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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>Lowe's Companies Fourth Quarter 2025 results reflect a mixed performance within a challenging market environment.</li><li>For the quarter, sales reached $20.6 billion, supported by a 1.3% increase in comparable sales, driven by growth in Pro, online, and home services, as well as winter storm activity.</li><li>The fiscal year 2025 concluded with sales of $86.3 billion and a slight increase in comparable sales by 0.2%.</li></ul>

Lowe's Companies Fourth Quarter 2025 results reflect a mixed performance within a challenging market environment.For the quarter, sales reached $20.6 billion, supported by a 1.3% increase in comparable sales, driven by growth in Pro, online, and home services, as well as winter storm activity.The fiscal year 2025 concluded with sales of $86.3 billion and a slight increase in comparable sales by 0.2%.

Lowe’s: Weather Volatility & Home Renovation Cycles—Why Demand Could Rebound Strongly!

<ul><li>Lowe's Companies recently reported its third-quarter 2025 financial results, revealing a mixed performance amidst an uncertain macroeconomic environment.</li><li>The company achieved total sales of $20.8 billion, marking a slight year-over-year increase in comparable sales of 0.4%.</li><li>This growth was achieved despite a 100 basis point headwind from recent hurricanes, showcasing Lowe's resilience in challenging conditions.</li></ul>

Lowe's Companies recently reported its third-quarter 2025 financial results, revealing a mixed performance amidst an uncertain macroeconomic environment.The company achieved total sales of $20.8 billion, marking a slight year-over-year increase in comparable sales of 0.4%.This growth was achieved despite a 100 basis point headwind from recent hurricanes, showcasing Lowe's resilience in challenging conditions.

Lowe’s Companies' Productivity Flywheel: An Insight Into Its Everyday Low Price Execution

<ul><li>Lowe's Companies, a prominent player in the home improvement retail sector, recently announced its Q2 2025 earnings results along with its strategic acquisition of Foundation Building Materials (FBM).</li><li>This acquisition plays a pivotal role in advancing Lowe's Total Home strategy by expanding its Pro service offerings and diversifying its revenue streams.</li><li>FBM, a leading distributor of interior building products, complements Lowe's existing operations by enhancing its capabilities in serving larger Pro customers, a market estimated at $250 billion.</li></ul>

Lowe's Companies, a prominent player in the home improvement retail sector, recently announced its Q2 2025 earnings results along with its strategic acquisition of Foundation Building Materials (FBM).This acquisition plays a pivotal role in advancing Lowe's Total Home strategy by expanding its Pro service offerings and diversifying its revenue streams.FBM, a leading distributor of interior building products, complements Lowe's existing operations by enhancing its capabilities in serving larger Pro customers, a market estimated at $250 billion.

Lowe’s AI Revolution: Inside the Bold Tech Integration That Could Power Pro Customer Growth!

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<ul><li>According to HD and LOW the home improvement market is $900 billion annually in North America.</li><li>One source put the US market, the primary market of each company, at $538 billion.</li><li>HD splits the $900 billion figure into two $450 billion categories for consumers and professionals, with professionals further broken down to show the $100 billion maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) market.</li></ul>

According to HD and LOW the home improvement market is $900 billion annually in North America.One source put the US market, the primary market of each company, at $538 billion.HD splits the $900 billion figure into two $450 billion categories for consumers and professionals, with professionals further broken down to show the $100 billion maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) market.

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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>Market dynamics continue to deteriorate and there are plenty of reasons to be concerned, which we outline below.</li>
<li>With that said, the bottom line is that the Russell 2000 index (IWM) is above $208 support and the Russell Micro Caps index (IWC) is above $135 support.</li>
<li>As long as these supports hold we expect more consolidation and mixed markets ahead, but we would turn bearish on breakdowns.</li>
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Market dynamics continue to deteriorate and there are plenty of reasons to be concerned, which we outline below.
With that said, the bottom line is that the Russell 2000 index (IWM) is above $208 support and the Russell Micro Caps index (IWC) is above $135 support.
As long as these supports hold we expect more consolidation and mixed markets ahead, but we would turn bearish on breakdowns.


Supports Holding Despite Concerning Developments; Semis & Home Improvement Retailers Attractive

United States

Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a home improvement retailer that distributes building materials and supplies through stores in the United States. The Company offers a complete line of products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and property maintenance.

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Baptista Research

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Watchlist Investing

Supports Holding Despite Concerning Developments; Semis & Home Improvement Retailers Attractive

Market dynamics continue to deteriorate and there are plenty of reasons to be concerned. However, the bottom line is that Russell 2000 (IWM) is...

Vermilion Research

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