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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>Wolfspeed delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.</li><li>Wolfspeed had the first revenue from its Mohawk Valley fab, and it continues to project low single-digit millions of dollars in revenue for the fourth quarter, with a faster ramp in fiscal 2024.</li><li>Due to this one-time inventory drain, their management anticipates that revenue levels will increase again in the fourth quarter and subsequent quarters.</li></ul>

Wolfspeed delivered a strong result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.Wolfspeed had the first revenue from its Mohawk Valley fab, and it continues to project low single-digit millions of dollars in revenue for the fourth quarter, with a faster ramp in fiscal 2024.Due to this one-time inventory drain, their management anticipates that revenue levels will increase again in the fourth quarter and subsequent quarters.

Wolfspeed Inc.: Is The Silicon Carbide Breakthrough The Key to Future Growth? – Key Drivers

Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>OVERSEAS. US Back to Equity Declines as Fed Minutes indicate  more hikes coming;  Yield Rise across the curve; SPX -0.2% with Cyclicals hit hardest; New Car Sales up Again</li>
<li>JAPAN. NKY Futs -0.7% vs Cash; USDJPY 144.7;  RENGO confirms largest wage Hikes in 3 decades;  Rakuten Securites IPO=¥100bn? is it enough for parent?; Big Buyback from Leopalace(8848)</li>
<li>NUGGET.  Nintendo Switch Sales still has more to run ? it would seems so -as IP is driving sales to new records in its 7th YEAR !</li>
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OVERSEAS. US Back to Equity Declines as Fed Minutes indicate  more hikes coming;  Yield Rise across the curve; SPX -0.2% with Cyclicals hit hardest; New Car Sales up Again
JAPAN. NKY Futs -0.7% vs Cash; USDJPY 144.7;  RENGO confirms largest wage Hikes in 3 decades;  Rakuten Securites IPO=¥100bn? is it enough for parent?; Big Buyback from Leopalace(8848)
NUGGET.  Nintendo Switch Sales still has more to run ? it would seems so -as IP is driving sales to new records in its 7th YEAR !


Ohayo Japan| Fed to Hike, Yields Rise, Stocks Drop; NUGGET: NINTENDO SWITCH-More Gas in the Engine?

High Quality Stock Setups, Weekly Stock Bull Finder

Weekly Stock Bull Finder

High Quality Stock Setups

Finding high potential stock setups on quality companies

<ul><li>After dropping all the way back down to $75 on September 26th, OPEC’s ~1M/barrel day production cut announcement last week was followed up by another bullish crude oil inventory draw last week, which sent WTI crude oil rocketing higher 16%. </li><li>This was the largest weekly gain since Russia invaded Ukraine and caught the market by surprise. </li><li>The production cut also sent a strong signal to President Biden after OPEC agreed to a production increase in early August after his Saudi Arabia visit (last week’s cut was more than 9X the production increase previously agreed to!). </li></ul>

After dropping all the way back down to $75 on September 26th, OPEC’s ~1M/barrel day production cut announcement last week was followed up by another bullish crude oil inventory draw last week, which sent WTI crude oil rocketing higher 16%. This was the largest weekly gain since Russia invaded Ukraine and caught the market by surprise. The production cut also sent a strong signal to President Biden after OPEC agreed to a production increase in early August after his Saudi Arabia visit (last week’s cut was more than 9X the production increase previously agreed to!). 

Credit

<ul><li>This is our first report on semiconductors player, Wolfspeed.<li></li>As a result of macroeconomic disruptions, Wolfspeed delivered a mixed result, failing to meet Wall Street expectations with respect to revenues.<li></li>They opened Mohawk Valley, their fully automated 200-millimeter silicon carbide semiconductor wafer fab.</li></ul>

This is our first report on semiconductors player, Wolfspeed.As a result of macroeconomic disruptions, Wolfspeed delivered a mixed result, failing to meet Wall Street expectations with respect to revenues.They opened Mohawk Valley, their fully automated 200-millimeter silicon carbide semiconductor wafer fab.

Wolfspeed Inc.: Initiation of Coverage – Recent Collaborations

Fundamental Short Selling Research

Eric Fernandez, CFA

TwoRiversAnalytics

Forensic Accounting

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<li>This model seeks short-sale candidates among companies that use aggressive accounting and/or exhibit deteriorating quality of earnings.  </li>
<li>They are typically highly idiosyncratic shorts and require thoughtful analyses of upcoming catalysts.  When the company’s issues become well-known, there is often multiple compression as well as a rerating.</li>
<li>These shorts can have high or low betas, valuations based on artificial earnings and exhibit good short responses to subsequently disappointing earnings.</li>
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This model seeks short-sale candidates among companies that use aggressive accounting and/or exhibit deteriorating quality of earnings.  
They are typically highly idiosyncratic shorts and require thoughtful analyses of upcoming catalysts.  When the company’s issues become well-known, there is often multiple compression as well as a rerating.
These shorts can have high or low betas, valuations based on artificial earnings and exhibit good short responses to subsequently disappointing earnings.


Earnings Quality Short Candidates: CELH, FTCH, WOLF, WMG

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Wolfspeed, Inc. develops and manufactures semiconductor products. The Company offers silicon carbide and GaN solutions for both high power and RF applications. Wolfspeed serves customers worldwide.

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Wolfspeed (WOLF US)

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Wolfspeed Inc.: Initiation of Coverage – Recent Collaborations

This is our first report on semiconductors player, Wolfspeed. As a result of macroeconomic disruptions, Wolfspeed delivered a mixed result,...

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Earnings Quality Short Candidates: CELH, FTCH, WOLF, WMG

Earnings Quality shorts lead to idiosyncratic alpha. Today, we show our model rankings and highlight CELH, FTCH, WOLF, WMG.

Eric Fernandez, CFA

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