Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>ON Semiconductor Corporation delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the quarter, achieving a revenue of $2.18 billion.</li><li>Significant revenue in the Automotive and Industrial segments was driven by robust demand for both silicon and silicon carbide.</li><li>The recent completion of the expansion of the world's largest silicon carbide fab in Bucheon positions ON Semiconductor to manufacture over 1 million 200-millimeter silicon carbide wafers annually.</li></ul>

ON Semiconductor Corporation delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the quarter, achieving a revenue of $2.18 billion.Significant revenue in the Automotive and Industrial segments was driven by robust demand for both silicon and silicon carbide.The recent completion of the expansion of the world's largest silicon carbide fab in Bucheon positions ON Semiconductor to manufacture over 1 million 200-millimeter silicon carbide wafers annually.

ON Semiconductor Corporation: Revolutionizing Industrial and Commercial Imaging! - Major Drivers

Japanese Turnaround Situations, Short-Ideas, Azabu Research

Michael Allen

Japanese Turnaround Situations, Short-Ideas

Azabu Research

Azabu Research is a publishing and consulting firm focused on distressed equities in the Japanese market. We specialize in turnaround strategies, corporate combinations, divestitures, and restructuring.

Publisher of the Tokyo Turnaround Letter, which conducts the most thorough research possible of publicly available information, including forensic tests for fraudulent overstatement of assets and understatement of liabilities, as well as rigorous market and industry analysis to assess the underlying strengths of the company’s products or services, the appropriateness of the company’s turnaround strategy, and the skill of its current management team. The average length of a report exceeds 25 pages of text and tables, excluding any disclosures or executive summaries.

We have more than 30 years of experience in applying this process to distressed equities in Japan. Additionally, subscribers have free access to detailed, yet easily navigated earnings models for the target company as well as the top five comparable companies, and unlimited access to the analyst for follow-up questions.

Azabu Research also conducts be-spoke research on a project basis, and provides consulting services to companies looking to restructure, divest, make acquisitions, go public, or improve investor sentiment toward their stock.

Independent Research and Consulting Firm

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<li>Rohm’s cyclical turning points in revenue typically lag the turn METI production %YoY less inventory % YoY for electronic devices and components by 12 months.</li>
<li>Investors were disappointed with Q1 results, but the company cleanly outperformed most peers in the power semiconductor space, and recovery now looks inevitable. </li>
<li>We believe the fair value of shares to be around ¥3,300, 2x the current price, but investors should ask, “When?” Not “How much.”</li>
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Rohm’s cyclical turning points in revenue typically lag the turn METI production %YoY less inventory % YoY for electronic devices and components by 12 months.
Investors were disappointed with Q1 results, but the company cleanly outperformed most peers in the power semiconductor space, and recovery now looks inevitable. 
We believe the fair value of shares to be around ¥3,300, 2x the current price, but investors should ask, “When?” Not “How much.”


Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Fabricated Knowledge

Learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Hello! I went on a short hike this weekend, which always seems to cause something to change.</li><li>What changed was that we are seeing a very large leveraged unwind in the market, driven by the BOJ's hike in interest rates.</li><li>Let me write out the series of events. First and foremost, last week, we saw some of the first macro jitters. The CPI came to light, which was viewed as positive. But then NFP showed a bit of weakness.</li></ul>

Hello! I went on a short hike this weekend, which always seems to cause something to change.What changed was that we are seeing a very large leveraged unwind in the market, driven by the BOJ's hike in interest rates.Let me write out the series of events. First and foremost, last week, we saw some of the first macro jitters. The CPI came to light, which was viewed as positive. But then NFP showed a bit of weakness.

<ul><li>Markets always act erratically, but I thought I would highlight one aspect that disproportionately impacts semiconductors.</li><li>Factor investing is not new, but we are in a unique period where Momentum has quite a period of outperformance and short-term outperformance.</li><li>This matters because semiconductors are (as far as my memory holds) the most significant weight in Momentum I’ve ever witnessed. </li></ul>

Markets always act erratically, but I thought I would highlight one aspect that disproportionately impacts semiconductors.Factor investing is not new, but we are in a unique period where Momentum has quite a period of outperformance and short-term outperformance.This matters because semiconductors are (as far as my memory holds) the most significant weight in Momentum I’ve ever witnessed. 

<ul><li>The year 2023 began with a significant downturn in the semiconductor market.</li><li>Significant capacity additions were brought on after the historic shortages due to COVID-19, and then demand wobbled as interest rates quickly rose.</li><li>Supply outpaced demand, and the market turned into a period of oversupply.</li></ul>

The year 2023 began with a significant downturn in the semiconductor market.Significant capacity additions were brought on after the historic shortages due to COVID-19, and then demand wobbled as interest rates quickly rose.Supply outpaced demand, and the market turned into a period of oversupply.

Semiconductor Outlook 2024: AI's Adolescence

United States

ON Semiconductor Corporation supplies analog, standard logic, and discrete semiconductors for data and power management. The Company's products include integrated circuits, and analog ICs. ON also offers discrete semiconductors in a variety of surface mount and standard packages.

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