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>Equinor ASA's third-quarter results offer a mixed picture of the company’s operational strengths and the financial environment it navigates.</li><li>The company reported strong operational performance, marked by a notable 7% increase in production compared to the previous year.</li><li>Key contributors to this performance were the high regularity of Johan Sverdrup and Johan Castberg's premium production.</li></ul>

Equinor ASA's third-quarter results offer a mixed picture of the company’s operational strengths and the financial environment it navigates.The company reported strong operational performance, marked by a notable 7% increase in production compared to the previous year.Key contributors to this performance were the high regularity of Johan Sverdrup and Johan Castberg's premium production.

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Oil and Gas, Mint Finance

Suhas Reddy

Oil and Gas

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Commodities

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<li>Refining margins have become the key driver of energy profits as tight fuel markets, limited spare capacity, and geopolitical disruptions reshape the downstream outlook.</li>
<li>Refiners are capturing outsized profits as product markets remain tighter than crude, with delayed capacity recovery and supply disruptions supporting elevated crack spreads into Q3.</li>
<li>Refining margins are unlikely to normalise quickly, as refinery disruptions in the Middle East and Russia, coupled with limited spare capacity, continue to constrain global fuel supplies.</li>
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Refining margins have become the key driver of energy profits as tight fuel markets, limited spare capacity, and geopolitical disruptions reshape the downstream outlook.
Refiners are capturing outsized profits as product markets remain tighter than crude, with delayed capacity recovery and supply disruptions supporting elevated crack spreads into Q3.
Refining margins are unlikely to normalise quickly, as refinery disruptions in the Middle East and Russia, coupled with limited spare capacity, continue to constrain global fuel supplies.


The Refining Advantage: Why Fuel Markets, Not Crude Oil, Are Driving Energy Profits

Equity Capital Markets and Advisory Business, Auctus Advisors

Auctus Advisors

Equity Capital Markets and Advisory Business

Auctus Advisors is a specialist Equity Capital Markets and Advisory business with a focus in the Energy Sector. The partners have complementary skill sets, with decades of experience across Equity Capital Markets, Investment Banking and the Energy industry. We have worked at Société Générale, Canaccord Capital, BMO Capital Markets and Schlumberger. Most recently we have worked together for many years at GMP FirstEnergy. Auctus has been set up at the beginning of a new decade in which we see significant opportunities in the Energy space. Globally, demand for energy is at record levels and continues to grow. Conversely, investment in traditional energy sources has been severely constrained. We believe this imbalance creates opportunities for both companies and investors. Auctus provides Corporate Broking, Equity Research and Investment Banking services.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ ADX Energy (ADX AU)C; Target price of A$0.16 per share: Equity raise to fund Production growth and exploration upside in Austria – ADX has raised A$3.58 mm in new equity at A$0.020 per share.</li><li> Investors also received one option per new share, exercisable at A$0.030 per share.</li><li>Proceeds will fund the extended testing programme at the HOCH‑1 shallow gas discovery, ongoing shallow gas drilling at GOLD-1, Sicily Channel prospect maturation and working capital.</li></ul>

AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ ADX Energy (ADX AU)C; Target price of A$0.16 per share: Equity raise to fund Production growth and exploration upside in Austria – ADX has raised A$3.58 mm in new equity at A$0.020 per share. Investors also received one option per new share, exercisable at A$0.030 per share.Proceeds will fund the extended testing programme at the HOCH‑1 shallow gas discovery, ongoing shallow gas drilling at GOLD-1, Sicily Channel prospect maturation and working capital.

<ul><li>AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ ADX Energy (ADX AU)C; Target price of A$0.19 per share: Natural gas encountered at HOCH-1 – The HOCH-1 well encountered a first intersection of gas filled sands (100% methane) in the primary target (Hall formation) at ~1350 m.</li><li>The well was deepened and encountered six further sands approximately 1 to 2 metres thick with gas shows below the primary target interval between 1354 to 1368 m.</li><li>A wireline logging program will be run to confirm reservoir quality, net reservoir thickness and gas saturation.</li></ul>

AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ ADX Energy (ADX AU)C; Target price of A$0.19 per share: Natural gas encountered at HOCH-1 – The HOCH-1 well encountered a first intersection of gas filled sands (100% methane) in the primary target (Hall formation) at ~1350 m.The well was deepened and encountered six further sands approximately 1 to 2 metres thick with gas shows below the primary target interval between 1354 to 1368 m.A wireline logging program will be run to confirm reservoir quality, net reservoir thickness and gas saturation.

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>Our global near-term outlook remains neutral on MSCI ACWI (in place since our 3/17/26 Int'l Macro Vision); we downgraded our outlook after ACWI-US broke below $141.50 support.</li>
<li>We downgraded our outlook to bearish on U.S. equities (S&amp;P 500) on March 31. Global equities have held up a bit better, and crucial support held at $134 on ACWI-US.</li>
<li>While we remain defensive and are concerned that ACWI-US will break down, we would only turn bearish on global equities if ACWI-US breaks below $134.</li>
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Our global near-term outlook remains neutral on MSCI ACWI (in place since our 3/17/26 Int'l Macro Vision); we downgraded our outlook after ACWI-US broke below $141.50 support.
We downgraded our outlook to bearish on U.S. equities (S&amp;P 500) on March 31. Global equities have held up a bit better, and crucial support held at $134 on ACWI-US.
While we remain defensive and are concerned that ACWI-US will break down, we would only turn bearish on global equities if ACWI-US breaks below $134.


Upgrading Norway to Overweight; Stay Defensive. Buys in Utilities, Energy, and Materials

Norway

Equinor ASA operates as an energy company. The Company develops oil, gas, wind, and solar energy projects, as well as focuses on offshore operations and exploration services. Equinor serves customers worldwide.

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Equinor’s Renewable Revolution: Is the Offshore Wind Bet About to Pay Off Big?

Equinor ASA's third-quarter results offer a mixed picture of the company’s operational strengths and the financial environment it navigates. The...

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The Refining Advantage: Why Fuel Markets, Not Crude Oil, Are Driving Energy Profits

​Refining margins drive energy profits amid tight markets, limited capacity, and geopolitical disruptions, with outsized profits expected to...

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AUCTUS ON FRIDAY - 24.07.2026

AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ ADX Energy (ADX AU)C; Target price of A$0.16 per share: Equity raise to fund...

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AUCTUS ON FRIDAY - 08.05.2026

AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ ADX Energy (ADX AU)C; Target price of A$0.19 per share: Natural gas encountered at...

Auctus Advisors

Upgrading Norway to Overweight; Stay Defensive. Buys in Utilities, Energy, and Materials

Upgrading Norway to Overweight; Stay Defensive. Buys in global Utilities, Energy, and Materials. $ACWI support at $134 holding for now, but still...

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Refining margins drive energy profits amid tight markets, limited capacity, and geopolitical disruptions, with outsized profits expected to...