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Feb 28, 2022

Starboard Value

Huntsman Corporation HUN

Huntsman, led by the founding family for its entire history, has missed three consecutive investor-day targets and lags peer EBITDA margins by ~900bps; Starboard's four nominees can unlock ~600bps of margin expansion.

N5 V4

Feb 16, 2022

Spruce Point Capital

C3.ai, Inc. AI

C3.ai is a serially rebranded, money-losing AI story-stock propped up by an unraveling Baker Hughes JV and aggressive accounting; Spruce Point sees 40-50% downside to $12.85-$15.40.

N5 V3

Dec 16, 2021

Muddy Waters

KE Holdings BEKE

BEKE is systemic fraud: platform scraping and field work show new-home GTV inflated ~126%, revenues inflated 77-96%, with ghost stores, clone stores, and a sham acquisition masking the deception.

N5 V2

Dec 09, 2021

Spruce Point Capital

Nuvei Corp NVEI

Nuvei is a thrice-rebranded payments roll-up run by executives tied to Ponzi schemes, fraud and adult-industry operators; peer-multiple re-rating implies 40-60% downside to $39-$58.

N5 V4

Sep 15, 2021

Scorpion Capital

Berkeley Lights BLI

Berkeley Lights' $2M Beacon is a flow-cytometer knockoff customers call a clunker; with flat sales, fleeing insiders, and 50x-cheaper rivals, Scorpion pegs BLI at $0.

N5 V3

Jul 14, 2021

Spruce Point Capital

Oatly Group AB OTLY

Oatly is an over-hyped oat-milk fad with accounting overstatements, hidden management scandals and a $12bn valuation pricing in 57% market share — 30-70% downside.

N5 V3

Apr 15, 2021

Scorpion Capital

QuantumScape QS

QuantumScape is a $15B SPAC whose solid-state battery breakthrough is a Theranos-grade mirage; 15 experts say the science is not there and the April 24 lockup expiry will trigger an insider dump.

N5 V2

Mar 10, 2021

Spruce Point Capital

American Battery Metals Corporation / Comstock Mining Inc. ABML / LODE

ABML and LODE are hype-driven EV battery-recycling penny stocks with fraud-tied management, fabricated permit claims, and a nonsensical LiNiCo deal — up to 90% downside.

N5 V3

Mar 03, 2021

Muddy Waters

XL Fleet Corp XL

XL Fleet is SPAC trash: salespeople were paid to fabricate pipeline, most touted customers are inactive, ROI is actually negative, and the stock is worth a fraction of its billion-dollar SPAC valuation.

N5 V3

Jan 07, 2021

Scorpion Capital

Nevro Corp. NVRO

Nevro is a failed one-trick pony at 15x sales: the pivotal SENZA trial was rigged, HF10 is a phony premise, explant rates run 22-33%, and kickbacks prop up what remains of sales.

N5 V3

Nov 18, 2020

Muddy Waters

Joyy Inc. YY

JOYY is a multibillion-dollar fraud: ~90% of YY Live and ~80% of Bigo revenue is fabricated via bots and gift roundtripping, and Baidu's pending $3.6bn acquisition is buying air.

N5 V2

Nov 10, 2020

Spruce Point Capital

Avery Dennison Corporation AVY

Avery Dennison masks structural decline with restructuring add-backs and inflated Adjusted EBITDA/FCF; normalized for accounting manipulation, AVY is worth $68-99/share — 35-55% downside.

N5 V4

Sep 22, 2020

Muddy Waters

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. NNOX

Nanox's $1.3B medical-imaging story is a stock promotion: the ARC device appears to be a prop, distribution partnerships are shams, and a convicted felon engineered the IPO.

N5 V2

Aug 18, 2020

Spruce Point Capital

GFL Environmental Inc. GFL

Spruce Point argues GFL Environmental is a 'terminal zero': a Canadian waste roll-up mimicking the Philip Services fraud playbook, with understated debt, CEO ties to organized crime, and 100% downside.

N5 V3

Jul 06, 2020

Elliott Management

Crown Castle International CCI

Crown Castle's $16bn fiber bet earns just 3% ROI; imposing a 40% capex-ROI target, ROIC-linked pay, and a Board refresh unlocks a 46% dividend hike to $7.00.

N5 V4

May 12, 2020

Elliott Management

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALXN

Alexion's stand-alone strategy has failed — serial M&A missteps and a deep valuation discount mean the Board must pursue a sale now to unlock 40-50% upside for shareholders.

N5 V3

Apr 28, 2020

TCI Fund

Wirecard AG WDI

KPMG's failed audit of Wirecard's EUR 1bn trustee cash and TPA revenues creates a legal duty for the supervisory board to remove the CEO immediately.

N5 V2

Apr 20, 2020

Hindenburg Research

New Pacific Metals NUAG

Bolivia-focused silver developer New Pacific trades 17x peers on concessions likely acquired illegally under a now-ousted regime; Hindenburg targets C$0.37, 90%+ downside.

N5 V4

Apr 08, 2020

Muddy Waters

eHealth Inc. EHTH

eHealth books three years of Medicare Advantage commissions upfront while true churn has spiked to 47%; corrected, every MA enrollee loses $135-$402 — a cash-incinerating stock promotion.

N5 V2

Apr 02, 2020

Spruce Point Capital

WD-40 Company WDFC

WD-40 is a promotional, no-moat lubricant company hiding a balance-sheet hole and bloated inventory behind a 28x EBITDA multiple — Spruce Point sees 55-60% downside to $75-$85.

N5 V4

Mar 10, 2020

Spruce Point Capital

Amcor plc AMCR

Amcor is a packaging roll-up masking 3-4% organic declines, obscured tobacco dependence, liquidity strain, and accounting red flags — including a CAO with a revoked CPA — with 40-60% downside to $3.60-$5.40.

N5 V4

Dec 19, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Plug Power Inc. PLUG

Plug Power's $1.5B valuation rests on a fake 'inflection to profitability' manufactured by ASC 842 lease accounting; strip the add-backs, face 80% dilution, and the stock trends to $0.

N5 V3

Dec 17, 2019

Muddy Waters

NMC Health plc NMC.LN

NMC Health's UAE hospital empire is built on inflated capex, overstated cash, hidden reverse factoring and related-party self-dealing — Muddy Waters is short and sees deep, possibly fraudulent rot.

N5 V1

Dec 05, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Canadian Tire Corporation CTC.A

Canadian Tire is an over-levered legacy retailer masking decline with aggressive accounting and risky credit card lending; looming downgrade forces asset sales and 35-50% downside to C$77-100.

N5 V4

Nov 13, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Cintas Corp. CTAS

Cintas's fastest-growing fire inspection business is committing fraud while G&K integration masks financial strain — a sum-of-parts at peer M&A multiples implies 60-75% downside to $69-$107/sh.

N5 V4

Oct 29, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. HRC

Hill-Rom is a low-quality medical roll-up whose plateauing new products, exhausted margin expansion and aggressive accounting point to a 25-55% drop to $45-$75 per share.

N5 V4

Oct 09, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Monolithic Power Systems MPWR

MPWR's Chinese tax filings show $262m missing revenue and near-zero inventory despite 90% production in China — accounting red flags point to 75-85% downside.

N5 V4

Sep 25, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Premier, Inc. PINC

Premier's earnings are artificially inflated by expiring pre-IPO shareback contracts; as member hospitals renegotiate at market rates, EBITDA halves and shares fall 55-75% to $8-$15.

N5 V3

Sep 24, 2019

Elliott Management

Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC

Marathon Petroleum's conglomerate structure traps $22–$40bn of value; separating Refining, Midstream and Retail into three focused companies unlocks 60%+ upside now and over 100% long-term.

N5 V4

Sep 05, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD

CHD trades at an all-time-high premium as a trade-war safe haven, but CEO Farrell's financial-engineering roll-up is cracking; 35-50% downside to $40-$52/share.

N5 V4

Aug 07, 2019

Muddy Waters

Burford Capital Ltd. BUR LN

Burford is a poor litigation-finance business masquerading as a great one through Enron-like fair value accounting, four-case concentration, and a CEO-wife CFO — and is arguably insolvent.

N5 V2

Jul 24, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. MTD

Mettler-Toledo's flawless EPS record masks aggressive capitalization, an empty Shanghai office, and PwC auditor conflicts — implying 30-50% downside to $410-$574 per share.

N5 V3

Jun 13, 2019

Third Point

Sony Corporation 6758.T

Sony trades at a ~50% conglomerate discount; spinning Semiconductors into 'Sony Technologies', divesting listed stakes, and refocusing on entertainment unlocks ~2x SOTP upside.

N5 V4

May 07, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Kornit Digital Ltd. KRNT

Kornit's 2018 boom was an Amazon warrant-and-rebate illusion — 105% of cash flow came from one customer, a scandal-tainted CFO is covering it, leaving 75-85% downside to $4.50-$9.30.

N5 V3

Apr 30, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

PetIQ, Inc. PETQ

PetIQ's grey-market vet-drug margins and rebate-dependent earnings are unsustainable as Merial goes direct-to-retail, while a $200M wellness-center cash burn and the CEO's Petters/Fleming ties imply 75-90% downside.

N5 V3

Mar 18, 2019

Starboard Value

Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY

BMY is overpaying ~$30B for Celgene's risky pipeline, betting on 10 blockbusters in 8 years vs 3 in 15; shareholders should vote against and unlock 900bps of standalone margin upside.

N5 V3

Mar 01, 2019

Starboard Value

Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY

BMY's $91B Celgene deal bets the company on a REVLIMID patent cliff and pipeline requiring 10 blockbusters in 8 years — shareholders should vote no and pursue a standalone Amgen-style transformation.

N5 V3

Mar 01, 2019

Elliott Management

Telecom Italia TIT.MI

Vivendi destroyed value at TIM during its control; shareholders must reject Bolloré's nominees at the March 29 AGM and keep the independent board.

N5 V4

Feb 08, 2019

Muddy Waters

Inogen, Inc. INGN

Inogen's growth story rests on a fabricated TAM sourced from a plagiarism-riddled WinterGreen report; real market is shrinking, peak sales arrive 2019-2020, target $46 (-67%).

N5 V2

Dec 13, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

XPO Logistics, Inc. XPO

XPO is a United-Rentals-style roll-up masking financial strain with aggressive accounting and a felon-linked board; normalized EPS is 47% overstated, implying 40–60% downside.

N5 V3

Oct 01, 2018

Third Point

Campbell Soup Company CPB

Campbell's incumbent board delivered 19% TSR vs 306% S&P over 20 years; replace the entire board with Third Point's Independent Slate to unlock $52-58/share via turnaround, breakup, or sale.

N5 V4

Aug 07, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

Maxar Technologies MAXR

Maxar's MDA-DigitalGlobe merger masks a collapsing satellite cycle and the most aggressive accounting Spruce Point has ever seen, leaving 5.8x-levered MAXR with 100% downside risk.

N5 V3

Jul 01, 2018

Third Point

Nestlé S.A. NESN

Nestlé has been too slow to adapt to a changing consumer industry; adopting a #NestléNOW mindset — sharper strategy, bolder portfolio divestitures including the L'Oréal stake, and a three-division split — can double EPS by 2022.

N5 V4

Jun 13, 2018

Muddy Waters

TAL Education Group TAL

TAL is a real business with fake financials: two asset-parking transactions inflated FY2016-FY2018 pre-tax profits by $153M (28.4%) while Deloitte China was starved of audit hours.

N5 V2

Jun 07, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. HTA

HTA's suspiciously flat Same-Property NOI growth mirrors Brixmor's pre-restatement pattern; Spruce Point sees 20-40% downside to $15-$20 once the accounting unravels.

N5 V3

Apr 23, 2018

Elliott Management

Hyundai Motor Group

HMG's Mobis-Glovis spinoff is suboptimal; a true holding-company structure plus KRW 6tn buybacks, a 40-50% payout, and independent boards close peer discounts and deliver 15%+ upside.

N5 V4

Apr 23, 2018

Greenlight Capital

Assured Guaranty AGO

Assured Guaranty is a melting-ice-cube bond insurer aggressively returning capital it hasn't earned; Puerto Rico losses alone (2-4x reserves) will force a capital raise or strip the AA rating it needs to write new business.

N5 V2

Apr 17, 2018

Carl Icahn

Xerox Corporation XRX

Xerox's CEO is handing 50.1% control to Fuji 'without spending a penny' for ~$28/share; vote down the deal and replace the board to unlock $54-$64 standalone.

N5 V3

Apr 05, 2018

Elliott Management

Telecom Italia SpA (TIM) TIT.MI

TIM's operating turnaround is real, but Vivendi-controlled governance has tripled the peer discount; independent directors plus NetCo separation could double the stock to €1.6.

N5 V4

Dec 06, 2017

Muddy Waters

OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS

OSIS is rotten to the core: the Albania concession was obtained via an apparent bribe, the Mexico turnkey is egregiously priced and up for renewal, and FCPA liability could erase a large chunk of the $1.6bn market cap.

N5 V2

Sep 06, 2017

Trian Partners

The Procter & Gamble Company PG

P&G's long-tenured Board has rewarded a decade of market-share loss and bottom-quartile EPS growth; electing Nelson Peltz adds the shareholder voice needed to fix innovation, productivity, M&A and governance.

N5 V4

Aug 17, 2017

Pershing Square

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP

ADP is a sleeping giant earning 19% Employer Services margins versus peers' 35-40% potential; electing Pershing's nominees catalyzes a transformation worth 100%+ in under four years.

N5 V4

May 16, 2017

Elliott Management

BHP Billiton BHP

BHP's chronic underperformance stems from value-destructive petroleum bets and an obsolete DLC structure; demerging US petroleum, unifying the DLC and returning capital unlocks c.US$46bn.

N5 V4

May 08, 2017

Pershing Square

Howard Hughes Corporation HHC

HHC is the public-market way to invest alongside a Donald-Bren-style MPC compounder: irreplaceable master-planned communities with 37M SF of remaining entitlements, roughly 10x what's already built.

N5 V4

May 08, 2017

Greenlight Capital

Core Laboratories CLB

Core Lab trades at 35x 2018e P/E — double its oilfield-service peers — on a false secular-growth narrative; mid-cycle earnings imply $62 fair value and ~45% downside.

N5 V3

Apr 20, 2017

Marcato

Buffalo Wild Wings BWLD

Sally Smith-led BWLD has underperformed peers, mismanaged margins, and wasted capital buying back franchise stores; replacing the board and refranchising to 90% unlocks a higher multiple.

N5 V4

Apr 11, 2017

Elliott Management

Arconic Inc. ARNC

Arconic's CEO Kleinfeld is the worst-performing continuously tenured S&P 500 CEO; removing him and the board closes the PCC margin gap and re-rates the stock.

N5 V4

Apr 10, 2017

Elliott Management

BHP Billiton BHP

BHP's DLC structure, stranded US petroleum, and undisciplined capital allocation depress value; unifying, demerging, and running 14% discounted buybacks unlocks ~49% upside and US$46bn.

N5 V3

Dec 16, 2016

Muddy Waters

China Huishan Dairy Holdings 6863 HK

Huishan is a fraud worth close to zero — fabricated alfalfa self-sufficiency inflates margins, RMB 1.6bn of CapEx is fictitious, and Chairman Yang has siphoned farms to a related party.

N5 V2

Dec 13, 2016

Muddy Waters

Nidec Corp. 6594 JP

Nidec is a gigantic stock promotion: zero organic growth and aggressive accounting hide behind a Facebook-like multiple — fair value JPY 4,764, ~52% downside.

N5 V2