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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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<div><ul><li>1Q results underscored accelerating growth, higher retention, and improving underwriting. </li><li>Revenue grew 71% to $258MM, IFP rose 32% to $1.33B, and customers climbed 23% to 3.14MM.</li><li>The earned premium cession rate came in at ~31% versus our ~39% estimate, with management detailing step-downs to ~25% in 2Q and ~20% in 3Q, in line with the normalized cession rate announced at last July’s renewal. </li></ul></div>

1Q results underscored accelerating growth, higher retention, and improving underwriting. Revenue grew 71% to $258MM, IFP rose 32% to $1.33B, and customers climbed 23% to 3.14MM.The earned premium cession rate came in at ~31% versus our ~39% estimate, with management detailing step-downs to ~25% in 2Q and ~20% in 3Q, in line with the normalized cession rate announced at last July’s renewal. 

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