PSA held an online fireside chat with ExaWizards founder and CEO Makoto Haruta on Sep 18, who gave us and the audience some fascinating insights into the progress of enterprise AI in Japan. We have summarised the event in this report.
18 months after many Japanese mid-sized enterprise software stocks were sold off, many remain more than 50% lower than their peaks. And yet, these companies continue to grow strong sales. In this report, we take a look at 11 of these companies and at the extent to which their operating performances are reflected in their current valuations.
At the beginning of every year we publish our PSA Perspective, a report intended as a long shelf-life look at the year ahead. This year Pelham Smithers discusses Japan's economy, the outlook for the stock market, and some stand-out themes and developments for the year. These include the digital yen and the demise of live action entertainment in Japan. We also update our noted PSA Focus List of stocks. Table of Contents Overview 3 Background: 4 Japan’s Economic Outlook 5 Ja...
ExaWizards raised around US$300m in its Japan IPO in Dec 2021, where its IPO had been priced at the top end of its indicative price range. ExaWizards is an AI service provider in Japan, it develops and delivers AI products with the aim of addressing industry and social issues. Coming up for lockup expiry are the Pre-IPO investors which mainly consists of PE-type/investment funds. While in our view, we would not expect a large block to come from this lockup expiry, we could expect some scatte...
The Japanese stock market is in an interesting phase where the Bank of Japan is supporting the bond market rather than the stock market. While this phase lasts, the dollar should remain above ¥120/$ and perhaps strengthen further against the yen. This report looks at what this phase might mean for the Japanese stock market as a whole, and for stock selection. The PSA Focus List has also been updated.
Japanese SaaS and small to mid-sized IT company stock prices have taken huge hits since the market sell off started in mid-November. We take a look at a range of companies and how attractive they are looking now valuations have tumbled.
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