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>Newell Brands reported a second quarter of 2026 that marked a significant milestone in its multi-year turnaround effort, demonstrating a return to year-over-year growth in both net sales and core sales for the first time in over four years.</li><li>Net sales increased by 3%, and core sales rose 2.3%, both exceeding the high end of the company’s guidance and driven by broad-based improvement across five of its six business units.</li><li>The U.S. market, the largest for Newell Brands, led this growth with approximately 5% net sales growth in the quarter, supported by mid-single-digit increases in distribution points.</li></ul>

Newell Brands reported a second quarter of 2026 that marked a significant milestone in its multi-year turnaround effort, demonstrating a return to year-over-year growth in both net sales and core sales for the first time in over four years.Net sales increased by 3%, and core sales rose 2.3%, both exceeding the high end of the company’s guidance and driven by broad-based improvement across five of its six business units.The U.S. market, the largest for Newell Brands, led this growth with approximately 5% net sales growth in the quarter, supported by mid-single-digit increases in distribution points.

Newell Brands Is Growing Again — But How Much Of The Recovery Is Really Sustainable?

Newell Rubbermaid

Newell Brands Is Growing Again — But How Much Of The Recovery Is Really Sustainable?