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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>EchoStar’s recently amended agreement to sell its unpaired AWS-3 spectrum licenses to SpaceX for $2.6 billion in SpaceX stock represents a pivotal shift in its operational and strategic trajectory.</li><li>Building on a previous September deal where EchoStar committed to transferring AWS-4 and H-block licenses to SpaceX for up to $17 billion (half cash, half stock), this new AWS-3 transaction strengthens both firms’ long-term ambitions.</li><li>For EchoStar, this move not only unlocks immediate financial runway and positions it to operate more flexibly but also furthers its transformation from a spectrum-heavy, capital-intensive business into a leaner, investment-focused entity.</li></ul>

EchoStar’s recently amended agreement to sell its unpaired AWS-3 spectrum licenses to SpaceX for $2.6 billion in SpaceX stock represents a pivotal shift in its operational and strategic trajectory.Building on a previous September deal where EchoStar committed to transferring AWS-4 and H-block licenses to SpaceX for up to $17 billion (half cash, half stock), this new AWS-3 transaction strengthens both firms’ long-term ambitions.For EchoStar, this move not only unlocks immediate financial runway and positions it to operate more flexibly but also furthers its transformation from a spectrum-heavy, capital-intensive business into a leaner, investment-focused entity.

EchoStar Offloads Spectrum to SpaceX—Is This the End of Its Wireless Ambitions?

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EchoStar Offloads Spectrum to SpaceX—Is This the End of Its Wireless Ambitions?