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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>Tripadvisor's fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results exceeded expectations with the company reporting revenue growth of 10% year-on-year amounting to $390 million in Q4.</li><li>In the same period, the adjusted EBITDA was $84 million attributed to exceptional brand performance and marketing efficiencies.</li><li>For the full year, the company reported a consolidated revenue growth of 20%, recording an all-time high of $1.8 billion, with adjusted EBITDA experiencing a 13% growth to $334 million.</li></ul>

Tripadvisor's fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results exceeded expectations with the company reporting revenue growth of 10% year-on-year amounting to $390 million in Q4.In the same period, the adjusted EBITDA was $84 million attributed to exceptional brand performance and marketing efficiencies.For the full year, the company reported a consolidated revenue growth of 20%, recording an all-time high of $1.8 billion, with adjusted EBITDA experiencing a 13% growth to $334 million.

TripAdvisor Inc.: Focus on User Engagement and Monetization Strategies & Other Major Growth Drivers

TripAdvisor Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage - Leveraging Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Growing Engagement! - Major Drivers

External reports (aggregated public sources), Value Investors Club

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<ul><li>Viator offers a wide range of unique activities and tours around the world</li><li>The Fork allows users to book tables at restaurants globally</li><li>TripAdvisor remains a key player in the travel industry with an undervalued stock, presenting an attractive investment opportunity</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.</em></p>

Viator offers a wide range of unique activities and tours around the worldThe Fork allows users to book tables at restaurants globallyTripAdvisor remains a key player in the travel industry with an undervalued stock, presenting an attractive investment opportunityThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Tripadvisor Inc (TRIP) - Monday, Dec 18, 2023

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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Atour Lifestyle Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Legend Capital (LC), one of the principal shareholders of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/atour-lifestyle-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33481:1" rel="noopener">Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT US)</a>, is looking to raise around US$168m through a secondary selldown.</li>
<li>This will be the third selldown by Legend Capital in just over a year’s time. Hence, the deal is well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Legend Capital (LC), one of the principal shareholders of Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT US), is looking to raise around US$168m through a secondary selldown.
This will be the third selldown by Legend Capital in just over a year’s time. Hence, the deal is well flagged.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Atour Lifestyle Holdings Placement - Well Flagged Deal, past Selldowns Have Done Well

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/huazhu-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17527:1" rel="noopener">H World Group (HTHT US)</a> aims to raise around US$260m via a follow-on ADS offering.</li>
<li>The company plans to use the proceeds mostly for investment. This will be the first deal by the company post its H-share listing in 2020.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



H World Group (HTHT US) aims to raise around US$260m via a follow-on ADS offering.
The company plans to use the proceeds mostly for investment. This will be the first deal by the company post its H-share listing in 2020.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.


H World (HTHT) Follow-On Offering - A More Genuine Need

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TripAdvisor Inc. is an online travel research company. The Company's travel research platform aggregates reviews and opinions of members about destinations, accommodations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts ("B&Bs"), specialty lodging and vacation rentals), restaurants and activities throughout the world.

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Tripadvisor Inc (TRIP US)

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Baptista Research

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Tripadvisor's fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results exceeded expectations with the company reporting revenue growth of 10%...

Baptista Research

Tripadvisor Inc (TRIP) - Monday, Dec 18, 2023

TripAdvisor remains a key player in the travel industry with an undervalued stock, presenting an attractive investment opportunity

Value Investors Club

Atour Lifestyle Holdings Placement - Well Flagged Deal, past Selldowns Have Done Well

Legend Capital (LC), one of the principal shareholders of Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT US), is looking to raise around US$168m through a...

Sumeet Singh

H World (HTHT) Follow-On Offering - A More Genuine Need

H World Group (HTHT US) aims to raise around US$260m via a follow-on ADS offering. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run it through...

Sumeet Singh

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