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>Shift4's Q1 2024 financial report reflects significant business activities and strategic moves, indicating both robust performance areas and components meriting caution.</li><li>The company has emphasized growth through diversifying its business lines, strengthening its core offerings of end-to-end payment solutions, and embracing acquisitions and expansions into new markets.</li><li>Key financial figures support this growth trajectory, with a 50% increase in end-to-end payment volume, and a 27% rise in gross profit.</li></ul>

Shift4's Q1 2024 financial report reflects significant business activities and strategic moves, indicating both robust performance areas and components meriting caution.The company has emphasized growth through diversifying its business lines, strengthening its core offerings of end-to-end payment solutions, and embracing acquisitions and expansions into new markets.Key financial figures support this growth trajectory, with a 50% increase in end-to-end payment volume, and a 27% rise in gross profit.

Shift4 Payments Inc.: Expansion of European Market Presence Through Vectron! - Major Drivers

Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Financials & FinTech research

Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Event-Driven

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<li>We explore Klarna’s and Stripe’s IPO prospects and valuations based on recent share transactions; Nuvei and Cielo are close to being taken private, with Worldpay now controlled by private equity</li>
<li>Nuvei and Worldpay both grew by acquisition but failed to deliver on the market’s expected returns, in our view, ending up under PE ownership; is Nexi a potential PE target?</li>
<li>We retain Visa as a core holding and also keep PagSeguro and PayPal as buys, replacing Cielo with new peer group addition Shift4; we keep our sell rating on Affirm</li>
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We explore Klarna’s and Stripe’s IPO prospects and valuations based on recent share transactions; Nuvei and Cielo are close to being taken private, with Worldpay now controlled by private equity
Nuvei and Worldpay both grew by acquisition but failed to deliver on the market’s expected returns, in our view, ending up under PE ownership; is Nexi a potential PE target?
We retain Visa as a core holding and also keep PagSeguro and PayPal as buys, replacing Cielo with new peer group addition Shift4; we keep our sell rating on Affirm


Payment Companies – Potential IPOs, Select Companies Being Taken Private and Sector Overview

<ul><li>This is our first report on payment processing player, Shift4 Payments.</li><li>The company's Q4 2023 earnings results indicate that the company continues to report significant growth amidst an unpredictable economic climate, demonstrating resilience and adaptability.</li><li>Over the past year, Shift4 scored record KPIs, expanded margins, increased cash flow and achieved synergy-rich acquisitions of Focus Pause, Finaro, and Appetize.</li></ul>

This is our first report on payment processing player, Shift4 Payments.The company's Q4 2023 earnings results indicate that the company continues to report significant growth amidst an unpredictable economic climate, demonstrating resilience and adaptability.Over the past year, Shift4 scored record KPIs, expanded margins, increased cash flow and achieved synergy-rich acquisitions of Focus Pause, Finaro, and Appetize.

Shift4 Payments Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage - 5 Biggest Factors Driving Its Performance - Financial Forecasts

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Green World FinTech Service / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/green-world-fintech-service-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35281:1" rel="noopener">Green World FinTech Service (6763 TT)</a> is one of the leading third-party payment solution providers in Taiwanese market.</li>
<li>The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digitisation of the payments industry in Taiwan. This has helped strong growth in top line and margin improvements for the company.</li>
<li>Though the company seems fairly valued compared to regional and global players, we think further upside is possible given its strong market dominance and demand for fintech in Taiwan.</li>
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Green World FinTech Service (6763 TT) is one of the leading third-party payment solution providers in Taiwanese market.
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digitisation of the payments industry in Taiwan. This has helped strong growth in top line and margin improvements for the company.
Though the company seems fairly valued compared to regional and global players, we think further upside is possible given its strong market dominance and demand for fintech in Taiwan.


Green World FinTech Service: Green Light On

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Green World Fintech Service is a fintech company in Taiwan with one of the most rock-solid fundamentals among all Asian fintech companies. </li>
<li>It had 39% and 122% CAGR growth in sales and operating profit, respectively from 2017 to 2020. Its operating margin improved from 4.9% in 2017 to 28.9% in 1Q-3Q 2021. </li>
<li>Nonetheless, our valuation analysis suggests a base case valuation of 15.9 billion TWD and implied price per share of 1,076 TWD, which is 8% below current price. </li>
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Green World Fintech Service is a fintech company in Taiwan with one of the most rock-solid fundamentals among all Asian fintech companies. 
It had 39% and 122% CAGR growth in sales and operating profit, respectively from 2017 to 2020. Its operating margin improved from 4.9% in 2017 to 28.9% in 1Q-3Q 2021. 
Nonetheless, our valuation analysis suggests a base case valuation of 15.9 billion TWD and implied price per share of 1,076 TWD, which is 8% below current price. 


Green World FinTech Service: A Fintech Company in Taiwan with Rock-Solid Fundamentals

United States

Shift4 Payments, Inc. provides payment processing solutions. The Company offers software for transaction and money transfer activities. Shift4 Payments serves customers in the United States.

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Baptista Research

Payment Companies – Potential IPOs, Select Companies Being Taken Private and Sector Overview

In payments, PagSeguro, Visa, PayPal and Shift4 are buys while Affirm remains a sell. Klarna and Stripe prep for their IPOs, Nuvei and Cielo are...

Victor Galliano

Shift4 Payments Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage - 5 Biggest Factors Driving Its Performance - Financial Forecasts

This is our first report on payment processing player, Shift4 Payments. The company's Q4 2023 earnings results indicate that the company continues...

Baptista Research

Green World FinTech Service: Green Light On

Though Green World seems fairly valued compared to regional and global players, we think there is further upside given its strong market dominance...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Green World FinTech Service: A Fintech Company in Taiwan with Rock-Solid Fundamentals

Green World Fintech Service is a fintech company in Taiwan with one of the most rock-solid fundamentals among all Asian fintech companies. However,...

Douglas Kim

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