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

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<li>Valaris Ltd.'s first quarter of 2025 financial results indicate robust performance, showcasing both significant operational achievements and strategic initiatives.</li>
<li>The company's success in securing over $1 billion in new backlog contracts highlights its capability to align strategically with market opportunities, notably in lucrative regions such as West Africa.</li>
<li>This aligns with Valaris's broader commercial strategy that emphasizes contracting high-specification assets on attractive long-term terms, thus ensuring consistent revenue streams critical for sustaining financial health.</li>
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Valaris Ltd.'s first quarter of 2025 financial results indicate robust performance, showcasing both significant operational achievements and strategic initiatives.
The company's success in securing over $1 billion in new backlog contracts highlights its capability to align strategically with market opportunities, notably in lucrative regions such as West Africa.
This aligns with Valaris's broader commercial strategy that emphasizes contracting high-specification assets on attractive long-term terms, thus ensuring consistent revenue streams critical for sustaining financial health.


Valaris PLC: Fleet Optimization, Strategic Contracting & Key Growth Levers!

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<li>Valaris plc reported its fourth quarter 2024 results, presenting a mixed performance.</li>
<li>While the company demonstrated strong operational execution and safety achievements, there were some financial challenges and strategic decisions that could impact future performance.</li>
<li>On the positive side, Valaris continued its track record of high operational efficiency, achieving fleet-wide revenue efficiency of 96% for the quarter and 97% for the entire year.</li>
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Valaris plc reported its fourth quarter 2024 results, presenting a mixed performance.
While the company demonstrated strong operational execution and safety achievements, there were some financial challenges and strategic decisions that could impact future performance.
On the positive side, Valaris continued its track record of high operational efficiency, achieving fleet-wide revenue efficiency of 96% for the quarter and 97% for the entire year.


Valaris Limited: Can It Capitalize On Offshore Expansion Opportunities?

Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

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<li>An overlooked old economy sector in Asia ripe for a comeback</li>
<li>Industry dynamics will provide  a long-term tailwind for the company</li>
<li>Opportunity created by  deletion from an index and corporate restructuring</li>
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An overlooked old economy sector in Asia ripe for a comeback
Industry dynamics will provide  a long-term tailwind for the company
Opportunity created by  deletion from an index and corporate restructuring


Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass).</li>
<li>SPX is pulling back after hitting all-time highs; the gap at 6750-6772 is short-term support, and it is a clear sign bulls remain in control if this gap remains unfilled.</li>
<li>We will stay near-term bullish as long as the 3+ month uptrend continues (currently at ~6675). Additional supports include 6550-6569, 6480-6520, 6450, 6400-6410, 6340-6360, 6290, 6200, and 6100-6150</li>
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We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass).
SPX is pulling back after hitting all-time highs; the gap at 6750-6772 is short-term support, and it is a clear sign bulls remain in control if this gap remains unfilled.
We will stay near-term bullish as long as the 3+ month uptrend continues (currently at ~6675). Additional supports include 6550-6569, 6480-6520, 6450, 6400-6410, 6340-6360, 6290, 6200, and 6100-6150


Magnificent Seven's Turn to Shine; Buy Pullbacks to 3+ Month SPX Uptrend and 50-Day MA

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<li>We remain bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and we will maintain our bullish outlook as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) is above 6028-6059.</li>
<li>Short-Term supports on SPX include 6400-6410, 6340-6360, 6200, 6100-6150, and 6028-6059.</li>
<li>Various prior leadership areas from the April lows appear ready to continue higher following 1+ month consolidations. IGV, PLTR, APP, SOUN, RZLV, SHOP, FROG, U, CDNS, RDDT, JMIA, RR, Z,HIMS,MU,GRAL</li>
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We remain bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and we will maintain our bullish outlook as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) is above 6028-6059.
Short-Term supports on SPX include 6400-6410, 6340-6360, 6200, 6100-6150, and 6028-6059.
Various prior leadership areas from the April lows appear ready to continue higher following 1+ month consolidations. IGV, PLTR, APP, SOUN, RZLV, SHOP, FROG, U, CDNS, RDDT, JMIA, RR, Z,HIMS,MU,GRAL


Downgrading Utilities to Market Weight; Bullish Outlook Intact; Prior Leadership to Shine?

United States

Valaris Limited provides offshore contract drilling services. The Company owns, operates, and manages rig fleets and provides drilling services. Valaris serves customers worldwide.

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