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>The Q2 2025 earnings call for Ondas Holdings Inc. revealed a strategic inflection point, with management expressing active interest in acquiring Sentry Counter Solutions (Sentry CS), a veteran-owned defense tech company specializing in counter-UAS (C-UAS) and mobile commandand-control systems.</li><li>This potential deal follows Ondas’ continued efforts to establish itself as a leading player in secure wireless and autonomous systems via its Ondas Networks and Airobotics divisions.</li><li>Sentry CS's focus on rapid-deploy tactical ISR, SIGINT, and electronic warfare solutions for U.S. military and federal clients could provide a critical bolt-on capability for Ondas, which is now aiming to expand its military and public safety verticals.</li></ul>

The Q2 2025 earnings call for Ondas Holdings Inc. revealed a strategic inflection point, with management expressing active interest in acquiring Sentry Counter Solutions (Sentry CS), a veteran-owned defense tech company specializing in counter-UAS (C-UAS) and mobile commandand-control systems.This potential deal follows Ondas’ continued efforts to establish itself as a leading player in secure wireless and autonomous systems via its Ondas Networks and Airobotics divisions.Sentry CS's focus on rapid-deploy tactical ISR, SIGINT, and electronic warfare solutions for U.S. military and federal clients could provide a critical bolt-on capability for Ondas, which is now aiming to expand its military and public safety verticals.

Ondas’ Next Target? Sentry CS—and the Pentagon’s Wallet!

<ul><li>Ondas Holdings, Inc. reported significant revenue growth in the second quarter of 2025, demonstrating both progress and operational success across its business segments.</li><li>The company recorded a 500% increase in quarterly revenue, reaching $6.3 million, driven largely by advancements in its Ondas Autonomous Systems (OAS) division.</li><li>This growth was attributed to successful execution of existing programs and new customer acquisitions in global markets, particularly in defense and homeland security sectors.</li></ul>

Ondas Holdings, Inc. reported significant revenue growth in the second quarter of 2025, demonstrating both progress and operational success across its business segments.The company recorded a 500% increase in quarterly revenue, reaching $6.3 million, driven largely by advancements in its Ondas Autonomous Systems (OAS) division.This growth was attributed to successful execution of existing programs and new customer acquisitions in global markets, particularly in defense and homeland security sectors.

Ondas Grabs 51% Of SPO—What It Means For Defense & Drones!

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>We downgraded our near-term outlook on SPX and QQQ to neutral last week (11/19/25), after being bullish since 4/22/25, while we maintained our intermediate-term bullish outlook (as of 5/14/25).</li>
<li>Crucial support levels of 6480-6520 on SPX and $580-$583 on QQQ held last week, and we are back to being near-term bullish as long as these supports continue to hold</li>
<li>The latest pullback offers an attractive entry point into all the speculative growth areas that we were pounding the table on since May, WITH A STOP AT LAST WEEKS LOWS</li>
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We downgraded our near-term outlook on SPX and QQQ to neutral last week (11/19/25), after being bullish since 4/22/25, while we maintained our intermediate-term bullish outlook (as of 5/14/25).
Crucial support levels of 6480-6520 on SPX and $580-$583 on QQQ held last week, and we are back to being near-term bullish as long as these supports continue to hold
The latest pullback offers an attractive entry point into all the speculative growth areas that we were pounding the table on since May, WITH A STOP AT LAST WEEKS LOWS


Back to Near-Term Bullish on SPX and Nasdaq 100; Supports Held at SPX 6480-6520 and QQQ $580-583

Research from Water Tower Research, Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Unusual Machines’ CEO Allan Evans highlighted a significant market shift in the drone industry, driven by geopolitical restrictions on Chinese manufacturers, creating a “market vacuum” for non-Chinese, Made-in-the-USA drone components.</li><li>Unusual Machines aims to be a crucial Tier 1 supplier for backpack-sized, specialty, and FPV drones by leveraging a consumer channel to achieve competitive pricing and quality for US-made parts.</li><li>Evans anticipates rapid growth and consolidation in the US drone market, fueled by upcoming defense budgets and existing legislation, with the primary challenge being the ability to match the price performance expectations set by Chinese companies.</li></ul>

Unusual Machines’ CEO Allan Evans highlighted a significant market shift in the drone industry, driven by geopolitical restrictions on Chinese manufacturers, creating a “market vacuum” for non-Chinese, Made-in-the-USA drone components.Unusual Machines aims to be a crucial Tier 1 supplier for backpack-sized, specialty, and FPV drones by leveraging a consumer channel to achieve competitive pricing and quality for US-made parts.Evans anticipates rapid growth and consolidation in the US drone market, fueled by upcoming defense budgets and existing legislation, with the primary challenge being the ability to match the price performance expectations set by Chinese companies.

WTR Symposium Series Podcast Recap - July 21, 2025

Research from Atrium Research, Atrium Research Corporation

Atrium Research

Research from Atrium Research

Atrium Research Corporation

Atrium Research provides institutional quality issuer paid research on public equities in North America. Our investment philosophy takes a 3-5 year view on equities currently being overlooked by the market. Our research process emphasizes understanding the key performance metrics for each specific company, trustworthy management teams, unit economics, and an in-depth valuation analysis. 

Our research product includes in-depth initiation reports, research notes, thematic research pieces, and company fact sheets.

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<li>Defence and aerospace small-cap equities are emerging as key beneficiaries of increasing government defence budgets.</li>
<li>Canada has committed to meeting NATO’s 2% GDP target by 2025-2026, with interim boosts totalling C$9B in new spending.</li>
<li>Demand for fighter jets, naval systems, NORAD upgrades, and drone defence create multi-year tailwinds for niche suppliers.</li>
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Defence and aerospace small-cap equities are emerging as key beneficiaries of increasing government defence budgets.
Canada has committed to meeting NATO’s 2% GDP target by 2025-2026, with interim boosts totalling C$9B in new spending.
Demand for fighter jets, naval systems, NORAD upgrades, and drone defence create multi-year tailwinds for niche suppliers.


Small-Caps Positioned to Benefit from Multi-Year Defence Spending Cycle

United States

Ondas Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures software defined radio platform for mission critical IoT applications. Ondas Holdings serves customers worldwide.

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Ondas’ Next Target? Sentry CS—and the Pentagon’s Wallet!

The Q2 2025 earnings call for Ondas Holdings Inc. revealed a strategic inflection point, with management expressing active interest in acquiring...

Baptista Research

Ondas Grabs 51% Of SPO—What It Means For Defense & Drones!

Ondas Holdings, Inc. reported significant revenue growth in the second quarter of 2025, demonstrating both progress and operational success across...

Baptista Research

Back to Near-Term Bullish on SPX and Nasdaq 100; Supports Held at SPX 6480-6520 and QQQ $580-583

Back to Near-Term Bullish on $SPX and Nasdaq 100 $NDX; Crucial Supports Held at 6480-6520 on SPX and $580-$583 on $QQQ, we are near-term bullish as...

Vermilion Research

WTR Symposium Series Podcast Recap - July 21, 2025

Unusual Machines aims to be a crucial Tier 1 supplier for backpack-sized, specialty, and FPV drones by leveraging a consumer channel to achieve...

Water Tower Research

Small-Caps Positioned to Benefit from Multi-Year Defence Spending Cycle

Defence and aerospace small-cap equities are emerging as key beneficiaries of increasing government defence budgets. Canada has committed to...

Atrium Research

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