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>Nokia Corporation reported a 9% increase in net sales for the second quarter of 2026, driven primarily by strong performance in its network infrastructure segment.</li><li>The company expanded its gross margin by 70 basis points to 46%, and operating margin also increased by 70 basis points to 9%.</li><li>Growth was particularly notable in the optical and IP networks, where sales from AI and cloud customers more than doubled year-on-year.</li></ul>

Nokia Corporation reported a 9% increase in net sales for the second quarter of 2026, driven primarily by strong performance in its network infrastructure segment.The company expanded its gross margin by 70 basis points to 46%, and operating margin also increased by 70 basis points to 9%.Growth was particularly notable in the optical and IP networks, where sales from AI and cloud customers more than doubled year-on-year.

Nokia Corporation’s EUR 2.8 Billion AI Order Wave: Can Supply Keep Pace?

Independent Fund Manager, Swaen Capital

Swaen Capital

Independent Fund Manager

Swaen Capital is a Singapore based licensed independent fund manager with an open architecture, a non bias financial platform creating access to the best custodians and investment managers. Our focus lies within the wealth management business, covering client relationships, financial planning, advisory, as well as discretionary portfolio management. We have developed strategic alliances with other leading independent firms to complement and extend our offerings to clients (global hedge fund research capability, alternative investment offerings, corporate finance, fund structuring & administration, etc). Our know-how, extensive global network and long standing presence in Asia allows us to provide a global footprint and at the same time enables us to capitalize on regional opportunities.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The copper wall is here. Above ~200Gbps per lane, copper can no longer carry signals more than a few metres without prohibitive power and signal-integrity penalties. The industry's answer is to move the optics off the faceplate and onto the chip package itself — Co Packaged Optics (CPO).</li>
<li>Adoption is switch-first. NVIDIA and Broadcom are shipping CPO switches in 2026 on external-laser designs; the XPU side and an in-package laser are deferred by packaging and reliability limits, not yet solved.</li>
<li>Money moves with the architecture. As the optical engine moves into the package, value migrates away from module assemblers toward the layers that fabricate the optical engine itself.</li>
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The copper wall is here. Above ~200Gbps per lane, copper can no longer carry signals more than a few metres without prohibitive power and signal-integrity penalties. The industry's answer is to move the optics off the faceplate and onto the chip package itself — Co Packaged Optics (CPO).
Adoption is switch-first. NVIDIA and Broadcom are shipping CPO switches in 2026 on external-laser designs; the XPU side and an in-package laser are deferred by packaging and reliability limits, not yet solved.
Money moves with the architecture. As the optical engine moves into the package, value migrates away from module assemblers toward the layers that fabricate the optical engine itself.


Co-Packaged Optics 101: The Future of High-Density AI Interconnects

<ul><li>Nokia Oyj is no longer the company most people remember from the era of indestructible brick phones, Snake, and ringtone nostalgia.</li><li>The Finnish group has spent years rebuilding itself around telecom equipment, networking software, optical systems, and now the infrastructure needed to support the AI data center boom.</li><li>That reinvention has become much harder to ignore after Nvidia invested $1 billion for a 2.9% stake, giving Nokia’s AI ambitions a visible stamp of approval without making it a takeover story.</li></ul>

Nokia Oyj is no longer the company most people remember from the era of indestructible brick phones, Snake, and ringtone nostalgia.The Finnish group has spent years rebuilding itself around telecom equipment, networking software, optical systems, and now the infrastructure needed to support the AI data center boom.That reinvention has become much harder to ignore after Nvidia invested $1 billion for a 2.9% stake, giving Nokia’s AI ambitions a visible stamp of approval without making it a takeover story.

Nokia Isn’t Dead—Nvidia Just Bet $1 Billion On Its AI Comeback!

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The ES50 Index is one of the most highly-tracked and followed indices in Europe and the annual index review takes place in September every year.</li>
<li>This annual index rebal event usually results in some of the most significant index flow events in Europe every year, typically amounting to billions of dollars of flows.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the upcoming index review in September 2024.</li>
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The ES50 Index is one of the most highly-tracked and followed indices in Europe and the annual index review takes place in September every year.
This annual index rebal event usually results in some of the most significant index flow events in Europe every year, typically amounting to billions of dollars of flows.
In this insight, we take a look the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the upcoming index review in September 2024.


Quiddity Leaderboard ES50 Sep 24: Engie Gets Closer to a US$1.1bn Index Inflow

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>The Hong Kong market continues to consolidate, holding above its long-term support levels but without the momentum to break out to new highs.</li>
<li>Healthcare is the only sector in positive territory in September.  The materials sector benefited from gains in the gold sector.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zte-corporation-class-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6922:1" rel="noopener">ZTE (763 HK)</a> is maintained a BUY at CMB International with a +48% 12-month upside target price.  The company is transitioning to international and AI sectors for growth.
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The Hong Kong market continues to consolidate, holding above its long-term support levels but without the momentum to break out to new highs.
Healthcare is the only sector in positive territory in September.  The materials sector benefited from gains in the gold sector.

ZTE (763 HK) is maintained a BUY at CMB International with a +48% 12-month upside target price.  The company is transitioning to international and AI sectors for growth.



BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Market Update (September 2026)

Finland

Nokia Oyj is a global communications company. The Company produces a broad range of technological devices and software, and operates networks, sales ,and communication channels worldwide.

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Nokia Corporation’s EUR 2.8 Billion AI Order Wave: Can Supply Keep Pace?

Nokia Corporation reported a 9% increase in net sales for the second quarter of 2026, driven primarily by strong performance in its network...

Baptista Research

Co-Packaged Optics 101: The Future of High-Density AI Interconnects

The copper wall is here. Above ~200Gbps per lane, copper can no longer carry signals more than a few metres without prohibitive power and...

Swaen Capital

Nokia Isn’t Dead—Nvidia Just Bet $1 Billion On Its AI Comeback!

Nokia Oyj is no longer the company most people remember from the era of indestructible brick phones, Snake, and ringtone nostalgia. The Finnish...

Baptista Research

Quiddity Leaderboard ES50 Sep 24: Engie Gets Closer to a US$1.1bn Index Inflow

If French energy company Engie gains 20% vs the other names in the next 4 months, it could become an ES50 add in September 2024 and that could...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Market Update (September 2026)

The Hong Kong market continues to consolidate, holding above its long-term support levels but without the momentum to break out to new highs.

David Mudd

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