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K Car is a used car marketplace and dealership operating in South Korea. The company operates 41 offline dealership branches across South Korea, as of July, 2021. The company also operates online platforms like and K Car App that allows customers to purchase used cars.
We like K Car leadership in both the overall used car sales market and online used car market. It dominates the online used car market and even though there seems to be increased competition, we think it still commands a significant lead over the next closest competitor. Growth has been strong while margins have expanded consistently over the past three years.
K Car’s valuation at IPO price represents a significant increase compared to Hahn & Co’s acquisition costs of SK Encar and Joy Rent but is still justifiable if we look at it from the perspective of net profit growth.
In this note, we will look at the company’s operational and financial performance and share our initial thoughts on the IPO.
K Car Pre-IPO - Dominant leadership in the online space
K Car is looking to raise up to US$629m in its upcoming South Korea IPO.K Car is a used car marketplace and dealership operating in South Korea. The company operates 41 offline dealership branches across South Korea, as of July, 2021. The company also operates online platforms like and K Car App that allows customers to purchase used cars.
We like K Car leadership in both the overall used car sales market and online used car market. It dominates the online used car market and even though there seems to be increased competition, we think it still commands a significant lead over the next closest competitor. Growth has been strong while margins have expanded consistently over the past three years.
K Car’s valuation at IPO price represents a significant increase compared to Hahn & Co’s acquisition costs of SK Encar and Joy Rent but is still justifiable if we look at it from the perspective of net profit growth.
In this note, we will look at the company’s operational and financial performance and share our initial thoughts on the IPO.
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K Car
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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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