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>Sonoco reported strong financial results for the second quarter of 2025, achieving significant growth in net sales, adjusted EBITDA, and margins despite facing global economic challenges and market-specific disruptions.</li><li>Net sales increased by 49% year-over-year, reaching $1.9 billion, driven by the acquisition of the European metal packaging business Eviosys, now integrated as Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA (SMP EMEA), and strong volume growth in their U.S. metal packaging segment.</li><li>Adjusted EBITDA rose by 25% to $328 million, with margins expanding by 100 basis points to 17.2%.</li></ul>

Sonoco reported strong financial results for the second quarter of 2025, achieving significant growth in net sales, adjusted EBITDA, and margins despite facing global economic challenges and market-specific disruptions.Net sales increased by 49% year-over-year, reaching $1.9 billion, driven by the acquisition of the European metal packaging business Eviosys, now integrated as Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA (SMP EMEA), and strong volume growth in their U.S. metal packaging segment.Adjusted EBITDA rose by 25% to $328 million, with margins expanding by 100 basis points to 17.2%.

Sonoco Products’s Latest Earnings Update- A Tale Of Lean Ops, Synergy Gains, & a Billion-Can Boost!

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Sonoco Products’s Latest Earnings Update- A Tale Of Lean Ops, Synergy Gains, & a Billion-Can Boost!