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Summary: Tencent Music is going to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange on December 12. With strong financial numbers and a viable business model in an ever-growing industry, we believe the IPO will provide some good opportunities.
Throughout the year, we have shared updates on a variety of interesting IPO stocks. Some of them did very well after they were listed; some did not. If there is one IPO we think you should not miss out on before year-end, however, it’s Tencent Music, which will be listed on the New York Exchange on December 12. The IPO is looking to raise $1.2 billion by issuing 82 million American Depositary Receipts in a $13-15/share range.
As the name suggests, Tencent Music is the music arm of Tencent, the largest Chinese technology company. The company was founded in July 2016 after Tencent purchased China Music Corporation. In a distinct contrast to most technology IPO stocks, Tencent Music is already a profitable business – one of the first in the online music industry among global providers!
For the benefit of clients who may not familiar with the company, you can think of it as Spotify+Facebook+Youtube. As the largest “one-stop” music entertainment platform, Tencent Music owns QQ music, Kugou music, Kuwo music, 5sing et cetera and provides services such as a music store, music social networking, and music cloud storage. It also provides a channel for digital album sales, livestreaming concerts and even O2O performances. No matter whether you are a music producer, music listener or karaoke singer, you will find the service you need from Tencent music. Tencent music has won exclusive licensing agreements from Sony Music, Warner and Universal Music – the three major music companies in the regional market. It also has the most extensive copyright cooperation network in China, covering over 90% of domestic music licenses.
As of June 2018, Tencent Music had more than 20 million copyrighted songs in its library, more than three times the stockpile of its immediate competitor. In terms of active users, Tencent Music undoubtedly holds the top spot with more than 800 million unique monthly active users and a decent number of paid users who spend more than 70 minutes daily in the company’s apps.
According to iResearch, the production value of China’s digital music hit 52.9 billion yuan in 2016. It was traditionally believed that China’s music industry is all about free and pirated music. After many years of transformation, however, China’s digital music industry has officially come to the point where copyright is respected and standardised. Therefore, the growth in digital music revenue will be significant due to payment from users, ads, livestreaming, sales of related merchandise and similar. It is projected that by 2020, the total paid digital music revenue will reach 8,354 million RMB.
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