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>Oracle Corporation's Q1 FY 2025 results demonstrated a robust performance, underscored by significant revenue growth and strategic expansions in their cloud offerings.</li><li>The total revenue for the quarter was $13.3 billion, marking an 8% year-over-year increase.</li><li>Cloud revenue was a standout with SaaS and IaaS generating $5.6 billion, reflecting a 22% increase.</li></ul>

Oracle Corporation's Q1 FY 2025 results demonstrated a robust performance, underscored by significant revenue growth and strategic expansions in their cloud offerings.The total revenue for the quarter was $13.3 billion, marking an 8% year-over-year increase.Cloud revenue was a standout with SaaS and IaaS generating $5.6 billion, reflecting a 22% increase.

Oracle’s Cloud Wars: The Story Of Its Expansion and the Challenges That Could Threaten Its Growth! (9/24)

<ul><li>Oracle Corporation had a strong performance in its third-quarter fiscal year 2024, with revenue in-line with expectations and EPS $0.02 above the high-end guidance.</li><li>However, both potential future performance and inherent risks were noted, which investors should closely observe.</li><li>A significant part of the discussion was centered on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), tagged as the primary driver for the company's overall revenue acceleration.</li></ul>

Oracle Corporation had a strong performance in its third-quarter fiscal year 2024, with revenue in-line with expectations and EPS $0.02 above the high-end guidance.However, both potential future performance and inherent risks were noted, which investors should closely observe.A significant part of the discussion was centered on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), tagged as the primary driver for the company's overall revenue acceleration.

Oracle Corporation: How Long Will The Cloud Revenue Growth Last? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Oracle Corporation's Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings presented a mixed but predominantly positive picture.</li><li>Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz noted excellent overall quarterly performance, with quarterly revenue meeting expectations and earnings per share exceeding it by $0.02.</li><li>The company's infrastructure cloud business (OCI) was singled out for significant praise, as it has become the main factor accelerating the overall revenue growth rate, even outpacing their cloud competitors.</li></ul>

Oracle Corporation's Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings presented a mixed but predominantly positive picture.Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz noted excellent overall quarterly performance, with quarterly revenue meeting expectations and earnings per share exceeding it by $0.02.The company's infrastructure cloud business (OCI) was singled out for significant praise, as it has become the main factor accelerating the overall revenue growth rate, even outpacing their cloud competitors.

Oracle Corporation: Will The Expansion In Application Subscription Revenues Last? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Oracle Corporation delivered mixed results for the previous quarter, with revenues well below analyst expectations but managed earnings beat.</li><li>Since cloud computing is growing more quickly than license support, the gross margins for cloud services and license support stood at 78%.</li><li>Cloud Services and License Support, constituting 74% of the revenue, showcased a significant growth of $1 billion this quarter, reaffirming Oracle's projection.</li></ul>

Oracle Corporation delivered mixed results for the previous quarter, with revenues well below analyst expectations but managed earnings beat.Since cloud computing is growing more quickly than license support, the gross margins for cloud services and license support stood at 78%.Cloud Services and License Support, constituting 74% of the revenue, showcased a significant growth of $1 billion this quarter, reaffirming Oracle's projection.

Oracle Corporation: Exclusive Insights into the Game-Changing Oracle Database@Azure & Other Major Drivers

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

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<li>The changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)</a>, S&amp;P400 Index and S&amp;P600 Index will be announced after market close on Friday.</li>
<li>The conclusions of the market consultation to change the index weighting methodology for the Select Sector Indices to reduce concentration and avoid reverse turnover should also be announced.</li>
<li>Changes in the index weighting methodology will result in a round-trip trade of US$35bn across the Select Sector indices. The largest turnover is in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/consumer-staples-select-sector-spdr-fund" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27536:1" rel="noopener">XLP</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/technology-select-sector-spdr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27543:1" rel="noopener">XLK</a>.</li>
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The changes to the S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX), S&amp;P400 Index and S&amp;P600 Index will be announced after market close on Friday.
The conclusions of the market consultation to change the index weighting methodology for the Select Sector Indices to reduce concentration and avoid reverse turnover should also be announced.
Changes in the index weighting methodology will result in a round-trip trade of US$35bn across the Select Sector indices. The largest turnover is in the XLP and XLK.


Select Sector Indices - Updated Flows as Round-Trip Trade Hits US$35bn

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Oracle Corporation supplies software for enterprise information management. The Company offers databases and relational servers, application development and decision support tools, and enterprise business applications. Oracle's software runs on network computers, personal digital assistants, set-top devices, PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes, and massively parallel computers.

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Oracle Corporation delivered mixed results for the previous quarter, with revenues well below analyst expectations but managed earnings...

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Select Sector Indices - Updated Flows as Round-Trip Trade Hits US$35bn

US$300bn tracks the Select Sector Indices. Implementation of proposed changes will set off a US$35bn trade. Apple could be bought by multiple...

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