In today’s briefing:
- Goo Chemical (4962 JP) MBO – Super Illiquid Kyoto-Based Specialty Chems Maker – A Done Deal
- Rohm (6963 JP): Buy into the Tech Sell-Off
- Daifuku – Not a Big Enough Beat to Arrest the Correction
Goo Chemical (4962 JP) MBO – Super Illiquid Kyoto-Based Specialty Chems Maker – A Done Deal
- This is a PE Fund-sponsored MBO of a small Kyoto-based specialty chemicals manufacturer.
- It is far less liquid than the market cap would suggest, which tells you something about the very un-transparent shareholder register.
- This is theoretically an “independent” deal with a majority-of-minority but it will get done at a slightly too low price because of huge friendly shareholder base.
Rohm (6963 JP): Buy into the Tech Sell-Off
- Sales, profits and profit margins continued to rise in 3Q, led by IC and discrete semiconductor sales for automotive and industrial applications.
- FY Mar-22 guidance looks conservative, but management left it unchanged out of a sense of caution.
- Having dropped 21% since November, the share price should now recover based on the fundamentals.
Daifuku – Not a Big Enough Beat to Arrest the Correction
- Daifuku 3QFY21 results were mostly in-line with revenue beating by 1.4% while OP beat by 0.7%.
- ¥174.1bn in orders were positive however and the company revised up FY order guidance from ¥565bn to ¥575bn.
- Nevertheless, multiples are correcting from extremely elevated levels suggesting even growth next year may not be enough to support the stock here.
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