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Andrei Zakharov

Equity Capital Markets

Sailpoint Technologies Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>SailPoint, a pioneer and leader in identity industry with the best identity governance product, filed to go public in January.</li>
<li>Thoma Bravo-backed technology company has a best-in-class product within a large market opportunity. They secure large enterprises and grow at scale.  </li>
<li>SailPoint has completed its first IPO in 2017 and raised =$160M. Then, the company was reacquired by Thoma Bravo and now they reportedly plan to go public.</li>
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SailPoint, a pioneer and leader in identity industry with the best identity governance product, filed to go public in January.
Thoma Bravo-backed technology company has a best-in-class product within a large market opportunity. They secure large enterprises and grow at scale.  
SailPoint has completed its first IPO in 2017 and raised =$160M. Then, the company was reacquired by Thoma Bravo and now they reportedly plan to go public.


SailPoint IPO Preview: A Well-Established Provider of Identity Management, First SaaS US IPO In 2025

White Brook Capital’s Thoughts and Views, White Brook Capital

White Brook Capital

White Brook Capital’s Thoughts and Views

White Brook Capital LLC is a socially responsible, investment advisory firm founded in 2016, based in Chicago. The Company invests separately managed accounts and manages the White Brook Capital Partners fund for qualified investors

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>2024 was a forgettable year for White Brook Capital’s middle capitalization focused fund.</li><li>Our fortunes have reversed so far in 2025 as several of our portfolio companies have preannounced 4th quarter results and given constructive 2025 guidance.</li><li>We’ve had a good first 3 weeks of 2025 and are looking forward to a much better year.</li></ul>

2024 was a forgettable year for White Brook Capital’s middle capitalization focused fund.Our fortunes have reversed so far in 2025 as several of our portfolio companies have preannounced 4th quarter results and given constructive 2025 guidance.We’ve had a good first 3 weeks of 2025 and are looking forward to a much better year.

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.

<ul><li>In its Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings, Okta provided an insight into its financial and strategic progress while addressing ongoing macroeconomic challenges.</li><li>Okta achieved record profitability in the quarter, including GAAP profitability, driven by operational efficiencies and strong demand from large enterprise customers.</li><li>The company saw an increase in contract sizes, particularly through partnerships with global systems integrators, demonstrating its success in leveraging these relationships.</li></ul>

In its Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings, Okta provided an insight into its financial and strategic progress while addressing ongoing macroeconomic challenges.Okta achieved record profitability in the quarter, including GAAP profitability, driven by operational efficiencies and strong demand from large enterprise customers.The company saw an increase in contract sizes, particularly through partnerships with global systems integrators, demonstrating its success in leveraging these relationships.

Okta Inc.: Will Its Migration to Cloud-based Identity Validation Pay Off? - Major Drivers

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trend-micro-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13172:1" rel="noopener">Trend Micro Inc (4704 JP)</a> shares rose 14.8% on Friday after Reuters reported that it is exploring a sale after attracting buyout interest. </li>
<li>The interest is unsurprising due to the weak share price. Since ValueAct disclosed a stake on 8 August 2022, the shares are down 0.7% vs the Nikkei 225’s 23.6% increase.</li>
<li>The lack of a controlling shareholder and increased cybersecurity M&amp;A activity support the buyout interest. A privatisation price is likely to be around JPY9,000. Valuation is undemanding at last close.</li>
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Trend Micro Inc (4704 JP) shares rose 14.8% on Friday after Reuters reported that it is exploring a sale after attracting buyout interest. 
The interest is unsurprising due to the weak share price. Since ValueAct disclosed a stake on 8 August 2022, the shares are down 0.7% vs the Nikkei 225’s 23.6% increase.
The lack of a controlling shareholder and increased cybersecurity M&amp;A activity support the buyout interest. A privatisation price is likely to be around JPY9,000. Valuation is undemanding at last close.


Trend Micro (4704 JP): Evaluating the Privatisation Rumours

<ul><li>Okta Inc., a leading independent identity provider, posted encouraging results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025, and market observers have drawn several insights from the company's earnings call.</li><li>One positive aspect of Okta's performance is its remarkable profitability and cash flow.</li><li>The company achieved record profitability and posted a free cash flow margin of 35%.</li></ul>

Okta Inc., a leading independent identity provider, posted encouraging results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025, and market observers have drawn several insights from the company's earnings call.One positive aspect of Okta's performance is its remarkable profitability and cash flow.The company achieved record profitability and posted a free cash flow margin of 35%.

Okta Inc.: Opportunities Within Zero Trust & Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Projects! - Major Drivers

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Okta, Inc. develops internet applications software. The Company offers automated user management, integration, mobile identification, multifactor authentication, and reporting software. Okta serves customers worldwide.

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Okta Inc., a leading independent identity provider, posted encouraging results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025, and market observers...

Baptista Research

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