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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>UniFirst is once again in the activist spotlight after Engine Capital publicly urged the company’s Board of Directors to explore a sale, escalating tensions that have been building since UniFirst rejected a premium all‑cash takeover offer from Cintas earlier this year.</li><li>Engine Capital, which holds a 3.2% ownership stake, criticized the Board for prioritizing the interests of company trustees over those of ordinary shareholders—pointing specifically to the decision to turn down Cintas’ January proposal to acquire both UniFirst’s common and Class B stock for $275 per share, a premium valuation at the time.</li><li>Engine argued that the Board’s refusal represented entrenched governance rather than strategic judgment.</li></ul>

UniFirst is once again in the activist spotlight after Engine Capital publicly urged the company’s Board of Directors to explore a sale, escalating tensions that have been building since UniFirst rejected a premium all‑cash takeover offer from Cintas earlier this year.Engine Capital, which holds a 3.2% ownership stake, criticized the Board for prioritizing the interests of company trustees over those of ordinary shareholders—pointing specifically to the decision to turn down Cintas’ January proposal to acquire both UniFirst’s common and Class B stock for $275 per share, a premium valuation at the time.Engine argued that the Board’s refusal represented entrenched governance rather than strategic judgment.

UniFirst Under Fire: Activist Demands Sale After Rejecting $275 Cintas Bid!

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UniFirst Under Fire: Activist Demands Sale After Rejecting $275 Cintas Bid!