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>Snowflake has been one of the hottest tech stocks for the past few months.</li><li>The company continued its momentum in the second quarter with 103% year-on-year growth to $255 million in product revenues, reflecting strength in the company's consumption.</li><li>In the second quarter, customer product and financial services revenue grew over 100% year-on-year, representing the most considerable contribution, while healthcare customer product revenue increased around 200% wich was truly fantastic.</li></ul>

Snowflake has been one of the hottest tech stocks for the past few months.The company continued its momentum in the second quarter with 103% year-on-year growth to $255 million in product revenues, reflecting strength in the company's consumption.In the second quarter, customer product and financial services revenue grew over 100% year-on-year, representing the most considerable contribution, while healthcare customer product revenue increased around 200% wich was truly fantastic.

Snowflake Inc. - Invt Thesis, Financial & Price Forecasts, DCF Valuation- 10/21

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bairong" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31486:1" rel="noopener">Bairong (6608 HK)</a> is a leading independent AI-powered technology platform in China serving the financial services industry. It is the largest independent financial big data analytics solutions provider in China with a 9.0% revenue market share in 2020, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.</p><p>Bairong was listed on the HKEx on 31 March 2021 and raised net proceeds of HK$3,759.0 million at HK$31.80 per share. The shares currently trade 62% below their IPO price. Bairong priced its IPO at the market peak and the shares have collapsed in part due to China’s regulatory reset. </p><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-kuaishou-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29725:1" rel="noopener">Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK)</a> fell 15% on 5 August after a lockup expiry, as early backers headed for the exit amid fears of China’s widening online crackdown. The ongoing regulatory crackdown has alerted investors to the risk of upcoming expiring lockups.  </p><div class="content-highlight"><p>Bairong’s pre-IPO investors’ lock-up period expires on 20 September. The cornerstones investors lock-up period expires on 30 September. In this note, we look at the returns of the pre-IPO investors and potential share sales post-lockup expiry.</p></div>

Bairong (6608 HK) is a leading independent AI-powered technology platform in China serving the financial services industry. It is the largest independent financial big data analytics solutions provider in China with a 9.0% revenue market share in 2020, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.Bairong was listed on the HKEx on 31 March 2021 and raised net proceeds of HK$3,759.0 million at HK$31.80 per share. The shares currently trade 62% below their IPO price. Bairong priced its IPO at the market peak and the shares have collapsed in part due to China’s regulatory reset. Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK) fell 15% on 5 August after a lockup expiry, as early backers headed for the exit amid fears of China’s widening online crackdown. The ongoing regulatory crackdown has alerted investors to the risk of upcoming expiring lockups.  Bairong’s pre-IPO investors’ lock-up period expires on 20 September. The cornerstones investors lock-up period expires on 30 September. In this note, we look at the returns of the pre-IPO investors and potential share sales post-lockup expiry.

Equity Analyst, Investi Analyst

Investi Analyst

Equity Analyst

Investment Entrepreneur / Equity Analyst.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Snowflake is the leading cloud-computing data warehouse company that will play an integral role in the future of Artificial Intelligence.</li>
<li>This article discusses five key competitive advantages that make Snowflake unique and able to dominate its industry for an extensive period.</li>
<li>Snowflake recently announced an ambitious plan of achieving $10B in Revenue by 2028. We evaluate the possibility and future growth estimates.</li>
<li>I discuss the competitive dynamics and future risks for investors to watch for those looking into purchasing Snowflake.</li>
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Snowflake is the leading cloud-computing data warehouse company that will play an integral role in the future of Artificial Intelligence.
This article discusses five key competitive advantages that make Snowflake unique and able to dominate its industry for an extensive period.
Snowflake recently announced an ambitious plan of achieving $10B in Revenue by 2028. We evaluate the possibility and future growth estimates.
I discuss the competitive dynamics and future risks for investors to watch for those looking into purchasing Snowflake.


Snowflake: 5 Reasons Why It Is Truly Special

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.

<p>Some updated thinking around our long portfolio: more bullish Google, Netflix, and Match, less bullish Snowflake, Facebook. And thinking about getting long some DIDI!</p><div class="content-highlight"><p>Obex’s fundamental research process is focused on secular change in the TMT and Consumer sectors. We seek to differentiate between fundamental business analysis and security analysis. Before deciding if a security’s pricing and positioning merit a long or short position, we analyze the four pillars of business fundamentals (Secular Factors, TAM, Competitive Advantage, Business Model) in order to determine if this is a “good” or “not so good” opportunity.  </p></div>

Some updated thinking around our long portfolio: more bullish Google, Netflix, and Match, less bullish Snowflake, Facebook. And thinking about getting long some DIDI!Obex’s fundamental research process is focused on secular change in the TMT and Consumer sectors. We seek to differentiate between fundamental business analysis and security analysis. Before deciding if a security’s pricing and positioning merit a long or short position, we analyze the four pillars of business fundamentals (Secular Factors, TAM, Competitive Advantage, Business Model) in order to determine if this is a “good” or “not so good” opportunity.  

<ul><li>Snowflake has had one of the craziest bull runs in recent times.</li><li>The company is operating within the data warehousing domain and is known to deliver on-demand cloud data warehousing solutions to enterprises.</li><li>Snowflake is known to have robust storage and data sharing capabilities along with a flexible and independent architecture that allows storage, analytics, and group computing.</li></ul>

Snowflake has had one of the craziest bull runs in recent times.The company is operating within the data warehousing domain and is known to deliver on-demand cloud data warehousing solutions to enterprises.Snowflake is known to have robust storage and data sharing capabilities along with a flexible and independent architecture that allows storage, analytics, and group computing.

Snowflake Inc. - Invt Thesis, Financial & Price Forecasts, DCF Valuation

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Snowflake Inc. provides software solutions. The Company develops database architecture, data warehouses, query optimization, and parallelization solutions. Snowflake serves customers worldwide.

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Snowflake (SNOW US)

Snowflake Inc. - Invt Thesis, Financial & Price Forecasts, DCF Valuation- 10/21

Snowflake has been one of the hottest tech stocks for the past few months. The company continued its momentum in the second quarter with 103%...

Baptista Research

Bairong: Upcoming Lock-Up Expiry

Bairong’s pre-IPO investors’ lock-up period expires on 20 September. In this note, we look at the returns of the pre-IPO investors and potential...

Arun George

Snowflake: 5 Reasons Why It Is Truly Special

Snowflake is the leading cloud-computing data warehouse company that will play an integral role in the future of Artificial Intelligence. This...

Investi Analyst

2H21 Obex Research Long Portfolio

Some updated thinking around our long portfolio: more bullish Google, Netflix, and Match, less bullish Snowflake, Facebook. And thinking about...

Aaron Gabin

Snowflake Inc. - Invt Thesis, Financial & Price Forecasts, DCF Valuation

Snowflake has had one of the craziest bull runs in recent times. The company is operating within the data warehousing domain and is known to...

Baptista Research

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