Contrarian Corpus

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Oasis Management 2024-12-05

Kao Corporation 4452

Kao is a sleeping FMCG giant whose under-ambition, inefficiency, and lack of focus have destroyed EVA; adding five independent directors with FMCG operating experience can unlock peer-level returns.

N4 V4 C4
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.

N5 V4 C4
Engine Capital 2024-11-01

Dye & Durham Limited DND

Engine, a 7.1% holder, nominates six directors to overhaul Dye & Durham's board, replace management, cut leverage to 3x, and close the valuation gap to ~20x EBITDA peers.

N2 V1 C1
Greenlight Capital 2024-10-23

Peloton Interactive PTON

Peloton's overlooked subscription business — 68% gross margins, 1.5% churn — can deliver $400-500M EBITDA once costs are right-sized, implying a $7.50-$31.50 share price versus $5.48 today.

N5 V4 C5
Elliott Management 2024-10-22

Southwest Airlines LUV

Southwest's board lacks the airline-operator experience needed to lead a turnaround

N2 V2 C3
Engine Capital 2024-10-16

Dye & Durham Limited DND

Engine, owning 7.1% of Dye & Durham, will run a board slate at the 2024 AGM, arguing a refreshed board can close the 8x-vs-18x EBITDA peer gap.

N2 V1 C1
Elliott Management 2024-10-15

Southwest Airlines Co. LUV

Southwest is the most compelling airline turnaround opportunity in two decades

N2 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2024-10-01

Pfizer Inc. PFE

Pfizer destroyed $20-60bn of value since 2019 despite a $40bn COVID windfall; Starboard wants the board to hold Bourla accountable for peer-median R&D/M&A returns.

N5 V4 C4
Starboard Value 2024-10-01

Salesforce, Inc. CRM

Salesforce has executed Starboard's 2022 thesis — margins up 1,000bps, stock +99% — but committing to Rule of 50 by FY2028 still unlocks $20+ FCF/share at ~14x.

N4 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2024-10-01

Pfizer Inc. PFE

Pfizer squandered its $40bn COVID windfall on overpriced M&A while delivering almost none of the 15 promised blockbusters; the Board must hold management accountable.

N5 V4 C4
Starboard Value 2024-10-01

Salesforce, Inc. CRM

Salesforce's 2022 turnaround delivered +1,000bps margins and +99% stock; Starboard argues further cost discipline plus Agentforce growth can hit the Rule of 50 by FY2028 and $20+ FCF/share.

N4 V3 C3
Elliott Management 2024-09-26

Southwest Airlines LUV

Southwest management has destroyed more value through inaction than anyone in the industry

N3 V4 C4
Bluebell Capital 2024-09-25

BP Plc BP

Renewables strategy is a series of U-turns with no consistency

N4 V3 C3
Elliott Management 2024-09-24

Southwest Airlines LUV

Worst-performing management team in airlines has destroyed more value than any peer

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Elliott Management 2024-09-24

Southwest Airlines Co. LUV

Management and Board are entrenching via poison pill and defensive maneuvers instead of accepting accountability

N3 V2 C2
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.

N4 V2 C1
Elliott Management 2024-09-10

Southwest Airlines LUV

Southwest is the most compelling airline turnaround opportunity in two decades

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Elliott Management 2024-08-26

Southwest Airlines Co. LUV

Shareholders lost more than 50% over three years under Kelly and Jordan

N4 V2 C2
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.

N4 V3 C3
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.

N4 V3 C3
Engine Capital 2024-07-30

C&C Group plc CCR

C&C has lagged peers by 81% since its 2019 LSE listing under four CEOs and a board owning 0.05%; electing Engine's two nominees brings M&A and capital-allocation expertise.

N3 V2 C1
Bluebell Capital 2024-07-23

BP Plc BP

BP's Board greenlit an unlawful solar-planning strategy and a value-destroying green pivot; replace the Chair, Senior Independent Director and CEO, or halt the renewables burn.

N4 V2 C2
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.

N4 V2 C2
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.

N4 V2 C3
Elliott Management 2024-07-08

Southwest Airlines LUV

Eighth guidance cut in 18 months proves leadership cannot deliver

N4 V1 C1
Starboard Value 2024-06-25

Autodesk, Inc. ADSK

Autodesk's Board tolerated years of underperformance and misleading billings disclosures; accountability, transparency, and a 1,000+ bps margin improvement can restore a best-in-class software franchise.

N4 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2024-06-25

Autodesk, Inc. ADSK

Autodesk is a high-quality monopoly hobbled by board complacency and misleading billings disclosures; transparency, accountability, and a 1,000 bps margin fix unlock material upside.

N4 V3 C3
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.

N4 V2 C3
Carl Icahn 2024-06-10

Southwest Airlines LUV

Southwest has the worst margins of any major U.S. airline under a 74-year legacy leadership team; a new outside CEO, refreshed board and modernized commercial strategy can deliver a $49 share price, 77% upside.

N5 V4 C4
Elliott Management 2024-06-10

Southwest Airlines LUV

Southwest lost 50%+ of market value in 3 years while peers thrived

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Elliott Management 2024-06-10

Southwest Airlines LUV

Southwest lost 50%+ of market value and EV is below the value of its aircraft alone

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Elliott Management 2024-06-10

Southwest Airlines LUV

Southwest's outdated strategy collapsed margins from best-in-class 21% to worst-in-class 8%

N5 V4 C4
Elliott Management 2024-06-10

Southwest Airlines LUV

Share price down >50% over 3 years; 2024 EBITDAR tracking ~50% below 2018 despite record industry revenues

N4 V2 C1
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.

N4 V3 C3
Bluebell Capital 2024-05-01

BP plc BP

BP under Lund and Looney's failed energy-transition strategy has produced sector-worst TSR, a record valuation discount, and governance failures — the board must engage with dissenting shareholders.

N3 V2 C2
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.

N3 V2 C1
Oasis Management 2024-04-25

Kao Corporation 4452.JP

Kao has top-decile brands (Curel, Biore, Molton Brown) but bottom-decile management with a 'growth allergy' — fixing it Beiersdorf-style unlocks 76-97% upside.

N4 V4 C4
Ancora 2024-04-22

Norfolk Southern NSC

Norfolk Southern is the only Class I rail without PSR; electing Ancora's seven nominees replaces Alan Shaw with Barber and Boychuk to redesign the network and reach $420/share.

N4 V3 C3
Land & Buildings 2024-04-18

National Health Investors, Inc. NHI

NHI is an undervalued senior-housing REIT whose conflicted, interlocked board threatens to give away the upcoming NHC lease renewal — vote AGAINST Webb and Swafford to force change.

N4 V2 C2
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.

N4 V2 C2
Ancora 2024-04-15

Norfolk Southern Corporation NSC

Norfolk Southern is the worst-performing Class I railroad under Alan Shaw; replacing the Board and installing UPS/CSX operators to run PSR closes the 780bps OR gap and unlocks $420 per share.

N5 V4 C4
Bluebell Capital 2024-04-11

TIM S.p.A. (Telecom Italia) TIT

Vote Bluebell's slate to replace TIM's worst-in-class CEO Labriola with Google Cloud exec Laurence Lafont, halt strategic chaos, and unlock ~100% upside versus European telco peers.

N4 V3 C3
Ancora 2024-03-26

Norfolk Southern NSC

Norfolk Southern is the worst-performing Class I railroad under CEO Alan Shaw's failed 'resilience railroading'; elect Ancora's slate to install Jim Barber as CEO, adopt true PSR, and unlock ~60% upside.

N4 V3 C3
ValueAct 2024-03-01

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney should lean into its 21%-ROIC Parks business and escape the streaming wars via bigger bundles and cross-studio collaboration — applying the Microsoft, NYT, and Spotify playbook ValueAct knows.

N4 V4 C4
Trian Partners 2024-03-01

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney's decade of underperformance stems from a board lacking focus and accountability; electing Peltz and Rasulo brings ownership mentality to fix succession, streaming economics and capital allocation.

N5 V4 C4
Trian Partners 2024-03-01

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney lost its way under a distracted, unaccountable board; replacing two directors with Peltz and Rasulo restores focus on DTC margins, CEO succession, and capital discipline.

N5 V4 C4
Trian Partners 2024-03-01

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney's decade of underperformance stems from a passive Board; Trian's nominees Peltz and Rasulo will fix CEO succession, right-size legacy media, and drive DTC to Netflix-like 15-20% margins by 2027.

N5 V4 C4
Starboard Value 2024-02-13

Kenvue Inc. KVUE

Kenvue is an iconic consumer-health portfolio underperforming its potential — fixing margins and Skin Health & Beauty execution can close a wide valuation gap to Haleon and staples peers.

N4 V3 C3
Ancora 2024-02-05

Norfolk Southern Corporation NSC

Norfolk Southern's safety and operating failures — epitomized by the preventable East Palestine derailment — require replacing CEO Alan Shaw and reconstituting the Board with independent nominees.

N3 V2 C1
Ancora 2024-02-01

Elanco Animal Health ELAN

Elanco has destroyed billions under CEO Simmons and an insular classified board; replacing four directors at the 2024 AGM installs accountability and unlocks the animal-health turnaround.

N4 V4 C4
Trian Partners 2024-02-01

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney squandered a winning hand through a weak, unfocused Board; electing Peltz and Rasulo brings the shareholder mindset needed to reverse years of TSR underperformance.

N3 V3 C3
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.

N3 V2 C2
Trian Partners 2024-01-18

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney's board has failed shareholders — TSR lags peers by 401% over ten years — so Trian is nominating Peltz and former CFO Rasulo to restore governance, accountability, and 'the magic.'

N3 V2 C2
Elliott Management 2023-11-29

Phillips 66 PSX

Phillips 66 has lost investor trust by taking its eye off refining; adding two refining-experienced directors — and Marathon's 2019 playbook if targets slip — unlocks ~75% upside to $205+.

N4 V2 C2
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.

N4 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2023-10-17

GoDaddy GDDY

GoDaddy missed its 2022 Investor Day commitments as Tech & Development costs ballooned; cutting costs to hit 33%+ EBITDA margins re-rates FCF/share to $10+ and closes the peer-multiple gap.

N3 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2023-10-17

GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea

Starboard pitches three ideas: News Corp should separate Digital Real Estate to unlock ~50% upside, GoDaddy should expand margins to 33%+, and Fortrea can hit 18% peer margins under Tom Pike.

N4 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2023-10-13

Multiple (GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea) GDDY, NWSA, FTRE

Starboard pitches three activist ideas at the 2023 13D Monitor Summit — GoDaddy margin expansion, News Corp digital-real-estate separation, and Fortrea CRO profitability fix — each with 50%+ upside.

N4 V3 C3
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.

N4 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2023-10-01

Fortrea Holdings Inc. FTRE

Fortrea, LabCorp's spun-out CRO, earns 9% EBITDA margins versus 18% peers; CEO Tom Pike's IQVIA playbook implies $47-$72 per share, 60-144% upside at normalized margins.

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