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 Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Tencent Music Entertainment Group reported second quarter 2026 financial results, reflecting a 6% year-over-year revenue increase to RMB 8.9 billion.</li><li>Growth was primarily driven by music-related services, which rose 11%, supported by expanding membership services and offline performance revenues.</li><li>The consolidation of Ximalaya, a premium audio platform, contributed approximately RMB 0.4 billion to overall revenues, complementing Tencent Music’s music content with audiobooks, podcasts, and long-form audio offerings.</li></ul>

Tencent Music Entertainment Group reported second quarter 2026 financial results, reflecting a 6% year-over-year revenue increase to RMB 8.9 billion.Growth was primarily driven by music-related services, which rose 11%, supported by expanding membership services and offline performance revenues.The consolidation of Ximalaya, a premium audio platform, contributed approximately RMB 0.4 billion to overall revenues, complementing Tencent Music’s music content with audiobooks, podcasts, and long-form audio offerings.

Tencent Music’s Ximalaya Bet — Can Audio Unlock The Next Big Growth Engine?

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

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TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) (2330 TT)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing)

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<li>Since the last rebalancing on 30th January, our portfolio appreciated 3.4% against MSCI Asia-ex-Japan's 1%. Since inception on May 15, 2025, our portfolio has appreciated 35.8%, vs MXASJ's 32.8%. </li>
<li>Since last reshuffle, the portfolio was driven by Korea (2.57% return contribution), Taiwan (1.3%) and India (0.75%). Four Chinese internet stocks, Alibaba, Tencent, Tencent Music and Netease, contributed -1.97% return.</li>
<li>We now exclude Dr Lal Pathlabs in India and include Tata Steel. We also include Maybank in Malaysia. All our inclusions have seen sharp EPS estimate upgrades lately.</li>
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Since the last rebalancing on 30th January, our portfolio appreciated 3.4% against MSCI Asia-ex-Japan's 1%. Since inception on May 15, 2025, our portfolio has appreciated 35.8%, vs MXASJ's 32.8%. 
Since last reshuffle, the portfolio was driven by Korea (2.57% return contribution), Taiwan (1.3%) and India (0.75%). Four Chinese internet stocks, Alibaba, Tencent, Tencent Music and Netease, contributed -1.97% return.
We now exclude Dr Lal Pathlabs in India and include Tata Steel. We also include Maybank in Malaysia. All our inclusions have seen sharp EPS estimate upgrades lately.


Asian Equities: Model Portfolio - We Reshuffle India, Add Malaysia; Korea Remains Biggest Overweight

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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>The deliveries still grew strongly by 24% YoY in November 2025.</li>
<li>We believe Geely will take BYD’s place as the largest Chinese producer.</li>
<li>We also believe the stock has an upside of 49% for the next twelve months.</li>
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The deliveries still grew strongly by 24% YoY in November 2025.
We believe Geely will take BYD’s place as the largest Chinese producer.
We also believe the stock has an upside of 49% for the next twelve months.


2026 High Conviction: Geely (175 HK) To Be the Largest

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> has been active since the start of the year in selling down some of its stake in its investee companies to raise over US$3.3bn cash.</li>
<li>Tencent did report a negative free cash flow quarter in 2Q26. Given the elevated spending, it might look to sell some more of its stakes.</li>
<li>Tencent owned over US$66bn worth of shares in over 39 companies, with the bulk of it stemming from US, US-HK listed and overseas listed companies.</li>
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Tencent (700 HK) has been active since the start of the year in selling down some of its stake in its investee companies to raise over US$3.3bn cash.
Tencent did report a negative free cash flow quarter in 2Q26. Given the elevated spending, it might look to sell some more of its stakes.
Tencent owned over US$66bn worth of shares in over 39 companies, with the bulk of it stemming from US, US-HK listed and overseas listed companies.


Aequitas: Tencent Investee Selldown - Start of Another US$70bn Selldown Wave

Zhongji Innolight   / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>With over 48 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings.</li>
<li>In this note, we will also talk about the overall performance of the cohort of 48 deals. Overall, A/H listings since 2025 have reversed the trend of past A/H listings.</li>
<li>We also have a look at some of the factors that might impact the post deal performance.</li>
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With over 48 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings.
In this note, we will also talk about the overall performance of the cohort of 48 deals. Overall, A/H listings since 2025 have reversed the trend of past A/H listings.
We also have a look at some of the factors that might impact the post deal performance.


Aequitas: A/H Premiums and Recent 48 Deals Performance  - Better Performance, a Look at Correlations

China

Tencent Music Entertainment operates an online music entertainment platform in China. The Company offers platform that comprises of online music, recording, music-centric live streaming enabling users to discover, listen, sing, watch, perform, and socialize music.

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Ming Lu

Aequitas: Tencent Investee Selldown - Start of Another US$70bn Selldown Wave

Tencent (700 HK) has been active since the start of the year in selling down some of its stake in its investee companies to raise over US$3.3bn cash.

Sumeet Singh

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Sumeet Singh

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Tencent Music’s Ximalaya Bet — Can Audio Unlock The Next Big Growth Engine?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group reported second quarter 2026 financial results, reflecting a 6% year-over-year revenue increase to RMB 8.9...

Baptista Research

Asian Equities: Model Portfolio - We Reshuffle India, Add Malaysia; Korea Remains Biggest Overweight

​Our Portfolio outperformed MXASJ since last reshuffle & since inception, driven by KR, TW & IN. We include reasonably valued stocks with strong...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

2026 High Conviction: Geely (175 HK) To Be the Largest

The deliveries grew strongly by 24% YoY in Nov. 2025. We believe Geely will take BYD’s place as the largest Chinese producer. We believe the stock...

Ming Lu

Aequitas: Tencent Investee Selldown - Start of Another US$70bn Selldown Wave

Tencent (700 HK) has been active since the start of the year in selling down some of its stake in its investee companies to raise over US$3.3bn cash.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: A/H Premiums and Recent 48 Deals Performance - Better Performance, a Look at Correlations

With over 48 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings, including correlations which might...

Sumeet Singh

Our Portfolio outperformed MXASJ since last reshuffle & since inception, driven by KR, TW & IN. We include reasonably valued stocks with strong...