Contrarian Corpus

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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
Citron Research 2024-04-11

Edgio, Inc. EGIO

Edgio trades at 0.13x sales despite serving Microsoft, Amazon, and Verizon; a takeout or rerating to peer CDN multiples implies $65-$200 per share — 6-10x upside.

N3 V2 C2
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
Bluebell Capital 2024-04-09

BlackRock, Inc. BLK

BlackRock's governance trails the S&P 500 on every metric, its stewardship team is overwhelmed, and TSR has merely tracked the market since 2009 — separate Chair and CEO to restore independent oversight.

N4 V3 C3
Bluebell Capital 2024-04-09

BlackRock BLK

BlackRock's combined Chair/CEO and below-peer governance have delivered only market-matching TSR since 2009 and fuel greenwashing risk; shareholders should vote FOR an Independent Chair at the 2024 AGM.

N4 V3 C3
Bluebell Capital 2024-04-09

BlackRock BLK

BlackRock's combined CEO/Chair role and entrenched Lead Independent Director leave the board without true oversight; bylaws should mandate an Independent Chair from AGM 2025.

N4 V2 C3
Muddy Waters 2024-04-08

CPI Property Group CPIPG

CPIPG's 2023 results show undisclosed related-party transfers to controlling shareholder Vitek, aggressive fair-value inflation, and an unreconciled 92% equity collapse at GSG Berlin — management must answer on the call.

N4 V2 C2
Bluebell Capital 2024-04-05

BlackRock, Inc. BLK

Bluebell demands BlackRock separate the combined Chair/CEO role via a binding bylaw amendment at the 2024 AGM, offering to withdraw only if the Board irrevocably commits to an independent Chair from 2025.

N2 V2 C1
Greenlight Capital 2024-04-03

Solvay SA SOLB BB

Post-spin Solvay — a #1 essential-chemicals business — trades at ~7x trough 2024 EPS with ~10% dividend yield; normalized 2028 earnings support roughly doubling the stock.

N4 V3 C2
Trian Partners 2024-03-29

The Walt Disney Company DIS

Disney has underperformed its peers across every recent time period under the incumbent board; elect Trian's Peltz and Rasulo to restore focus, accountability, and shareholder alignment.

N3 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
Kerrisdale Capital 2024-02-26

Carvana Co. CVNA

Carvana at $70 is priced as a tech disruptor, but it's 'just a dealership' with CarMax-like unit economics and a levered balance sheet — fair value is $16, -77%.

N4 V3 C3
Muddy Waters 2024-02-15

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. FFH

Muddy Waters poses five forensic questions to Fairfax management that, if answered honestly, would expose return-of-capital dividends, off-balance-sheet debt via NCIs, and fair-value gain engineering.

N3 V1 C1
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
Muddy Waters 2024-02-08

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. FFH

Muddy Waters is short Fairfax Financial, arguing it is 'the GE of Canada' — a serial accounting manipulator whose book value is overstated by ~$4.5bn (~18%) through value-destructive transactions.

N4 V3 C2
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

N2 V4 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 2024-02-01

Multiple (firm-level overview)

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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.

N3 V2 C2
Muddy Waters 2024-01-25

CPI Property Group S.A. CPIPGR

CPI PG's Italian landbank and St. Tropez villa deals show ~€100M in unexplained cash and receivables gaps, suggesting controlling shareholder Vitek is using bondholder money to strip assets and launder cash.

N4 V3 C2
Muddy Waters 2024-01-22

CPI Property Group S.A. CPIPGR

Muddy Waters is short CPI Property Group's credit: its €19.2B portfolio appears inflated via implausible Berlin gains, cherry-picked Bubny landbank comps, and occupancy rates realtor listings show are overstated by ~2x.

N4 V3 C3
Engine Capital 2024-01-22

Parkland Corporation PKI

Parkland's entrenched board has driven a decade of peer underperformance and a sector-low 6.9x multiple; a shareholder-led board refreshment is needed to close the valuation gap.

N4 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
Muddy Waters 2023-12-06

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. BXMT

BXMT's borrowers only stay current because of expiring rate swaps; as ~$16B of swaps terminate in 2024, dividend cuts of 33-85% and $2.5-4.5B of loan losses could wipe out the $4B market cap.

N4 V2 C2
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.

N5 V4 C4
Muddy Waters 2023-11-30

CPI Property Group CPIPGR

Follow-up to Muddy Waters' Part 1 report: a list of pointed questions challenging CPI Property Group to explain self-dealing transactions through which controlling shareholder Radovan Vitek is allegedly asset-stripping the company.

N3 V1 C1
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
Muddy Waters 2023-11-21

CPI Property Group S.A. CPIPGR

Muddy Waters is short CPI PG's credit: controlling shareholder Radovan Vitek is brazenly looting the company via undisclosed related-party deals — ~50% of €1.2bn examined transactions appear suspect.

N4 V3 C3
Citron Research 2023-11-06

Apellis Pharmaceuticals APLS

Citron shorts Apellis, arguing its new Geographic Atrophy drug Syfovre faces an imminent FDA warning as AAO ophthalmologists reject it 83%-17% and vasculitis cases mount.

N4 V2 C2
Muddy Waters 2023-11-01

Sunrun RUN

Sunrun's Subscriber metric is fabricated — inflated ~20% above EIA filings — letting it overclaim ~$205M in IRS tax credits and prop up a fictitious valuation; Muddy Waters remains short.

N4 V2 C1
Muddy Waters 2023-10-25

Sunrun Inc. RUN

Sunrun's non-GAAP Subscriber count exceeds mandatory EIA filings by ~20%, implying phantom customers, ~$1.5B of overstated Net Earning Assets (62.5% of market cap), and possible ITC tax fraud.

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
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.

N4 V4 C4
Ancora 2023-10-17

Forward Air Corporation FWRD

Forward Air's $3.2B Omni Logistics deal destroys shareholder value; block the deal, replace CEO Tom Schmitt and the Board, and shares rerate to $140-$145.

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
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.

N4 V2 C1
Starboard Value 2023-10-01

News Corporation NWSA

News Corp's REA stake alone is worth $8B of its $12B EV — separating Digital Real Estate would expose Dow Jones and surface ~50% upside to ~$33/share.

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.

N4 V3 C3
Starboard Value 2023-09-12

GoDaddy Inc. GDDY

GoDaddy has missed its 2022 Investor Day targets as Tech & Dev expenses ballooned; cutting costs to a 40% growth+profitability exit rate and adding a Starboard director unlocks a ~40% valuation re-rating.

N4 V3 C2
Muddy Waters 2023-08-04

Vivion Investments

Vivion's proposed bond exchange rests on inflated UK hotel valuations — illustrated by Crowne Plaza Heathrow, marked at EUR94.6m versus CBRE's EUR72.9m — serving insiders, not bondholders.

N4 V2 C3
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.

N4 V1 C1
Kerrisdale Capital 2023-06-15

Carvana Co. CVNA

Carvana is a poorly-run subprime used-car retailer buried under $6.5bn of debt; the recent 165% rally is a loan-sale mirage and the equity is worth zero.

N4 V3 C3
Muddy Waters 2023-06-07

Chinook Therapeutics KDNY

Chinook manipulated 2021-2022 revenues via its Chinese JV SanReno; strip out the accounting tricks and reported revenue collapses by 95% and 68% respectively, reinforcing our short.

N4 V2 C1
Land & Buildings 2023-06-01

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. ARE

Alexandria's life-science office portfolio is being hit by the same WFH hurricane as traditional offices, and shares face 30-40% downside if re-rated to coastal office REIT peers.

N3 V4 C4
Muddy Waters 2023-05-16

Chinook Therapeutics Inc KDNY

Muddy Waters is short Chinook (KDNY): lead drug atrasentan is inefficacious, harmful, and blocked by sparsentan's IgAN orphan-drug exclusivity — FDA approval is highly unlikely.

N4 V2 C2
Elliott Management 2023-05-11

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GT

Retail stores alone could be worth nearly Goodyear's entire market capitalization

N5 V4 C4
Greenlight Capital 2023-05-09

Vitesco Technologies VTSC

Vitesco trades at €2.6B EV — less than its ICE business alone is worth (€2.9-4.3B at peer multiples); buy the stock and get the high-growth EV-powertrain unit for free.

N5 V3 C2
Starboard Value 2023-05-05

LivePerson, Inc. LPSN

LivePerson's Founder-CEO LoCascio has destroyed value and ignored governance; Starboard is launching a 2023 proxy fight to force a CEO change or sale of the company.

N4 V2 C2
Engine Capital 2023-04-20

Parkland Corporation PKI

Parkland's board re-nominated its 24-year chairman and set sub-cost-of-capital ROIC targets; Engine urges shareholders to WITHHOLD on all incumbents to force governance, pay, and portfolio reform.

N3 V1 C1
Citron Research 2023-04-19

Freedom Holding Corp FRHC

FRHC funnels 85% of revenue through a CEO-owned Belize affiliate (FFIN) sourcing Russian flows — an FTX/Alameda structure that should trigger restatement, sanctions violations, and Nasdaq delisting.

N4 V2 C1
Bluebell Capital 2023-04-12

Glencore Plc GLEN

Glencore's unsolicited Teck bid is structurally flawed; Glencore should first demerge thermal coal, Oil Marketing and Viterra, then merge with Teck to unlock a world-class transition-metals leader.

N4 V1 C1