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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>Conagra Brands maintained an overall positive tone regarding its performance and future prospects in its latest earnings.</li><li>While there were signs of optimism and forward-looking strategies, there were also concerns about certain aspects of its operations and broader market conditions.</li><li>The company was seen focusing heavily on volume as being crucial for growth.</li></ul>

Conagra Brands maintained an overall positive tone regarding its performance and future prospects in its latest earnings.While there were signs of optimism and forward-looking strategies, there were also concerns about certain aspects of its operations and broader market conditions.The company was seen focusing heavily on volume as being crucial for growth.

Conagra Brands: Investments in the Frozen Segment & 5 Pivotal Factors Driving Growth! - Financial Forecasts

<ul><li>Conagra Brands, Inc. delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations, but it managed to surpass the analyst consensus in terms of earnings.</li><li>However, Conagra achieved impressive gains in adjusted gross margin and adjusted operating margin, resulting in a 16% increase in adjusted earnings per share.</li><li>The Frozen domain faced challenges in single-serve meals but maintained unit share in key categories, emphasizing the strength of Conagra's brands over the long term.</li></ul>

Conagra Brands, Inc. delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations, but it managed to surpass the analyst consensus in terms of earnings.However, Conagra achieved impressive gains in adjusted gross margin and adjusted operating margin, resulting in a 16% increase in adjusted earnings per share.The Frozen domain faced challenges in single-serve meals but maintained unit share in key categories, emphasizing the strength of Conagra's brands over the long term.

Conagra Brands Inc.: Can The Emphasis On Consumer Behavior Shift Catalyse Top-line Growth? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Conagra Brands delivered a mixed set of results in its most recent quarter, with revenues falling short of Wall Street expectations.</li><li>As Conagra made significant headway on its cost-saving initiatives and consequently saw a significant rise in service standards, its supply chain kept becoming better.</li><li>Conagra Brands further expanded its product line by introducing more than 50 new items across its frozen, grocery, and snacking divisions.</li></ul>

Conagra Brands delivered a mixed set of results in its most recent quarter, with revenues falling short of Wall Street expectations.As Conagra made significant headway on its cost-saving initiatives and consequently saw a significant rise in service standards, its supply chain kept becoming better.Conagra Brands further expanded its product line by introducing more than 50 new items across its frozen, grocery, and snacking divisions.

Conagra Brands Inc.: Summer 2023 Product Launches & Other Drivers

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<ul><li>Russell was down almost a full percent last week, but consumer staples, MLPS, and shipping performed well</li><li>Domino's reported slightly lower earnings and showed signs of global headwinds, momentum slowing</li><li>China looks like a good long bias opportunity for the second half of 2024, while consumer staples are poorly positioned for reaccelerating inflation</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.</em></p>

Russell was down almost a full percent last week, but consumer staples, MLPS, and shipping performed wellDomino's reported slightly lower earnings and showed signs of global headwinds, momentum slowingChina looks like a good long bias opportunity for the second half of 2024, while consumer staples are poorly positioned for reaccelerating inflationThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

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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.

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Health Care Select Sector SPDR / Technical Analysis

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<li>As the saying goes, "sector rotation is the lifeblood of a bull market." That appears to be exactly what is going on as we kick off 2024.</li>
<li>Leadership areas that have significantly outperformed since the October 2023 lows are starting to pull back rather hard -- and on above average volume (XLK, SMH, IGV, ARKK, IPO, BITQ)</li>
<li>Other Sectors are picking up the slack, namely Health Care (XLV), Staples (XLP), Utilities (XLU), Energy (XLE), Financials (XLF), and Real Estate (XLRE). Shift exposure toward value and defensives</li>
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As the saying goes, "sector rotation is the lifeblood of a bull market." That appears to be exactly what is going on as we kick off 2024.
Leadership areas that have significantly outperformed since the October 2023 lows are starting to pull back rather hard -- and on above average volume (XLK, SMH, IGV, ARKK, IPO, BITQ)
Other Sectors are picking up the slack, namely Health Care (XLV), Staples (XLP), Utilities (XLU), Energy (XLE), Financials (XLF), and Real Estate (XLRE). Shift exposure toward value and defensives


Upgrading Staples and Health Care to Market Weight; Shift to Value; Failed Breakouts for ARKK, IPO

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ConAgra Foods, Inc. manufactures and markets packaged foods for retail consumers, restaurants and institutions. The Company offers a wide range of food products, including meals, entrees, condiments, sides, snacks, specialty potato products, milled grain ingredients, dehydrated vegetables and seasonings, and blends and flavors.

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