Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas, CrossASEAN Research

Henry Soediarko

A Long & Short Investment Ideas generator for Asian Equities with 10 years experience in a Hedge fund focused on bottom-up ideas, searching out mispriced ideas and misunderstood investment thesis. Provides on-the-ground insights in various Asian markets with a sway towards ASEAN. Experienced and survived the Asian Financial Crisis in a family business, as well as the Global Financial Crisis in financial markets where lessons learned. It's all about understanding business drivers and navigating business cycles, which has high applicability in generating investment ideas. 

Investment horizon: Mid to Long term

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

Sritex (SRIL): Protectionist Rule Beneficiary

Mitra Keluarga (MIKA): Margin Expansion from COVID-19

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CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

Expand when your peers retreat. That is what <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sri-rejeki-isman-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20178:1" rel="noopener">Sri Rejeki Isman (SRIL IJ)</a> management has done in this COVID-19 period. It has launched more products from daily wear to COVID-19 related products such as non-medical masks (B2C) and PPE (B2B). It has won a mandate to become a PPE supplier to chain hospitals such as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/siloam-international-hospital" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:878:1" rel="noopener">Siloam International Hospital (SILO IJ)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitra-keluarga-karyasehat-tbk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:288:1" rel="noopener">Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ)</a> .
Among LQ45 constituents, Sritex has the lowest PER while other COVID-19 related stocks such as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kalbe-farma-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6303:1" rel="noopener">Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitra-keluarga-karyasehat-tbk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:288:1" rel="noopener">Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ)</a> trade at 27x and 50x PER respectively. Compared to other PPE and gloves manufacturers in Malaysia such as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/top-glove-corp-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20759:1" rel="noopener">Top Glove Corp (TOPG MK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hartalega-holdings-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10230:1" rel="noopener">Hartalega Holdings (HART MK)</a> , Sritex is trading at a deep discount.

Expand when your peers retreat. That is what Sri Rejeki Isman (SRIL IJ) management has done in this COVID-19 period. It has launched more products from daily wear to COVID-19 related products such as non-medical masks (B2C) and PPE (B2B). It has won a mandate to become a PPE supplier to chain hospitals such as Siloam International Hospital (SILO IJ) and Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ) .
Among LQ45 constituents, Sritex has the lowest PER while other COVID-19 related stocks such as Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ) and Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ) trade at 27x and 50x PER respectively. Compared to other PPE and gloves manufacturers in Malaysia such as Top Glove Corp (TOPG MK) and Hartalega Holdings (HART MK) , Sritex is trading at a deep discount. 

Sritex (SRIL): Undervalued with More Products and B2C