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

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>The fourth quarter and full year performance of eBay Inc. reflected a notable acceleration in marketplace activity alongside expanding monetization, while also highlighting areas of geographic and category-level variability.</li><li>The company exited 2025 with gross merchandise volume growth of nearly 6% for the year and over 8% in the fourth quarter, supported primarily by its focus categories, consumer-to-consumer activity, and recommerce.</li><li>These segments together represented roughly two-thirds of total marketplace volume and grew at a materially faster pace than the broader platform, indicating that prior multi-year investments in friction reduction, trust, and category depth are translating into measurable scale benefits.</li></ul>

The fourth quarter and full year performance of eBay Inc. reflected a notable acceleration in marketplace activity alongside expanding monetization, while also highlighting areas of geographic and category-level variability.The company exited 2025 with gross merchandise volume growth of nearly 6% for the year and over 8% in the fourth quarter, supported primarily by its focus categories, consumer-to-consumer activity, and recommerce.These segments together represented roughly two-thirds of total marketplace volume and grew at a materially faster pace than the broader platform, indicating that prior multi-year investments in friction reduction, trust, and category depth are translating into measurable scale benefits.

eBay’s Depop Integration Expands Its Reach Into High-Value Younger Demographics!

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