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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.

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<ul><li>Colgate-Palmolive began fiscal 2026 with reported strong top-line and bottom-line growth, showing an acceleration in organic sales driven primarily by volume gains, notably in the Asia Pacific region.</li><li>The company’s emerging markets demonstrated solid performance across most divisions and product categories, underpinned by strategic investments in advertising and innovation.</li><li>Colgate-Palmolive emphasized the continued strength of its global brands and the positive impact of its omnichannel demand generation efforts, data analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities on sustaining growth and improving market share.</li></ul>

Colgate-Palmolive began fiscal 2026 with reported strong top-line and bottom-line growth, showing an acceleration in organic sales driven primarily by volume gains, notably in the Asia Pacific region.The company’s emerging markets demonstrated solid performance across most divisions and product categories, underpinned by strategic investments in advertising and innovation.Colgate-Palmolive emphasized the continued strength of its global brands and the positive impact of its omnichannel demand generation efforts, data analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities on sustaining growth and improving market share.

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<li>The US economy’s resilience hasn’t come from the many – it’s come from the top 10% as the “wealth effect” from rising asset prices has boosted spending.</li>
<li>But it works in reverse too.  Since the richest make up nearly half of America’s consumer spending, that could lead to a serious economic fallout.</li>
<li>It’s worth considering protecting your portfolio. I’ve pulled together one list of companies that should do well and another that could suffer from the change in climate.</li>
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The US economy’s resilience hasn’t come from the many – it’s come from the top 10% as the “wealth effect” from rising asset prices has boosted spending.
But it works in reverse too.  Since the richest make up nearly half of America’s consumer spending, that could lead to a serious economic fallout.
It’s worth considering protecting your portfolio. I’ve pulled together one list of companies that should do well and another that could suffer from the change in climate.


A Defensive Portfolio Prepared For The Wealth Effect’s Reversal

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

<ul><li>Colgate-Palmolive Company exited 2025 with results that reflected resilience in a volatile operating environment, supported by brand strength, geographic diversification, and disciplined execution, while also highlighting several structural and cyclical challenges that continue to shape the investment outlook.</li><li>The company delivered growth in organic sales, net sales, gross profit, base business earnings per share, and free cash flow despite slower category growth, higher raw material inflation, and tariff-related pressures.</li><li>Sequential improvement in organic sales across most divisions in the fourth quarter and modest underlying volume growth indicated improved momentum heading into 2026, although performance remained uneven by region and category.</li></ul>

Colgate-Palmolive Company exited 2025 with results that reflected resilience in a volatile operating environment, supported by brand strength, geographic diversification, and disciplined execution, while also highlighting several structural and cyclical challenges that continue to shape the investment outlook.The company delivered growth in organic sales, net sales, gross profit, base business earnings per share, and free cash flow despite slower category growth, higher raw material inflation, and tariff-related pressures.Sequential improvement in organic sales across most divisions in the fourth quarter and modest underlying volume growth indicated improved momentum heading into 2026, although performance remained uneven by region and category.

Colgate-Palmolive’s 2030 Reset—Can Execution Deliver Durable Growth and Margin Resilience?

<ul><li>Colgate-Palmolive's third-quarter results provide a mixed picture of the company's current position in the consumer goods industry.</li><li>The operating environment remains challenging, with pressures such as consumer uncertainty, inflation, tariffs, and geopolitical factors impacting both sales and profit growth for Colgate-Palmolive and the broader sector.</li><li>Despite these headwinds, the company remains focused on its long-term strategic goals outlined in their 2030 strategy, which builds upon the progress achieved during the 2025 plan.</li></ul>

Colgate-Palmolive's third-quarter results provide a mixed picture of the company's current position in the consumer goods industry.The operating environment remains challenging, with pressures such as consumer uncertainty, inflation, tariffs, and geopolitical factors impacting both sales and profit growth for Colgate-Palmolive and the broader sector.Despite these headwinds, the company remains focused on its long-term strategic goals outlined in their 2030 strategy, which builds upon the progress achieved during the 2025 plan.

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Colgate-Palmolive Company is a consumer products company that markets its products throughout the world.  The Company's products include toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoos, deodorants, bar and liquid soaps, dishwashing liquid, and laundry products, as well as pet nutrition products for cats and dogs.

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