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>Yelp Inc. recorded a mixed performance in the second quarter of 2024, highlighting several strategic initiatives and financial metrics that provide a nuanced picture of its current positioning and future prospects.</li><li>The company achieved a 6% year-over-year increase in net revenue, amounting to $357 million, surpassing its own forecast marginally.</li><li>This growth was underpinned by the introduction of over 20 new features and updates, emphasizing Yelp’s continued focus on a product-led strategy.</li></ul>

Yelp Inc. recorded a mixed performance in the second quarter of 2024, highlighting several strategic initiatives and financial metrics that provide a nuanced picture of its current positioning and future prospects.The company achieved a 6% year-over-year increase in net revenue, amounting to $357 million, surpassing its own forecast marginally.This growth was underpinned by the introduction of over 20 new features and updates, emphasizing Yelp’s continued focus on a product-led strategy.

Yelp Inc.: Will The Streamlined AI Implementations in AdTech & Search Pay Off? - Major Drivers

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

Webtoon Entertainment / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/webtoon-entertainment-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43652:1" rel="noopener">Webtoon Entertainment (WBTN US)</a> raised around US$315m in its US IPO, after pricing the deal at the top of the range at US$21/share.</li>
<li>Webtoon Entertainment is a global storytelling platform where a community of creators and users discover, create and share new content.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we talked about the company’s historical performance, undertook a peer comparison and shared our thoughts on valuation. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Webtoon Entertainment (WBTN US) raised around US$315m in its US IPO, after pricing the deal at the top of the range at US$21/share.
Webtoon Entertainment is a global storytelling platform where a community of creators and users discover, create and share new content.
In our previous notes, we talked about the company’s historical performance, undertook a peer comparison and shared our thoughts on valuation. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Webtoon Entertainment IPO Trading - Not Cheap Given the Lack of Growth

<ul><li>The first quarter of 2024 brought mixed but generally positive results for Yelp Inc., which highlighted strategic strides and challenges faced by different sectors of the business.</li><li>Focused on services categories, particularly Home Services, Yelp demonstrated robust revenue growth in these areas despite a less buoyant environment in its other categories encompassing restaurants, retail, and various outlets.</li><li>Revenue for Home Services increased by about 15% year-over-year, reflecting an impactful return from Yelp's ongoing investment in Request-a-Quote projects.</li></ul>

The first quarter of 2024 brought mixed but generally positive results for Yelp Inc., which highlighted strategic strides and challenges faced by different sectors of the business.Focused on services categories, particularly Home Services, Yelp demonstrated robust revenue growth in these areas despite a less buoyant environment in its other categories encompassing restaurants, retail, and various outlets.Revenue for Home Services increased by about 15% year-over-year, reflecting an impactful return from Yelp's ongoing investment in Request-a-Quote projects.

Yelp Inc.: Expansion of Advertising Revenue & Engagement Platforms As A Growth Catalyst! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>This is our first report on Yelp Inc.</li><li>The management addressed strong performance across several key metrics.</li><li>They reported an impressive 10th consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth, achieving a record net revenue of $345 million which signifies a 12% YoY increase.</li></ul>

This is our first report on Yelp Inc.The management addressed strong performance across several key metrics.They reported an impressive 10th consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth, achieving a record net revenue of $345 million which signifies a 12% YoY increase.

Yelp Inc: Initiation of Coverage - Unveiling Yelp's High-ROI Ad Innovations That Are Changing the Game! - Major Drivers

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>There are quite a few changes for stocks across the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 (SPX INDEX)</a>, MidCap 400 Index and SmallCap 600 Index that will result in a one-way trade of US$30bn.</li>
<li>There are adds/deletes that have over 5 days of ADV to trade from passive funds, plus many stocks that have over +/-1 day of ADV from other changes.</li>
<li>The largest impact of passive buying will be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keurig-dr-pepper-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15411:1" rel="noopener">Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (KDP US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/on-semiconductor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2729:1" rel="noopener">On Semiconductor (ON US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vici-properties-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28786:1" rel="noopener">VICI Properties Inc (VICI US)</a>. </li>
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There are quite a few changes for stocks across the S&amp;P 500 (SPX INDEX), MidCap 400 Index and SmallCap 600 Index that will result in a one-way trade of US$30bn.
There are adds/deletes that have over 5 days of ADV to trade from passive funds, plus many stocks that have over +/-1 day of ADV from other changes.
The largest impact of passive buying will be on Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (KDP US), On Semiconductor (ON US) and VICI Properties Inc (VICI US). 


S&P500 Index Rebalance: One-Way Trade of US$30bn

United States

Yelp Inc. operates a social networking, user review, and local search web site. The Company provides the site as a guide for online search capabilities for its visitors to find reviews and details about local businesses. Yelp provides listings for businesses throughout the United States and Canada.

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Yelp Inc (YELP US)

Yelp Inc.: Will The Streamlined AI Implementations in AdTech & Search Pay Off? - Major Drivers

Yelp Inc. recorded a mixed performance in the second quarter of 2024, highlighting several strategic initiatives and financial metrics that...

Baptista Research

Webtoon Entertainment IPO Trading - Not Cheap Given the Lack of Growth

Webtoon Entertainment (WBTN US) raised around US$315m in its US IPO, after pricing the deal at the top of the range at US$21/share.

Ethan Aw

Yelp Inc.: Expansion of Advertising Revenue & Engagement Platforms As A Growth Catalyst! - Major Drivers

The first quarter of 2024 brought mixed but generally positive results for Yelp Inc., which highlighted strategic strides and challenges faced by...

Baptista Research

Yelp Inc: Initiation of Coverage - Unveiling Yelp's High-ROI Ad Innovations That Are Changing the Game! - Major Drivers

This is our first report on Yelp Inc. The management addressed strong performance across several key metrics. They reported an impressive 10th...

Baptista Research

S&P500 Index Rebalance: One-Way Trade of US$30bn

There are 3 changes for the S&P500, plus more changes for the MidCap and SmallCap indices. We estimate a one-way trade of US$30bn across the...

Brian Freitas

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