Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 25 years of experience in analyzing hundreds of companies, especially in Asia. Deep expertise in the following sectors:
- Technology (E-commerce, SaaS, Internet)
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Adoption of Digital Textbooks (Korea in 2025 & Japan in 2024)

Megastudy Education: A Major Shareholder Return Policy in 2024-2026

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Our valuation analysis suggests a base case implied market cap of 567 billion won or implied price per share of 41,450 won.</li>
<li>This suggests a 3% upside to the high end of the IPO price range. We would not subscribe to this IPO due to lack of upside.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation is based on P/E of 18.8x using the company's net profit of 30.2 billion won in 2023.</li>
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Our valuation analysis suggests a base case implied market cap of 567 billion won or implied price per share of 41,450 won.
This suggests a 3% upside to the high end of the IPO price range. We would not subscribe to this IPO due to lack of upside.
Our base case valuation is based on P/E of 18.8x using the company's net profit of 30.2 billion won in 2023.


I-Scream Media

I-Scream Media IPO Valuation Analysis