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Turtles all the way down

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>A list of my current active ideas are at the bottom of this write-up.</li><li>I thought I would do a follow up on my Pagseguro (PAGS) article last month, as the write-up was a bit too brief.</li><li>It was mentioned in the comment section that PIX is the reason the stock is cheap and that it will take market share from Credit Cards in Brazil.</li></ul>

A list of my current active ideas are at the bottom of this write-up.I thought I would do a follow up on my Pagseguro (PAGS) article last month, as the write-up was a bit too brief.It was mentioned in the comment section that PIX is the reason the stock is cheap and that it will take market share from Credit Cards in Brazil.

<ul><li>I was complaining recently that I couldn't find any cheap stocks, but I will take that back!</li><li>I got another one, Pagseguro (PAGS). A Brazilian payment processor and online bank and potential compounder. </li><li>PAGS trades at about 8x through earnings, has been growing quite rapidly and could see explosive short term earnings growth if they can bring down their financing costs.</li></ul>

I was complaining recently that I couldn't find any cheap stocks, but I will take that back!I got another one, Pagseguro (PAGS). A Brazilian payment processor and online bank and potential compounder. PAGS trades at about 8x through earnings, has been growing quite rapidly and could see explosive short term earnings growth if they can bring down their financing costs.

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Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> has offered, Potentia, four weeks of due diligence access to “<em>develop a significantly improved proposal.</em>” The Board rejected Potentia’s previous A$1.60 offer on 12 December.</li>
<li>Since the rejection of the offer, the FY2023 guidance has been upgraded and peers have re-rated. Therefore, Potentia can afford to be more generous with its terms. </li>
<li>Press reports suggest that an offer of around A$1.85 per share would be supported by shareholders. We would be buyers as Tyro is undervalued at the last close price.</li>
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Tyro Payments (TYR AU) has offered, Potentia, four weeks of due diligence access to “develop a significantly improved proposal.” The Board rejected Potentia’s previous A$1.60 offer on 12 December.
Since the rejection of the offer, the FY2023 guidance has been upgraded and peers have re-rated. Therefore, Potentia can afford to be more generous with its terms. 
Press reports suggest that an offer of around A$1.85 per share would be supported by shareholders. We would be buyers as Tyro is undervalued at the last close price.


Tyro Payments (TYR AU): Bid Revived as Potentia Secures Due Diligence

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<li>The <a href="https://www.afr.com/street-talk/tyro-payments-suitor-potentia-capital-ups-bid-to-1-60-a-share-20221211-p5c5ek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AFR reports</a> that Potentia has increased its offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> by 26.0% from A$1.27 to A$1.60 per share, a 62.4% premium to the undisturbed price.</li>
<li>The revised offer remains light and likely to be rejected again by the Board. Grok’s get-out clause with Potentia now sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.85.</li>
<li>Potentia’s revised bid is the catalyst for the other rumoured suitors (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/westpac-banking-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:444:1" rel="noopener">Westpac Banking (WBC AU)</a> and Moneris) to get their act together. A competing offer of around A$2.00 is possible. </li>
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The AFR reports that Potentia has increased its offer for Tyro Payments (TYR AU) by 26.0% from A$1.27 to A$1.60 per share, a 62.4% premium to the undisturbed price.
The revised offer remains light and likely to be rejected again by the Board. Grok’s get-out clause with Potentia now sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.85.
Potentia’s revised bid is the catalyst for the other rumoured suitors (Westpac Banking (WBC AU) and Moneris) to get their act together. A competing offer of around A$2.00 is possible. 


Tyro Payments (TYR AU): Potentia Returns with a A$1.60 Offer

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tyro-payments-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28393:1" rel="noopener">Tyro Payments (TYR AU)</a> confirmed that it has “<em>received approaches from several parties expressing interest in a potential change of control transaction, including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/westpac-banking-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:444:1" rel="noopener">Westpac Banking (WBC AU)</a>.</em>”</li>
<li>Tyro previously rejected a A$1.27 offer from the Potentia consortium. Grok's get-out clause with Potentia sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share.</li>
<li>The last close of A$1.59 is higher than the floor price. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing offer of around A$2.</li>
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Tyro Payments (TYR AU) confirmed that it has “received approaches from several parties expressing interest in a potential change of control transaction, including Westpac Banking (WBC AU).”
Tyro previously rejected a A$1.27 offer from the Potentia consortium. Grok's get-out clause with Potentia sets the floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share.
The last close of A$1.59 is higher than the floor price. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing offer of around A$2.


Tyro Confirms Westpac as One of the Interested Suitors

Brazil

PagSeguro Digital Ltd. is a Brazilian financial technology company that provides digital payment and financial solutions primarily for consumers, individual entrepreneurs, micro-merchants, and small to medium-sized businesses. The company offers a range of products including point-of-sale (POS) devices, online payment tools, digital banking services via PagBank, and various credit and investment solutions. It was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

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PagSeguro Digital (PAGS US)

Updates on PAGS, YI, SBSAA

A list of my current active ideas are at the bottom of this write-up. I thought I would do a follow up on my Pagseguro (PAGS) article last month,...

Turtles all the way down

Pagseguro, a Cheap Compounder?

PAGS trades at about 8x through earnings, has been growing quite rapidly and could see explosive short term earnings growth if they can bring down...

Turtles all the way down

Tyro Payments (TYR AU): Bid Revived as Potentia Secures Due Diligence

Since the rejection of the offer, the FY2023 guidance has been upgraded and peers have re-rated. Therefore, Potentia can afford to be more generous...

Arun George

Tyro Payments (TYR AU): Potentia Returns with a A$1.60 Offer

Potentia's revised offer continues to remain light. Potentia’s latest move is the catalyst for other suitors such as Westpac and Moneris (rumoured)...

Arun George

Tyro Confirms Westpac as One of the Interested Suitors

The floor price of a competing bid at A$1.52 per share. Triangulating the value of a rival bid across several data points suggests a competing...

Arun George

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