US Tech Company Research, MT Capital

MT Capital

US Tech Company Research

I demystify the world's most interesting tech companies, providing in-depth, no-nonsense, un-biased analysis on the most interesting Tech Companies available for investment today. I am a Mechanical Engineer by education, Software Engineer by trade and a self-trained Financial Analyst.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Today I will be completing an in-depth analysis on Shopify. Within, I will spend time breaking down the opportunity in front of the company, both broadly within the e-commerce space as a whole, as well as more specifically from a value proposition point of view.</li><li>In addition, I will break down the company’s business model, clearly outline how the company makes money, analyze their most recent earnings report, delve into some KPIs and discuss some bear and bull cases that some investors should be wary of going forwards.</li><li>As always, the format of this research piece can be seen outlined below, feel free to skip ahead to the sections that you feel will be most useful.</li></ul>

Today I will be completing an in-depth analysis on Shopify. Within, I will spend time breaking down the opportunity in front of the company, both broadly within the e-commerce space as a whole, as well as more specifically from a value proposition point of view.In addition, I will break down the company’s business model, clearly outline how the company makes money, analyze their most recent earnings report, delve into some KPIs and discuss some bear and bull cases that some investors should be wary of going forwards.As always, the format of this research piece can be seen outlined below, feel free to skip ahead to the sections that you feel will be most useful.

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

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<li>Shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bigcommerce-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29196:1" rel="noopener">BigCommerce Holdings (BIGC US)</a>  slipped below the IPO price of <strong>$24.00</strong> per share, and at current valuation, we see limited downside risk for BigCommerce stock investors.  </li>
<li>In 2020, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intuit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8235:1" rel="noopener">Intuit Inc (INTU US)</a>  offered to acquire BigCommerce for $1.5 billion, according to CNBC and other public sources. Both BigCommerce and Intuit didn’t provide a comment.</li>
<li>Insider selling activity has slowed down noticeably over the past three months and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bigcommerce-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29196:1" rel="noopener">BigCommerce Holdings (BIGC US)</a>  insiders sold ~$5 million worth of shares. </li>
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Shares of BigCommerce Holdings (BIGC US)  slipped below the IPO price of $24.00 per share, and at current valuation, we see limited downside risk for BigCommerce stock investors.  
In 2020, Intuit Inc (INTU US)  offered to acquire BigCommerce for $1.5 billion, according to CNBC and other public sources. Both BigCommerce and Intuit didn’t provide a comment.
Insider selling activity has slowed down noticeably over the past three months and BigCommerce Holdings (BIGC US)  insiders sold ~$5 million worth of shares. 


BigCommerce: Stock Selloff Looks Finished As Valuation Hit $1.5 Billion

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>Shopify ended 2021 with a strong fourth quarter as its revenue increased by a staggering 41% to $1.38 billion, compared to the same period last year.</li><li>The company’s stock price has been hit badly like most high-growth stocks on account of the rising interest rates, inflation, and geopolitical tensions.</li><li>Shop Pay had facilitated a total of $43 billion in GMV since its launch in 2017 which was an important landmark.</li></ul>

Shopify ended 2021 with a strong fourth quarter as its revenue increased by a staggering 41% to $1.38 billion, compared to the same period last year.The company’s stock price has been hit badly like most high-growth stocks on account of the rising interest rates, inflation, and geopolitical tensions.Shop Pay had facilitated a total of $43 billion in GMV since its launch in 2017 which was an important landmark.

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>Delhivery is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank.</li>
<li>Delhivery is an online logistics service provider which covers express parcel delivery, heavy goods delivery, part truckload (PTL) freight, truckload (TL) freight, supply chain solutions, cross border solutions etc.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Delhivery is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO, the company is backed by a host of financial investors, the largest being Softbank.
Delhivery is an online logistics service provider which covers express parcel delivery, heavy goods delivery, part truckload (PTL) freight, truckload (TL) freight, supply chain solutions, cross border solutions etc.
In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Delhivery Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not Showing Clear Signs of Delivering Profits

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elastic-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27526:1" rel="noopener">Elastic NV (ESTC US)</a>  has grown its ARR from ~$207 million as of Jul-18 to ~$760 million today and may become a multi-billion dollar unicorn in the future.  </li>
<li>We like the subscription-based freemium business model, strong net expansion rate, and acceleration in revenue growth of Elastic Cloud business, which currently represents ~33% of total revenue. </li>
<li>Elastic Search is one of the most popular search engines globally, and the company’s products have been downloaded more than 350 million times since 2013. </li>
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Elastic NV (ESTC US)  has grown its ARR from ~$207 million as of Jul-18 to ~$760 million today and may become a multi-billion dollar unicorn in the future.  
We like the subscription-based freemium business model, strong net expansion rate, and acceleration in revenue growth of Elastic Cloud business, which currently represents ~33% of total revenue. 
Elastic Search is one of the most popular search engines globally, and the company’s products have been downloaded more than 350 million times since 2013. 


Elastic: High-Profile Search Company With Attractive Fundamentals

Canada

Shopify Inc. provides a cloud-based commerce platform. The Company offers a platform for merchants to create an omni-channel experience that helps showcase the merchant's brand. Shopify serves customers in Canada.

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Shopify (SHOP US)

Shopify ($SHOP)

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MT Capital

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Andrei Zakharov

Shopify Inc. - Investment Thesis

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Baptista Research

Delhivery Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not Showing Clear Signs of Delivering Profits

Delhivery is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Elastic: High-Profile Search Company With Attractive Fundamentals

Elastic is a high-profile search technology company and we believe current valuations look attractive for long-term investors

Andrei Zakharov

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