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 Capital Markets

<ul><li>The two large fintech majors, PayPal and Block (formerly Square) have undergone a strong correction in the past month.</li><li>While there are many aspects of PayPal and Blocks' business that overlap but their financial performance and basic approach to business has been radically different.</li><li>The common factor has obviously been the phenomenal growth story of both companies, revolutionizing the fintech domain.</li></ul>

The two large fintech majors, PayPal and Block (formerly Square) have undergone a strong correction in the past month.While there are many aspects of PayPal and Blocks' business that overlap but their financial performance and basic approach to business has been radically different.The common factor has obviously been the phenomenal growth story of both companies, revolutionizing the fintech domain.

PayPal vs. Block (Square) - Which Fintech Major Is Looking More Financially Solid (12/2021)

Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Financials & FinTech research

Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Among EM banks, our top picks are Sberbank in Russia, Banco do Brasil and HDFC Bank in India; we are negative on recent IPO Nubank due to inflated market expectations</li>
<li>Our top picks for 2022 are BBVA and Banco BPM for Southern Europe banks. In Exchanges, we are positive on B3 of Brazil and SGX</li>
<li>In payments, we like Mastercard and Pagseguro, but we are negative on Paytm; we see BTG Pactual as an attractive pick and winner in the digital wealth managers and brokers</li>
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Among EM banks, our top picks are Sberbank in Russia, Banco do Brasil and HDFC Bank in India; we are negative on recent IPO Nubank due to inflated market expectations
Our top picks for 2022 are BBVA and Banco BPM for Southern Europe banks. In Exchanges, we are positive on B3 of Brazil and SGX
In payments, we like Mastercard and Pagseguro, but we are negative on Paytm; we see BTG Pactual as an attractive pick and winner in the digital wealth managers and brokers


2022 High Conviction Ideas in FinTech & Financials

<ul><li>PayPal had a mixed quarter and revenues grew by 13% to $6.182 billion and the company’s stock price fell on account of a decelerating growth rate, general market volatility, and a lowered management estimate of the full-year expected total payment volume and revenue growth.</li><li>During the quarter, the company added 13.3 million net new active accounts including 1.2 million dealer accounts, bringing the company's total merchant count to 33 million, and they are on track to provide over 52 million NNAs this year.</li><li>PayPal has processed approximately $5.4 billion in total payment volume (TPV) since PayPal's latest Buy Now, Pay Later launch, with more than $2 billion of that TPV occurring in Q3 alone.</li></ul>

PayPal had a mixed quarter and revenues grew by 13% to $6.182 billion and the company’s stock price fell on account of a decelerating growth rate, general market volatility, and a lowered management estimate of the full-year expected total payment volume and revenue growth.During the quarter, the company added 13.3 million net new active accounts including 1.2 million dealer accounts, bringing the company's total merchant count to 33 million, and they are on track to provide over 52 million NNAs this year.PayPal has processed approximately $5.4 billion in total payment volume (TPV) since PayPal's latest Buy Now, Pay Later launch, with more than $2 billion of that TPV occurring in Q3 alone.

PayPal: Are The Concerns Associated With Slowing Growth Valid? (12/2021)

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Despite its recent partnership with Amazon, we believe the negatives outweigh positives for Affirm Holdings. As such, we expect further downside risk for Affirm in the next 6-12 months.</li>
<li>Key risk factors for Affirm include slowdown in growth rate of e-commerce, over reliance on Peloton, and the addictive consumption pattern of paying for items one cannot afford.  </li>
<li>The valuations of Affirm Holdings appear to be overvalued as compared to its peers. An additional 30% downside from current levels would be about $77 per share for Affirm Holdings. </li>
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Despite its recent partnership with Amazon, we believe the negatives outweigh positives for Affirm Holdings. As such, we expect further downside risk for Affirm in the next 6-12 months.
Key risk factors for Affirm include slowdown in growth rate of e-commerce, over reliance on Peloton, and the addictive consumption pattern of paying for items one cannot afford.  
The valuations of Affirm Holdings appear to be overvalued as compared to its peers. An additional 30% downside from current levels would be about $77 per share for Affirm Holdings. 


Affirm Holdings - Addictive BNPL Could Backfire in 2022

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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<li>Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, raised around US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>As per Yano Research, it had 40% market share in the domestic BNPL market for B2C transactions.</li>
<li>In this note we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, raised around US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO.
As per Yano Research, it had 40% market share in the domestic BNPL market for B2C transactions.
In this note we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Net Protections IPO Trading - Peers Have Moved Lower. Provides the Only Exposure to BNPL in Japan

United States

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates as a technology platform company that enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants. The Company offers online payment solutions. PayPal Holdings serves customers worldwide.

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PayPal vs. Block (Square) - Which Fintech Major Is Looking More Financially Solid (12/2021)

The two large fintech majors, PayPal and Block (formerly Square) have undergone a strong correction in the past month. While there are many...

Baptista Research

2022 High Conviction Ideas in FinTech & Financials

Our 2022 high conviction ideas include buys on Sberbank, Banco do Brasil and HDFC Bank, as well as BBVA, Banco BPM, B3, SGX, Mastercard and...

Victor Galliano

PayPal: Are The Concerns Associated With Slowing Growth Valid? (12/2021)

PayPal had a mixed quarter and revenues grew by 13% to $6.182 billion and the company’s stock price fell on account of a decelerating growth rate,...

Baptista Research

Affirm Holdings - Addictive BNPL Could Backfire in 2022

Key risk factors for Affirm include slowdown in growth rate of e-commerce, over reliance on Peloton, and the addictive consumption pattern of...

Douglas Kim

Net Protections IPO Trading - Peers Have Moved Lower. Provides the Only Exposure to BNPL in Japan

Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, raised around US$570m in its Japan IPO. In this note, we will talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

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