TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Crowdstrike continues to gobble up share, printing another strong beat and raise, with ARR now at $2B, the second fastest software company to hit that mark.</li>
<li>EBIT margins up 800bps YoY, TTM FCF Margins 30%...profitable growth at Scale.</li>
<li>13x forward P/S for a unique software asset with long runways for 40%+ growth and multi-module driven margin expansion with a 15% pullback in the past week despite earnings.</li>
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Crowdstrike continues to gobble up share, printing another strong beat and raise, with ARR now at $2B, the second fastest software company to hit that mark.
EBIT margins up 800bps YoY, TTM FCF Margins 30%...profitable growth at Scale.
13x forward P/S for a unique software asset with long runways for 40%+ growth and multi-module driven margin expansion with a 15% pullback in the past week despite earnings.


Crowdstrike FY2Q23: FY2Q23: Not Just Endpoint, Identity and SIEM Accelerating Too

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

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

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Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>Broadcom delivered a strong financial result in the quarter, with demand continuing to be stronger.</li><li>The server storage connectivity revenue as well as the service storage expenditure in enterprises was robust.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

Broadcom delivered a strong financial result in the quarter, with demand continuing to be stronger.The server storage connectivity revenue as well as the service storage expenditure in enterprises was robust.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Broadcom Inc.: The VMware Acquisition & Other Drivers

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<li>61% revenue growth, 17% operating margins (up 720bps YoY) and 32% FCF margins. Best in class growth + profitability.</li>
<li>ECommerce engine opening up from 4 modules to 12 means higher velocity sales on the come.</li>
<li>VMWare's Carbon Black will become a major share donator due to Broadcom acquisition.</li>
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61% revenue growth, 17% operating margins (up 720bps YoY) and 32% FCF margins. Best in class growth + profitability.
ECommerce engine opening up from 4 modules to 12 means higher velocity sales on the come.
VMWare's Carbon Black will become a major share donator due to Broadcom acquisition.


Crowdstrike FY1Q23: Share Gains Will Lead to Share Gains

Credit

<ul><li>Like most players in the semiconductors industry, Broadcom also had a fairly good 2021.</li><li>Server storage has been a star performer for Broadcom with a 32% growth in the year.</li><li>This was determined by the continuing recovery of enterprise IT spending, a maximum of which was deployed towards upgrading computer servers.</li></ul>

Like most players in the semiconductors industry, Broadcom also had a fairly good 2021.Server storage has been a star performer for Broadcom with a 32% growth in the year.This was determined by the continuing recovery of enterprise IT spending, a maximum of which was deployed towards upgrading computer servers.

Broadcom Inc.: Detailed Credit Analysis & Financial Strength Evaluation Report

<ul><li>Broadcom delivered another solid result with a top-line growth of 16%.</li><li>The company’s core software business remained steady, and the wireless grew single digits.</li><li>Furthermore, the 5G backhaul has resulted in operators all over the world continuing to drive strong growth in Broadcom's Qumran family of products.</li></ul>

Broadcom delivered another solid result with a top-line growth of 16%.The company’s core software business remained steady, and the wireless grew single digits.Furthermore, the 5G backhaul has resulted in operators all over the world continuing to drive strong growth in Broadcom's Qumran family of products.

Broadcom Inc.: Financial & Price Forecasts

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Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The Company offers storage adapters, controllers, networking processors, motion control encoders, and optical sensors, as well as infrastructure and security software to modernize, optimize, and secure the most complex hybrid environments. Broadcom serves customers worldwide.

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Baptista Research

Broadcom Inc.: Financial & Price Forecasts

Broadcom delivered another solid result with a top-line growth of 16%. The company’s core software business remained steady, and the wireless grew...

Baptista Research

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Crowdstrike FY2Q23: FY2Q23: Not Just Endpoint, Identity and SIEM Accelerating Too

Crowdstrike’s stock has pulled back in the past week or so by 15%, despite another superb quarter. 13x forward forward P/S sounds reasonable given...

Aaron Gabin

Broadcom Inc.: The VMware Acquisition & Other Drivers

Broadcom delivered a strong financial result in the quarter, with demand continuing to be stronger. The server storage connectivity revenue as...

Baptista Research

Crowdstrike FY1Q23: Share Gains Will Lead to Share Gains

Another superb quarter for CRWD: 61% revenue growth, 17% operating margins (up 720bps YoY!) and 32% FCF margins. Rival Carbon Black's acquisition...

Aaron Gabin

Broadcom Inc.: Detailed Credit Analysis & Financial Strength Evaluation Report

Like most players in the semiconductors industry, Broadcom also had a fairly good 2021. Server storage has been a star performer for Broadcom with...

Baptista Research

Broadcom Inc.: Financial & Price Forecasts

Broadcom delivered another solid result with a top-line growth of 16%. The company’s core software business remained steady, and the wireless grew...

Baptista Research