TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

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<li>Blowout 4Q21 results headlined by (adjusted) 38% subscription billings growth - unbelievable for a company this size. </li>
<li>Generated a Rule of 75 Quarter (29% revenue growth + 46% FCF margins)</li>
<li>Multi-Module adoption continues to ramp, large deal sizes continue to ramp. At 12x forward revenues...incredible entry point.</li>
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Blowout 4Q21 results headlined by (adjusted) 38% subscription billings growth - unbelievable for a company this size. 
Generated a Rule of 75 Quarter (29% revenue growth + 46% FCF margins)
Multi-Module adoption continues to ramp, large deal sizes continue to ramp. At 12x forward revenues...incredible entry point.


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<li>IOT data platform meant to digitize physical operations for manufacturing, transportation, construction, utilities, healthcare, and education. </li>
<li>Excellent management team, previously co-founded Meraki, which was sold to Cisco.</li>
<li>Hypergrowth software business on par with ServiceNow and Workday at this stage in growth, but much less profitable (so far) due to hardware and bandwidth costs.</li>
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IOT data platform meant to digitize physical operations for manufacturing, transportation, construction, utilities, healthcare, and education. 
Excellent management team, previously co-founded Meraki, which was sold to Cisco.
Hypergrowth software business on par with ServiceNow and Workday at this stage in growth, but much less profitable (so far) due to hardware and bandwidth costs.


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<li>With half of Nasdaq stocks down 50% from the top, is further meltdown ahead?  Valuation compression is already larger than recent big growth selloffs.  </li>
<li>We like a balance of highest quality high growth (CRWD, SNOW, RBLX) and attractive relative valuations (PANW, NOW, BABA)</li>
<li>Amazon is poised for a big 2022 as 1 day Prime shipping reaccelerates growth, and price increases hike profits.</li>
</ul>


With half of Nasdaq stocks down 50% from the top, is further meltdown ahead?  Valuation compression is already larger than recent big growth selloffs.  
We like a balance of highest quality high growth (CRWD, SNOW, RBLX) and attractive relative valuations (PANW, NOW, BABA)
Amazon is poised for a big 2022 as 1 day Prime shipping reaccelerates growth, and price increases hike profits.


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>ServiceNow delivered another outstanding quarter with an excellent performance across the board.</li><li>The company’s Employee Center, which has 250 million monthly users, will now have the ability be natively embedded in Microsoft Teams.</li><li>Such tie-ups and a fast growing partner network are important factors driving ServiceNow’s growth.</li></ul>

ServiceNow delivered another outstanding quarter with an excellent performance across the board.The company’s Employee Center, which has 250 million monthly users, will now have the ability be natively embedded in Microsoft Teams.Such tie-ups and a fast growing partner network are important factors driving ServiceNow’s growth.

ServiceNow Inc: A Tale Of Unbelievable Subscription Growth (12/2021)

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<li>Founded in Chennai, India in 2010 with the idea of creating a “fresh” helpdesk product Freshworks has assembled a one-stop-shop for SMB customers for customer service, ITSM and CRM tools.</li>
<li>Its approach is to provide enterprise grade products at a ~25% discount to larger competitors.</li>
<li>The company has a similar approach to software as SolarWinds, which remains one of the most profitable software companies. </li>
</ul>


Founded in Chennai, India in 2010 with the idea of creating a “fresh” helpdesk product Freshworks has assembled a one-stop-shop for SMB customers for customer service, ITSM and CRM tools.
Its approach is to provide enterprise grade products at a ~25% discount to larger competitors.
The company has a similar approach to software as SolarWinds, which remains one of the most profitable software companies. 


United States

ServiceNow, Inc. provides enterprise information technology (IT) management software. The Company designs, develops, and produces prepackaged computer software, cloud services, and IT service management platform. ServiceNow serves customers throughout the United States.

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