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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>Asbury Automotive Group (ABG) recently provided an update detailing its financial and operational performance for the third quarter of 2025, highlighting both strategic advancements and areas where challenges persist.</li><li>From a financial standpoint, ABG reported record quarterly revenue of $4.8 billion and a gross profit of $803 million, resulting in a gross profit margin of 16.7%.</li><li>The company's adjusted operating margin stood at 5.5%, and adjusted earnings per share reached $7.17, with an adjusted EBITDA of $261 million.</li></ul>

Asbury Automotive Group (ABG) recently provided an update detailing its financial and operational performance for the third quarter of 2025, highlighting both strategic advancements and areas where challenges persist.From a financial standpoint, ABG reported record quarterly revenue of $4.8 billion and a gross profit of $803 million, resulting in a gross profit margin of 16.7%.The company's adjusted operating margin stood at 5.5%, and adjusted earnings per share reached $7.17, with an adjusted EBITDA of $261 million.

Asbury Automotive Group’s Bold EV Move: Can It Survive the Electric Revolution?

<ul><li>Asbury Automotive Group's second quarter 2025 earnings report reveals a complex mix of positive performances and ongoing challenges.</li><li>The company's revenue reached $4.4 billion with a gross profit of $752 million, achieving a gross profit margin of 17.2%.</li><li>A key highlight from the quarter was the successful acquisition of Herb Chambers Automotive Group, valued at approximately $1.45 billion, which expanded Asbury's presence in the stable New England market.</li></ul>

Asbury Automotive Group's second quarter 2025 earnings report reveals a complex mix of positive performances and ongoing challenges.The company's revenue reached $4.4 billion with a gross profit of $752 million, achieving a gross profit margin of 17.2%.A key highlight from the quarter was the successful acquisition of Herb Chambers Automotive Group, valued at approximately $1.45 billion, which expanded Asbury's presence in the stable New England market.

Asbury Automotive Group: Technological Advancements with Tekion to Further Solidify Its Market Competitiveness!

<ul><li>Asbury Automotive Group's first quarter of 2025 financial performance showcased both strong aspects and potential challenges.</li><li>The company reported revenue of $4.1 billion, with a gross profit of $724 million, yielding a gross profit margin of 17.5%.</li><li>Despite facing tariff-related uncertainties, Asbury achieved an all-time record gross profit in its parts and service division, with a same-store gross profit increase of 5% and a 6% rise in same-store customer pay gross.</li></ul>

Asbury Automotive Group's first quarter of 2025 financial performance showcased both strong aspects and potential challenges.The company reported revenue of $4.1 billion, with a gross profit of $724 million, yielding a gross profit margin of 17.5%.Despite facing tariff-related uncertainties, Asbury achieved an all-time record gross profit in its parts and service division, with a same-store gross profit increase of 5% and a 6% rise in same-store customer pay gross.

Asbury Automotive Group Goes High-Tech: Inside the Bold Tekion Integration That’s Slashing Costs!

<ul><li>Asbury Automotive Group reported strong fourth-quarter results for 2024, reflecting effective execution by its team amid dynamic market conditions.</li><li>The company saw an 18% year-over-year increase in revenue, reaching a record $4.5 billion, accompanied by an 11% increase in gross profit to $750 million, resulting in a gross profit margin of 16.6%.</li><li>These results were driven by a 7% rise in same-store new vehicle sales and strategic focus on profitability, particularly in the used vehicle segment where supply challenges persist.</li></ul>

Asbury Automotive Group reported strong fourth-quarter results for 2024, reflecting effective execution by its team amid dynamic market conditions.The company saw an 18% year-over-year increase in revenue, reaching a record $4.5 billion, accompanied by an 11% increase in gross profit to $750 million, resulting in a gross profit margin of 16.6%.These results were driven by a 7% rise in same-store new vehicle sales and strategic focus on profitability, particularly in the used vehicle segment where supply challenges persist.

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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.

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Super Micro Computer / Technical Analysis

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<li>We are seeing signs that this 2+ month consolidation in the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) is ready to break out to the upside. Buy/stay long.</li>
<li>Part of that is the obvious; both the SPX and QQQ are breaking out to marginal new highs. </li>
<li>The other part that has kept us bullish this whole time is that market dynamics have remained risk-on, which we have discussed on a weekly basis.</li>
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We are seeing signs that this 2+ month consolidation in the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) is ready to break out to the upside. Buy/stay long.
Part of that is the obvious; both the SPX and QQQ are breaking out to marginal new highs. 
The other part that has kept us bullish this whole time is that market dynamics have remained risk-on, which we have discussed on a weekly basis.


S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Breaking Out; Upside Resuming; DXY and Yields Forming Major Tops?

United States

Asbury Automotive Group Inc. is an automotive retailer operating franchises and dealership locations in the United States.  The Company offers new and used vehicles and related financing and insurance, vehicle maintenance and repair services, replacement parts, and service contracts.  Asbury's dealerships are primarily either luxury or mid-line import brands.

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