Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

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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>Cintas Corporation delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter, reaching $2.38 billion compared to the previous year's $2.1 billion.</li><li>The gross margin for the quarter reached $1.14 billion, marking an 11.6% increase from the previous year.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

Cintas Corporation delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter, reaching $2.38 billion compared to the previous year's $2.1 billion.The gross margin for the quarter reached $1.14 billion, marking an 11.6% increase from the previous year.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Cintas Corporation: Energy Efficiency Initiatives Driving Favorable Outcomes - What's Next? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Cintas Corporation managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>The company's bottom line reaps the rewards of its robust volume and revenue growth.</li><li>Besides, the Fire business generated $174.3 million in revenue, with a 14.2% organic revenue growth rate.</li></ul>

Cintas Corporation managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.The company's bottom line reaps the rewards of its robust volume and revenue growth.Besides, the Fire business generated $174.3 million in revenue, with a 14.2% organic revenue growth rate.

Cintas Corporation: Collaboration With Honda & Other Major Developments

<ul><li>Cintas managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.</li><li>The Uniform Rental and Facility Services segment experienced solid organic growth driven by increased volume and new customer acquisitions.</li><li>The company's First Aid and Safety Services segment revenue grew 16.4% organically, driven by strong demand for first aid products and services, as well as training and compliance solutions whereas its All Other segment revenue grew 14.7% organically, driven by growth in fire protection services and direct sale uniform businesses.</li></ul>

Cintas managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.The Uniform Rental and Facility Services segment experienced solid organic growth driven by increased volume and new customer acquisitions.The company's First Aid and Safety Services segment revenue grew 16.4% organically, driven by strong demand for first aid products and services, as well as training and compliance solutions whereas its All Other segment revenue grew 14.7% organically, driven by growth in fire protection services and direct sale uniform businesses.

Cintas Corporation: 4 Reasons Why Cintas is Leading the Way in Uniform Rental and Safety Services! – Financial Forecasts

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>Ever since our 5/30/23 ETF Pathfinder, our view has been that we cannot be bearish unless a key support level breaks (at the time, that was 4050 on the SPX).</li>
<li>The S&amp;P 500 is now above 4300-4325 -- a level that, in January this year, we had anticipated would cap upside for 2023.</li>
<li>We believe 4300-4325 will act as major support moving forward, and we are bullish as long as the SPX is above 4300; we discussed this in our 7/3/23 ETF Pathfinder.</li>
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Ever since our 5/30/23 ETF Pathfinder, our view has been that we cannot be bearish unless a key support level breaks (at the time, that was 4050 on the SPX).
The S&amp;P 500 is now above 4300-4325 -- a level that, in January this year, we had anticipated would cap upside for 2023.
We believe 4300-4325 will act as major support moving forward, and we are bullish as long as the SPX is above 4300; we discussed this in our 7/3/23 ETF Pathfinder.


DXY Break Below $101 Suggests Breakouts Likely Coming for Equal-Weight SPX, Dow, and Russell 2000

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>To mix it up this week, I am going to journal out the top chart patterns I generally look for when scanning and reviewing charts.</li><li>This post will also include some examples of price action that I typically look for, coupled with fundamental research, which has yielded the best entries and results over the years.</li><li>For starters, I focus on weekly charts to eliminate the noise of the hourly and daily charts which allows for confirming whether the name is in a strong uptrend (defined as above both rising 10WK/40WK moving averages).</li></ul>

To mix it up this week, I am going to journal out the top chart patterns I generally look for when scanning and reviewing charts.This post will also include some examples of price action that I typically look for, coupled with fundamental research, which has yielded the best entries and results over the years.For starters, I focus on weekly charts to eliminate the noise of the hourly and daily charts which allows for confirming whether the name is in a strong uptrend (defined as above both rising 10WK/40WK moving averages).

United States

Cintas Corporation designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs.  The Company also provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, document management, fire protection, and first aid and safety services.

Cintas Corp (CTAS US)

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Baptista Research

DXY Break Below $101 Suggests Breakouts Likely Coming for Equal-Weight SPX, Dow, and Russell 2000

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Weekly Stock Bullfinder - Week of 6/5

To mix it up this week, I am going to journal out the top chart patterns I generally look for when scanning and reviewing charts.

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