Contrarian Corpus

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Land & Buildings 2026-04-01

Welltower Inc. WELL

Welltower's 10-year executive program could pay CEO Mitra up to $3 billion while incentivizing dilutive growth at a 144% NAV premium — shareholders should sell WELL and rotate into Ventas or AHR.

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Land & Buildings 2026-04-01

Multiple REITs (21 underperformers)

Land & Buildings names 21 REIT CEOs who trail their own proxy peers on 1-, 3-, and 5-year TSR yet collect multi-million packages — shareholders should vote against say-on-pay and the comp committees.

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Muddy Waters 2026-03-22

SoFi Technologies SOFI

SOFI's silence on 11 specific accounting questions confirms Muddy Waters' view that 2025 Adjusted EBITDA is inflated ~90% via mislabeled financings, hidden debt, and misstated risk retention.

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Muddy Waters 2026-03-17

SoFi Technologies, Inc. SOFI

SoFi's $1,054M reported 2025 EBITDA is ~90% inflated via manipulated charge-off rates, off-balance-sheet VIEs and subsidized seller-financed sales that feed CEO Noto's comp — real EBITDA is ~$103M.

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Starboard Value 2026-03-10

CarMax Inc. KMX

CarMax's omnichannel flywheel is intact but stalled; new CEO Keith Barr can unlock value by fixing digital conversion, reconditioning costs, dynamic pricing, and SG&A discipline.

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Citron Research 2026-03-01

Credit Acceptance Corporation CACC

Citron reverses course on CACC: with CFPB/NYAG overhang resolved Feb 13 2026, 61% of float retired, and an Amazon-bred CEO, fair value is $714 (16x 2026E EPS of $44.62).

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Starboard Value 2026-02-17

Tripadvisor, Inc. TRIP

Tripadvisor's Board has tolerated ~50% value destruction under CEO Goldberg; Starboard demands a sale of the entire company or will run a majority-slate proxy fight at the 2026 meeting.

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Elliott Management 2026-01-18

Toyota Industries Corporation 6201

Toyota Industries' ¥18,800 take-private undervalues NAV ¥26,134 by 40%; rejecting the TOB and executing Elliott's Standalone Plan unlocks >¥40,000 per share by 2028.

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Elliott Management 2026-01-18

Toyota Industries Corporation 6201

Toyota Fudosan's ¥18,800 squeeze-out of Toyota Industries undervalues NAV by ~40%; reject the TOB and back Elliott's Standalone Plan targeting >¥40,000 per share by 2028.

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Engine Capital 2025-12-01

UniFirst Corporation UNF

Engine urges UniFirst's independent directors to form a special committee and force a sale — the Croatti family's rejection of four Cintas bids has already cost shareholders ~$1.3B.

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Engine Capital 2025-11-25

UniFirst Corporation UNF

UniFirst is stagnating under Croatti trustee stewardship that rejected a premium Cintas bid; Engine demands a sale, board refresh, and fair proxy process to unlock value.

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Starboard Value 2025-10-17

Multiple (BILL Holdings, Tripadvisor, Fluor Corporation)

Three contrarian longs at undemanding multiples: BILL needs Rule of 40 discipline, Tripadvisor should break up TheFork and fix Viator, and Fluor must separate its $4bn NuScale stake.

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Starboard Value 2025-10-01

Tripadvisor, Inc. TRIP

Tripadvisor trades at 6.5x EBITDA, half its peers, because investors still view it as a controlled legacy Tripadvisor.com — sell TheFork, fix Viator margins, revitalize the brand, or take the $18-19/share bid.

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Starboard Value 2025-09-08

BILL Holdings, Inc. BILL

Starboard, owning 8.5% of BILL Holdings, is launching a proxy fight to install four fintech-experienced directors on the Board at the 2025 Annual Meeting.

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Kerrisdale Capital 2025-09-01

CoreWeave, Inc. CRWV

CoreWeave is a debt-fueled, undifferentiated GPU rental stopgap with 71% Microsoft concentration and sub-WACC returns; fair value is $6–13, or 88–95% downside.

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Kerrisdale Capital 2025-09-01

Pure Storage, Inc. PSTG

Pure Storage's hyperscaler dream is hype: HDDs dominate at 5-6x TCO advantage, the Meta deal is replicable, and Pure deserves a peer multiple, implying ~55% downside to $35.

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Elliott Management 2025-09-01

PepsiCo PEP

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Land & Buildings 2025-06-17

National Healthcare Corporation NHC

NHC's below-market 1991 lease with NHI expires 2026; renegotiation will cut NHC EBITDA 19-38% — L&B is short NHC.

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Elliott Management 2025-06-08

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. 8830

Sumitomo Realty trades at half its post-tax real-estate NAV due to excessive cross-shareholdings, weak payouts, and worst-in-class TOPIX 100 governance; fixing these unlocks 43% upside to ~¥8,000.

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Land & Buildings 2025-06-01

US REIT sector (15 underperforming large-cap REITs)

15 large-cap REITs persistently underperformed their proxy peers over 1-, 3- and 5-year periods yet kept paying CEOs the same — shareholders should vote against comp committees and say-on-pay.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-20

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 is an underperforming energy conglomerate; vote Elliott's GOLD card for four independent directors to streamline operations and unlock long-term shareholder value.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-19

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 shareholders should vote the GOLD card for Elliott's four board nominees by May 21 to replace the failing status quo and unlock 75%+ stock upside.

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Ancora 2025-05-16

Forward Air Corporation FWRD

Ancora urges FWRD shareholders to vote AGAINST Chair Mayes, Polit, and Tucker — the directors behind the disastrous 2023 Omni acquisition that destroyed ~80% of equity value — to force an expedited sale.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-16

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 has trailed Valero and Marathon by 138-188% over a decade while paying its CEOs $140M; Elliott's four nominees will simplify the conglomerate and unlock 75%+ upside.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-15

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate structure masks value; electing Elliott's four nominees to execute the Streamline 66 plan and fix governance lifts shares from $103 to $180+ (75% upside).

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Elliott Management 2025-05-14

Phillips 66 PSX

Both top proxy advisors (ISS and Glass Lewis) back Elliott's Streamline 66 campaign, endorsing all four dissident nominees to fix Phillips 66's CEO-driven underperformance by the May 21 vote.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-13

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 is underperforming under a board that obfuscates results; elect Elliott's four nominees on the GOLD card to replicate the Marathon playbook and unlock value.

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Carl Icahn 2025-05-12

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's refining-plus-midstream conglomerate trades at a 6.1x discount to an 8.1x SOTP; breaking it up and replacing complacent directors unlocks ~75% upside to $183.

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Engine Capital 2025-05-09

Lyft, Inc. LYFT

Board has committed to significant share repurchases

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Elliott Management 2025-05-09

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 is deeply undervalued under a conflicted, overpaid leadership team; electing Elliott's four directors and adopting the Streamline 66 portfolio-simplification plan could unlock 75%+ upside.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-08

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 has underperformed Marathon and Valero for years while CEO Mark Lashier collected $79M; elect four Elliott nominees to break up the conglomerate and restore accountability.

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Muddy Waters 2025-05-07

AppLovin Corporation APP

Muddy Waters is short AppLovin; the CEO and CTO's March 2025 denials of persistent identifiers are demonstrably false, exposing APP to deplatforming, regulatory, and margin-compression risks.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-07

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 shares jumped 11% on Elliott's Streamline 66 plan and sank when the board defended its conglomerate; vote for change to unlock value.

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Carl Icahn 2025-05-06

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 has underperformed Marathon by 511% under a complacent board; electing Elliott's four nominees and spinning Midstream/CPChem/JET unlocks ~75% upside ($103 → $183).

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Elliott Management 2025-05-06

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 is a conglomerate trading at a refiner multiple; replace four directors, spin Midstream/CPChem/JET, and buy back 80% of shares for ~75% upside to $183.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-05

Phillips 66 PSX

Elliott urges Phillips 66 holders to vote the GOLD card for four new directors and board declassification to unlock value via midstream spinoff and refining focus.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-01

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 has squandered value through a failed midstream pivot and a captured board; electing Elliott's four nominees and separating midstream unlocks ~$40B+ of trapped value.

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Elliott Management 2025-05-01

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's board has been captured by CEO-Chairman Mark Lashier; electing Elliott's four Gold Card nominees will restore independence and unlock value at this peer-lagging refiner.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-30

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate structure traps midstream value and operational performance; replace four directors and separate midstream to close the gap with MPC and VLO peers.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-29

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 is an underperforming energy conglomerate; adding Elliott's four operator-nominees to the board and simplifying the portfolio will reverse years of peer-lagging returns.

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Carl Icahn 2025-04-28

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate structure and failed governance have cost shareholders 97% vs. peers; spinning Midstream and reconstituting the board targets $183/share — +75% upside.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-28

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate discount and lagging refining execution have cost shareholders 450% vs peers; spinning midstream, divesting CPChem, and refreshing the board unlock ~75% upside to $183.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-28

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate structure has trapped value and lagged peers by 97% over 5 years; spinning midstream, fixing refining and refreshing the board unlocks ~75% upside to $183/share.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-24

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 lags refining peers under an ineffective CEO and legacy integrated structure; Elliott's GOLD card nominees and annual-election proposal are the vehicle to unlock trapped value.

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Palliser Capital 2025-04-23

Keisei Electric Railway 9009

Keisei trades at a 39% discount because its US$5bn OLC stake masks chronic underperformance; capping it below 15% plus a refreshed 11-member board unlocks US$3bn.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-22

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 is a chronically underperforming energy conglomerate; Elliott seeks four board seats and annual director elections to drive a breakup, refining turnaround and midstream separation.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-21

Phillips 66 PSX

Elliott-commissioned investor survey ranks Phillips 66 last among refining peers on execution and capital allocation, reinforcing the Streamline 66 case for boardroom change.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-18

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate structure suppresses refining performance; spinning midstream and electing Elliott's four nominees replicates Marathon's ~150% outperformance playbook and restores PSX to industry leadership.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-17

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate structure masks refining underperformance; spinning midstream, monetizing the chemicals JV, refreshing the board and destaggering elections will unlock Marathon-style peer-gap upside.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-16

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 is an underperforming energy conglomerate whose midstream and non-core assets should be sold or spun, with four Elliott nominees added to the board to drive the Streamline 66 plan.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-15

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's three-business conglomerate is the root cause of peer underperformance; electing Elliott's four nominees and fully separating midstream from refining unlocks substantial value.

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Starboard Value 2025-04-14

Qorvo, Inc. QRVO

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Elliott Management 2025-04-14

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's quality refining and midstream assets underperform under weak leadership; Elliott's four nominees plus annual board elections restore accountability and unlock value.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-11

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's quality refining and midstream assets are being wasted by entrenched leadership; vote the GOLD card to install four industry veterans and de-stagger the Board.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-10

Phillips 66 PSX

Elliott's Streamline 66 proxy fight argues Phillips 66 refining is underperforming its potential and that replacing directors with operators like Brian Coffman will unlock value.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-08

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's world-class refining assets are underperforming Valero and Marathon because leadership has lost operating focus; Elliott's GOLD-card nominees can restore peer-leading excellence.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-04

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 has trailed Valero and Marathon by triple digits over a decade; an upgraded Board via Elliott's Gold Card slate is needed to end entrenchment and unlock value.

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Elliott Management 2025-04-03

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's inefficient conglomerate structure hides $40B+ midstream value; spinning it off, refocusing on refining, and refreshing the Board could lift shares from ~$120 to $200+.

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Citron Research 2025-04-01

Vishay Precision Group VPG

VPG is the unnoticed picks-and-shovels supplier of precision sensors to Tesla's Optimus humanoid program; at $300M market cap and 0.9x book, Wall Street has completely missed the asymmetric upside.

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Muddy Waters 2025-03-27

AppLovin APP

AppLovin's e-commerce ad boom is built on fingerprinting that violates Meta/Google/Apple TOS; only 25-35% of sales are incremental and Q1 churn is already 23%.

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