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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>RPM International Inc.’s fiscal 2026 fourth quarter and full-year results reflected a continuation of record performance across sales, adjusted EBIT, and adjusted EPS, supported by growth in all segments and geographies.</li><li>Consolidated sales increased 7.2%, driven by demand for engineered solutions in high-performance building and infrastructure markets, price increases to offset inflation, and contributions from acquisitions.</li><li>All three business segments—Construction Products Group (CPG), Performance Coatings Group (PCG), and Consumer Group—reported record sales and adjusted EBIT, with the first two segments benefiting from system selling approaches and targeted growth sectors such as roofing, wall systems, data centers, and infrastructure projects.</li></ul>

RPM International Inc.’s fiscal 2026 fourth quarter and full-year results reflected a continuation of record performance across sales, adjusted EBIT, and adjusted EPS, supported by growth in all segments and geographies.Consolidated sales increased 7.2%, driven by demand for engineered solutions in high-performance building and infrastructure markets, price increases to offset inflation, and contributions from acquisitions.All three business segments—Construction Products Group (CPG), Performance Coatings Group (PCG), and Consumer Group—reported record sales and adjusted EBIT, with the first two segments benefiting from system selling approaches and targeted growth sectors such as roofing, wall systems, data centers, and infrastructure projects.

RPM International Inc.’s $899 Million Cash Engine — Can Record Growth Continue?

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RPM International Inc.’s $899 Million Cash Engine — Can Record Growth Continue?