Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

Hyundai Motor Company manufactures, sells, and exports passenger cars, trucks, and commercial vehicles. The Company also sells various auto parts and operates auto repair service centers throughout South Korea. Hyundai Motor provides financial services through its subsidiaries.

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<li>A potential merger between Nissan Motor and Honda Motor would create the third largest auto group in the world.</li>
<li>If this merger is successful, it could have a short term positive impact on Hyundai Motor since it could result in a reduction of overlapping sales/marketing and production of Nissan.</li>
<li>However, a merger of Honda and Nissan could negatively impact Hyundai Motor over the long term because the merged entity could produce more high quality, price competitive vehicles.</li>
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A potential merger between Nissan Motor and Honda Motor would create the third largest auto group in the world.
If this merger is successful, it could have a short term positive impact on Hyundai Motor since it could result in a reduction of overlapping sales/marketing and production of Nissan.
However, a merger of Honda and Nissan could negatively impact Hyundai Motor over the long term because the merged entity could produce more high quality, price competitive vehicles.


A Potential Merger Between Honda and Nissan - Impact on Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp

Chabiotech Co Ltd produces optical modules and conducts biotechnological services. The Company's products in the optical division include lens modules for mobile phones and digital cameras, view finders, and other applications. Chabiotech also conducts cell therapy including cord blood, blood transfusion, tissue engineering and stem cell research.

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<li>On 20 December, Chabiotech (085660 KS) announced that it plans to conduct a rights offering capital raise of 250 billion won. </li>
<li>The expected rights offering price is 10,800 won (27.3% lower than current price of 14,860 won). A total of 23.148 million new shares (41% of outstanding shares) will be issued.</li>
<li>This capital raise by CHA Biotech is likely to further negatively impact the company's share price in the next several weeks as many investors are concerned about excessive shares dilution. </li>
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On 20 December, Chabiotech (085660 KS) announced that it plans to conduct a rights offering capital raise of 250 billion won. 
The expected rights offering price is 10,800 won (27.3% lower than current price of 14,860 won). A total of 23.148 million new shares (41% of outstanding shares) will be issued.
This capital raise by CHA Biotech is likely to further negatively impact the company's share price in the next several weeks as many investors are concerned about excessive shares dilution. 


CHA Biotech Announces A Capital Raise of 41% of Outstanding Shares

Equity Capital Markets

LG Electronics India / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Our base case valuation of LG Electronics India is implied market cap of 1,256 billion INR or US$14.7 billion.</li>
<li>Several media accounts have mentioned that LGEI could be targeting a valuation of about US$13 billion to US$15 billion.</li>
<li>LGEI's valuation would need to be about US$13 billion or less in order for us to be Bullish on this IPO. </li>
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Our base case valuation of LG Electronics India is implied market cap of 1,256 billion INR or US$14.7 billion.
Several media accounts have mentioned that LGEI could be targeting a valuation of about US$13 billion to US$15 billion.
LGEI's valuation would need to be about US$13 billion or less in order for us to be Bullish on this IPO. 


LG Electronics India IPO Valuation Analysis

Equity Bottom-Up

Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. provides information technology services, such as consulting and technical services. The Company also offers outsourcing services including application outsourcing, IT infrastructure outsourcing, and cloud computing.

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<li>S&amp;P500 is up 27.7% YTD, outperforming KOSPI which is down 6.9% YTD. Global fund flow continues to pour into top quality US stocks such as Palantir, Tesla, and NVIDIA.</li>
<li>The top 20 best performing stocks in KOSPI 200 are up on average 106.8% YTD. However, the remaining 180 stocks in KOSPI 200 are down on average 9.2% YTD. </li>
<li>There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are increasingly expanding their AI/data analytics related business.</li>
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S&amp;P500 is up 27.7% YTD, outperforming KOSPI which is down 6.9% YTD. Global fund flow continues to pour into top quality US stocks such as Palantir, Tesla, and NVIDIA.
The top 20 best performing stocks in KOSPI 200 are up on average 106.8% YTD. However, the remaining 180 stocks in KOSPI 200 are down on average 9.2% YTD. 
There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are increasingly expanding their AI/data analytics related business.


A Comparison of KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 Companies Performances in 2024

Acter Co. Limited designs and constructs of electric and bio-medical high technology facilities. The Company provides services of dustless room construction, maintenance, ventilation, electrical, environmental and chemical managements.

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<li>In this insight, we review the share price performances of the 18 companies/insights on the Asian Dividend Gems in 2024.</li>
<li>The 18 stocks in the Asian Dividend Gems published in 2024 are up on average 4.5% from the date of publishing the insight to current price.</li>
<li>The 18 companies included in the Asian Dividend Gems series this year currently have an average dividend yield of 7.1% and average SmartScore of 4.0 (out of 5.0).</li>
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In this insight, we review the share price performances of the 18 companies/insights on the Asian Dividend Gems in 2024.
The 18 stocks in the Asian Dividend Gems published in 2024 are up on average 4.5% from the date of publishing the insight to current price.
The 18 companies included in the Asian Dividend Gems series this year currently have an average dividend yield of 7.1% and average SmartScore of 4.0 (out of 5.0).


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

Douglas Kim
Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs
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A Potential Merger Between Honda and Nissan - Impact on Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp

In this insight, we discuss the impact of a potential merger between Nissan Motor and Honda Motor which would create one of the largest auto groups...

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CHA Biotech Announces A Capital Raise of 41% of Outstanding Shares

This capital raise (250 bn won) by CHA Biotech is likely to negatively impact the company's share price in the next several weeks as many investors...

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LG Electronics India IPO Valuation Analysis

Our base case valuation of LG Electronics India is implied market cap of US$14.7 billion. LGEI's valuation would need to be about US$13 billion or...

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A Comparison of KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 Companies Performances in 2024

There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are...

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A Review of Asian Dividend Gems in 2024

The 18 stocks in the Asian Dividend Gems published in 2024 are up on average 4.5% from the date of publishing the insight to current price.

Douglas Kim