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>When Coca-Cola announced its £3.9 billion ($5.1 billion) acquisition of Costa Coffee in August 2018, it envisioned building a global coffee powerhouse capable of expanding across stores, vending machines, and ready-to-drink beverages.</li><li>The acquisition was completed in January 2019, giving Coca-Cola control of one of Britain's most recognizable coffee chains.</li><li>Nearly eight years after the announcement, that ambition faces an uncomfortable reality.</li></ul>

When Coca-Cola announced its £3.9 billion ($5.1 billion) acquisition of Costa Coffee in August 2018, it envisioned building a global coffee powerhouse capable of expanding across stores, vending machines, and ready-to-drink beverages.The acquisition was completed in January 2019, giving Coca-Cola control of one of Britain's most recognizable coffee chains.Nearly eight years after the announcement, that ambition faces an uncomfortable reality.

Coca-Cola's $5 Billion Coffee Bet Is Backfiring—What Went Wrong?

<ul><li>The Coca-Cola Company reported a solid performance for the second quarter of 2026, characterized by broad-based volume growth and expanding margins amid a mixed global economic environment.</li><li>The company delivered 5% volume growth for the quarter and organic revenue growth at the high end of its long-term algorithm, though over a two-year average, volume growth moderated to 2%.</li><li>This reflected a balanced top-line contribution amidst challenges in various consumer markets due to inflationary pressures and geopolitical uncertainty.</li></ul>

The Coca-Cola Company reported a solid performance for the second quarter of 2026, characterized by broad-based volume growth and expanding margins amid a mixed global economic environment.The company delivered 5% volume growth for the quarter and organic revenue growth at the high end of its long-term algorithm, though over a two-year average, volume growth moderated to 2%.This reflected a balanced top-line contribution amidst challenges in various consumer markets due to inflationary pressures and geopolitical uncertainty.

The Coca-Cola Company Turns FIFA Buzz Into Its Best Trademark Growth In 17 Years!

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term, Urbem (HK) Limited

Urbem Capital

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

Urbem (HK) Limited

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<li>From energy drinks to a 19th-century land trust, ten different stocks turned USD 1 into over USD 300 from 2001 to mid-2025, versus USD 7.7 for the S&amp;P 1500.</li>
<li>Five conditions explain their compounding: a long runway, self-funding growth, pricing power, scale that improved the business, and per-share discipline, guided by owner-minded leaders.</li>
<li>The next pre-giants show improving rather than already-high returns, gross margin rising first, and a label the market still gets wrong; our screen sets out what to test.</li>
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From energy drinks to a 19th-century land trust, ten different stocks turned USD 1 into over USD 300 from 2001 to mid-2025, versus USD 7.7 for the S&amp;P 1500.
Five conditions explain their compounding: a long runway, self-funding growth, pricing power, scale that improved the business, and per-share discipline, guided by owner-minded leaders.
The next pre-giants show improving rather than already-high returns, gross margin rising first, and a label the market still gets wrong; our screen sets out what to test.


Before They Were Giants: What Ten 300-Baggers Shared, and How to Spot the Next One

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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<li>Both of Nongfu’s gross margin and growth rate rank No. 2 among beverage big eight.</li>
<li>The company won the price war in both drinkable water and beverage.</li>
<li>We believe revenue will grow by 15% YoY and the operating margin will be stable in 1H26.</li>
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Both of Nongfu’s gross margin and growth rate rank No. 2 among beverage big eight.
The company won the price war in both drinkable water and beverage.
We believe revenue will grow by 15% YoY and the operating margin will be stable in 1H26.


Nongfu Spring (9633 HK): Buy Potential Coca-Cola After Chip Boom

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>The changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)</a>, S&amp;P400 Index and S&amp;P600 Index will be announced after market close on Friday.</li>
<li>The conclusions of the market consultation to change the index weighting methodology for the Select Sector Indices to reduce concentration and avoid reverse turnover should also be announced.</li>
<li>Changes in the index weighting methodology will result in a round-trip trade of US$35bn across the Select Sector indices. The largest turnover is in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/consumer-staples-select-sector-spdr-fund" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27536:1" rel="noopener">XLP</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/technology-select-sector-spdr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27543:1" rel="noopener">XLK</a>.</li>
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The changes to the S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX), S&amp;P400 Index and S&amp;P600 Index will be announced after market close on Friday.
The conclusions of the market consultation to change the index weighting methodology for the Select Sector Indices to reduce concentration and avoid reverse turnover should also be announced.
Changes in the index weighting methodology will result in a round-trip trade of US$35bn across the Select Sector indices. The largest turnover is in the XLP and XLK.


Select Sector Indices - Updated Flows as Round-Trip Trade Hits US$35bn

United States

The Coca-Cola Company manufactures, markets, and distributes soft drink concentrates and syrups.  The Company also distributes and markets juice and juice-drink products.  Coca-Cola distributes its products to retailers and wholesalers in the United States and internationally.

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Coca-Cola's $5 Billion Coffee Bet Is Backfiring—What Went Wrong?

When Coca-Cola announced its £3.9 billion ($5.1 billion) acquisition of Costa Coffee in August 2018, it envisioned building a global coffee...

Baptista Research

The Coca-Cola Company Turns FIFA Buzz Into Its Best Trademark Growth In 17 Years!

The Coca-Cola Company reported a solid performance for the second quarter of 2026, characterized by broad-based volume growth and expanding...

Baptista Research

Before They Were Giants: What Ten 300-Baggers Shared, and How to Spot the Next One

An energy drink, a freight carrier and a 19th-century land trust beat the market by hundreds of times. The traits they shared were visible earlier...

Urbem Capital

Nongfu Spring (9633 HK): Buy Potential Coca-Cola After Chip Boom

Both of Nongfu’s gross margin and growth rate rank No. 2 among beverage big eight. The company won the price war in both drinkable water and...

Ming Lu

Select Sector Indices - Updated Flows as Round-Trip Trade Hits US$35bn

US$300bn tracks the Select Sector Indices. Implementation of proposed changes will set off a US$35bn trade. Apple could be bought by multiple...

Brian Freitas

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