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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>Yext surged nearly 12% in pre-market trading on August 18, 2025, after its Chairman and CEO, Michael Walrath, submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire all outstanding shares he doesn’t already own at $9 per share in cash.</li><li>This buyout offer arrives on the heels of strong Q1 results and positive signals for Q2 performance, with the company citing that its second-quarter numbers will meet or exceed its previously stated guidance.</li><li>However, the most striking move accompanying the proposal was the company’s decision to withdraw full-year fiscal 2026 guidance and cancel its upcoming earnings call.</li></ul>

Yext surged nearly 12% in pre-market trading on August 18, 2025, after its Chairman and CEO, Michael Walrath, submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire all outstanding shares he doesn’t already own at $9 per share in cash.This buyout offer arrives on the heels of strong Q1 results and positive signals for Q2 performance, with the company citing that its second-quarter numbers will meet or exceed its previously stated guidance.However, the most striking move accompanying the proposal was the company’s decision to withdraw full-year fiscal 2026 guidance and cancel its upcoming earnings call.

Yext CEO Drops $9 Buyout Bombshell—Is A Takeover Inevitable?

Yext Inc

Yext CEO Drops $9 Buyout Bombshell—Is A Takeover Inevitable?