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

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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.

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<ul><li>Coca-Cola has been one of the hottest beverage stocks off late after the announcement of the $5.6 billion acquisition of Bodyarmor to add to its sports drink portfolio along with Powerada.</li><li>The objective of the acquisition was to pose a significant threat to PepsiCo which is dominating the category with nearly 70% of the market share through its Gatorade offering.</li><li>It saw a rise in its market share in the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage category in both, both at-home and away-from-home channels.</li></ul>

Coca-Cola has been one of the hottest beverage stocks off late after the announcement of the $5.6 billion acquisition of Bodyarmor to add to its sports drink portfolio along with Powerada.The objective of the acquisition was to pose a significant threat to PepsiCo which is dominating the category with nearly 70% of the market share through its Gatorade offering.It saw a rise in its market share in the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage category in both, both at-home and away-from-home channels.

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy, Urbem (HK) Limited

Steven Chen

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

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<li>The "travel" economics vary significantly across businesses even within the same sector;</li>
<li>In this article, I list three beverage names that have been winning not only domestically but also beyond the border;</li>
<li>All the companies have attractive business economics with a massive growth runway.</li>
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The "travel" economics vary significantly across businesses even within the same sector;
In this article, I list three beverage names that have been winning not only domestically but also beyond the border;
All the companies have attractive business economics with a massive growth runway.


Three Beverage Growth Stories that Travel Strongly Across Borders

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>US-based National Beverage has an atypical management culture that emphasizes long-term value creation;</li>
<li>The business outperforms its publicly-traded peers across many dimensions;</li>
<li>At the current level, the risk-reward ratio looks quite favorable for the company's long-term shareholders.</li>
</ul>


US-based National Beverage has an atypical management culture that emphasizes long-term value creation;
The business outperforms its publicly-traded peers across many dimensions;
At the current level, the risk-reward ratio looks quite favorable for the company's long-term shareholders.


This Atypically-Cultured Beverage Business Can Be Interesting!

<ul><li>With the pandemic headwinds receding, Coca-Cola’s revenues are back with a bang.</li><li>The company delivered a blowout quarter backed by significant away-from-home consumption on account of the resumption of foodservice and other on-the-go businesses.</li><li>The company weathered the Covid-19 storm on the back of increased at-home beverage consumption but was outperformed by rival, PepsiCo which has a strong exposure to the snacks category.</li></ul>

With the pandemic headwinds receding, Coca-Cola’s revenues are back with a bang.The company delivered a blowout quarter backed by significant away-from-home consumption on account of the resumption of foodservice and other on-the-go businesses.The company weathered the Covid-19 storm on the back of increased at-home beverage consumption but was outperformed by rival, PepsiCo which has a strong exposure to the snacks category.

Bond market data and technology, BondEvalue

BondEvalue

Bond market data and technology

BondEvalue is a Singapore-based Fintech that specializes in bond market data and technology. The company's information services business offers bond market data on hard-currency corporate & sovereign bonds across Asia, Middle East, Europe and the Americas. The data, which includes bond prices, yields, news and analytics, is offered to end investors via interactive Mobile and Web Apps. Investors can sign up for a free trial of the service either via the company's website (https://bondevalue.com) or by downloading the BondEvalue Mobile App (http://onelink.to/wej7jq). BondEvalue is also developing an electronic bond exchange, BondbloX in Singapore that allows investors to trade bonds electronically in smaller sizes (US$1,000 or equivalent). For more information, visit https://www.bondblox.com/

Bond Market Data and Technology

Credit

US markets extended the rebound rally for a second day amid strong corporate earnings –  S&amp;P and Nasdaq gained 0.8% and 0.9% respectively. Energy zoomed 3.9% with Brent Crude going back above $70/bbl, Financials and Industrials were up more than 1%. Corporate earnings continued with Coca Cola, J&amp;J, Verizon and Julius Baer reporting strong numbers (scroll down for details). US 10Y Treasury yields rose 8bp to 1.29%. European bourses also extended their gains – CAC, FTSE and DAX were up 1.9%, 1.7% and 1.4% respectively. US IG CDS spreads tightened 1bp and HY tightened 8bp. EU Main and Crossover spreads tightened 1.6bp and 8.1bp respectively. Brazil’s Bovespa was up 0.4%. Gulf markets remained closed for Eid. Asian markets continued the strong momentum and opened higher – HSI was up 1.9%, Nikkei and Singapore’s STI were up 0.6% and Shanghai was up 0.2%. Asia ex-Japan CDS spreads were 0.4bp tighter.

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United States

The Coca-Cola Company manufactures, markets, and distributes soft drink concentrates and syrups.  The Company also distributes and markets juice and juice-drink products.  Coca-Cola distributes its products to retailers and wholesalers in the United States and internationally.

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Coca-Cola Co - Investment Thesis

Coca-Cola has been one of the hottest beverage stocks off late after the announcement of the $5.6 billion acquisition of Bodyarmor to add to its...

Baptista Research

Three Beverage Growth Stories that Travel Strongly Across Borders

Here are three high-quality, fast-growing beverage brands that have been winning not only domestically but beyond the border as well.

Steven Chen

This Atypically-Cultured Beverage Business Can Be Interesting!

An emphasis on long-term value creation, brand-based moat, massive runway, and fair share price could make National Beverage attractive to alpha...

Steven Chen

Coca-Cola Co - Investment Thesis

With the pandemic headwinds receding, Coca-Cola’s revenues are back with a bang. The company delivered a blowout quarter backed by significant...

Baptista Research

CK Infra, Ping An Launch $ Bonds; Macro; Rating Changes; New Issues; Talking Heads; Top Gainers &...

US markets extended the rebound rally for a second day amid strong corporate earnings – S&P and Nasdaq gained 0.8% and 0.9% respectively....

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