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>Itron Inc.'s first quarter of 2024 showcased notable financial and operational improvements, reflecting the company's resilience and strategic adaptability in a competitive industry landscape.</li><li>The company reported a revenue increase of 22% year-over-year, reaching $603 million.</li><li>This growth can be largely attributed to improved operational execution across the company’s entire value chain, from component supply to field installations, and heightened market demand for Itron's offerings, particularly the Grid Edge Intelligence platform.</li></ul>

Itron Inc.'s first quarter of 2024 showcased notable financial and operational improvements, reflecting the company's resilience and strategic adaptability in a competitive industry landscape.The company reported a revenue increase of 22% year-over-year, reaching $603 million.This growth can be largely attributed to improved operational execution across the company’s entire value chain, from component supply to field installations, and heightened market demand for Itron's offerings, particularly the Grid Edge Intelligence platform.

Itron Inc.: Focus on Grid Edge Intelligence and Technology Platform Expansion! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>This is our first report on Itron Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end solutions that measure, manage and analyze energy and water use.</li><li>The company reported a strong performance for the fourth quarter of 2023 during its recent earnings conference call.</li><li>The company posted year-on-year revenue growth of 23% to $577 million, driven by robust customer demand and improved supply chain balance.</li></ul>

This is our first report on Itron Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end solutions that measure, manage and analyze energy and water use.The company reported a strong performance for the fourth quarter of 2023 during its recent earnings conference call.The company posted year-on-year revenue growth of 23% to $577 million, driven by robust customer demand and improved supply chain balance.

Itron Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage - Major Drivers

Fundamental Short Selling Research

Eric Fernandez, CFA

TwoRiversAnalytics

<ul>
<li>Sales declines, margin compression, cuts in SG&amp;A and cuts in guidance and estimates feature in our Declining Businesses model.  </li>
<li>Declining business shorts tend to be lower beta, have longer time horizons, and tend to produce steadier (although slower) short returns. </li>
<li>Today we are flagging :  Itron, Xerox, Wayfair, and Overstock</li>
</ul>


Sales declines, margin compression, cuts in SG&amp;A and cuts in guidance and estimates feature in our Declining Businesses model.  
Declining business shorts tend to be lower beta, have longer time horizons, and tend to produce steadier (although slower) short returns. 
Today we are flagging :  Itron, Xerox, Wayfair, and Overstock


Declining Business Short Candidates:  Itron, Xerox, Wayfair, Overstock

Selected Quarterly & Annual Newsletters from Funds, Fund Newsletters

Fund Newsletters

Selected Quarterly & Annual Newsletters from Funds

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>The Palm Valley Capital Fund invests in small cap stocks. While our Fund is new, its underlying absolute return-based investment strategy is not. We have practiced the same strategy throughout our careers in investment management.</li>
<li>The combination of falling stock prices and attractive small cap multiples appears to present a powerful case for buying aggressively. We do not share this view.</li>
<li>Non-cash share-based compensation accounts for roughly one-third of the collective free cash flow of small caps in the S&amp;P 600 Index.</li>
<li>The current 33x median price-to-free cash flow multiple for better quality small caps (S&amp;P 600) is the highest this cycle.</li>
<li>Market volatility is important to Palm Valley’s absolute return strategy.</li>
</ul>


The Palm Valley Capital Fund invests in small cap stocks. While our Fund is new, its underlying absolute return-based investment strategy is not. We have practiced the same strategy throughout our careers in investment management.
The combination of falling stock prices and attractive small cap multiples appears to present a powerful case for buying aggressively. We do not share this view.
Non-cash share-based compensation accounts for roughly one-third of the collective free cash flow of small caps in the S&amp;P 600 Index.
The current 33x median price-to-free cash flow multiple for better quality small caps (S&amp;P 600) is the highest this cycle.
Market volatility is important to Palm Valley’s absolute return strategy.


Palm Valley Capital Fund Q3 2022 Commentary

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>S&amp;P DJI commenced a market consultation for the S&amp;P Global Water Index on 29 July and that could lead to quite a few changes to the index in October.</li>
<li>We currently see 14 deletions and 10 inclusions for the index in October. Most of the changes will have a high impact from passive fund trading.</li>
<li>There could be more changes in April 2023 once stocks listed in Emerging Markets are included in the index.</li>
</ul>


S&amp;P DJI commenced a market consultation for the S&amp;P Global Water Index on 29 July and that could lead to quite a few changes to the index in October.
We currently see 14 deletions and 10 inclusions for the index in October. Most of the changes will have a high impact from passive fund trading.
There could be more changes in April 2023 once stocks listed in Emerging Markets are included in the index.


S&P Global Water Index: Market Consultation Driven Potential Changes

United States

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. manufactures a broad line of passive and discreet active electronic components, particularly resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, and transistors.  The Company's products are utilized in computers, telephones, televisions, automobiles, household appliance, medical equipment, satellites, and military and aerospace equipment.

Sanmina Corporation provides electronics contract manufacturing services to customers located around the world. The Company offers its customers expertise in new product introduction, manufacturing, and design and fabrication of complex interconnect products. Sanmina Corporation specializes in circuit fabrication, system assembly, integration, and high-end enclosures and cabling.

Belden Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets cable, connectivity, and networking products. The Company produces and sells a portfolio of cable, connectivity, and networking products into a variety of end markets, including industrial, enterprise, broadcast, and consumer electronics.

Plexus Corp. is a participant in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, providing product design, supply chain, materials management, manufacturing, test, fulfillment, and aftermarket solutions to branded product companies in the wireline and networking, wireless infrastructure, medical, industrial and commercial, defense, security, and aerospace market sectors.

IPG Photonics Corporation produces high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers. The Company develops and commercializes optical fiber-based lasers used in a wide range of applications such as materials processing, telecommunications and medical applications.

Honeywell Automation India Limited supplies industrial automation and control solutions to the petrochemicals, refining, oil and gas, mining, metal and power industries.

Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and markets flow measurement and control products.  The Company's products are used to measure and control the flow of liquids and gases in a variety of applications.  Badger's products include water meters and associated systems, wastewater meters, industrial process meters, automotive fluid meters, small valves, and natural gas instruments.

Avnet, Inc. distributes computer products and semiconductors, as well as interconnect, passive, and electromechanical components. The Company markets and distributes these products and provides supply-chain integration, engineering design, and technical services. Avnet serves customers in countries around the world.

OSI Systems, Inc. produces medical monitoring and anesthesia systems; security and inspection systems; and lasers, optics, and optoelectronic components.  The Company's products include blood pressure monitors, anesthesia machines and hemoglobin saturation monitors; systems for inspecting baggage, people, and vehicles; and lasers, lenses, prisms, and microelectronic components.

Insight Enterprises, Inc. offers information technology hardware, software, and services to large enterprises, small to medium sized businesses, and public sector institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.

Jentech Precision Industrial Company Ltd. provides tooling, precision metal stamping, custom insert molding, injection molding, and assembly solutions for medical, consumer electronics, semiconductor, automotive, appliance, and micro electronic markets to a wide variety of industries.

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corporation manufactures and markets printed circuit boards (PCBs) and integrated circuit (IC) substrates.

Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co., Ltd. researches, manufactures and markets photoelectric parts. The key products are OLPF, IR Cut Filter, IR Filter Housing Assembly, Thermal Diffusion Panel and Cover Glass.

Huagong Tech Co., Ltd. manufactures laser equipment, laser false-proof products, sensitive electronic components, optical telecommunication products, and biopharmaceuticals.  The Company also develops computer software and provides computer system integration services.

Innolux Corporation manufactures TFT-LCD, LCD models and LCD monitors. The company also provides research, development, manufacturing and retails business.

LOTES Co., Ltd specialize in design and manufacture of connectors, CPU Socket, Coolers and Antenna for Notebook Computer, Personal Computer, Mobile electronic device and Ditial Video.

Synnex Technology International Corporation markets personal computers, computer peripherals, multi-media products, network products, computer application software, electronic parts, and telecommunication products.

Synnex Technology International (2347 TT)

AAC Technologies Holdings Inc designs, develops and manufactures a broad range of miniaturized components that include speakers, receivers and microphones in the acoustic segment and others such as haptics vibrators, RF and antennas, and optical lenses. AAC's products are found in mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, wearables, ultrabooks, notebooks and electronic book-readers.

AU Optronics Corp. manufactures and markets thin film transistor-liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs) and plasma display panels (PDPs).  The Company sells its products in Taiwan and exports worldwide.

LG Display Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures digital display products.  The Company's products include thin film transistor-liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) for notebook and desktop computer monitors, TVs, mobile phones, and medical equipment.  LG Display provides its products mainly to overseas markets.

Itron, Inc. provides solutions for collecting, communicating, and analyzing electric, gas, and water usage data.  The Company sells its products to the utility industry.  Itron designs, manufactures, markets, sells, installs, and services hardware, software, and integrated systems for handheld computer-based electronic meter reading and automatic meter reading systems.

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Itron Inc (ITRI US)

Itron Inc.: Focus on Grid Edge Intelligence and Technology Platform Expansion! - Major Drivers

Itron Inc.'s first quarter of 2024 showcased notable financial and operational improvements, reflecting the company's resilience and strategic...

Baptista Research

Itron Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage - Major Drivers

This is our first report on Itron Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end solutions that measure, manage and analyze energy and water use. The...

Baptista Research

Declining Business Short Candidates: Itron, Xerox, Wayfair, Overstock

Declining business shorts earn profits by following negative business momentum. Today we are flagging: Itron, Xerox, Wayfair, Overstock.

Eric Fernandez, CFA

Palm Valley Capital Fund Q3 2022 Commentary

The Palm Valley Capital Fund invests in small cap stocks. While our Fund is new, its underlying absolute return-based investment strategy is not....

Fund Newsletters

S&P Global Water Index: Market Consultation Driven Potential Changes

S&P DJI's market consultation for the S&P Global Water Index could lead to quite a few changes to the index in October. There are a few potential...

Brian Freitas

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