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>Aurora Cannabis has moved into the center of cannabis M&A speculation after Curaleaf Holdings (TSX:CURA) disclosed an unsolicited proposal to acquire the Canadian producer for roughly $272 million, or $4 per share.</li><li>The proposal consists of 0.3463 Curaleaf shares plus $0.75 in cash for each Aurora share and represented a premium of more than 45% to Aurora’s 30-day volume-weighted average price.</li><li>Aurora has formed a special committee of independent directors to review the approach while disputing Curaleaf’s claim that it refused engagement.</li></ul>

Aurora Cannabis has moved into the center of cannabis M&A speculation after Curaleaf Holdings (TSX:CURA) disclosed an unsolicited proposal to acquire the Canadian producer for roughly $272 million, or $4 per share.The proposal consists of 0.3463 Curaleaf shares plus $0.75 in cash for each Aurora share and represented a premium of more than 45% to Aurora’s 30-day volume-weighted average price.Aurora has formed a special committee of independent directors to review the approach while disputing Curaleaf’s claim that it refused engagement.

Aurora Cannabis Takeover Shock: Four Synergies Curaleaf Could Unlock!

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 last week's Compass we highlighted what we view as compelling signals that risk appetites are improving, which is bullish for the broad market. The trend of improving risk appetites has only continued over the past week and we are moving toward an outright bullish outlook.

In last week's Compass we highlighted what we view as compelling signals that risk appetites are improving, which is bullish for the broad market. The trend of improving risk appetites has only continued over the past week and we are moving toward an outright bullish outlook.

U.S. Equity Strategy: Small-Caps Re-Emerging As Leadership

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

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<li>Shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tilray-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27402:1" rel="noopener">Tilray Inc (TLRY US)</a> hit 52-week low amid delay to pass a federal marijuana legalization bill in the U.S., falling cannabis prices and intense competition among cannabis producers.</li>
<li>Tilray’s valuation looks attractive keeping in mind upcoming (Jan-Mar 2022) marijuana legalization at the federal level in the United States and acquisition of Breckenridge Distillery and MedMen.</li>
<li>We expect <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tilray-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27402:1" rel="noopener">Tilray Inc (TLRY US)</a> will report strong earnings for Q2’FY22 on January 10th next year and see interest from Big Tobacco to enter high-growth marijuana business.</li>
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Shares of Tilray Inc (TLRY US) hit 52-week low amid delay to pass a federal marijuana legalization bill in the U.S., falling cannabis prices and intense competition among cannabis producers.
Tilray’s valuation looks attractive keeping in mind upcoming (Jan-Mar 2022) marijuana legalization at the federal level in the United States and acquisition of Breckenridge Distillery and MedMen.
We expect Tilray Inc (TLRY US) will report strong earnings for Q2’FY22 on January 10th next year and see interest from Big Tobacco to enter high-growth marijuana business.


Opportunity To Secure a Strategic Investment From a Big Tobacco Company?

Transport Sector, China and Asia-focused Research

Charles De Trenck

We are at the start of a new page for an old industry, with marijuana becoming legal in many markets faster than we could have imagined a decade ago. The move this week by<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/8065" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8065:1">Constellation Brands Inc A (STZ US)</a> to increase its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/25083" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25083:1">Canopy Growth (WEED CN)</a> is a game changer.Some US states have made the move into medical and recreational marijuana, with California becoming the big catch in Jan 2018. We all know this, and this has been reflected in share prices of many counters in 2017-18 rallies.…

We are at the start of a new page for an old industry, with marijuana becoming legal in many markets faster than we could have imagined a decade ago. The move this week byConstellation Brands Inc A (STZ US) to increase its stake in Canopy Growth (WEED CN) is a game changer.Some US states have made the move into medical and recreational marijuana, with California becoming the big catch in Jan 2018. We all know this, and this has been reflected in share prices of many counters in 2017-18 rallies.…

Cannabis: Game Change Buy In from Alcoholic Beverages Player (Constellation Brands + Canopy Growth)

Canada

Aurora Cannabis Inc., through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the production and distribution of medical cannabis. The Company is vertically integrated and horizontally diversified across every key segment of the value chain, from facility engineering, and design to cannabis breeding and genetics research, cannabis and hemp production, derivatives, and home cultivation.

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Aurora Cannabis (ACB CN)

Aurora Cannabis Takeover Shock: Four Synergies Curaleaf Could Unlock!

Aurora Cannabis has moved into the center of cannabis M&A speculation after Curaleaf Holdings (TSX:CURA) disclosed an unsolicited proposal to...

Baptista Research

U.S. Equity Strategy: Small-Caps Re-Emerging As Leadership

We continue to see compelling signals that suggest risk appetites are improving, which is bullish for the broad market. As a result, we are moving...

Vermilion Research

Opportunity To Secure a Strategic Investment From a Big Tobacco Company?

We believe Tilray is a promising investment in global cannabis industry keeping in mind strong interest from Big Tobacco and upcoming marijuana...

Andrei Zakharov

Cannabis: Game Change Buy In from Alcoholic Beverages Player (Constellation Brands + Canopy Growth)

We are at the start of a new page for an old industry, with marijuana becoming legal in many markets faster than we could have imagined a decade...

Charles De Trenck

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