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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.

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<li>Stellantis finds itself at a crossroads after a turbulent year that culminated in the resignation of CEO Carlos Tavares.</li>
<li>Once praised for his transformative leadership at Peugeot and Opel, Tavares faced mounting challenges at Stellantis that sealed his fate.</li>
<li>In 2024, the company grappled with plummeting stock prices, overstocked dealer inventories, and declining earnings.</li>
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Stellantis finds itself at a crossroads after a turbulent year that culminated in the resignation of CEO Carlos Tavares.
Once praised for his transformative leadership at Peugeot and Opel, Tavares faced mounting challenges at Stellantis that sealed his fate.
In 2024, the company grappled with plummeting stock prices, overstocked dealer inventories, and declining earnings.


What Stellantis’ CEO Resignation Means for the Company’s Struggling Future!

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<li>Stellantis' financial report for the first half of 2024 revealed mixed results, underlining both challenges and strategic responses aimed at driving future growth.</li>
<li>The key takeaways from the discussion highlighted by CEO Carlos Tavares and CFO Natalie Knight reflect a tumultuous period for the automaker, characterized by significant operational and market challenges, alongside aggressive plans for recovery and product innovation.</li>
<li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li>
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Stellantis' financial report for the first half of 2024 revealed mixed results, underlining both challenges and strategic responses aimed at driving future growth.
The key takeaways from the discussion highlighted by CEO Carlos Tavares and CFO Natalie Knight reflect a tumultuous period for the automaker, characterized by significant operational and market challenges, alongside aggressive plans for recovery and product innovation.
Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.


Stellantis N.V.: A Tale Technological Innovation & Brand Portfolio Expansion! - Major Drivers

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

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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.

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<li>Stellantis invested in Leapmotor and their joint venture will sell electric cars in Europe.</li>
<li>Two vehicle producers, GAC and Li Auto, are dismissing employees.</li>
<li>Tencent Music’s music revenue grew by 43% YoY in 1Q24.</li>
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Stellantis invested in Leapmotor and their joint venture will sell electric cars in Europe.
Two vehicle producers, GAC and Li Auto, are dismissing employees.
Tencent Music’s music revenue grew by 43% YoY in 1Q24.


China Consumption (20 May 2024): Leapmotor, Stellantis, GAC, Honda, Li Auto, ZTO, Tencent Music

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<li>Stellantis has reported strong results in its Full Year 2023 Results, demonstrating the company's high resilience even amid challenges.</li>
<li>Stellantis' CEO, Carlos Tavares reflected on the record net revenues, net profit, and free cash flow for the year, showing an increase of 6%, 11%, and 19% respectively.</li>
<li>The CEO noted that Stellantis' strategy is all about profitable growth.</li>
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Stellantis has reported strong results in its Full Year 2023 Results, demonstrating the company's high resilience even amid challenges.
Stellantis' CEO, Carlos Tavares reflected on the record net revenues, net profit, and free cash flow for the year, showing an increase of 6%, 11%, and 19% respectively.
The CEO noted that Stellantis' strategy is all about profitable growth.


Stellantis N.V: Will Their Ambitious Electrification Strategy Yield Dividends?

Asia and Global Semiconductor and Tech Research

Andrew Lu

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Both TSMC and UMC saw about 20% cut in automotive industry wafer sales in 3Q23, which was 20% worse than customers' guidance.</li>
<li>Reasons for discrepancies: 1. IDMs cut foundry orders but keep in house utilization higher; 2. Worse than expected US auto factories strike; 3. Rate hike results in worse car sales.</li>
<li>We suggest clients to be cautious on the investment of automotive supply chain for the next 3-6 months</li>
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Both TSMC and UMC saw about 20% cut in automotive industry wafer sales in 3Q23, which was 20% worse than customers' guidance.
Reasons for discrepancies: 1. IDMs cut foundry orders but keep in house utilization higher; 2. Worse than expected US auto factories strike; 3. Rate hike results in worse car sales.
We suggest clients to be cautious on the investment of automotive supply chain for the next 3-6 months


Top Foundries See Cut in Automotive Industry Wafer Sales, Implications

United Kingdom

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What Stellantis’ CEO Resignation Means for the Company’s Struggling Future!

Once praised for his transformative leadership at Peugeot and Opel, Tavares faced mounting challenges at Stellantis that sealed his fate.

Baptista Research

Stellantis N.V.: A Tale Technological Innovation & Brand Portfolio Expansion! - Major Drivers

Stellantis' financial report for the first half of 2024 revealed mixed results, underlining both challenges and strategic responses aimed at...

Baptista Research

China Consumption (20 May 2024): Leapmotor, Stellantis, GAC, Honda, Li Auto, ZTO, Tencent Music

Stellantis and Leapmotor's joint venture will sell electric cars in Europe. GAC and Li Auto, are dismissing employees. Tencent Music’s music...

Ming Lu

Stellantis N.V: Will Their Ambitious Electrification Strategy Yield Dividends?

Stellantis has reported strong results in its Full Year 2023 Results, demonstrating the company's high resilience even amid...

Baptista Research

Top Foundries See Cut in Automotive Industry Wafer Sales, Implications

Top foundries see worse than expected automotive wafer sales, implying more automotive supply chain members are going to miss earnings expectation...

Andrew Lu

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