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.

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<ul><li>Intuit, a key player in financial software, has delivered strong results in the first quarter of fiscal 2026.</li><li>The company reported an 18% increase in revenue, which highlights the momentum and robust growth strategy that Intuit is executing.</li><li>This growth can be attributed to its AI-driven platform, which has further enhanced customer experiences across consumer and business segments.</li></ul>

Intuit, a key player in financial software, has delivered strong results in the first quarter of fiscal 2026.The company reported an 18% increase in revenue, which highlights the momentum and robust growth strategy that Intuit is executing.This growth can be attributed to its AI-driven platform, which has further enhanced customer experiences across consumer and business segments.

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Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term, Urbem (HK) Limited

Urbem Capital

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

Urbem (HK) Limited

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Automation is Paycom’s next moat: Beti, GONE, iWant and Project Arc could deepen customer ROI, retention and internal productivity.</li>
<li>Growth is becoming harder: Client growth has slowed, increasing reliance on cross-sell, larger customers and higher revenue per client.</li>
<li>Capital intensity is the key debate: R&amp;D and CapEx are rising sharply; Paycom must prove automation can drive growth without permanently eroding its capital-light economics.</li>
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Automation is Paycom’s next moat: Beti, GONE, iWant and Project Arc could deepen customer ROI, retention and internal productivity.
Growth is becoming harder: Client growth has slowed, increasing reliance on cross-sell, larger customers and higher revenue per client.
Capital intensity is the key debate: R&amp;D and CapEx are rising sharply; Paycom must prove automation can drive growth without permanently eroding its capital-light economics.


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

We believe the market is at short-term overbought extremes and is contending with resistance. Resistance levels we are monitoring include 2,810-2,817 on the S&amp;P 500 and the 200-day moving average on the S&amp;P 600 Small Cap index... see charts below. We would welcome some consolidation or a mild pullback which would be a healthy correction of the current extended market conditions.In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Manufacturing and Technology: Construction Equipment, Industrial Rental Equipment, Data Storage Solutions &amp; Devices, Small-Cap, and Software, Financial Mgmt. Solutions.

We believe the market is at short-term overbought extremes and is contending with resistance. Resistance levels we are monitoring include 2,810-2,817 on the S&amp;P 500 and the 200-day moving average on the S&amp;P 600 Small Cap index... see charts below. We would welcome some consolidation or a mild pullback which would be a healthy correction of the current extended market conditions.In today’s report we highlight attractive Groups and stocks within Manufacturing and Technology: Construction Equipment, Industrial Rental Equipment, Data Storage Solutions &amp; Devices, Small-Cap, and Software, Financial Mgmt. Solutions.

Technology Select Sector SPDR / Technical Analysis

The S&amp;P 500 remains just short of formidable resistance at its 200-day MA. Yet, there are signs of continued breadth improvement.  Technology in particular continues to top our Sector RSR rankings, fueled by strengthening price and RS action for semiconductors, semi-suppliers, and numerous Software groups. Last week we upgraded our weighting for Technology and its strength continues to broaden out. In this week's report we highlight a number of actionable Technology stocks across our various Groups.

The S&amp;P 500 remains just short of formidable resistance at its 200-day MA. Yet, there are signs of continued breadth improvement.  Technology in particular continues to top our Sector RSR rankings, fueled by strengthening price and RS action for semiconductors, semi-suppliers, and numerous Software groups. Last week we upgraded our weighting for Technology and its strength continues to broaden out. In this week's report we highlight a number of actionable Technology stocks across our various Groups.

U.S. Tech Stocks Are Leading Market Higher.

The “Big” rally has now faded less than a week from its start. While many point to a robust economy, strong GDP, and a strengthening U.S. dollar as the bellwether of global currencies, something seems amiss. Higher interest rates have doused the market’s advance, with 10-year yields double what they once were just three years ago. Investors are being jostled about as a determination is made as to whether the Fed has gone too far and too fast. Our concern here is that the Fed is creating a conundrum, indicating that higher rates are still forthcoming despite what we, and the market, are viewing as the possible end of the bull market...In our November Strategy publication, we outline a host of indicators we are watching for signs of the market's health.  In addition we highlight a number of actionable setups within Health care, Consumer Staples and Technology.

The “Big” rally has now faded less than a week from its start. While many point to a robust economy, strong GDP, and a strengthening U.S. dollar as the bellwether of global currencies, something seems amiss. Higher interest rates have doused the market’s advance, with 10-year yields double what they once were just three years ago. Investors are being jostled about as a determination is made as to whether the Fed has gone too far and too fast. Our concern here is that the Fed is creating a conundrum, indicating that higher rates are still forthcoming despite what we, and the market, are viewing as the possible end of the bull market...In our November Strategy publication, we outline a host of indicators we are watching for signs of the market's health.  In addition we highlight a number of actionable setups within Health care, Consumer Staples and Technology.

U.S. Equity Strategy & Sector Commentaries: Defensive Sectors Leading = Unhealthy Market

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Intuit Inc. develops and markets business and financial management software solutions for small and medium sized businesses, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals  The Company provides software for small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing.

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