period for institutional investors, the elimination of the recall risk during this period is not included in this improvement plan.
  • The right to re-establish the same short-selling position after the 90-day repayment period is unlimited. We should pay attention to the potential of this creating new trading events.
  • Institutions borrowing stocks from overseas are not subject to the 105% collateral ratio. However, everyone is subject to the 90-day repayment period, even for investors who borrow stocks from overseas.

Ecopro Materials: Overshooting Share Price and Upcoming End of Lockup in December

By Douglas Kim

  • In this insight, we discuss the upcoming end of lockup in December for Ecopro Materials and why we believe Ecopro Materials’ share price will be much lower in 6-12 months. 
  • A combination of the potential inclusion in KOSPI Fast Entry plus the temporary ban on short selling of stocks in Korea has helped to push up Ecopro Materials’ share price.
  • However, despite this sharp share price run-up, we think the risk-reward is horrible on this stock in terms of bigger downside risk in the next 6-12 months. 

EQD | KOSPI 200 Stalling: Where to Go LONG on the Pullback?

By Nico Rosti

  • The KOSPI 200 INDEX has been rising for 4 weeks, it’s OVERBOUGHT and may soon perform a quick pullback, followed possibly by another rally.
  • The upcoming pullback is likely to be short-lived, in this insight we analyze where the pullback can reach, and where it should be possible to go LONG again.
  • The price area to watch is 330-326: if the index reaches there, the LONG trade odds will be good (assuming the uptrend will continue into the end of the year).

Dentium (145720 KS): Economic Health of China Is the Key to Bring Back Smiles

By Tina Banerjee

  • Dentium (145720 KS) earns more than 50% of its total revenue from China. The company’s revenue from China reported a CAGR of 32% during 2018–2022.
  • Despite concern over China slowdown and lower ASP due to VBP, in 3Q23, Dentium reported 12% YoY revenue growth in China, similar growth rate reported in 2Q23, driven by volume.
  • Economic slowdown is lingering over the global as well as Chinese dental implant sector, especially the premium brands. Dentium is positioned at the upper price portion within the value segment.  

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