Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

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<ul><li>UiPath, a leading company in automation software, reported its First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results.</li><li>A positive highlight was UiPath’s ARR growth of 21% year-over-year to $1.508 billion, driven by first quarter net new ARR of $44 million.</li><li>Revenue also rose by 16% year-over-year to $335 million, and when normalized for the foreign exchange headwind of approximately $8 million, revenue grew by 18% year-over-year.</li></ul>

UiPath, a leading company in automation software, reported its First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results.A positive highlight was UiPath’s ARR growth of 21% year-over-year to $1.508 billion, driven by first quarter net new ARR of $44 million.Revenue also rose by 16% year-over-year to $335 million, and when normalized for the foreign exchange headwind of approximately $8 million, revenue grew by 18% year-over-year.

UiPath Inc.: What Is The Progress with AI Product Development? - Major Drivers

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<li>This is our first report on UiPath, a leading automation company.</li>
<li>The company has reported its Q4 results for the fiscal year 2024 and exudes confidence in its future performance.</li>
<li>On this front, the company exceeded its guidance across top and bottom-line metrics, demonstrating strong demand for its platform and successful team focus on customer success.</li>
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This is our first report on UiPath, a leading automation company.
The company has reported its Q4 results for the fiscal year 2024 and exudes confidence in its future performance.
On this front, the company exceeded its guidance across top and bottom-line metrics, demonstrating strong demand for its platform and successful team focus on customer success.


UiPath Inc: Elevating Enterprise AI with Customizable GenAI Innovations!

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/4paradigm" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34465:1" rel="noopener">4Paradigm (6682 HK)</a> raised around US$131m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>4P is a platform-centric AI enterprise solutions provider. It was the largest player by revenue in the platform-centric decision-making AI market in China in 2022, as per CIC. </li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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4Paradigm (6682 HK) raised around US$131m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
4P is a platform-centric AI enterprise solutions provider. It was the largest player by revenue in the platform-centric decision-making AI market in China in 2022, as per CIC. 
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


4Paradigm IPO Trading - Low Insti Subscription and Small Float

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/4paradigm" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34465:1" rel="noopener">4Paradigm (1764934D HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$600m.</li>
<li>4P is a platform-centric AI enterprise solutions provider. It was the largest player by revenue in the platform-centric decision-making AI market in China in 2022, as per CIC.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we covered the company’s performance and refiling updates. In this note, we will cover the firm’s PHIP updates, peer comparison and share our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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4Paradigm (1764934D HK) is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$600m.
4P is a platform-centric AI enterprise solutions provider. It was the largest player by revenue in the platform-centric decision-making AI market in China in 2022, as per CIC.
In our previous notes, we covered the company’s performance and refiling updates. In this note, we will cover the firm’s PHIP updates, peer comparison and share our thoughts on valuation.


4Paradigm IPO - PHIP Updates, Peer Comparison & Thoughts on Valuation

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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/arm-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21816:1" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings (ARM US)</a> has priced its IPO at US$51.00 per ADS, at the top end of the price range. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> will raise gross proceeds of US$4.9bn.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/arm-holdings-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111238" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/arm-holdings-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:111471" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings IPO: The Bear Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/arm-holdings-ipo-unattractive-price-range" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:112285" rel="noopener">ARM Holdings IPO: Unattractive Price Range</a>. </li>
<li>The ARM IPO is structurally set up for a first-day pop. Beyond the first-day euphoria, ARM will face the daunting task of delivering bullish estimates to justify the IPO price.</li>
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ARM Holdings (ARM US) has priced its IPO at US$51.00 per ADS, at the top end of the price range. Softbank Group (9984 JP) will raise gross proceeds of US$4.9bn.
We previously discussed the IPO in ARM Holdings IPO: The Bull Case, ARM Holdings IPO: The Bear Case and ARM Holdings IPO: Unattractive Price Range. 
The ARM IPO is structurally set up for a first-day pop. Beyond the first-day euphoria, ARM will face the daunting task of delivering bullish estimates to justify the IPO price.


ARM Holdings IPO Trading: Structurally Set up for a First-Day Pop, but Then What?

United States

UiPath, Inc. provides software solutions. The Company designs and develops robotic process automation software to build, manage, run, engage, measure, and govern automations across departments within an organization. UiPath serves customers worldwide.

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UiPath Inc.: What Is The Progress with AI Product Development? - Major Drivers

UiPath, a leading company in automation software, reported its First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results. A positive highlight was UiPath’s ARR growth of...

Baptista Research

UiPath Inc: Elevating Enterprise AI with Customizable GenAI Innovations!

This is our first report on UiPath, a leading automation company. The company has reported its Q4 results for the fiscal year 2024 and exudes...

Baptista Research

4Paradigm IPO Trading - Low Insti Subscription and Small Float

4Paradigm (6682 HK) raised around US$131m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we...

Ethan Aw

4Paradigm IPO - PHIP Updates, Peer Comparison & Thoughts on Valuation

4Paradigm (1764934D HK) is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$600m.

Ethan Aw

ARM Holdings IPO Trading: Structurally Set up for a First-Day Pop, but Then What?

The ARM IPO is structurally set up for a first-day pop. Beyond the first-day euphoria, ARM will face the daunting task of delivering bullish...

Arun George

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