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>Avis Budget Group reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2024, revealing mixed results that draw attention to the company's ongoing strategy and challenges in the evolving rental car market.</li><li>The firm reported quarterly revenue surpassing $3 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $214 million.</li><li>These figures come amidst various strategic maneuvers intended to optimize fleet efficiency and profitability.</li></ul>

Avis Budget Group reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2024, revealing mixed results that draw attention to the company's ongoing strategy and challenges in the evolving rental car market.The firm reported quarterly revenue surpassing $3 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $214 million.These figures come amidst various strategic maneuvers intended to optimize fleet efficiency and profitability.

Avis Budget Group: Initiation Of Coverage - Why Its Pricing Strategies and Market Adaptation Strategies Make Us Bullish? - Major Drivers

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/socar-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29693:1" rel="noopener">SOCAR (403550 KS)</a> was listed on 22nd Aug 2022, where it raised US$78m in its Korea IPO. Its one-year lockup will expire on 21st Aug 2023. </li>
<li>SoCar is a Korean car sharing business aiming to become an all-in-one mobility solutions provider, with approximately 83% domestic market share in the car sharing space as of 1H23. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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SOCAR (403550 KS) was listed on 22nd Aug 2022, where it raised US$78m in its Korea IPO. Its one-year lockup will expire on 21st Aug 2023. 
SoCar is a Korean car sharing business aiming to become an all-in-one mobility solutions provider, with approximately 83% domestic market share in the car sharing space as of 1H23. 
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


SoCar Lock-Up - Close to All-Time Low but Can Expect Some Post-Lockup Selling

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/socar-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29693:1" rel="noopener">SOCAR (403550 KS)</a> was listed on 22nd Aug 2022, where it raised US$78m in its Korea IPO. Its six-month lockup will expire on 21st Feb 2023. </li>
<li>SoCar is a Korean car sharing business which aims to become an all-in-one mobility solutions provider beyond car sharing, with approximately 78% domestic market share in the car sharing space.</li>
<li>Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the firm’s pre-IPO investors, but the bulk of the shares unlocked will come from its strategic investors.</li>
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SOCAR (403550 KS) was listed on 22nd Aug 2022, where it raised US$78m in its Korea IPO. Its six-month lockup will expire on 21st Feb 2023. 
SoCar is a Korean car sharing business which aims to become an all-in-one mobility solutions provider beyond car sharing, with approximately 78% domestic market share in the car sharing space.
Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the firm’s pre-IPO investors, but the bulk of the shares unlocked will come from its strategic investors.


SoCar Lock-Up - US$242m Pre-IPO Lock-Up Expiry, Expect Scattered Selling

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<li>Carsales aims to raise around US$835m (A$1.2bn) via a non-renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of remaining 51% of trader Interactive.</li>
<li>While the acquisition is probably well flagged and will be earnings accretive, the last entitlement offering didn’t do well in the near term.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Carsales aims to raise around US$835m (A$1.2bn) via a non-renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of remaining 51% of trader Interactive.
While the acquisition is probably well flagged and will be earnings accretive, the last entitlement offering didn’t do well in the near term.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Carsales Entitlement Offer - Well Flagged Deal for a Well Know Asset, but Last Deal Didn’t Do Well

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

<p>The S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 are all holding above their respective short-term support levels and market dynamics remain positive. As a result, our outlook remains bullish and we continue to believe a “buy the dip” mentality is warranted. In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Services, Transportation, &amp; Utilities: Construction &amp; Engineering, Large-Cap, Auctions, Vehicle Rentals/Leasing, Electric, Southwest</p>

The S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 are all holding above their respective short-term support levels and market dynamics remain positive. As a result, our outlook remains bullish and we continue to believe a “buy the dip” mentality is warranted. In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Services, Transportation, &amp; Utilities: Construction &amp; Engineering, Large-Cap, Auctions, Vehicle Rentals/Leasing, Electric, Southwest

U. S. Equity Strategy: Upgrading Utilities; Downgrading Communications

United States

Avis Budget Group, Inc. engages in the provision of vehicle sharing and rental services. It operates through the Americas and International segments. The Americas segment licenses the firm's brands for car rentals in the United States. The International segment leases out vehicles in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates under the Avis, Budget, Zipcar, Payless, and Apex brands. The company was founded on August 23, 2006 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

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Avis Budget Group (CAR US)

Avis Budget Group: Initiation Of Coverage - Why Its Pricing Strategies and Market Adaptation Strategies Make Us Bullish? - Major Drivers

Avis Budget Group reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2024, revealing mixed results that draw attention to the company's ongoing...

Baptista Research

SoCar Lock-Up - Close to All-Time Low but Can Expect Some Post-Lockup Selling

SOCAR's (403550 KS) one-year lockup will expire on 21st Aug 2023. In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last...

Ethan Aw

SoCar Lock-Up - US$242m Pre-IPO Lock-Up Expiry, Expect Scattered Selling

SOCAR (403550 KS) was listed on 22nd Aug 2022, where it raised US$78m in its Korea IPO. Its six-month lockup will expire on 21st Feb 2023.

Ethan Aw

Carsales Entitlement Offer - Well Flagged Deal for a Well Know Asset, but Last Deal Didn’t Do Well

Carsales aims to raise around US$835m (A$1.2bn) via a non-renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of remaining 51% of trader...

Sumeet Singh

U. S. Equity Strategy: Upgrading Utilities; Downgrading Communications

We are upgrading Utilities and downgrading Communications. We recap important technical levels across major indexes and share actionable ideas...

Vermilion Research

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