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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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Visa Inc. recently reported its fiscal first quarter 2025 earnings, showcasing both strengths and areas for potential improvement.</li><li>Positively, Visa demonstrated robust revenue growth, marked by a 10% increase year-over-year, reaching $9.5 billion, with earnings per share rising by 14%.</li><li>Significant growth drivers included a 9% increase in payments volume and a 16% boost in cross-border volumes, excluding intra-Europe transactions.</li></ul>

Visa Inc. recently reported its fiscal first quarter 2025 earnings, showcasing both strengths and areas for potential improvement.Positively, Visa demonstrated robust revenue growth, marked by a 10% increase year-over-year, reaching $9.5 billion, with earnings per share rising by 14%.Significant growth drivers included a 9% increase in payments volume and a 16% boost in cross-border volumes, excluding intra-Europe transactions.

Visa Inc.: 6 Major Game-Changers Impacting Its 2025 Performance & Beyond! - Major Drivers

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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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<li>Pine Labs raised around US$450m in its India IPO. Overall demand was weak.</li>
<li>Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Pine Labs raised around US$450m in its India IPO. Overall demand was weak.
Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pine-labs-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33472:1" rel="noopener">Pine Labs</a> is now looking to raise up to US$450m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about the RHP updates and provide our thoughts on valuations.</li>
</ul>



Pine Labs is now looking to raise up to US$450m in its upcoming India IPO.
Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about the RHP updates and provide our thoughts on valuations.


Pine Labs IPO - RHP Updates and Thoughts on Valuation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pine-labs-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33472:1" rel="noopener">Pine Labs</a> is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Pine Labs is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Pine Labs Pre-IPO - The Negatives - ...some Segments Slowing, Lots Unexplained

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pine-labs-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33472:1" rel="noopener">Pine Labs</a> is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Pine Labs is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Pine Labs Pre-IPO - The Positives - Some Segments Growing..

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Visa Inc. operates a retail electronic payments network and manages global financial services.  The Company also offers global commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities.

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Visa Inc.: 6 Major Game-Changers Impacting Its 2025 Performance & Beyond! - Major Drivers

Visa Inc. recently reported its fiscal first quarter 2025 earnings, showcasing both strengths and areas for potential improvement. Positively,...

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Pine Labs IPO Trading - Low/No Demand

Pine Labs raised around US$450m in its India IPO. Overall demand was weak. In this note we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Pine Labs IPO - RHP Updates and Thoughts on Valuation

Pine Labs is now looking to raise up to US$450m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Pine Labs Pre-IPO - The Negatives - ...some Segments Slowing, Lots Unexplained

Pine Labs is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Pine Labs Pre-IPO - The Positives - Some Segments Growing..

Pine Labs is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

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