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Sumeet Singh
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Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank IPO - Mind the valuation gap

Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank (DRCB) is looking to raise up to US$1.3bn in its Hong Kong IPO.

Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank (DRCB) is the fifth largest rural commercial bank in China by total assets as of Dec 2020, as per China Banking Association in 2021. As of the latest practicable date, the bank has 505 outlets, of which 501 are located in Dongguan city, covering all its administrative districts. The remaining four are located in Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Huizhou and Qingyuan, respectively.

Over FY18-20, the bank’s loans had expanded at a CAGR of 26.1%. During the period, net interest income and total income grew at 16.5% and 11% CAGR, respectively.

However, margin compression remains an overhang and the IPO valuation is at a premium versus peers, suggesting a huge downside risk potential.
Underlying
Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank

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Aequitas Research
Aequitas Research

Aequitas Research is a leading ECM research firm with a focus on IPOs and placements/follow-on offerings across the Asia Pacific with deal size of over USD100m. 

Since 2015, we have covered 400+ IPOs and 450+ placements with a hit rate of 73% and 65%, respectively. We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic analysis.
 
Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis. We also provide a more quant driven analysis on placement/follow-on offerings.
 
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Sumeet Singh

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