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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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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Starboard Value 2026-03-08

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. LW

Lamb Weston's recovery is real but insufficient; doubling cost cuts to $500M, targeting 4.5% SG&A, and divesting APAC can restore 25% EBITDA margins at a 6.7x multiple.

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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 2026-02-18

Riot Platforms, Inc. RIOT

Riot's 1.7GW of powered Texas sites could generate $1.6bn of AI/HPC EBITDA and drive shares to $23-$53 if management urgently signs more hyperscaler deals like the AMD proof-of-concept.

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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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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.T

Toyota Real Estate's ¥18,800 TOB undervalues Toyota Industries by 39% versus NAV and 85% on core business; shareholders should refuse to tender and pursue a standalone plan instead.

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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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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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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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Elliott Management 2025-09-02

PepsiCo Inc. PEP

PepsiCo is a dislocated CPG bellwether; refranchising PBNA bottling, rightsizing PFNA costs and enforcing accountability can rerate the stock for 50%+ upside.

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Elliott Management 2025-09-02

PepsiCo Inc. PEP

Elliott argues a refocused PepsiCo — refranchising PBNA bottling, realigning PFNA's cost base, divesting non-core assets and setting new targets — can re-rate to peers and deliver 50%+ upside.

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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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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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Kerrisdale Capital 2025-08-01

Aurora Innovation, Inc. AUR

Aurora's autonomous trucking vision is a dead end: tech can only enable hub-and-spoke freight, drayage kills the economics, and the real TAM is smaller than the company's $13bn market cap.

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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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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 2025-05-15

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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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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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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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 2025-05-01

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 dilutive midstream pivot has destroyed TSR versus refining peers; a midstream spin and refreshed governance — as at Marathon and Suncor — can unlock the buried value.

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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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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 2025-04-22

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 2025-04-18

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 2025-04-16

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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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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Kerrisdale Capital 2025-04-01

D-Wave Quantum Inc QBTS

D-Wave's quantum annealing is a commercial dead end, its 'hybrid' solvers are almost entirely classical, and at 57x 2026E revenue the stock will collapse as reality sets in.

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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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Elliott Management 2025-03-27

Phillips 66 PSX

PSX has underperformed peers for a decade and the CEO is talking down the stock

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Starboard Value 2025-03-26

Autodesk, Inc. ADSK

Autodesk's long-term share price and margin underperformance reflects a board incapable of holding management accountable; electing Starboard's three nominees installs oversight needed to drive non-GAAP operating margins to 41-42% by FY2028.

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Elliott Management 2025-03-25

Phillips 66 PSX

Streamline 66 plan could boost Phillips 66 stock 65%+ (from $120 to $200)

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Elliott Management 2025-03-24

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 trades at $120 vs. Elliott's $200 Streamline 66 target — 65% upside

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Elliott Management 2025-03-21

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's refining + midstream conglomerate has underperformed pure-play peers by up to 188% over a decade; separating the businesses would eliminate the structural discount.

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Starboard Value 2025-03-19

Autodesk, Inc. ADSK

Autodesk has best-in-class 93% gross margins but bloated opex; disciplined cost cuts plus 55% incremental margins can lift adjusted operating margins to ~45% by FY2028.

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Elliott Management 2025-03-18

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's conglomerate structure masks world-class midstream and chemicals assets; separating them, fixing refining, and refreshing the board closes a decade-long 188% TSR gap versus peers.

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Elliott Management 2025-03-06

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66's refining kit rivals Valero's, but weak commercial execution and bloated corporate leave a multi-dollar EBITDA-per-barrel gap that Streamline66 — portfolio fixes and a refreshed board — closes.

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Oasis Management 2025-02-26

Kao Corporation 4452.JP

Kao is Japan's underperforming FMCG giant; adding five expert directors with FMCG, cosmetics and digital expertise plus performance-aligned pay can close the peer gap and revive growth.

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Oasis Management 2025-02-26

Kao Corporation 4452 JT

Kao's world-class beauty brands are squandered by an insular Japanese board; adding five global FMCG outside directors and performance-linked pay can close the gap to L'Oreal and Beiersdorf.

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Ancora 2025-02-19

United States Steel Corporation X

U.S. Steel has lagged peers by 227 points under Burritt; with the Nippon deal dead, Ancora's slate would install Stelco-turnaround CEO Kestenbaum to fix the company as a standalone public co.

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Pershing Square 2025-02-18

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. HHH

HHH stuck at ~40% NAV discount with no take-private bidder after 284 investors approached

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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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