IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

Arun has over 15 years’ experience covering the Technology sector. During this time, he has worked with technology start-ups and as an equity analyst in investment banks and independent research firms. He was formerly a Technology Analyst for Canaccord Genuity, Altium Securities, Espirito Santo Investment Bank, Noble Group and Clear Capital. He has a dual Master’s degree in Financial Engineering and Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is also a CFA charterholder.

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Blue Moon Group Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangzhou-blue-moon-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29179:1" rel="noopener">Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK)</a> is a leading consumer household care company in China. In 2019, Blue Moon ranked first in China’s liquid laundry detergent market, concentrated liquid laundry detergent market and liquid soap market as measured by retail sales value, with a market share of 24.4%, 27.9% and 17.4%, respectively, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Blue Moon aims to kick-off its $1 billion IPO as soon as this week and one of the underwriters (UBS) has valued Blue Moon at HK$78.0-93.6 billion, according to <a href="http://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1059856/ipo-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press reports</a>.</p></div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-initiation-laundry-list" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:41086" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List</a>, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/blue-moon-ipo-doing-the-wash" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:45481" rel="noopener">Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash</a> we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. Overall, based on valuation analysis, we think that the underwriters' valuation range can be justified.</p></div></div>

Blue Moon Group Holdings (BMG HK) is a leading consumer household care company in China. In 2019, Blue Moon ranked first in China’s liquid laundry detergent market, concentrated liquid laundry detergent market and liquid soap market as measured by retail sales value, with a market share of 24.4%, 27.9% and 17.4%, respectively, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Blue Moon aims to kick-off its $1 billion IPO as soon as this week and one of the underwriters (UBS) has valued Blue Moon at HK$78.0-93.6 billion, according to press reports.In Blue Moon IPO Initiation: Laundry List, we stated that on balance we think the positives (market-leading brand, strong margin progression, solid cash generation) outweigh the negatives (declining revenue growth and short-term COVID-19 impact). In Blue Moon IPO: Doing the Wash we noted that the 1H20 results disclosed in the PHIP show that the Blue Moon has creditably navigated the adverse revenue decline on its core business due to the COVID-19 outbreak by improving margin and cash generation. Overall, based on valuation analysis, we think that the underwriters' valuation range can be justified.

Blue Moon Group Holdings

Blue Moon IPO: Valuation First Look