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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>GATX Corporation reported a rise in diluted earnings per share (EPS) to $2.84 for the second quarter of 2026, compared to $2.06 in the same period of 2025.</li><li>Year-to-date EPS also increased to $5.19 from $4.21, reflecting general strength across its business segments.</li><li>In Rail North America, utilization remained high at 98%, with a solid renewal rate of 82.6% and a lease price index (LPI) increase of 16.8%, though influenced by an outsized quarter for sand car renewals—a segment with lower rates that had been anticipated as part of the Wells Fargo Rail acquisition integration.</li></ul>

GATX Corporation reported a rise in diluted earnings per share (EPS) to $2.84 for the second quarter of 2026, compared to $2.06 in the same period of 2025.Year-to-date EPS also increased to $5.19 from $4.21, reflecting general strength across its business segments.In Rail North America, utilization remained high at 98%, with a solid renewal rate of 82.6% and a lease price index (LPI) increase of 16.8%, though influenced by an outsized quarter for sand car renewals—a segment with lower rates that had been anticipated as part of the Wells Fargo Rail acquisition integration.

GATX Corporation's Wells Fargo Rail Surprise: Can EPS Synergies Double?