TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Huge operating margin and FCF beat as PANW is maintaining efficiency with slower headcount growth and supply chain issues abating supporting gross margins. </li>
<li>Deal sizes continue to grow dramatically: $1M deals grew 20% YoY, and  transactions size grew nearly 60%. $5M+ deals grew 84% YoY and $10M+ deals grew 140%.</li>
<li>Prisma' Access' SASE product continues to be the catalyst driving 2.5x revenue lift vs. legacy firewalls.</li>
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Huge operating margin and FCF beat as PANW is maintaining efficiency with slower headcount growth and supply chain issues abating supporting gross margins. 
Deal sizes continue to grow dramatically: $1M deals grew 20% YoY, and  transactions size grew nearly 60%. $5M+ deals grew 84% YoY and $10M+ deals grew 140%.
Prisma' Access' SASE product continues to be the catalyst driving 2.5x revenue lift vs. legacy firewalls.


Palo Alto Networks: Even Better Than Crowdstrike?

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

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

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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 Capital Markets

<ul><li>Zscaler delivered good results in the last quarter surpassing Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.</li><li>Consumers are buying Zscaler for users, its complete platform for user protection, including ZDX, ZPA, and ZIA bundled together.</li><li>We provide the stock of Zscaler a ‘Buy’ rating and a revision in the target price.</li></ul>

Zscaler delivered good results in the last quarter surpassing Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.Consumers are buying Zscaler for users, its complete platform for user protection, including ZDX, ZPA, and ZIA bundled together.We provide the stock of Zscaler a ‘Buy’ rating and a revision in the target price.

Zscaler Inc: Zero Configuration Data Protection & Other Developments

Stock Picking & Investing, BluSuit

BluSuit

Stock Picking & Investing

Financial markets, high growth & innovative business coverage, macro economics, trading strategy and market insight

<ul><li>At the moment of writing this, it’s 2:30 pm on a Sunday and I am in a ground blind. Every year at about this time of the year I take a few days off of work to unplug, have a few drinks with other family members and run off to the middle of the woods.</li><li>I get some of my best thinking done out here while I wait for a White Tail Buck to come by. It’s blissful.</li><li>Regardless of where I am or what I am doing, I am and always have been committed to maintaining my transparency, my thoughts and my investing story/process to all of you.</li></ul>

At the moment of writing this, it’s 2:30 pm on a Sunday and I am in a ground blind. Every year at about this time of the year I take a few days off of work to unplug, have a few drinks with other family members and run off to the middle of the woods.I get some of my best thinking done out here while I wait for a White Tail Buck to come by. It’s blissful.Regardless of where I am or what I am doing, I am and always have been committed to maintaining my transparency, my thoughts and my investing story/process to all of you.

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>In the past 24 hours, there have been many news flow about numerous US airports that have been cyber attacked by suspects from Russia. </li>
<li>The increasing media attention on cyberattack threat could result in greater concerns about cybersecurity inducing higher global spending on software and other services that help to protect against cyber attacks. </li>
<li>Global cybersecurity stocks that could benefit from greater media attention on cyberattacks include Palo Alto Networks (PANW US)  Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (CRWD US)  CloudFlare (NET US).  </li>
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In the past 24 hours, there have been many news flow about numerous US airports that have been cyber attacked by suspects from Russia. 
The increasing media attention on cyberattack threat could result in greater concerns about cybersecurity inducing higher global spending on software and other services that help to protect against cyber attacks. 
Global cybersecurity stocks that could benefit from greater media attention on cyberattacks include Palo Alto Networks (PANW US)  Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (CRWD US)  CloudFlare (NET US).  


Cyberattacks at Numerous US Airports by Suspects from Russia

<ul><li>Zscaler continued with its robust growth story and delivered yet another all-around beat in the recent result with 15% free cash flow margins, 63% year-over-year revenue growth, and a 54% year-over-year billing increase in the third quarter.</li><li>The company saw a considerable increase in Q3 in the number of new deals for $1 million or more across the most important customer sectors.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

Zscaler continued with its robust growth story and delivered yet another all-around beat in the recent result with 15% free cash flow margins, 63% year-over-year revenue growth, and a 54% year-over-year billing increase in the third quarter.The company saw a considerable increase in Q3 in the number of new deals for $1 million or more across the most important customer sectors.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

United States

Zscaler, Inc. operates as a security software company. The Company offers cloud-based platform that provides web and mobile security, threat protection, cloud application visibility, and networking solutions. Zscaler serves clients worldwide.

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Baptista Research

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