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.

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<ul><li>Qualys managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Revenues increased by 15% to $130.7 million, with the channel continuing to contribute more and now accounting for 43% of overall revenues, up from 41% a year earlier.</li><li>Patch Management and CyberSecurity Asset Management contributed 10% of LTM bookings and 16% of LTM new bookings in Q1.</li></ul>

Qualys managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.Revenues increased by 15% to $130.7 million, with the channel continuing to contribute more and now accounting for 43% of overall revenues, up from 41% a year earlier.Patch Management and CyberSecurity Asset Management contributed 10% of LTM bookings and 16% of LTM new bookings in Q1.

Qualys Inc.: Could The Cowbell Partnership Change The Face Of Cybersecurity & Insurance? – Key Drivers

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tesserent-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30716:1" rel="noopener">Tesserent Ltd (TNT AU)</a> has entered into a scheme implementation deed with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thales-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21483:1" rel="noopener">Thales SA (HO FP)</a> at A$0.13 per share, a juicy 165.3% premium to the undisturbed price (9 June).</li>
<li>The offer is subject to several conditions such as shareholder, FIRB and OIO approval. FIRB approval is likely due to Australia and France being part of the Nine Eyes alliance.</li>
<li>Despite the substantial premium, shareholders' acceptance of the offer could be a risk due to their higher buy-in prices. At the last close, the gross spread is 8.3%.</li>
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Tesserent Ltd (TNT AU) has entered into a scheme implementation deed with Thales SA (HO FP) at A$0.13 per share, a juicy 165.3% premium to the undisturbed price (9 June).
The offer is subject to several conditions such as shareholder, FIRB and OIO approval. FIRB approval is likely due to Australia and France being part of the Nine Eyes alliance.
Despite the substantial premium, shareholders' acceptance of the offer could be a risk due to their higher buy-in prices. At the last close, the gross spread is 8.3%.


Tesserent (TNT AU): Thales’s A$0.13 Offer

Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>Qualys delivered a strong set of results for the previous quarter, surpassing Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.</li><li>It was another quarter of steady VMDR (Vulnerability, Management, Detection, Response) adoption that has developed 45% of the company's customers worldwide.</li><li>VMDR applications of the company saw an increasing number of vendors and Qualys managed to build a high positioning in the recent market.</li></ul>

Qualys delivered a strong set of results for the previous quarter, surpassing Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.It was another quarter of steady VMDR (Vulnerability, Management, Detection, Response) adoption that has developed 45% of the company's customers worldwide.VMDR applications of the company saw an increasing number of vendors and Qualys managed to build a high positioning in the recent market.

Qualys Inc.: The Blue Hexagon Acquisition & Other Drivers

<ul><li>This is our first report on cloud-based cybersecurity solutions provider, Qualys.</li><li>The company reported continued revenue growth acceleration in the last quarter and cash flow generation as it drives a focused investment strategy for go-to-market scale and innovation.</li><li>The management has recently unveiled Qualys VMDR (Vulnerability, Management, Detection, Response) 2.0 with Automated Remediation Workflows and TruRisk scores.</li></ul>

This is our first report on cloud-based cybersecurity solutions provider, Qualys.The company reported continued revenue growth acceleration in the last quarter and cash flow generation as it drives a focused investment strategy for go-to-market scale and innovation.The management has recently unveiled Qualys VMDR (Vulnerability, Management, Detection, Response) 2.0 with Automated Remediation Workflows and TruRisk scores.

Qualys Inc: Initiation of Coverage – Qualys VMDR 2.0 & Other Drivers

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

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<li>Suppose we grouped S1 and Taiwan Secom with the Physical/Integrated Security weighting and then applied the Cybersecurity weighing to Ahnlab and CyberOne. <strong>We would have 11.40x, substantially lower than 14.85x</strong>.</li>
<li>SK Shieldus' sales were ₩1.55T, an increase of ₩0.22T (16.8%) from the previous year. But<strong> 65% of last year's sales increase was derived from the internal deals with SK Group</strong>.</li>
<li>How the company and the bankers will respond to those mentioned above two controversial aspects will be the most crucial point in determining the success or failure of this IPO.</li>
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Suppose we grouped S1 and Taiwan Secom with the Physical/Integrated Security weighting and then applied the Cybersecurity weighing to Ahnlab and CyberOne. We would have 11.40x, substantially lower than 14.85x.
SK Shieldus' sales were ₩1.55T, an increase of ₩0.22T (16.8%) from the previous year. But 65% of last year's sales increase was derived from the internal deals with SK Group.
How the company and the bankers will respond to those mentioned above two controversial aspects will be the most crucial point in determining the success or failure of this IPO.


SK Shieldus Controversies: Excessive Valuations & Suspicious Surge in Internal Sales

United States

Varonis Systems, Inc. designs and develops data security software solutions. The Company offers data management systems to organize, manage, and protect unstructured and semi-structured data such as documents, spreadsheets, presentations, media files, and other business data. Varonis Systems operates worldwide.

Blackbaud, Inc. provides software and related services designed specifically for non-profit organizations. The Company's products and services enable non-profit organizations to increase donations, reduce fundraising costs, improve communication with constituents, manage their finances, and optimize internal operations.

CommVault Systems, Inc. provides data management software applications and related services. The Company develops, markets, and sells a suite of data management software applications designed to protect and manage data throughout its lifecycle.

ACI Worldwide, Inc. develops, markets, and supports software products for the global electronics funds transfer market.  The Company's products are used to process transactions involving credit cards, debit cards, smartcards, home banking services, checks, and automated clearing and settlement.

Workiva Inc. provides cloud-based and mobile-enabled platforms for enterprises. The Company offers software to collect, manage, report and analyze business data in real time.

Pegasystems Inc. develops customer relationship management software.  The software automates customer interactions across transaction-intensive enterprises. The Company provides its products to customers in the banking, mutual funds and securities, mortgage services, card services, insurance, healthcare management, and telecommunications industries.

Smartsheet Inc. provides software solutions. The Company offers cloud-based platform for work execution and management which enables teams and organizations to plan, capture, manage, automate, and improve business outcomes. Smartsheet serves customers in the State of Washington.

BILL Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, offers cloud-based applications that simplifies, digitizes, and automates back-office financial processes for small and mid-sized businesses. BILL Holdings serves customers worldwide.

Tenable Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, offers application and cloud based security solutions for finance, healthcare, retail, energy, and educational sectors. Tenable Holdings serves customers worldwide.

RingCentral, Inc. is a provider of software-as-a-service, or SaaS, solutions for business communications. The Company offers a multi-user, enterprise-grade communications solution that enables customers and their employees to communicate via voice, text, HD video and web conferencing and fax, on multiple devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and desk phones.

Kingsoft Corporation Ltd. develops and markets computer software.  The Company develops role-playing computer games and security, word processing, and spreadsheet software.

Technology One Limited is an Australian-based company that is engaged in the development, marketing, sales, implementation, support, and distribution of financial management and enterprise software solutions. The Company has operations in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the South Pacific, and Malaysia.

Hundsun Technologies Inc develops application software for security firms, commercial banks, fund management firms, and other industries.  The Company also sells computer hardware and provides system integration services.

International Games System Co., Ltd. plans, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets software and hardware for arcade games, PC games, and Internet on-line games.

Trend Micro Incorporated develops and markets anti-virus computer software and internet security software.  The Company also sells its products in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Tata Elxsi Limited manufactures computers and workstations besides providing system design, software development and integration services. The Group supplies its products to a number of industries, including the automotive, metals, consumer products, finance, IT & Communications, energy, chemicals, engineering, pharmaceuticals, entertainment and agro industries.

SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. develops and sells entertainment software for home video game consoles including Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series. The Company also publishes books such as informational guide books for its game software, and comic magazines and books.  Additionally, Square Enix sells character goods and stationery items from its software products.

China National Software & Service Co., Ltd designs, develops, and integrates application software used for the taxation, railway telecommunication, military, commercial aviation, and financial industries.  The Company also designs Chinasoft Linux operating system and develops language conversion software to support Chinese, English, and Japanese

Altium Limited develops electronic design automation (EDA) software for the Microsoft Windows operating system.  Altium's products facilitate and aid in the design of electronic products such as printed circuit boards.  The Group's products are utilized by telecommunications, automotive, defense, science and consumer electronics industries.

Yonyou Network Technology Co., Ltd. develops and markets enterprise-wide business applications software, including financial, web-based, management, and security development software. The Company also offers training programs.

Qualys, Inc. provides information technology security risk and compliance management solutions. The Company offers products for vulnerability management, policy compliance, web application scanning, malware detection, and associated security products. Qualys conducts business in the United States.

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