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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>Curtiss-Wright Corporation delivered a robust performance in the third quarter of 2024, reflecting notable growth across several segments of its diversified portfolio.</li><li>The company reported a 10% year-over-year increase in sales, reaching nearly $800 million, driven by strong performances in its Defense Electronics and Naval & Power segments.</li><li>Curtiss-Wright's Aerospace & Defense markets saw a 15% growth, and the commercial nuclear market experienced low double-digit growth during the period.</li></ul>

Curtiss-Wright Corporation delivered a robust performance in the third quarter of 2024, reflecting notable growth across several segments of its diversified portfolio.The company reported a 10% year-over-year increase in sales, reaching nearly $800 million, driven by strong performances in its Defense Electronics and Naval & Power segments.Curtiss-Wright's Aerospace & Defense markets saw a 15% growth, and the commercial nuclear market experienced low double-digit growth during the period.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Expansion in Defense Electronics As A Pivotal Factor Driving Growth! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Curtiss-Wright Corporation reported robust financial results for the second quarter of 2024, showcasing substantial growth in sales and earnings per share (EPS), bolstered by strong performances in Defense Electronics and Naval & Power segments.</li><li>The company's sales rose by 11% year-over-year to $785 million, outperforming expectations primarily due to significant contributions from the Aerospace and Defense markets.</li><li>Notably, the operating income increased by 16% year-over-year, leading to a 60 basis-point expansion in operating margins.</li></ul>

Curtiss-Wright Corporation reported robust financial results for the second quarter of 2024, showcasing substantial growth in sales and earnings per share (EPS), bolstered by strong performances in Defense Electronics and Naval & Power segments.The company's sales rose by 11% year-over-year to $785 million, outperforming expectations primarily due to significant contributions from the Aerospace and Defense markets.Notably, the operating income increased by 16% year-over-year, leading to a 60 basis-point expansion in operating margins.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Initiation Of Coverage - These Are The 4 Biggest Challenges That Lie Ahead! - Major Drivers

US/Europe Event-Driven Analyst

John DeMasi

Event-Driven

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kaman-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17189:1" rel="noopener">Kaman Corp (KAMN US)</a> is a company with two distinct business segments, Aerospace and Industrial Distribution. Distribution is a leading distributor with 6 million SKUs serving 55,000 active customers in a broad range of industrial markets. Aerospace produces aircraft bearings and components, aerostructures for commercial and military fixed and rotary wing aircraft, arming solutions for missile and bomb systems and engineered products used in medical, industrial and aerospace markets.On June 26, 2019, Kaman announced an agreement to sell its Distribution segment to private equity firm Littlejohn &amp; Co. for $700 million cash as the culmination of a strategic review undertaken by the board of directors. Net proceeds of about $600 million will be used to pay down $100 million of the Company’s $308 million in debt, accelerate internal development efforts and pursue strategic acquisitions in engineered products market.Below I look at the business and valuation of the new, focused Aerospace pure-play company Kaman will become.

Kaman Corp (KAMN US) is a company with two distinct business segments, Aerospace and Industrial Distribution. Distribution is a leading distributor with 6 million SKUs serving 55,000 active customers in a broad range of industrial markets. Aerospace produces aircraft bearings and components, aerostructures for commercial and military fixed and rotary wing aircraft, arming solutions for missile and bomb systems and engineered products used in medical, industrial and aerospace markets.On June 26, 2019, Kaman announced an agreement to sell its Distribution segment to private equity firm Littlejohn &amp; Co. for $700 million cash as the culmination of a strategic review undertaken by the board of directors. Net proceeds of about $600 million will be used to pay down $100 million of the Company’s $308 million in debt, accelerate internal development efforts and pursue strategic acquisitions in engineered products market.Below I look at the business and valuation of the new, focused Aerospace pure-play company Kaman will become.

Kaman Corporation – Morphing into an Aerospace Pure-Play

On May 21, 2019 <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/20662" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20662:1">Crane Co (CR US)</a> announced a proposal to acquire <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/10244" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10244:1">Circor International (CIR US)</a>, a manufacturer of pumps, valves, regulators, actuators, and related engineered components for $45 per share in cash, for a total equity value of $895 million and a total enterprise value of $1.55 billion ($1.7 billion if net pension liability is included). The proposal price of $45 represents a 47% premium over the May 20, 2019 CIR US closing price of $30.66. Crane held a conference call and released a slide presentation on its proposal with more details. In this piece I evaluate the proposal and the impediments standing in Crane’s way of winning this deal.

On May 21, 2019 Crane Co (CR US) announced a proposal to acquire Circor International (CIR US), a manufacturer of pumps, valves, regulators, actuators, and related engineered components for $45 per share in cash, for a total equity value of $895 million and a total enterprise value of $1.55 billion ($1.7 billion if net pension liability is included). The proposal price of $45 represents a 47% premium over the May 20, 2019 CIR US closing price of $30.66. Crane held a conference call and released a slide presentation on its proposal with more details. In this piece I evaluate the proposal and the impediments standing in Crane’s way of winning this deal.

Crane Co. Proposal to Acquire CIRCOR International – Actuator Wanted

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

We take a look at actionable stocks within the U.S. manufacturing sector, a Vermilion Research overweight.  The following industry groups are represented: Aero/Defense, Auto Parts , Industrial Rental Equipment, Building Products &amp; Fixtures.<ul><li>List of highlighted charts: ALV, BDC, BLDR, CW, EMR, HDNG, HEES, HII, HURC, HXL, ITT, KAMN, LCII, LNN, MGRC, MLR, MOD, NNBR, NPO, PCAR, SPAR, SSD, SXI, TEX, TRN, TRS, TXT, URI, VICR, VMI, WSO, WTS</li></ul>

We take a look at actionable stocks within the U.S. manufacturing sector, a Vermilion Research overweight.  The following industry groups are represented: Aero/Defense, Auto Parts , Industrial Rental Equipment, Building Products &amp; Fixtures.List of highlighted charts: ALV, BDC, BLDR, CW, EMR, HDNG, HEES, HII, HURC, HXL, ITT, KAMN, LCII, LNN, MGRC, MLR, MOD, NNBR, NPO, PCAR, SPAR, SSD, SXI, TEX, TRN, TRS, TXT, URI, VICR, VMI, WSO, WTS

U.S. Manufacturing Sector Breaking Out to All-Time Relative Strength Highs; Actionable Stocks

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Curtiss-Wright Corporation designs, manufactures, and overhauls precision components and systems. The Company's systems provides engineered services to the aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, oil, petrochemical, agricultural equipment, power generation, metal working, and fire and rescue industries.

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Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Expansion in Defense Electronics As A Pivotal Factor Driving Growth! - Major Drivers

Curtiss-Wright Corporation delivered a robust performance in the third quarter of 2024, reflecting notable growth across several segments of its...

Baptista Research

Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Initiation Of Coverage - These Are The 4 Biggest Challenges That Lie Ahead! - Major Drivers

Curtiss-Wright Corporation reported robust financial results for the second quarter of 2024, showcasing substantial growth in sales and earnings...

Baptista Research

Kaman Corporation – Morphing into an Aerospace Pure-Play

Kaman Corp (KAMN US) is a company with two distinct business segments, Aerospace and Industrial Distribution. Distribution is a leading distributor...

John DeMasi

Crane Co. Proposal to Acquire CIRCOR International – Actuator Wanted

On May 21, 2019 Crane Co (CR US) announced a proposal to acquire Circor International (CIR US), a manufacturer of pumps, valves, regulators,...

John DeMasi

U.S. Manufacturing Sector Breaking Out to All-Time Relative Strength Highs; Actionable Stocks

We take a look at actionable stocks within the U.S. manufacturing sector, a Vermilion Research overweight. The following industry groups are...

Vermilion Research

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