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.
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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Equinor ASA, a leading Norwegian energy company, showed impressive operational performance in Q1 2023, backed by strong production and an increase in liquid prices.</li><li>Equinor's team highlighted the adjusted operating income of $7.5 billion, adjusted net income of $2.7 billion, as well as robust cash flow after tax of $5.8 billion.</li><li>Earnings per share were identified at $0.96.</li></ul>

Equinor ASA, a leading Norwegian energy company, showed impressive operational performance in Q1 2023, backed by strong production and an increase in liquid prices.Equinor's team highlighted the adjusted operating income of $7.5 billion, adjusted net income of $2.7 billion, as well as robust cash flow after tax of $5.8 billion.Earnings per share were identified at $0.96.

Equinor ASA: Natural Gas Market & Horizon Expansion & 3 Other Major Drivers

<ul><li>Equinor delivered strong results for the third quarter, with adjusted earnings of $8 billion ($2.7 billion after tax) despite lower prices than in the previous year, indicating the company's stability in market fluctuations.</li><li>However, net operating income was $7.5 billion and net income was $2.5 billion, lower than adjusted earnings.</li><li>The company is on track to deliver promising cash flows of around $20 billion annually till 2030, exhibiting robust revenue growth.</li></ul>

Equinor delivered strong results for the third quarter, with adjusted earnings of $8 billion ($2.7 billion after tax) despite lower prices than in the previous year, indicating the company's stability in market fluctuations.However, net operating income was $7.5 billion and net income was $2.5 billion, lower than adjusted earnings.The company is on track to deliver promising cash flows of around $20 billion annually till 2030, exhibiting robust revenue growth.

Equinor ASA: Continued Growth In Natural Gas and Oil Portfolio A Temporary Phenomenon? - Major Drivers

Providing investors with a balanced perspective, Massif Capital

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Providing investors with a balanced perspective

Massif Capital

Research focused on providing investors with a balanced perspective on the environmental and economic realities of achieving a carbon-neutral economy for businesses within the Energy, Basic Materials and Industrial industries.

The Massif Capital Real Asset Strategy is a global long/short equity strategy built around bottom-up stock picking. We are focused on creating a portfolio of businesses from within the Energy, Basic Materials and Industrial sectors that balance the environmental and economic realities of achieving a carbon-neutral economy.

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<div><ul><li>Renewables as extractive industries: Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are extractive industries that depend on the “grade” of the natural resource to achieve sustainability, a three-dimensional concept that includes economics, social acceptance, and environmental considerations.</li><li>The problem of low-grade resources: Deploying renewables in areas where the resource grade is too low imposes macro-level costs on the electrical system and reduces its economic and environmental sustainability through the inefficient deployment of limited resources.</li><li>The problem of high-grade resources: Deploying too many renewables in areas where the resource grade is high causes value deflation, lowers the revenue of the projects, and impairs micro-level sustainability.</li></ul></div>

Renewables as extractive industries: Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are extractive industries that depend on the “grade” of the natural resource to achieve sustainability, a three-dimensional concept that includes economics, social acceptance, and environmental considerations.The problem of low-grade resources: Deploying renewables in areas where the resource grade is too low imposes macro-level costs on the electrical system and reduces its economic and environmental sustainability through the inefficient deployment of limited resources.The problem of high-grade resources: Deploying too many renewables in areas where the resource grade is high causes value deflation, lowers the revenue of the projects, and impairs micro-level sustainability.

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.

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<li>ADX Energy (ADX AU) C ; target price of A$0.65 per share: Closing new farm-out transaction with MND/Amendment of agreement for Welchau farmout – The farm-out of 50% economic interest in a part of the ADX-AT-I licence has been completed and ADX has received EUR0.45 mm from MND for back costs payments. MND will fund EUR4.5 mm for exploration drilling.</li>
<li>ADX and MND currently intend to drill either the LICHT or the IRR gas exploration prospect during 2H24.</li>
<li>ADX also announced that the farm-out agreement with MCF Energy regarding Welchau has been amended. </li>
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ADX Energy (ADX AU) C ; target price of A$0.65 per share: Closing new farm-out transaction with MND/Amendment of agreement for Welchau farmout – The farm-out of 50% economic interest in a part of the ADX-AT-I licence has been completed and ADX has received EUR0.45 mm from MND for back costs payments. MND will fund EUR4.5 mm for exploration drilling.
ADX and MND currently intend to drill either the LICHT or the IRR gas exploration prospect during 2H24.
ADX also announced that the farm-out agreement with MCF Energy regarding Welchau has been amended. 


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Global Commodities

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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.

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Panama Canal and Suez Canal are critical corridors underpinning global trade. &gt;50% of containers from Asia into America cross either through Panama or Suez.</li>
<li>Affected by El Niño, Panama Canal's capacity has shrunk to 25/day crossings &amp; risks falling to 18/day by February next year from an average of 36/day given shrinking water levels.</li>
<li>Given Europe’s higher sensitivity to geopolitics, European Natural Gas &amp; Crude Oil prices have reacted more wildly and have jumped sharply relative to US Gas and Oil prices.</li>
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Panama Canal and Suez Canal are critical corridors underpinning global trade. &gt;50% of containers from Asia into America cross either through Panama or Suez.
Affected by El Niño, Panama Canal's capacity has shrunk to 25/day crossings &amp; risks falling to 18/day by February next year from an average of 36/day given shrinking water levels.
Given Europe’s higher sensitivity to geopolitics, European Natural Gas &amp; Crude Oil prices have reacted more wildly and have jumped sharply relative to US Gas and Oil prices.


War and Weather Choking Supply Chains and Risks Spooking Inflation

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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