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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>It was a challenging yet promising quarter for Snap as it failed to meet the revenue expectations of Wall Street but surprisingly managed to deliver a positive bottom-line.</li><li>Despite a 7% year-over-year decrease in revenue, the company reached 383 million daily active users in Q1 and showcased the community's continued growth.</li><li>Snap introduced My AI, an AI-powered chatbot, and unveiled new features at the Snap Partner Summit, emphasizing their commitment to innovation.</li></ul>

It was a challenging yet promising quarter for Snap as it failed to meet the revenue expectations of Wall Street but surprisingly managed to deliver a positive bottom-line.Despite a 7% year-over-year decrease in revenue, the company reached 383 million daily active users in Q1 and showcased the community's continued growth.Snap introduced My AI, an AI-powered chatbot, and unveiled new features at the Snap Partner Summit, emphasizing their commitment to innovation.

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Vicki Bryan

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Bond Angle, LLC

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<li>Elon Musk recently told employees Twitter's equity is now worth $20 billion, substantially less than what he paid in October. </li>
<li>Good luck with that. I suspect Twitter's enterprise value may not even cover more than its more than $13 billion in debt.</li>
<li>If so, what is really going on with Twitter why is Elon stretching the numbers?</li>
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Elon Musk recently told employees Twitter's equity is now worth $20 billion, substantially less than what he paid in October. 
Good luck with that. I suspect Twitter's enterprise value may not even cover more than its more than $13 billion in debt.
If so, what is really going on with Twitter why is Elon stretching the numbers?


Twitter Equity Worth $20 Billion? Guess Again

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

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“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

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<li>The recently announced Meta Verified could generate an incremental $2.2B in revenues.</li>
<li>Incremental layoffs being reported could amount to $5B in incremental savings this year.</li>
<li>Between the two reports, we could easily see 10% upside to EPS.</li>
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The recently announced Meta Verified could generate an incremental $2.2B in revenues.
Incremental layoffs being reported could amount to $5B in incremental savings this year.
Between the two reports, we could easily see 10% upside to EPS.


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<li>MAUs grew just 5M or 1% QoQ while ARPU was flat. Little turnaround traction evident despite lots of empty statistics offered.</li>
<li>Longtime CFO Todd Morgenfeld departing, offers vague margin expansion promises.</li>
<li>Revenue and opex guidance for 1Q23 below consensus...not good for a consensus long.</li>
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MAUs grew just 5M or 1% QoQ while ARPU was flat. Little turnaround traction evident despite lots of empty statistics offered.
Longtime CFO Todd Morgenfeld departing, offers vague margin expansion promises.
Revenue and opex guidance for 1Q23 below consensus...not good for a consensus long.


<ul><li>Snap continued to encounter massive challenges due to increased competition and macroeconomic headwinds.</li><li>In the quarter, the company released communities to expand its content offerings and onboarded several new media partners.</li><li>The company has also launched new Snapchat+ features to increase audience engagement on the platform in the quarter.</li></ul>

Snap continued to encounter massive challenges due to increased competition and macroeconomic headwinds.In the quarter, the company released communities to expand its content offerings and onboarded several new media partners.The company has also launched new Snapchat+ features to increase audience engagement on the platform in the quarter.

Snap Inc: New Promotional Campaign & Other Developments

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