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>Littelfuse, a global leader in circuit protection, reported its first quarter 2024 results which reflect a balanced narrative of progressing through challenges while capitalizing on long-term growth opportunities.</li><li>The company continues to execute its strategies amid an evolving macroeconomic context, emphasizing diversification and operational efficiency which has been pivotal in navigating high inflation and uncertain market conditions.</li><li>Littelfuse reported a drop in revenue by 12% year-over-year, attributing much of this decline to ongoing inventory adjustments across its channels and weaker end-market demands particularly noted in the Electronics and Industrial segments.</li></ul>

Littelfuse, a global leader in circuit protection, reported its first quarter 2024 results which reflect a balanced narrative of progressing through challenges while capitalizing on long-term growth opportunities.The company continues to execute its strategies amid an evolving macroeconomic context, emphasizing diversification and operational efficiency which has been pivotal in navigating high inflation and uncertain market conditions.Littelfuse reported a drop in revenue by 12% year-over-year, attributing much of this decline to ongoing inventory adjustments across its channels and weaker end-market demands particularly noted in the Electronics and Industrial segments.

Littelfuse Inc.: Will Its Increased Design Win Momentum Last? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>This is our first report on Littelfuse, a manufacturer of circuit protection, power control, and sensing products.</li><li>The company's Q3 2023 earnings conference call revealed a solid performance despite continued global challenges.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

This is our first report on Littelfuse, a manufacturer of circuit protection, power control, and sensing products.The company's Q3 2023 earnings conference call revealed a solid performance despite continued global challenges.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Littelfuse: Initiation of Coverage - Unveiling Their Bold Strategy for Long-Term Domination in Electronics - Major Drivers

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

<p>Recent market developments are encouraging and have improved the overall health of the market, which has also incrementally improved our outlook. At the same time, there is still more to be desired before we can have confidence in the prospect of a broad market rally. In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Technology and Transportation: Semiconductor Equip., Large/Mid-Cap and Small-Cap, Electronic Equipment Components, and Trucking Large-Cap.</p>

Recent market developments are encouraging and have improved the overall health of the market, which has also incrementally improved our outlook. At the same time, there is still more to be desired before we can have confidence in the prospect of a broad market rally. In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Technology and Transportation: Semiconductor Equip., Large/Mid-Cap and Small-Cap, Electronic Equipment Components, and Trucking Large-Cap.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Markets on the Mend, Still Not at Full Health

<p>The S&amp;P 500 is poised to retest the 2,790-2,800 horizontal resistance level that we have highlighted in previous reports. A bullish short-term reversal in the XLF has helped bolster optimism in U.S. equities.  We continue to expect the broad YTD consolidation to continue, especially given heightened trade tariff tensions. In today’s report we highlight attractive opportunities within Consumer Staples, Technology, and Health Care.</p>

The S&amp;P 500 is poised to retest the 2,790-2,800 horizontal resistance level that we have highlighted in previous reports. A bullish short-term reversal in the XLF has helped bolster optimism in U.S. equities.  We continue to expect the broad YTD consolidation to continue, especially given heightened trade tariff tensions. In today’s report we highlight attractive opportunities within Consumer Staples, Technology, and Health Care.

U.S. Equity Strategy: XLF Support Holding; Large-Cap Health Care Perks Up

United States

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.

Dolby Laboratories Inc. develops audio signal processing systems for the motion picture, broadcasting, and music recording industries, as well as the consumer market.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. distributes electronic components and computer products to industrial and commercial customers.  The Company distributes a variety of products including computer systems, peripherals, software, and mass storage products to original equipment manufacturers and commercial customers worldwide.

Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems.  The Company's systems are used to automate the manufacture of a variety of discrete items and to assure their quality.  Cognex has regional offices located throughout North America, Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

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.

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.

Novanta, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells precision photonics and motion control components and subsystems. The Company offers its products to original equipment manufactures in the medical equipment and advanced industrial technology markets.

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.

National Instruments Corporation supplies computer-based instrumentation hardware and software products for engineers and scientists.  The Company provides flexible application software and modular hardware that users combine with computers, networks, and the Internet to create computer-based measurement and automation systems.

Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. researches, designs and manufactures security and surveillance equipments. It also modular-designs both hardware and software with flexibility for different configurations, various scales of applications and future expansion.

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.

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.

FPT Corp is an information and communication technology company. The Company provides services in mobile distribution, systems integration, software outsourcing and development, Internet and e-media content, and computer assembly.

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.

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.

Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Company Limited develops, procures, manufactures, provides logistics and maintenance services. The Company's main product types include communications, computer and storage, consumer electronics, industrial, and other related types.

Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) (601231 CH)

Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai)

Littelfuse, Inc. manufactures and sells fuses and other circuit protection devices for use in the automotive, electronic, and general industrial markets. The Company also makes relays, switches, circuit breakers, and indicator lights. Littelfuse sells its products around the world.

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Littelfuse Inc.: Will Its Increased Design Win Momentum Last? - Major Drivers

Littelfuse, a global leader in circuit protection, reported its first quarter 2024 results which reflect a balanced narrative of progressing...

Baptista Research

Littelfuse: Initiation of Coverage - Unveiling Their Bold Strategy for Long-Term Domination in Electronics - Major Drivers

This is our first report on Littelfuse, a manufacturer of circuit protection, power control, and sensing products. The company's Q3 2023 earnings...

Baptista Research

U.S. Equity Strategy: Markets on the Mend, Still Not at Full Health

Recent market developments are encouraging and have improved the overall health of the market, which has also incrementally improved our outlook....

Vermilion Research

U.S. Equity Strategy: XLF Support Holding; Large-Cap Health Care Perks Up

The S&P 500 is poised to retest the 2,790-2,800 horizontal resistance level that we have highlighted in previous reports. A bullish short-term...

Vermilion Research

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