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>GFL Environmental Inc. has entered 2026 with unusually strong financial momentum and a more flexible balance sheet just as it moves to deepen its position in one of the most attractive regional waste markets in North America.</li><li>After reporting record 2025 adjusted EBITDA margins of 30%, guiding to further margin expansion in 2026, and signaling capacity for another outsized year of acquisitions, GFL has now acquired Frontier Waste Solutions, a Dallas-based operator with 24 sites across Texas, a fleet of more than 650 vehicles, and nearly 1,000 employees.</li><li>The transaction fits squarely within management’s stated strategy of deploying capital into tuck-in and density-enhancing assets located in markets where GFL already has infrastructure.</li></ul>

GFL Environmental Inc. has entered 2026 with unusually strong financial momentum and a more flexible balance sheet just as it moves to deepen its position in one of the most attractive regional waste markets in North America.After reporting record 2025 adjusted EBITDA margins of 30%, guiding to further margin expansion in 2026, and signaling capacity for another outsized year of acquisitions, GFL has now acquired Frontier Waste Solutions, a Dallas-based operator with 24 sites across Texas, a fleet of more than 650 vehicles, and nearly 1,000 employees.The transaction fits squarely within management’s stated strategy of deploying capital into tuck-in and density-enhancing assets located in markets where GFL already has infrastructure.

GFL Environmental Takeover Of Frontier Could Reshape The Waste Industry Landscape!