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Baptista Research

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.

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>Capri Holdings Limited’s fiscal year 2026 results reflect a transitional phase shaped by deliberate strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening the long-term prospects of its two primary luxury brands, Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo.</li><li>The company returned to profitability in the fourth quarter with earnings per share of $0.22, a notable improvement from a loss in the prior year, on revenue of $796 million—a 4% year-over-year decline consistent with guidance.</li><li>This revenue contraction was largely attributed to quality of sale initiatives, including reductions in promotional activity, third-party sales, and off-price shipments, particularly impacting Michael Kors.</li></ul>

Capri Holdings Limited’s fiscal year 2026 results reflect a transitional phase shaped by deliberate strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening the long-term prospects of its two primary luxury brands, Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo.The company returned to profitability in the fourth quarter with earnings per share of $0.22, a notable improvement from a loss in the prior year, on revenue of $796 million—a 4% year-over-year decline consistent with guidance.This revenue contraction was largely attributed to quality of sale initiatives, including reductions in promotional activity, third-party sales, and off-price shipments, particularly impacting Michael Kors.

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