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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.

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<ul><li>Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation reported its fiscal second-quarter results, which were influenced by ongoing industry disruption, the lingering effects of the previous year's strikes, and a disappointing performance at the theatrical box office.</li><li>The company's Television Group, particularly its unscripted segment, faced challenges due to a continuing market correction.</li><li>In the Motion Picture Group, the poor box office performance of "Borderlands," along with softer-than-anticipated results from other releases, impacted financial outcomes.</li></ul>

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation reported its fiscal second-quarter results, which were influenced by ongoing industry disruption, the lingering effects of the previous year's strikes, and a disappointing performance at the theatrical box office.The company's Television Group, particularly its unscripted segment, faced challenges due to a continuing market correction.In the Motion Picture Group, the poor box office performance of "Borderlands," along with softer-than-anticipated results from other releases, impacted financial outcomes.

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Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>SPACs are still heading for the exits in droves.</li><li>While the six IPO pricings that occurred last month would ordinarily be nothing to write home about, February 2023 happened to be the most active month for SPAC IPOs since May 2022, which was the last time a month produced six IPOs.</li><li>However, while the six IPOs last May raised a total of $915 million in gross proceeds, last month’s IPOs raised about half that amount (~$500 million), reflecting the tougher prevailing fundraising environment.</li></ul>

SPACs are still heading for the exits in droves.While the six IPO pricings that occurred last month would ordinarily be nothing to write home about, February 2023 happened to be the most active month for SPAC IPOs since May 2022, which was the last time a month produced six IPOs.However, while the six IPOs last May raised a total of $915 million in gross proceeds, last month’s IPOs raised about half that amount (~$500 million), reflecting the tougher prevailing fundraising environment.

SPAC Talk: Crushed Warrants Still Warrant Caution

<ul><li>Deal terminations return to the spotlight. The past couple of months have seen a pickup in abandoned IBC deals.</li><li>Following nine deal cancelations in December, the second-highest monthly total in 2022 behind 10 in August, the first five weeks of 2023 have seen eight deals bite the dust—four in January and four in the first week of February.</li><li>There have been 69 deal terminations, with an aggregate deal value of ~$90 billion since the start of last year.</li></ul>

Deal terminations return to the spotlight. The past couple of months have seen a pickup in abandoned IBC deals.Following nine deal cancelations in December, the second-highest monthly total in 2022 behind 10 in August, the first five weeks of 2023 have seen eight deals bite the dust—four in January and four in the first week of February.There have been 69 deal terminations, with an aggregate deal value of ~$90 billion since the start of last year.

SPAC Talk: The Peripheralization of De-SPACs

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SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company operates as a security software development company. The Company offers brand protection, authentication, and track and trace technology for the anti-counterfeit market. SMX (Security Matters) serves customers worldwide.

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