Daily Brief Equity Bottom-Up: Cardinal Health: Expanding Acquisitions Portfolio With Specialty Networks & Other Major Drivers and more

• Cardinal Health has recently announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024.
• CEO Jason Hollar and CFO Aaron Alt expressed satisfaction with the progress the company has made, demonstrating strong profit growth in both segments and expected growth for 7% to 9% in segment profit for fiscal 2024.
• Cardinal Health’s acquisition of Specialty Networks is seen as a key step in enhancing the company’s specialty growth strategy.

• International Paper Company’s financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2023 was largely influenced by challenging market conditions.
• Demand for the company’s products was notably lower throughout the bulk of the year.
• This change in demand was driven by consumers choosing to focus their spending on services and essential goods.

• Exxon Mobil Corporation concluded its fourth quarter of 2023 with strong results, emphasizing the execution excellence of its business units throughout the year.
• These results were primarily driven by the company’s commitment to its employees’ operation and safety standards alongside significant strides in project building, technology deployment, supply-chain management, and trading.
• 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.

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• Hawaiian Electric is facing potential bankruptcy due to fire liabilities and the need for expensive investments to fire-harden their assets.
• The estimated fire claims exceed the utility’s worth, with total claims including debt exceeding $4.9-7.4 billion.
• Unless the claims are significantly lower, it is unlikely that there will be any equity value for the utility, and the stock price is expected to be negatively impacted.

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• Based on the third fiscal quarter 2023 earnings, it becomes clear that WestRock is focused on improving business outcomes and delivering value to shareholders even in a challenging market environment.
• Net sales for the quarter stood at $5.1 billion, with consolidated adjusted EBITDA at $802 million.
• The company exceeded its guidance owing to strong execution, productivity gains, and moderating input costs.

• Zydus Lifesciences Ltd (ZYDUSLIF IN) reported 16% YoY and 7% QoQ growth in India formulation business revenue in Q3FY24 on the back of healthy volume growth and new product launches.
• Profitability improvement continued, with Q3FY24 improving 200 basis points YoY to 24.5%. Net profit surged 27% YoY.
• The Board approved INR6 billion buyback, representing 0.59% of total outstanding equity shares at a price of INR1005 per share (25% premium to last closing price) via tender offer route.

• Southern Copper Corporation’s earnings centered around its 2023 results and offered insight into the company’s financial outlook.
• The company reported net sales of $9,896 million in 2023, which was lower by 1.5% compared to 2022.
• Despite the reduction, the company considers the results satisfactory, owing to higher sales volumes for copper and molybdenum, as well as better prices for molybdenum and silver.

• Stanley Black & Decker Management has expressed an optimistic outlook on their financial performance for the year 2024.
• Despite facing challenging market conditions during 2023, the company demonstrated solid performance, with significant progress in two of their most important focus areas—generating above $850 million free cash flow and the continuous improvement of adjusted gross margin through each quarter.
• 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.

• The Clorox Company delivered second-quarter financial results for 2024 that exceeded expectations, driven largely by a strong recovery from a cyber attack that occurred in August.
• The company preserved its strong brand superiority by advancing its strategies to drive top line growth and rebuild margins, as well as actively managing currency headwinds in Argentina.
• Retailer inventories are being refreshed more quickly than anticipated, which is aiding the restoration of distribution and improvement of market shares.

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• Weave Communications is a SaaS business that offers communications software for specific vertical markets like dentists, veterinarians, optometrists, and small medical practices.
• The company has shown impressive growth at a rate of 20% and is on the precipice of becoming profitable.
• Weave is currently undervalued, trading at only 2x sales, despite its promising performance and potential for profitability. 

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