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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>The dominant dealer software platform in the world’s largest auto market.</li><li>DSC’s flagship platform, DaFengChe, has held more than 90% market share in operating systems for China’s used car dealers since at least 2021 and manages more than 50% of the country’s used car inventory by VIN, handling more than RMB1.0 billion (US$147.4M) of used car transaction value daily in January 2026, per China Insights Consultancy (CIC).</li><li>Most DaFengChe functionality is free. Its paid dealer subscriptions and additional OEM customer engagement projects generate a small share of revenue. </li></ul>

The dominant dealer software platform in the world’s largest auto market.DSC’s flagship platform, DaFengChe, has held more than 90% market share in operating systems for China’s used car dealers since at least 2021 and manages more than 50% of the country’s used car inventory by VIN, handling more than RMB1.0 billion (US$147.4M) of used car transaction value daily in January 2026, per China Insights Consultancy (CIC).Most DaFengChe functionality is free. Its paid dealer subscriptions and additional OEM customer engagement projects generate a small share of revenue. 

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