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>This is our first report on United Rentals, one of the largest equipment rental companies in the world, known for renting out construction, aerial and industrial equipment, general tools and light equipment.</li><li>The company’s fleet productivity increased by roughly 9%, while rental revenue increased by 20% year over year in the last quarter.</li><li>The demand for its equipment rental services is relatively high, even though some parts of the economy are slowing down.</li></ul>

This is our first report on United Rentals, one of the largest equipment rental companies in the world, known for renting out construction, aerial and industrial equipment, general tools and light equipment.The company’s fleet productivity increased by roughly 9%, while rental revenue increased by 20% year over year in the last quarter.The demand for its equipment rental services is relatively high, even though some parts of the economy are slowing down.

United Rentals Inc.: Initiation of Coverage – Acquisition-Led Growth & Other Drivers

Value Investing

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

H&E Equipment Services / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>One year later, H&amp;E Equipment shares still look attractive, in spite of the exceptionally strong performance.</li><li>Tailwinds for the rental equipment industry remain strong and HEES is gearing up to accelerate its organic growth strategy.</li><li>Becoming a pure play rental company will have significant implications for the company's utilization rates and margins.</li></ul>

One year later, H&amp;E Equipment shares still look attractive, in spite of the exceptionally strong performance.Tailwinds for the rental equipment industry remain strong and HEES is gearing up to accelerate its organic growth strategy.Becoming a pure play rental company will have significant implications for the company's utilization rates and margins.

H&E Equipment: Catching Up With The Leader

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

In this publication we outline our U.S. equity strategy, and provide a detailed analysis and actionable ideas within each of our 12 Sectors. The document contains links to each Sector, as well as our comments and important technical levels for major commodities, interest rates and world markets.

In this publication we outline our U.S. equity strategy, and provide a detailed analysis and actionable ideas within each of our 12 Sectors. The document contains links to each Sector, as well as our comments and important technical levels for major commodities, interest rates and world markets.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Up and to the Right

We continue to move increasingly toward the bullish camp and we believe equities are poised for higher prices moving forward. In today’s report we outline our bullish case and highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Financials, Services, Technology and Manufacturing: Credit Card Issuers, Education Services, China, Solar Energy, and Industrial Rental Equipment.

We continue to move increasingly toward the bullish camp and we believe equities are poised for higher prices moving forward. In today’s report we outline our bullish case and highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Financials, Services, Technology and Manufacturing: Credit Card Issuers, Education Services, China, Solar Energy, and Industrial Rental Equipment.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Upgrading Cap-Weighted Communications to Overweight

We believe the market is at short-term overbought extremes and is contending with resistance. Resistance levels we are monitoring include 2,810-2,817 on the S&amp;P 500 and the 200-day moving average on the S&amp;P 600 Small Cap index... see charts below. We would welcome some consolidation or a mild pullback which would be a healthy correction of the current extended market conditions.In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Manufacturing and Technology: Construction Equipment, Industrial Rental Equipment, Data Storage Solutions &amp; Devices, Small-Cap, and Software, Financial Mgmt. Solutions.

We believe the market is at short-term overbought extremes and is contending with resistance. Resistance levels we are monitoring include 2,810-2,817 on the S&amp;P 500 and the 200-day moving average on the S&amp;P 600 Small Cap index... see charts below. We would welcome some consolidation or a mild pullback which would be a healthy correction of the current extended market conditions.In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Manufacturing and Technology: Construction Equipment, Industrial Rental Equipment, Data Storage Solutions &amp; Devices, Small-Cap, and Software, Financial Mgmt. Solutions.

United States

United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiary, is an equipment rental company operating a network of locations in the United States and Canada.  The Company serves the construction industry, industrial and commercial concerns, homeowners, and other individuals.

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United Rentals Inc.: Initiation of Coverage – Acquisition-Led Growth & Other Drivers

This is our first report on United Rentals, one of the largest equipment rental companies in the world, known for renting out construction, aerial...

Baptista Research

H&E Equipment: Catching Up With The Leader

One year later, H&E Equipment shares still look attractive, in spite of the exceptionally strong performance. Tailwinds for the rental...

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

U.S. Equity Strategy: Up and to the Right

In this publication we outline our U.S. equity strategy, and provide a detailed analysis and actionable ideas within each of our 12 Sectors. The...

Vermilion Research

U.S. Equity Strategy: Upgrading Cap-Weighted Communications to Overweight

We continue to move increasingly toward the bullish camp and we believe equities are poised for higher prices moving forward. In today’s report we...

Vermilion Research

S&P 500 and S&P 600 Testing Resistance

We believe the market is at short-term overbought extremes and is contending with resistance. Resistance levels we are monitoring include...

Vermilion Research

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