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>TriNet's second quarter 2024 performance demonstrates a robust financial and operational stance amidst challenging market conditions for small and midsized businesses (SMBs).</li><li>The company has shown resilience in retention and sales, which has been crucial in navigating the persistent uncertainties SMBs face due to high interest rates, softening end markets, and high healthcare cost inflation.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

TriNet's second quarter 2024 performance demonstrates a robust financial and operational stance amidst challenging market conditions for small and midsized businesses (SMBs).The company has shown resilience in retention and sales, which has been crucial in navigating the persistent uncertainties SMBs face due to high interest rates, softening end markets, and high healthcare cost inflation.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

TriNet Group Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage - Is Their A Real Competitive Advantage At Play? - Major 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/elmo-software-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24342:1" rel="noopener">Elmo Software (ELO AU)</a> entered a scheme implementation deed (SID) with K1 at A$4.85 per share, a 100.4% premium to the undisturbed price.</li>
<li>The key conditions are a shareholder and regulatory (FIRB &amp; US antitrust) approvals. The scheme meeting is likely in early 1Q23. </li>
<li>While not a knockout bid, it is attractive in the context of current conditions. Key shareholders will vote in favour. At the last close, the gross spread is 4.8%.</li>
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Elmo Software (ELO AU) entered a scheme implementation deed (SID) with K1 at A$4.85 per share, a 100.4% premium to the undisturbed price.
The key conditions are a shareholder and regulatory (FIRB &amp; US antitrust) approvals. The scheme meeting is likely in early 1Q23. 
While not a knockout bid, it is attractive in the context of current conditions. Key shareholders will vote in favour. At the last close, the gross spread is 4.8%.


Elmo Software Enters a SID with K1 at A$4.85

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elmo-software-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24342:1" rel="noopener">Elmo Software (ELO AU)</a> confirmed takeover interest from several parties, including Accel-KKR. Elmo previously disclosed on 14 June that it had discussions on a non-binding offer at A$6.10 per share.</li>
<li>The previous talks ended because the bidder (Accel-KKR) could not progress to a binding offer due to changing tech valuations. Elmo has materially underperformed ASX SaaS peers since 14 June.</li>
<li>The current conditions suggest a higher risk that the talks will fizzle out. Despite today’s 28% pop, the shares remain undemanding compared to peer multiples providing support to the shares. </li>
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Elmo Software (ELO AU) confirmed takeover interest from several parties, including Accel-KKR. Elmo previously disclosed on 14 June that it had discussions on a non-binding offer at A$6.10 per share.
The previous talks ended because the bidder (Accel-KKR) could not progress to a binding offer due to changing tech valuations. Elmo has materially underperformed ASX SaaS peers since 14 June.
The current conditions suggest a higher risk that the talks will fizzle out. Despite today’s 28% pop, the shares remain undemanding compared to peer multiples providing support to the shares. 


Elmo Software Confirms Takeover Interest from Various Parties

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

Stocks Highlighted: WFC, COF, DFS, GS, JEF, RJF, LIN, ALB, AKZOY, OLN, CC, CDAY, RHI, MAN, TNET, ASGN, NSP, TBI, KELYA, BBSI, DHX, BGSF, AMN, and CCRN.Cyclical value areas are starting to play catch-up as interest rates show signs of bottoming -- all kickstarted by Friday's better-than-expected employment report. We see many actionable opportunities, particularly within the Financial and Materials Sectors, and also several retail stocks within Consumer Discretionary. As we noted last week, despite mixed signals from the market, there continues to be an absence of breakdowns at the index and Sector level which supports our overall constructive outlook.

Stocks Highlighted: WFC, COF, DFS, GS, JEF, RJF, LIN, ALB, AKZOY, OLN, CC, CDAY, RHI, MAN, TNET, ASGN, NSP, TBI, KELYA, BBSI, DHX, BGSF, AMN, and CCRN.Cyclical value areas are starting to play catch-up as interest rates show signs of bottoming -- all kickstarted by Friday's better-than-expected employment report. We see many actionable opportunities, particularly within the Financial and Materials Sectors, and also several retail stocks within Consumer Discretionary. As we noted last week, despite mixed signals from the market, there continues to be an absence of breakdowns at the index and Sector level which supports our overall constructive outlook.

Cyclical Value Areas Improving -- Add Exposure To Financials, Materials

The S&amp;P 500 is beginning to come off of short-term overbought extremes, consolidating near the confluence of key overhead resistance and the 200-day moving average. This level is roughly 2,817 on the S&amp;P 500 and roughly 1,000 on the S&amp;P 600 Small Cap index. Some consolidation or a mild pullback is possible in the near-term, which we believe would help alleviate current overbought readings and allow for a more orderly and meaningful move higher.  In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within the Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, and Services Sectors.

The S&amp;P 500 is beginning to come off of short-term overbought extremes, consolidating near the confluence of key overhead resistance and the 200-day moving average. This level is roughly 2,817 on the S&amp;P 500 and roughly 1,000 on the S&amp;P 600 Small Cap index. Some consolidation or a mild pullback is possible in the near-term, which we believe would help alleviate current overbought readings and allow for a more orderly and meaningful move higher.  In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within the Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, and Services Sectors.

S&P 500 and S&P 600 Testing Resistance...Still

United States

TriNet Group, Inc. provides human resource and consultancy services. The Company offers payroll, tax administration, risk protection, performance management, compensation consulting, and employee benefit plans. TriNet Group serves technology, advertising, banking, and government sectors in the United States.

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