Contrarian Corpus

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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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Pershing Square 2026-02-11

Pershing Square Holdings PSH.L

PSH NAV grew 20.9% and TSR 33.9% in 2025, beating S&P, FTSE 100 and HFRX Activist indices

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Elliott Management 2026-01-27

Toyota Industries Corporation 6201

Toyota Industries' ¥18,800 take-private undervalues the company by 39%; shareholders should reject the tender and pursue a Standalone Plan worth >¥40,000 per share.

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Engine Capital 2025-08-11

Avantor, Inc. AVTR

Avantor's board has presided over five years of self-inflicted operational and capital-allocation failures; a refreshed board, cost discipline, buybacks and portfolio optimization can deliver 97-134% upside by 2027.

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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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Engine Capital 2025-05-09

Lyft, Inc. LYFT

Board has committed to significant share repurchases

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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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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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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 2025-04-02

Phillips 66 PSX

Elliott's $2.5B Phillips 66 stake argues that unlocking midstream value, returning capital and upgrading the board can drive PSX from $120 to $200+, a 65% upside.

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Elliott Management 2025-02-11

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate hides world-class midstream worth $40bn+; spinning midstream, closing the $3.75/bbl refining gap to Valero, and refreshing the board can lift PSX from $120 to $200+.

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Elliott Management 2025-02-11

Phillips 66 PSX

Conglomerate structure hides a Midstream worth >$40bn standalone; market gives refining ~$1bn of credit

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Elliott Management 2025-02-11

Phillips 66 PSX

Inefficient conglomerate structure trades like a refiner despite ~40% of EBITDA from midstream

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Pershing Square 2025-02-11

Pershing Square Holdings (self) PSH.NA / PSHD.LN

PSH trades at a 30% discount to NAV despite 22.9% 7-year compound NAV returns

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Pershing Square 2025-01-16

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FNMA / FMCC

Treasury's warrants and residual stake could generate ~$300bn for taxpayers over time

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Pershing Square 2025-01-16

Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac (GSEs) FNMA / FMCC

Releasing GSEs from conservatorship could generate ~$300bn for taxpayers via Treasury warrants

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Trian Partners 2025-01-08

Solventum Corporation SOLV

Solventum's post-spin performance collapse is nearly worst-in-class; restoring 3M-era 3-4% growth and 26% margins plus simplifying the portfolio can double shares to $140 by 2027.

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Engine Capital 2024-12-01

Dye & Durham Limited DND

Dye & Durham's Board and CEO Matt Proud destroyed value chasing a $1bn EBITDA target through reckless M&A; Engine's six-director slate and new CEO can triple the share price to $46 in three years.

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Palliser Capital 2024-12-01

Rio Tinto RIO

Rio Tinto's 29-year-old dual-listed structure has destroyed ~US$50bn of value; unifying into a single Ltd-led entity unlocks +27% near-term upside and restores scrip-M&A firepower.

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Engine Capital 2024-09-13

Upwork Inc. UPWK

Engine argues Upwork is undervalued at ~6.5x EBITDA and that a refreshed board plus fixing the marketplace, focusing Enterprise, cutting bloat and aggressive buybacks unlocks substantial upside.

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Engine Capital 2024-09-11

Dye & Durham Limited DND

Dye & Durham's board broke its no-M&A pledge, re-levered to 5.3x, and lost six executives; shareholders need a Special Meeting and board change to close the peer valuation gap.

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Starboard Value 2024-08-06

Autodesk, Inc. ADSK

Autodesk's premier 93%-gross-margin software franchise is squandered under CEO Anagnost; Starboard demands cost cuts, compensation overhaul, buybacks and CEO re-evaluation to reach 45%+ margins and ~$15.50 FCF/share by FY2027.

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Starboard Value 2024-08-01

Autodesk, Inc. ADSK

Autodesk's premier software franchise is squandered under CEO Anagnost — peer-lagging margins, missed Investor Day targets and manipulated billings demand a Board-led overhaul to unlock 45% operating margins.

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Starboard Value 2024-07-15

Match Group, Inc. MTCH

Match owns Tinder and Hinge but trades at 8.5x FCF; fixing Tinder, lifting margins above 40%, and aggressive buybacks — or going private — closes a ~45% peer discount.

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Starboard Value 2024-07-15

Match Group, Inc. MTCH

Match owns Tinder and Hinge yet trades at <8.5x FCF; fixing Tinder, lifting margins above 40%, and aggressive buybacks — or a sale — can unlock substantial upside.

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Starboard Value 2024-06-17

Autodesk, Inc. ADSK

Autodesk's Board misled shareholders on free cash flow and ran out the nomination clock; reopen the vote, refresh directors, and fix margins to close the peer gap.

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Elliott Management 2024-05-28

Texas Instruments TXN

TI's rigid $5bn/year capex ramp is building ~50% excess capacity and has collapsed FCF per share 75%; flex capex to demand and commit to $9.00+ per share by 2026.

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Engine Capital 2024-04-25

Dye & Durham Limited DND

Engine wants Dye & Durham's board to abandon its arbitrary C$1bn EBITDA target, stop overpaying for acquisitions, and refocus on ROIC after 62% three-year shareholder losses.

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Palliser Capital 2024-04-24

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. 9009.T

Palliser, a 1.6% holder, asks Keisei shareholders to vote on an advisory resolution forcing the board to publish a capital allocation plan and cut its OLC cross-holding below 15% by March 2026.

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Engine Capital 2024-04-17

Parkland Corporation PKI

Parkland has failed on operations, capital allocation and governance; a strategic sale at 8-9x EBITDA would deliver ~$64/share, a 56% premium superior to the risky standalone plan.

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Pershing Square 2024-02-08

Pershing Square Holdings (own closed-end fund review) PSH

PSH trades at a 27% discount to NAV despite 31.2% 5-yr compound NAV return

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Starboard Value 2024-01-31

GoDaddy Inc. GDDY

GoDaddy is a high-quality infrastructure business trading at a wide FCF-multiple discount; committing to 40% growth-plus-profitability and buying back stock unlocks $170-$200+ per share.

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Palliser Capital 2023-12-06

Samsung C&T Corporation 028260 KS

Samsung C&T trades at a 63% discount to its $40.4bn NAV; fixing capital allocation, governance and the opaque group structure closes a $25bn value gap worth ~170% upside.

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Starboard Value 2023-10-18

GoDaddy Inc. GDDY

GoDaddy is a scale-leading infrastructure business trading at 11x FCF; replaying Starboard's Splunk/Wix/Salesforce margin-expansion playbook can close a 37% peer gap and re-rate the stock.

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Palliser Capital 2023-10-17

Keisei Electric Railway 9009 JT

Keisei's 22% stake in Oriental Land hides $4.5bn of value; right-sizing it below 15% and adopting a capital allocation framework unlocks 76% upside for shareholders.

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Bluebell Capital 2023-10-04

BP plc BP

BP trades at a 44% discount to US majors because Looney's pivot away from oil & gas destroys value; reverse the strategy, return capital, and unlock 50%+ upside.

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Starboard Value 2023-10-01

Bloomin' Brands BLMN

Bloomin' Brands trades at 5.0x EBITDA vs Darden's 9.5x because of operational execution failures at Outback; Starboard's Darden playbook can narrow the gap and unlock shareholder value.

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Starboard Value 2023-07-06

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. AQN

Starboard, now AQN's largest holder at 7.5%, says selling the unregulated renewables fixes leverage and the payout ratio, leaving a greener regulated utility worth a peer-premium re-rating.

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TCI Fund 2023-02-20

Airbus SE AIR

TCI urges Airbus to abandon the 29.9% Evidian stake — a value-destructive, politically-motivated bailout of Atos that distracts management from fixing aircraft delivery shortfalls.

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Trian Partners 2023-01-12

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney's world-class IP is being squandered by a board that overpaid $52bn for Fox, bungled CEO succession, and is bleeding streaming losses — add Nelson Peltz to restore discipline.

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Trian Partners 2023-01-11

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney is in a self-inflicted crisis of governance, strategy and capital allocation; electing Nelson Peltz to the board will restore discipline, profitability and the dividend by FY 2025.

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Oasis Management 2022-12-21

Digital Garage, Inc. 4819 JT

Digital Garage's fintech payments arm is starved by a distracted conglomerate; spinning off FinTech and dumping the Kakaku.com stake unlocks ~100% upside amid Japan's cashless boom.

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Oasis Management 2022-12-21

Digital Garage Inc. 4819 JT

Digital Garage is missing Japan's cashless-payments wave; spinning off DG Financial Technology, divesting Kakaku, and refocusing management would nearly double the stock and lift profit before tax from JPY4.5bn to JPY11.4bn.

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Palliser Capital 2022-12-19

Capricorn Energy PLC CNE

Capricorn's board is destroying value by forcing a low-ball NewMed sale; replacing seven directors unlocks up to 400p per share via Palliser's Value Optimisation Plan.

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TCI Fund 2022-11-15

Alphabet GOOGL

Alphabet's cost base is bloated — headcount up 20% CAGR since 2017, pay 67% above Microsoft, Other Bets bleeding $20bn; cut costs, target a 40% Google Services margin, and buy back stock aggressively.

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Palliser Capital 2022-10-27

Capricorn Energy CNE

NewMed's all-share bid for Capricorn hands shareholders a 42% discount and a self-serving board deal; a cash-return plus Egypt-focused optimisation path unlocks 400p/share instead.

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Third Point 2022-08-15

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney's DTC pivot is working, but spinning ESPN, fully owning Hulu, cutting costs, and refreshing the board will unlock the next leg of value.

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Palliser Capital 2022-08-09

Capricorn Energy PLC CNE

Capricorn's board must withdraw its Tullow merger recommendation — a nil-premium takeover that hands Capricorn's cash to junk-rated creditors while standalone value of 330p offers 67% upside.

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Engine Capital 2022-03-22

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt HMHC

Veritas's $21/share buyout of Houghton Mifflin steals the company for 7.6x 2024 UFCF; reject it and execute a standalone Dutch tender recap to reach ~$42 by 2024.

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Engine Capital 2022-03-22

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt HMHC

Veritas' $21 tender for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt steals value at 7.6x UFCF; a self-funded Dutch tender and standalone plan could deliver roughly $42 per share by 2024.

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Ancora 2021-02-16

Forward Air Corporation FWRD

Forward Air's acquisition-led growth strategy has decimated its core LTL margins; Ancora's nominees will restore operating discipline and unlock ~50% upside to $130-$135/share.

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Third Point 2020-10-07

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney should kill its $3bn dividend and plow every dollar into Disney+ content; subscriber LTV math and Adobe/Microsoft precedents show the re-rating dwarfs any dividend yield.

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Elliott Management 2020-07-06

Crown Castle International CCI

Crown Castle's fiber capex earns just 3% ROI versus ~20% for its tower business

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Pershing Square 2020-02-05

Pershing Square Holdings (fund) — portfolio includes Agilent, Berkshire Hathaway, Chipotle, Hilton, Restaurant Brands, Lowe's, Howard Hughes, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac PSH

PSH delivered 58.1% NAV return in 2019, beating S&P by 2,660bps — return to roots is working

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Elliott Management 2019-10-28

AT&T T

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Third Point 2019-06-13

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.

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Pershing Square 2019-02-13

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (annual portfolio update; covers CMG, ADP, QSR, LOW, SBUX, HLT, UTX, HHC, FNMA/FMCC) PSH

PSH trades at 27% discount to NAV despite 13.8% net CAGR since 2004 vs 8.4% for S&P 500

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Trian Partners 2018-10-11

PPG Industries, Inc. PPG

PPG has underperformed peers by 3,500 bps under CEO McGarry; Trian wants Chuck Bunch reinstalled, the balance sheet levered, and the portfolio split into Architectural and Industrial to unlock ~40% upside.

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