Daily BriefsTMT/Internet

Daily Brief TMT/Internet: Bharti Hexacom, ICTK and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Bharti Hexacom IPO Trading – Strong Insti and Anchor, Retail Gave It a Miss
  • ICTK IPO Valuation Analysis


Bharti Hexacom IPO Trading – Strong Insti and Anchor, Retail Gave It a Miss

By Sumeet Singh

  • Government of India raised around US$513m via selling some of its stake in Bharti Hexacom’s IPO.
  • Bharti Hexacom (BH) is a communications solutions provider offering consumer mobile services, fixed-line telephone and broadband services to customers in the Rajasthan and the North East telecommunication circles in India.
  • We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous note. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

ICTK IPO Valuation Analysis

By Douglas Kim

  • Our base case valuation of ICTK is target price of 28,694 won, which is 79% higher than the high end of the IPO price range. 
  • Our base case valuation is based on P/S multiple of 20.8x using our estimated sales of 18.1 billion won in 2025. 
  • ICTK’s operating margin improved from -129.9% in 2022 to -38.2% in 2023. We estimate its operating margin to improve further to -12.4% in 2024 and 17.7% in 2025.

💡 Before it’s here, it’s on Smartkarma

Sign Up for Free

The Smartkarma Preview Pass is your entry to the Independent Investment Research Network

  • ✓ Unlimited Research Summaries
  • ✓ Personalised Alerts
  • ✓ Custom Watchlists
  • ✓ Company Data and News
  • ✓ Events & Webinars