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Equity Capital Markets: SK Shieldus and more

In today’s briefing:

  • SK Shieldus Controversies: Excessive Valuations & Suspicious Surge in Internal Sales

SK Shieldus Controversies: Excessive Valuations & Suspicious Surge in Internal Sales

By Sanghyun Park

  • Suppose we grouped S1 and Taiwan Secom with the Physical/Integrated Security weighting and then applied the Cybersecurity weighing to Ahnlab and CyberOne. We would have 11.40x, substantially lower than 14.85x.
  • SK Shieldus’ sales were ₩1.55T, an increase of ₩0.22T (16.8%) from the previous year. But 65% of last year’s sales increase was derived from the internal deals with SK Group.
  • How the company and the bankers will respond to those mentioned above two controversial aspects will be the most crucial point in determining the success or failure of this IPO.

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