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>This is our first report on HSBC Holdings PLC, one of the biggest banks and financial service providers in the world.</li><li>Notably, Hong Kong, Mainland China, the Middle East, and the U.K. have shown strong economic resilience and recovery.</li><li>We initiate coverage on the stock of HSBC Holdings PLC with a 'Hold' rating.</li></ul>

This is our first report on HSBC Holdings PLC, one of the biggest banks and financial service providers in the world.Notably, Hong Kong, Mainland China, the Middle East, and the U.K. have shown strong economic resilience and recovery.We initiate coverage on the stock of HSBC Holdings PLC with a 'Hold' rating.

HSBC Holdings PLC: Initiation of Coverage – Increased Distribution & Transformation Strategy  & Other Drivers

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jul 7th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight changes of short interests in ABC, ICBC, Li Ning.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jul 7th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight changes of short interests in ABC, ICBC, Li Ning.


HK Short Interest Weekly: ABC, ICBC, Li Ning

<ul>
<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of July 7th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for  China Mobile, ICBC, ABC, Tencent, HSBC, BYD.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of July 7th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for  China Mobile, ICBC, ABC, Tencent, HSBC, BYD.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Jul 7th): China Mobile, ICBC, ABC, Tencent, HSBC, BYD

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 30th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Luye Pharma, Baba, Li Auto.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 30th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Luye Pharma, Baba, Li Auto.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Luye Pharma, Baba, Li Auto

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for PetroChina, China Mobile, Xpeng, Bilibili, Kuaishou, CCB, ICBC, BYD, HSBC.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight flows for PetroChina, China Mobile, Xpeng, Bilibili, Kuaishou, CCB, ICBC, BYD, HSBC.


Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: $366m Outflows in June

United Kingdom

HSBC Holdings plc is the holding company for the HSBC Group. The Company provides a variety of international banking and financial services, including retail and corporate banking, trade, trusteeship, securities, custody, capital markets, treasury, private and investment banking, and insurance.  The Group operates worldwide.

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HSBC Holdings (HSBA LN)

HSBC Holdings PLC: Initiation of Coverage – Increased Distribution & Transformation Strategy & Other Drivers

This is our first report on HSBC Holdings PLC, one of the biggest banks and financial service providers in the world. Notably, Hong Kong, Mainland...

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HK Short Interest Weekly: ABC, ICBC, Li Ning

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jul 7th and highlight short interest changes in ABC, ICBC, Li Ning.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Jul 7th): China Mobile, ICBC, ABC, Tencent, HSBC, BYD

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for last week and highlight flows for China Mobile, ICBC, ABC, Tencent, HSBC, BYD.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Luye Pharma, Baba, Li Auto

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 30th and highlight short interest changes in Luye Pharma, Baba, Li Auto.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: $366m Outflows in June

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for June and highlight flows for PetroChina, China Mobile, Xpeng, Bilibili, Kuaishou, CCB, ICBC, BYD, HSBC.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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