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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>Domino’s Pizza faced a mixed financial performance in the fourth quarter of 2024, with weaker-than-expected earnings leading to a stock decline, despite ongoing efforts to enhance value and operational efficiency.</li><li>The company’s total revenue increased by 2.9% year-over-year to $1.44 billion but fell short of the $1.48 billion analyst consensus.</li><li>Earnings per share rose by 9.2% to $4.89, just below Wall Street’s expectation of $4.90.</li></ul>

Domino’s Pizza faced a mixed financial performance in the fourth quarter of 2024, with weaker-than-expected earnings leading to a stock decline, despite ongoing efforts to enhance value and operational efficiency.The company’s total revenue increased by 2.9% year-over-year to $1.44 billion but fell short of the $1.48 billion analyst consensus.Earnings per share rose by 9.2% to $4.89, just below Wall Street’s expectation of $4.90.

Domino's Pizza: Expanding Aggregator Platforms to Contribute To Top-Line Growth Significantly!

<ul><li>The recent earnings call for Domino’s Pizza highlighted several key aspects of its financial performance, strategic initiatives, and market dynamics, revealing both promising areas and challenges.</li><li>The company’s Hungry for MORE strategy appears to be yielding positive results domestically, but international markets face significant hurdles.</li><li>Domestically, Domino’s Pizza has successfully leveraged its value-focused Hungry for MORE strategy.</li></ul>

The recent earnings call for Domino’s Pizza highlighted several key aspects of its financial performance, strategic initiatives, and market dynamics, revealing both promising areas and challenges.The company’s Hungry for MORE strategy appears to be yielding positive results domestically, but international markets face significant hurdles.Domestically, Domino’s Pizza has successfully leveraged its value-focused Hungry for MORE strategy.

Warren Buffett’s Domino’s Pizza Deal: The Possible Strategy Behind The Recent $550 Million Investment! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Domino's Pizza presented their Q2 2024 earnings wherein several key developments were noted that provide both an encouraging and concerning insight for investors.</li><li>Encouragingly, the Hungry for MORE strategy adopted by Domino's seems to be generating positive results, as evidenced by the consecutive-quarter growth in US comp performance driven by profitable order count growth, positive order counts across its delivery and carryout businesses, as well as across all income cohorts.</li><li>The company also reported an improvement in its international comps and consistent earnings in line with expectations.</li></ul>

Domino's Pizza presented their Q2 2024 earnings wherein several key developments were noted that provide both an encouraging and concerning insight for investors.Encouragingly, the Hungry for MORE strategy adopted by Domino's seems to be generating positive results, as evidenced by the consecutive-quarter growth in US comp performance driven by profitable order count growth, positive order counts across its delivery and carryout businesses, as well as across all income cohorts.The company also reported an improvement in its international comps and consistent earnings in line with expectations.

Domino's Pizza Inc.: Is The Efficient Store Splitting Strategy Paying Off? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Domino's Pizza, Inc. recently presented its first quarter 2024 results, underpinned by a robust performance reportedly driven by strong U.S. sales, reflecting bullish growth in the carryout and lower-income cohort segments.</li><li>The company experienced a notable 5.6% increase in U.S. same-store sales, driven predominantly by transaction growth, which the management attributes to the enhancements in its loyalty program and promotional strategies.</li><li>Despite a strong domestic performance, international sales showed relatively softer growth at a rate of 0.9%.</li></ul>

Domino's Pizza, Inc. recently presented its first quarter 2024 results, underpinned by a robust performance reportedly driven by strong U.S. sales, reflecting bullish growth in the carryout and lower-income cohort segments.The company experienced a notable 5.6% increase in U.S. same-store sales, driven predominantly by transaction growth, which the management attributes to the enhancements in its loyalty program and promotional strategies.Despite a strong domestic performance, international sales showed relatively softer growth at a rate of 0.9%.

Domino's Pizza Inc.: How Are Their Franchisee and Market Pricing Strategies Evolving? - Major Drivers

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Sumeet Singh

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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/guzman-y-gomez" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43656:1" rel="noopener">Guzman Y Gomez</a> plans to raise around US$160m in its Australian IPO.</li>
<li>GYG is a quick service restaurant business with more than 200 restaurants globally. It mainly focuses on fresh, made-to-order, Mexican-inspired food.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Guzman Y Gomez plans to raise around US$160m in its Australian IPO.
GYG is a quick service restaurant business with more than 200 restaurants globally. It mainly focuses on fresh, made-to-order, Mexican-inspired food.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Guzman Y Gomez IPO - The Negatives - Lawsuits and Management Churn

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Domino's Pizza, Inc. operates a network of Company-owned and franchise Domino's Pizza stores, located throughout the United States and in other countries.  The Company also operates regional dough manufacturing and distribution centers in the contiguous United States and outside the United States.

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Domino's Pizza: Expanding Aggregator Platforms to Contribute To Top-Line Growth Significantly!

Domino’s Pizza faced a mixed financial performance in the fourth quarter of 2024, with weaker-than-expected earnings leading to a stock decline,...

Baptista Research

Warren Buffett’s Domino’s Pizza Deal: The Possible Strategy Behind The Recent $550 Million Investment! - Major Drivers

The recent earnings call for Domino’s Pizza highlighted several key aspects of its financial performance, strategic initiatives, and market...

Baptista Research

Domino's Pizza Inc.: Is The Efficient Store Splitting Strategy Paying Off? - Major Drivers

Domino's Pizza presented their Q2 2024 earnings wherein several key developments were noted that provide both an encouraging and concerning...

Baptista Research

Domino's Pizza Inc.: How Are Their Franchisee and Market Pricing Strategies Evolving? - Major Drivers

Domino's Pizza, Inc. recently presented its first quarter 2024 results, underpinned by a robust performance reportedly driven by strong U.S....

Baptista Research

Guzman Y Gomez IPO - The Negatives - Lawsuits and Management Churn

Guzman Y Gomez plans to raise around US$160m in its Australian IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

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