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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.

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<ul><li>Lockheed Martin Corporation delivered an all-around beat and has shown resilience in an uncertain market environment with its strong financial performance in the third quarter of 2023.</li><li>The company reported a 2% increase in sales year-over-year, reaching $16.9 billion, and delivered a robust free cash flow of $2.5 billion.</li><li>Lockheed Martin's solid backlog of $156 billion reflects the relevance and importance of its portfolio in the face of increasing global geopolitical tensions.</li></ul>

Lockheed Martin Corporation delivered an all-around beat and has shown resilience in an uncertain market environment with its strong financial performance in the third quarter of 2023.The company reported a 2% increase in sales year-over-year, reaching $16.9 billion, and delivered a robust free cash flow of $2.5 billion.Lockheed Martin's solid backlog of $156 billion reflects the relevance and importance of its portfolio in the face of increasing global geopolitical tensions.

Lockheed Martin: Its Portfolio Is Setting the Stage For Potential Growth! - Key Drivers

<ul><li>Lockheed Martin Corporation delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.</li><li>Lockheed had revenues of $16.7 billion, an increase of 8% year on year, and double-digit growth in both Aeronautics and Space.</li><li>We give Lockheed Martin Corporation a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.</li></ul>

Lockheed Martin Corporation delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.Lockheed had revenues of $16.7 billion, an increase of 8% year on year, and double-digit growth in both Aeronautics and Space.We give Lockheed Martin Corporation a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.

Lockheed Martin Corporation: 4 Reasons Behind Lockheed Martin's Successful Quarter! - Financial Forecasts

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

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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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Horizon Construction Development / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-construction-development" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35117:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Construction Development (1887128D HK)</a> raised around US$210m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>HCD is an equipment operation service provider in China. It provides services covering the full cycle of projects.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics and valuation.</li>
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Horizon Construction Development (1887128D HK) raised around US$210m in its Hong Kong IPO.
HCD is an equipment operation service provider in China. It provides services covering the full cycle of projects.
In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics and valuation.


Horizon Construction Dev IPO Trading - Subscription Rates Still Weak, Despite Cornerstone Support

Growatt Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/growatt-new-energy-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36103:1" rel="noopener">Growatt Technology (1833969D CH)</a> is looking to raise about US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier US$1bn float in Nov 2022.</li>
<li>Growatt Technology is a global distributed energy solution provider, specializing in sustainable energy generation, storage and consumption, as well as energy digitalization. </li>
<li>In this note, we will provide a quick peer comparison update and our latest thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Growatt Technology (1833969D CH) is looking to raise about US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier US$1bn float in Nov 2022.
Growatt Technology is a global distributed energy solution provider, specializing in sustainable energy generation, storage and consumption, as well as energy digitalization. 
In this note, we will provide a quick peer comparison update and our latest thoughts on valuation.


Growatt Technology Pre-IPO - Revised Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>With the upcoming first quarter earnings season taking center stage the next 3 weeks, there is yet again a well overdue reprieve from the back and forth focus on hiking, pausing, and cutting next steps of the Federal Reserve.</li><li>The focus now goes back to company earnings and forward guidance and whether slowdowns picked up on ISM, PMI, and regional Fed surveys are now making its way through earnings reports.</li><li>While still early, the first 22 S&amp;P 500 Index companies reveal a 20% drop in earnings QoQ.</li></ul>

With the upcoming first quarter earnings season taking center stage the next 3 weeks, there is yet again a well overdue reprieve from the back and forth focus on hiking, pausing, and cutting next steps of the Federal Reserve.The focus now goes back to company earnings and forward guidance and whether slowdowns picked up on ISM, PMI, and regional Fed surveys are now making its way through earnings reports.While still early, the first 22 S&amp;P 500 Index companies reveal a 20% drop in earnings QoQ.

United States

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that primarily researches, designs, develops, manufactures, and integrates advanced technology products and services.  The Company's businesses span space, telecommunications, electronics, information and services, aeronautics, energy, and systems integration.  Lockheed Martin operates worldwide.

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Lockheed Martin: Its Portfolio Is Setting the Stage For Potential Growth! - Key Drivers

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Lockheed Martin Corporation: 4 Reasons Behind Lockheed Martin's Successful Quarter! - Financial Forecasts

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Horizon Construction Dev IPO Trading - Subscription Rates Still Weak, Despite Cornerstone Support

Horizon Construction Development (1887128D HK) raised around US$210m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics...

Ethan Aw

Growatt Technology Pre-IPO - Revised Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Growatt Technology (1833969D CH) is looking to raise about US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will provide a quick peer...

Ethan Aw

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