Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Our base case valuation of WCP is EV of 2.4 trillion won, implied market cap of 3.0 trillion won and target price of 87,805 won per share. </li>
<li>Given the lack of upside relative to the IPO price range (80,000 won to 100,000 won), we would PASS on this IPO deal.</li>
<li>We forecast the company to generate revenue of 229.1 billion won (up 23.5% YoY) in 2022. We estimate operating margin of 14.8% in 2022, lower than 21.8% in 2021.</li>
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Our base case valuation of WCP is EV of 2.4 trillion won, implied market cap of 3.0 trillion won and target price of 87,805 won per share. 
Given the lack of upside relative to the IPO price range (80,000 won to 100,000 won), we would PASS on this IPO deal.
We forecast the company to generate revenue of 229.1 billion won (up 23.5% YoY) in 2022. We estimate operating margin of 14.8% in 2022, lower than 21.8% in 2021.


WCP

WCP IPO Valuation Analysis