External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>Salesforce announced inline 3QFY25 results: total revenue was up by 8% YoY to US$9.44bn, and non-GAAP net income grew by 12% YoY to US$2.32bn, both in line with Bloomberg consensus estimate.</li><li>cRPO was up by 10% YoY on constant currency basis in 3QFY25 and beat previous guidance (+9% YoY), thanks to the early renewal, solid booking performance and strong momentum of Agentforce.</li><li>For 4QFY25E, the company guided total revenue to grow by 7- 9% YoY to US$9.90-10.10bn, in line with consensus estimate of US$10.05bn. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Salesforce announced inline 3QFY25 results: total revenue was up by 8% YoY to US$9.44bn, and non-GAAP net income grew by 12% YoY to US$2.32bn, both in line with Bloomberg consensus estimate.cRPO was up by 10% YoY on constant currency basis in 3QFY25 and beat previous guidance (+9% YoY), thanks to the early renewal, solid booking performance and strong momentum of Agentforce.For 4QFY25E, the company guided total revenue to grow by 7- 9% YoY to US$9.90-10.10bn, in line with consensus estimate of US$10.05bn. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Salesforce (CRM US) - Inline 3QFY25 results; Agentforce as the key catalyst

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>ServiceTitan, a VC-backed cloud-based software company for the home and commercial service industries, files to go public and may raise up to $500M.</li>
<li>The company serves many trades, including plumbing, HVAC, garage doors, landscaping, pest control, water treatment, heating, construction and others.</li>
<li>ServiceTitan is well positioned as a leader at scale in the trade industry. They currently operate in the United States, Canada and see significant opportunity in international markets.</li>
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ServiceTitan, a VC-backed cloud-based software company for the home and commercial service industries, files to go public and may raise up to $500M.
The company serves many trades, including plumbing, HVAC, garage doors, landscaping, pest control, water treatment, heating, construction and others.
ServiceTitan is well positioned as a leader at scale in the trade industry. They currently operate in the United States, Canada and see significant opportunity in international markets.


ServiceTitan IPO Preview: Great Success Story, Leader at Scale In The Trade Industry

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nvidia-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5891:1" rel="noopener">NVIDIA (NVDA US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sherwin-williams-co-the" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15539:1" rel="noopener">Sherwin Williams (SHW US)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intel-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16764:1" rel="noopener">Intel (INTC US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dow-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19107:1" rel="noopener">Dow (DOW US)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dow-jones-industrial-average" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22887:1" rel="noopener">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> at the close on 7 November.</li>
<li>The impact of passive trading is highest in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sherwin-williams-co-the" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15539:1" rel="noopener">Sherwin Williams Co (SHW US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dow-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19107:1" rel="noopener">Dow (DOW US)</a> in terms of days of ADV and free float. Round-trip trade is US$16.5bn.</li>
<li>Given the ad hoc nature of the rebalances and the short timeline between announcement and implementation, the stocks could move over the rest of the week.</li>
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NVIDIA (NVDA US) and Sherwin Williams (SHW US) will replace Intel (INTC US) and Dow (DOW US) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the close on 7 November.
The impact of passive trading is highest in Sherwin Williams Co (SHW US) and Dow (DOW US) in terms of days of ADV and free float. Round-trip trade is US$16.5bn.
Given the ad hoc nature of the rebalances and the short timeline between announcement and implementation, the stocks could move over the rest of the week.


Dow Jones Industrials (INDU) Index Rebalance: NVIDIA, Sherwin-Williams Replace Intel, Dow

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>Salesforce, a prominent leader in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, disclosed its fiscal 2025 second-quarter financial results, articulating significant developments and prospects, particularly in AI (artificial intelligence).</li><li>The earnings call, spearheaded by Salesforce executives including Chair and CEO Marc Benioff, illustrated both promising highlights and some challenges that investors need to consider.</li><li>Positively, Salesforce reported a robust quarter with revenue marking $9.33 billion, representing an 8% increase year-over-year and adjusting for currency fluctuations, a growth of 9%.</li></ul>

Salesforce, a prominent leader in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, disclosed its fiscal 2025 second-quarter financial results, articulating significant developments and prospects, particularly in AI (artificial intelligence).The earnings call, spearheaded by Salesforce executives including Chair and CEO Marc Benioff, illustrated both promising highlights and some challenges that investors need to consider.Positively, Salesforce reported a robust quarter with revenue marking $9.33 billion, representing an 8% increase year-over-year and adjusting for currency fluctuations, a growth of 9%.

salesforce.com Inc: Enhanced Product Offerings and Vertical Integration Driving Our Optimism!

<ul><li>Salesforce reported 2QFY25 financial results: total revenue grew by 8% YoY to US$9.33bn, in line with consensus estimate; non-GAAP operating income was up by 16% YoY to US$3.14bn, 6% ahead of consensus estimate thanks to the disciplined expense control.</li><li>cRPO growth reaccelerated to +11% YoY on a constant currency basis in 2QFY25 (1QFY25: +10% YoY), primarily attributable to solid performance of multi-cloud large deals and early renewals.</li><li>Looking ahead, management expects the measured buying environment to sustain, and guide total revenue to grow by 7% YoY to US$9.31-9.36bn in 3QFY25E. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Salesforce reported 2QFY25 financial results: total revenue grew by 8% YoY to US$9.33bn, in line with consensus estimate; non-GAAP operating income was up by 16% YoY to US$3.14bn, 6% ahead of consensus estimate thanks to the disciplined expense control.cRPO growth reaccelerated to +11% YoY on a constant currency basis in 2QFY25 (1QFY25: +10% YoY), primarily attributable to solid performance of multi-cloud large deals and early renewals.Looking ahead, management expects the measured buying environment to sustain, and guide total revenue to grow by 7% YoY to US$9.31-9.36bn in 3QFY25E. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Salesforce (CRM US) - CRPO Growth Reaccelerates; Eyes on New AI Product Launch

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salesforce.com, inc. provides software on demand. The Company supplies a customer relationship management service to businesses worldwide providing a technology platform for customers and developers to build and run business applications. Clients use salesforce.com to manage their customer, sales and operational data.

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Salesforce (CRM US) - Inline 3QFY25 results; Agentforce as the key catalyst

e expect Salesforce will continue to benefit from the development of AI applications, and raise our target price to US$410.0 based on 24x FY25E EV...

CMB International

ServiceTitan IPO Preview: Great Success Story, Leader at Scale In The Trade Industry

ServiceTitan, a founder-led software company and market leader for trades businesses, plans to raise up to $500M in upcoming US IPO.

Andrei Zakharov

Dow Jones Industrials (INDU) Index Rebalance: NVIDIA, Sherwin-Williams Replace Intel, Dow

NVIDIA and Sherwin-Williams will replace Dow and Intel in the index. Round-trip trade is US$16.5bn. There is a lot to buy in Sherwin-Williams both...

Brian Freitas

salesforce.com Inc: Enhanced Product Offerings and Vertical Integration Driving Our Optimism!

Salesforce, a prominent leader in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, disclosed its fiscal 2025 second-quarter financial results,...

Baptista Research

Salesforce (CRM US) - CRPO Growth Reaccelerates; Eyes on New AI Product Launch

Salesforce reported 2QFY25 financial results: total revenue grew by 8% YoY to US$9.33bn, in line with consensus estimate; non-GAAP operating income...

CMB International

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