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>The latest financial performance of Atmos Energy Corporation shows a robust fiscal year, underpinned by significant regulatory outcomes and steady customer growth, evident from the fiscal 2024 third quarter earnings call.</li><li>The company's performance for the fiscal year up to the third quarter boasted a notable increase in diluted earnings per share, standing at $6 compared to $5.33 in the comparable period from the prior year.</li><li>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.</li></ul>

The latest financial performance of Atmos Energy Corporation shows a robust fiscal year, underpinned by significant regulatory outcomes and steady customer growth, evident from the fiscal 2024 third quarter earnings call.The company's performance for the fiscal year up to the third quarter boasted a notable increase in diluted earnings per share, standing at $6 compared to $5.33 in the comparable period from the prior year.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.

Atmos Energy Corporation: A Tale Of Revenue Stability Through Rate Cases and Spread Management! - Major Drivers

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

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<li>The SPX is back near YTD highs and testing resistance in the 5670-5783 range, and we view this as an ideal time to reduce risk and shift to defensives.</li>
<li>We continue to believe that the SPX and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) are going through a 1- to 4-month pullback/consolidation that could end up being a topping pattern.</li>
<li>After laying out expectations in our 8/13/24 Compass report for a bounce and test of YTD highs, we now expect SPX to roll over near current levels </li>
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The SPX is back near YTD highs and testing resistance in the 5670-5783 range, and we view this as an ideal time to reduce risk and shift to defensives.
We continue to believe that the SPX and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) are going through a 1- to 4-month pullback/consolidation that could end up being a topping pattern.
After laying out expectations in our 8/13/24 Compass report for a bounce and test of YTD highs, we now expect SPX to roll over near current levels 


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<ul><li>Atmos Energy Corporation has presented a robust fiscal performance for the second quarter of 2024, showing notable advancements and developments across various segments.</li><li>The company reported a year-to-date net income of $743 million, translating to earnings per share of $4.93, with an updated guidance range of $6.70 to $6.80 for the fiscal year.</li><li>These figures represent a performance uptick and reflect the ongoing efforts of Atmos Energy to modernize and expand its services.</li></ul>

Atmos Energy Corporation has presented a robust fiscal performance for the second quarter of 2024, showing notable advancements and developments across various segments.The company reported a year-to-date net income of $743 million, translating to earnings per share of $4.93, with an updated guidance range of $6.70 to $6.80 for the fiscal year.These figures represent a performance uptick and reflect the ongoing efforts of Atmos Energy to modernize and expand its services.

Atmos Energy Corporation: Initiation of Coverage - What Is Their Core Business Strategy? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Atmos Energy Corporation has provided an update on their fiscal 2024 second quarter results in their latest earnings call.</li><li>The company reported a year-to-date net income of $743 million and has revised their fiscal 2024 earnings per share guidance to a range of $6.70 to $6.80, indicating a sound financial performance.</li><li>The company attributes their performance to the commitment and hard work of its employees in modernizing their natural gas distribution, transmission and storage systems, and providing reliable service to their 3.4 million customers.</li></ul>

Atmos Energy Corporation has provided an update on their fiscal 2024 second quarter results in their latest earnings call.The company reported a year-to-date net income of $743 million and has revised their fiscal 2024 earnings per share guidance to a range of $6.70 to $6.80, indicating a sound financial performance.The company attributes their performance to the commitment and hard work of its employees in modernizing their natural gas distribution, transmission and storage systems, and providing reliable service to their 3.4 million customers.

Atmos Energy Corporation: Initiation of Coverage - Sustained Growth Through Strategic Investments and Regulatory Support! - Major Drivers

<p>We remain cautious as there continues to be several new or persisting negative signals which tell us that upside is likely to be muted from here -- barring improvements. At the same time we are not seeing widespread breakdowns and the major averages are still consolidating within a 1-month horizontal range. As long as this consolidation continues, a neutral outlook is appropriate. In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within health care staffing, silver, and platinum miners, and Electric and Gas utilities.</p>

We remain cautious as there continues to be several new or persisting negative signals which tell us that upside is likely to be muted from here -- barring improvements. At the same time we are not seeing widespread breakdowns and the major averages are still consolidating within a 1-month horizontal range. As long as this consolidation continues, a neutral outlook is appropriate. In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within health care staffing, silver, and platinum miners, and Electric and Gas utilities.

S&P 500 Consolidating Despite Negative Signals

United States

Atmos Energy Corporation distributes natural gas to utility customers in several states.  The Company's non-utility operations span various states and provide natural gas marketing and procurement services to large customers.  Atmos Energy also manages company-owned natural gas storage and pipeline assets, including an intrastate natural gas pipeline in Texas.

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