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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>Constellation Brands reported strong Q3 results, driven by robust performance in their beer business, achieving over 8% depletion growth for its beer portfolio.</li><li>This performance is a testament to continued strong consumer demand and contributed to the company's 55th consecutive quarter of depletion growth and tenth leading share gains.</li><li>The company also executed $215 million of share repurchases in Q3, maintaining its net leverage ratio at 3.2x, excluding Canopy equity and earnings.</li></ul>

Constellation Brands reported strong Q3 results, driven by robust performance in their beer business, achieving over 8% depletion growth for its beer portfolio.This performance is a testament to continued strong consumer demand and contributed to the company's 55th consecutive quarter of depletion growth and tenth leading share gains.The company also executed $215 million of share repurchases in Q3, maintaining its net leverage ratio at 3.2x, excluding Canopy equity and earnings.

Constellation Brands: What Is Its Portfolio Transformation Strategy in Wine and Spirits? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Constellation Brands surpassed the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Modelo Especial drove outstanding performance, achieving double-digit volume growth and reinforcing its position as the leading US beer brand.</li><li>Looking ahead, Constellation Brands anticipates sustained momentum in the beer business, driven by consumer trends like premiumization and the growth of the Hispanic population.</li></ul>

Constellation Brands surpassed the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.Modelo Especial drove outstanding performance, achieving double-digit volume growth and reinforcing its position as the leading US beer brand.Looking ahead, Constellation Brands anticipates sustained momentum in the beer business, driven by consumer trends like premiumization and the growth of the Hispanic population.

Constellation Brands Inc.: Innovative Strategies Fueling Record Market Shares! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Constellation Brands, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.</li><li>The company's beer business generated significant growth for the quarter while steadily moving forward with all 4 of its strategic projects.</li><li>Their larger premium and luxury brands in the higher-end wine area of their portfolio experienced weaker segment demand in April.</li></ul>

Constellation Brands, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.The company's beer business generated significant growth for the quarter while steadily moving forward with all 4 of its strategic projects.Their larger premium and luxury brands in the higher-end wine area of their portfolio experienced weaker segment demand in April.

Constellation Brands Inc.: Making Waves in the Beverage World! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Given the impact of inflationary headwinds encountered throughout the year, Constellation Brands’ financial performance was not up to expectations.</li><li>The company delivered a 7% increase in net sales in the quarter which was below expectations along with a 3% increase in comparable operating income which resulted in an earnings beat.</li><li>Constellation Brands achieved record net sales of $9.5 billion and equivalent operating profits of $3 billion for the year.</li></ul>

Given the impact of inflationary headwinds encountered throughout the year, Constellation Brands’ financial performance was not up to expectations.The company delivered a 7% increase in net sales in the quarter which was below expectations along with a 3% increase in comparable operating income which resulted in an earnings beat.Constellation Brands achieved record net sales of $9.5 billion and equivalent operating profits of $3 billion for the year.

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<ul><li>The start of the second half of the year so far has seen a change in the market themes versus the first half of the year.</li><li>Microsoft’s declaration in January 2023 that AI would emerge as the next computing platform coupled with Nvidia’s shocking earnings guide up last quarter, coupled with a weaker dollar and decline in bond yields, provided fuel in the first half of the year for the technology sector and garnered investor eyeballs to anything closely associated with AI.</li><li>However, on Microsoft’s most recent earnings call on July 25th, CFO Amy Hood stated “Even with strong demand and a leadership position, growth from our AI services will be gradual as Azure AI scales and our copilots reach general availability dates. So for FY '24, the impact will be weighted towards H2.”</li></ul>

The start of the second half of the year so far has seen a change in the market themes versus the first half of the year.Microsoft’s declaration in January 2023 that AI would emerge as the next computing platform coupled with Nvidia’s shocking earnings guide up last quarter, coupled with a weaker dollar and decline in bond yields, provided fuel in the first half of the year for the technology sector and garnered investor eyeballs to anything closely associated with AI.However, on Microsoft’s most recent earnings call on July 25th, CFO Amy Hood stated “Even with strong demand and a leadership position, growth from our AI services will be gradual as Azure AI scales and our copilots reach general availability dates. So for FY '24, the impact will be weighted towards H2.”

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Constellation Brands, Inc. produces and markets alcoholic beverages in North America, Europe, and Australia, and New Zealand. The Company has a portfolio of brands across the wine, imported beer, and distilled spirits categories. Constellation conducts its business through wholly owned subsidiaries as well as through a variety of joint ventures with various other entities.

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Constellation Brands Inc.: Making Waves in the Beverage World! - Major Drivers

Constellation Brands, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings. The company's beer business generated...

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