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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>Vontier Corporation has taken another step in reshaping its portfolio around connected mobility through the acquisition of EKOS, a cloud-based fleet, fuel, and electric-vehicle management software provider.</li><li>The $43 million cash transaction, which also includes a potential earn-out tied to future recurring-revenue growth, builds on an existing commercial relationship between the two companies and expands Vontier’s exposure to software-driven fleet operations.</li><li>EKOS connects more than 1 million vehicles, manages roughly 10,000 customer sites, and generates approximately 80% of its revenue from recurring sources, with annual recurring revenue growing at a 25% compound rate over the past three years.</li></ul>

Vontier Corporation has taken another step in reshaping its portfolio around connected mobility through the acquisition of EKOS, a cloud-based fleet, fuel, and electric-vehicle management software provider.The $43 million cash transaction, which also includes a potential earn-out tied to future recurring-revenue growth, builds on an existing commercial relationship between the two companies and expands Vontier’s exposure to software-driven fleet operations.EKOS connects more than 1 million vehicles, manages roughly 10,000 customer sites, and generates approximately 80% of its revenue from recurring sources, with annual recurring revenue growing at a 25% compound rate over the past three years.

Vontier Takeover Of EKOS Could Unlock Hidden Synergies Across Its Portfolio!