357 documents showing 121–180
Date
Fund
Target
Thesis
Scores
Jul 28, 2022
Muddy Waters
Sunrun Inc.
RUN
Sunrun's equity story rests on three shaky pillars — inflated subscriber values, abusive IRS tax-basis gaming, and fragile ABS — that together imply an 85% haircut to Net Earning Assets.
N4
V2
Jul 19, 2022
Spruce Point Capital
Skechers U.S.A., Inc.
SKX
Skechers is a governance-rotten, family-run 'fast follower' whose China growth is collapsing and inventory is bloating — 30%-50% downside to $18.60-$26.00.
N4
V3
Jul 12, 2022
Muddy Waters
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital
HASI
HASI is a short: its GAAP and non-GAAP 'Distributable Earnings' are inflated by three non-cash accounting tricks and roundtripped SunStrong loans, masking a cash-losing, capital-raise-dependent business.
N4
V2
Jun 22, 2022
Spruce Point Capital
Generac Holdings, Inc.
GNRC
Generac is a COVID-era generator beneficiary masking collapsing core demand and a string of shady clean-energy acquisitions; Spruce Point sees 40-50% downside to $110-$132/share.
N4
V3
May 19, 2022
Wolfpack Research
PMV Pharmaceuticals
PMVP
PMV's Phase I readout on May 26 will disappoint: PC14586 is too weak, too toxic, and too short-lived to win FDA approval, leaving only $295M of cash behind a $628M market cap.
N4
V2
May 17, 2022
Spruce Point Capital
Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.
AMR
AMR masks production, revenues and liabilities while management quietly dumps stock at cyclical coal highs; Spruce Point sees 40-60% downside to $60-90 per share.
N5
V3
May 03, 2022
Scorpion Capital
IonQ Inc.
IONQ
IonQ's 32-qubit 'world's most powerful quantum computer' is a Nikola-style hoax; its only real machine can't reliably add 1+1, and revenue stems from sham related-party deals.
N4
V2
Apr 06, 2022
Spruce Point Capital
Stryker Corp.
SYK
Spruce Point exposes Stryker's FCPA-tainted accounting, failing acquisition roll-up and margin squeeze under CEO Lobo — Strong Sell with 35%-75% downside to $67-$174.50.
N4
V3
Apr 01, 2022
Kerrisdale Capital
Digital World Acquisition Corp
DWAC
DWAC's $8bn pro-forma SPAC merger with Trump's TMTG will never close because the SEC is actively investigating it and can kill the deal via a stop order — fair value is the $10 trust cash (-80%).
N4
V2
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
Feb 03, 2022
Grizzly Research
Playtika Holding Corp.
PLTK
PLTK is a Chinese-insider piggy bank dumped on US public investors — debt-financed pre-IPO cash-out, addictive gambling-akin games facing regulators, and hidden share pledges imply ~45% downside.
N4
V3
Jan 20, 2022
Spruce Point Capital
TaskUs, Inc.
TASK
TaskUs is a Blackstone-promoted BPO with embellished disclosures, Satyam-linked accounting tics, and eroding Facebook unit economics; fair value is 25-50% below spot, or $18-$27.
N4
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
Dec 01, 2021
Kerrisdale Capital
Astra Space, Inc.
ASTR
Astra is a SPAC-bubble rocket company with no revenue, an undersized non-reusable vehicle, and fantastical 300-launch-a-year forecasts; shares should tumble back to the ground.
N4
V3
Oct 25, 2021
Spruce Point Capital
Heska Corporation
HSKA
Heska is a low-growth animal-health distributor — not the innovator management claims — masquerading at a 9x-sales SaaS multiple; Spruce Point sees 50-60% downside to $90-$115.
N4
V3
Oct 22, 2021
Bonitas Research
ESS Tech, Inc.
GWH
research note
N1
V1
Oct 06, 2021
Scorpion Capital
Ginkgo Bioworks
DNA
Ginkgo Bioworks is a $23B SPAC fraud whose foundry 'customers' are related-party shells that round-trip cash back as phantom revenue — a US 'China Hustle' headed for a Zymergen-style collapse.
N4
V2
Oct 06, 2021
Bonitas Research
TMC the metals company Inc.
TMC
TMC is a recycled Nautilus Minerals fraud: $43M siphoned to insiders for worthless seabed licenses, inflated expenses, and a TOML permit at risk of ISA termination.
N4
V2
Sep 29, 2021
Spruce Point Capital
Lightspeed Commerce, Inc.
LSPD
Lightspeed is a cash-burning POS roll-up that inflated its pre-IPO customer count by 85%, hides organic decline behind acquisitions, and should re-rate 60–80% lower to $22.50–$47 as Shopify, Square, Adobe and Amazon crowd it out.
N4
V3
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
Sep 15, 2021
Muddy Waters
Danimer Scientific
DNMR
DNMR is a post-SPAC bioplastics story whose 'sold-out' demand, $200M take-or-pay contracts, and $1 trillion TAM are misrepresentations — actual utilization is ~28% and Novomer is a Hail Mary.
N4
V2
Aug 05, 2021
Spruce Point Capital
Genius Sports Limited
GENI
Genius Sports is a low-moat data middleman overpaying for league rights and inflating growth via barter revenue; 55m shares of overhang unlock imminently — 60-80% downside to $3.25-$6.50.
N4
V3
Jul 27, 2021
Wolfpack Research
Moxian, Inc.
MOXC
MOXC is a Nevada shell whose Chinese 'operating' subsidiaries lack valid licenses, working phones, and a real GM, while related-party debt swaps fueled a 2,400% stock pump.
N4
V2
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
Jul 01, 2021
Kerrisdale Capital
Acutus Medical Inc.
AFIB
research note
N3
V3
May 24, 2021
Muddy Waters
Solutions 30
S30
EY's refusal to sign Solutions 30's 2020 audit — after S30 blocked access to information on suspect transactions — confirms Muddy Waters' two-year-old fraud and money-laundering thesis.
N4
V1
May 13, 2021
Muddy Waters
Lemonade, Inc.
LMND
Muddy Waters is short Lemonade after discovering a critical session-fixation flaw that exposed customer PII to Google's index — a negligence that shatters Lemonade's 'trustworthy' digital-native brand.
N4
V1
Apr 22, 2021
Spruce Point Capital
Danimer Scientific, Inc.
DNMR
Danimer is an over-hyped SPAC bioplastics story whose governance-tainted management, irreconcilable facility claims, failed-PHA precedent, and 138x EBITDA valuation imply 65-100% downside to ~$8.75/share.
N4
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
Apr 08, 2021
Spruce Point Capital
Porch Group Inc
PRCH
Porch is 'Active Network 2.0' run by the same CEO — a money-losing lead-gen business dressed as SaaS, with barter accounting and hidden debt implying 50%-70% downside to $5-$8.
N4
V3
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 10, 2021
Muddy Waters
XL Fleet
XL
XL Fleet's March 8 rebuttal fails to deny Muddy Waters' core claims — exaggerated pipeline, ~10% reorder rate, overstated fuel savings — confirming XL is SPAC trash.
N3
V1
Mar 08, 2021
Wolfpack Research
Skillz, Inc.
SKLZ
Skillz's SPAC-era growth story is collapsing — its top three games (88% of revenue) are in freefall while management touts fake NFL and Buck Hunter 'partnerships' to mask the miss.
N4
V2
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
Feb 16, 2021
Wolfpack Research
EHang Holdings, Ltd.
EH
EHang is an elaborate stock promotion built on sham sales contracts with a pre-IPO investor masquerading as its main customer, with hobby-grade hardware and a court-frozen China entity that could leave ADRs worthless.
N4
V2
Feb 16, 2021
Spruce Point Capital
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
LDOS
Leidos is concealing defective explosive-detection products from its impaired $1bn L3Harris SD&A deal while inflating cash flow 67-78%; sell with 35-60% downside to $43-$70.
N4
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
Jan 07, 2021
Spruce Point Capital
Magnite, Inc.
MGNI
Magnite is a hype-fueled ad-tech merger masking Telaria's deteriorating CTV business with dubious management and suspect accounting; 25%-50% downside to $14.75-$20.
N4
V4
Dec 01, 2020
White Diamond Research
GreenPower Motor Company
GP
GreenPower markets itself as an American EV bus manufacturer but is merely reselling re-logoed Chinese Weichai Eurise buses — not Buy America compliant and worth ~$1.50, implying 90% downside.
N4
V2
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 12, 2020
Bonitas Research
China Harmony New Energy Auto Holding
3836.HK
research note
N1
V2
Nov 11, 2020
Muddy Waters
MultiPlan Corp
MPLN
MultiPlan is a financially-engineered SPAC corpse losing its biggest customer UHC to UHC's own competitor Naviguard; expect 35% revenue loss and 8x+ leverage by 2022.
N4
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 29, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
Sunnova Energy International Inc.
NOVA
Sunnova is a misbranded 'solar' company that is actually an unprofitable specialty finance business with Enron-alum management and aggressive non-GAAP metrics — fair value $5-$8 vs. $27 today (70-80% downside).
N4
V3
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
Sep 01, 2020
Kerrisdale Capital
AtriCure, Inc.
ATRC
AtriCure's 7.5x revenue valuation assumes stand-alone Convergent succeeds, but electrophysiologists won't refer, and PFA plus real-time mapping will obsolete surgical ablation.
N4
V3
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
Jun 30, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.
PBH
Spruce Point is short Prestige Brands: a decaying OTC roll-up with no organic growth, CFO déjà-vu from Boulder Brands' collapse, and 40-60% downside to $14.80-$22.50.
N4
V3
Jun 02, 2020
Muddy Waters
eHealth, Inc.
EHTH
EHTH books Medicare Advantage revenue today that takes nine to twenty years to collect, masking a cash-incinerating, high-churn business reminiscent of Enron-style accounting.
N4
V2
May 28, 2020
Muddy Waters
GSX Techedu
GSX
GSX's rebuttals to our fraud report are evasive techno-drivel; meanwhile GSX openly recruits engineers to run cell-phone bot farms, confirming it is a nearly empty box.
N4
V2
May 18, 2020
Muddy Waters
GSX Techedu Inc.
GSX
GSX Techedu is a near-total fraud: at least 73% — likely 80%+ — of paid K-12 users are bots, and Chairman Chen's $319M pledged stock heightens crash risk.
N4
V2
May 13, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
Forescout Technologies
FSCT
Advent overpaid $33/share for Forescout — management buried weaker forecasts and Q1 sales fell 24%; renegotiating 35-50% lower or paying the $112M break fee both beat closing.
N4
V3
May 12, 2020
Bonitas Research
Pets at Home Group plc
LSE:PETS
research note
N1
V1
May 12, 2020
Muddy Waters
Burford Capital
BUR
Burford's 2019 financials rely on reclassifications and definition changes to mask an -11.8% drop in cash receipts, -35.5% drop in deployments, and $20.6m of unexplained fair-value gains.
N4
V2
Apr 29, 2020
Grizzly Research
58.com Inc.
WUBA
WUBA's sudden $55 go-private offer from underfunded Ocean Link — announced the day after Luckin's fraud burst — is a sham price-support PR maneuver masking accounting fraud and COVID collapse.
N4
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 22, 2020
Wolfpack Research
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
INSP
Inspire's surgical sleep-apnea implant is too invasive to ever scale — VA sales prove patients refuse it for free, while insiders have dumped $340M cashing out a fictional $10bn TAM story.
N4
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 14, 2020
Citron Research
GSX Techedu
GSX
Citron argues GSX Techedu is a near-total fraud — the vast majority of claimed K-12 students are bots, revenues are fabricated, and the stock is a zero.
N4
V2