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Box, Inc. BOX
Box has chronically lagged peers and entrenched itself via an unnecessary $500M KKR preferred financing; electing Starboard's minority slate restores stockholder accountability and unlocks long-term value.
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V2
C1
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Box, Inc. BOX
Box is a best-of-breed cloud content platform that has missed every revenue target since IPO; a reconstituted board can fix go-to-market execution and close a massive valuation gap to peers.
N4
V3
C3
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Box, Inc. BOX
Box's board issued $500m of KKR preferred to lock up >10% of the vote and entrench itself ahead of Starboard's proxy contest — Starboard demands the books and four new directors.
N3
V1
C1
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Teck Resources TECK
Teck is the overlooked pick-axes play on the EV/green-electrification copper boom — QB2 doubles its copper mix and at forward-curve copper the stock is worth ~C$59, nearly double.
N4
V2
C2
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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.
N4
V2
C2
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GCP Applied Technologies GCP
Starboard rebuts GCP: stock has lagged peers on every milestone since the 2016 spin-off, and Starboard's superior director slate can finally drive the turnaround management hasn't delivered.
N4
V3
C3
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GCP Applied Technologies GCP
Four years post-spinoff, GCP has lagged peers on growth, margins, and stock price under an insular, interconnected Board; replace nine directors and unlock ~600 bps of EBIT margin expansion.
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Target
Thesis
Scores
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
Nov 18, 2021
White Diamond Research
Focus Universal Inc.
FCUV
Argus sees Focus Universal's patented IoT platform, Hydrofarm channel, and smart-home pipeline driving revenue from $1.7M to $150M by 2023, supporting a $15 fair-value vs ~$8.83 price.
N1
V2
Nov 01, 2021
Land & Buildings
REIT sector (thematic)
REITs hedge inflation, but only short-lease high-margin sectors — residential, self-storage, warehouses — work; office and net lease are bond-like losers in a 6%+ CPI world.
N3
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 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 27, 2021
White Diamond Research
Atomera Inc.
ATOM
Atomera's MST IP-licensing model is on the cusp of first commercial customer ramps; probability-weighted fab adoption scenarios support a $28 price target with moonshot upside to $146.
N2
V2
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 01, 2021
Land & Buildings
N/A (asset-class advocacy)
Publicly traded REITs have outperformed private real estate by 165–590bps annually for 20 years, offer better liquidity, cheaper valuations vs. bonds, and superior inflation-era returns.
N2
V3
Aug 31, 2021
TCI Fund
Canadian National Railway
CNI
CN, once the best-run Class I railroad, is now the worst under CEO Ruest; abandon the KCS deal and install Jim Vena to restore operational excellence.
N4
V3
Aug 16, 2021
Starboard Value
Box, Inc.
BOX
Box has chronically lagged peers and entrenched itself via an unnecessary $500M KKR preferred financing; electing Starboard's minority slate restores stockholder accountability and unlocks long-term value.
N4
V2
Aug 06, 2021
Starboard Value
Box, Inc.
BOX
Box is a best-of-breed cloud content platform that has missed every revenue target since IPO; a reconstituted board can fix go-to-market execution and close a massive valuation gap to peers.
N4
V3
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 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
May 20, 2021
Starboard Value
Box, Inc.
BOX
Box's board issued $500m of KKR preferred to lock up >10% of the vote and entrench itself ahead of Starboard's proxy contest — Starboard demands the books and four new directors.
N3
V1
May 12, 2021
Greenlight Capital
Teck Resources
TECK
Teck is the overlooked pick-axes play on the EV/green-electrification copper boom — QB2 doubles its copper mix and at forward-curve copper the stock is worth ~C$59, nearly double.
N4
V2
May 01, 2021
Land & Buildings
Hilton Grand Vacations
HGV
HGV is overpaying 10x EBITDA for Diamond and handing Apollo effective control with no premium; standalone HGV is worth $55 — shareholders should vote AGAINST.
N4
V3
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 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
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
Feb 16, 2021
Ancora
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.
N4
V2
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
Dec 01, 2020
Land & Buildings
Multiple REIT subsectors (urban office, retail, business hotels, movie theaters)
Post-vaccine pent-up demand will mask permanent secular damage in urban office, retail, business hotels, and movie theaters — investors should sell the mirage, not buy it.
N4
V2
Nov 13, 2020
Citron Research
NIO Inc.
NIO
NIO trades at 17-18x NTM EV/Sales — double Tesla's multiple — as a Made-in-China Model Y near $41K threatens the ES6/EC6; Citron closes its 2018 long at a $25 price target.
N3
V2
Nov 11, 2020
Elliott Management
Sampo Oyj
SAMPO
Sampo's crown-jewel IF P&C is mispriced because the Nordea bank stake and PE holdings have contaminated the equity story; separating them unlocks EUR 7bn+ / 35%+ upside.
N4
V4
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
Oct 07, 2020
Third Point
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.
N4
V2
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
Land & Buildings
Apartment Investment and Management Company
AIV
AIV's proposed taxable reverse spin-off won't close its 18% NAV discount and lets Considine duck 25 years of underperformance; demand a shareholder vote or explore a sale at $58 — 75% upside.
N3
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
Jul 06, 2020
Elliott Management
Crown Castle International
CCI
Crown Castle's $16bn fiber bet earns just 3% ROI; imposing a 40% capex-ROI target, ROIC-linked pay, and a Board refresh unlocks a 46% dividend hike to $7.00.
N5
V4
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
May 19, 2020
Land & Buildings
D.R. Horton and Invitation Homes
DHI/INVH
COVID-19 has supercharged the suburban single-family thesis; entry-level homebuilder D.R. Horton and single-family rental REIT Invitation Homes trade 20%+ below highs despite accelerating demand.
N3
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
Elliott Management
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ALXN
Alexion's stand-alone strategy has failed — serial M&A missteps and a deep valuation discount mean the Board must pursue a sale now to unlock 40-50% upside for shareholders.
N5
V3
May 11, 2020
Starboard Value
GCP Applied Technologies
GCP
Starboard rebuts GCP: stock has lagged peers on every milestone since the 2016 spin-off, and Starboard's superior director slate can finally drive the turnaround management hasn't delivered.
N4
V3
May 06, 2020
Land & Buildings
Empire State Realty Trust
ESRT
Empire State Realty Trust is uniquely exposed to NYC's 'existential hurricane' — COVID, WFH, SALT cap, and WeWork's collapse crush demand while observation-deck revenue vanishes, driving shares substantially lower.
N3
V2
Apr 30, 2020
Starboard Value
GCP Applied Technologies
GCP
Four years post-spinoff, GCP has lagged peers on growth, margins, and stock price under an insular, interconnected Board; replace nine directors and unlock ~600 bps of EBIT margin expansion.
N4
V3
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 09, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
Align Technology, Inc.
ALGN
Align's Invisalign moat is eroding as FDA-approved third-party 3D-printing labs and 3M Clarity undercut prices by 50-65%, driving 40-55% downside to $80-$115.
N4
V3
Apr 02, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
WD-40 Company
WDFC
WD-40 is a promotional, no-moat lubricant company hiding a balance-sheet hole and bloated inventory behind a 28x EBITDA multiple — Spruce Point sees 55-60% downside to $75-$85.
N5
V4
Mar 10, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
Amcor plc
AMCR
Amcor is a packaging roll-up masking 3-4% organic declines, obscured tobacco dependence, liquidity strain, and accounting red flags — including a CAO with a revoked CPA — with 40-60% downside to $3.60-$5.40.
N5
V4
Feb 25, 2020
Grizzly Research
GSX Techedu Inc.
GSX
GSX Techedu's too-good-to-be-true 70%+ margins and triple-digit growth are propped up by inflated profits, brushed student enrollments, alter-ego related parties, and suspected CAPEX fraud — it is a fraud worth zero.
N4
V2
Feb 06, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
Dropbox, Inc.
DBX
Dropbox is a decelerating, commoditized storage business whose reported FCF is overstated ~2x; fair value is $6.60-$13, implying 25-60% downside from $17.60.
N4
V3
Feb 05, 2020
Pershing Square
Pershing Square Holdings (fund-level portfolio update)
PSH
Pershing Square's 2019 return to its concentrated activist playbook drove a 58.1% NAV year; two new positions (Agilent, Berkshire) and a 28.9% NAV discount extend the compounding runway.
N2
V3
Feb 04, 2020
Starboard Value
eBay Inc.
EBAY
eBay is deeply undervalued; separating Classifieds at peer-level ~22x EBITDA multiples and enforcing a more aggressive Marketplace cost and revenue plan would unlock substantial upside versus today's 8.1x multiple.
N4
V2
Feb 01, 2020
Grizzly Research
58.com Inc.
WUBA
58.com is an accounting house of cards: inflated SEC revenues, a $2.6bn Ganji goodwill that collapsed 95% post-acquisition, and serial insider spin-offs enriching the CEO and former co-chairman.
N4
V2
Jan 15, 2020
Spruce Point Capital
LHC Group, Inc.
LHCG
LHCG's 20.6x EBITDA multiple rests on phantom organic growth — excluding the failing Almost Family acquisition inflates growth ~500 bps, masking sub-2% reality and 35-65% downside to $60-$90.
N4
V4
Dec 19, 2019
Spruce Point Capital
Plug Power Inc.
PLUG
Plug Power's $1.5B valuation rests on a fake 'inflection to profitability' manufactured by ASC 842 lease accounting; strip the add-backs, face 80% dilution, and the stock trends to $0.
N5
V3
Dec 17, 2019
Muddy Waters
NMC Health plc
NMC.LN
NMC Health's UAE hospital empire is built on inflated capex, overstated cash, hidden reverse factoring and related-party self-dealing — Muddy Waters is short and sees deep, possibly fraudulent rot.
N5
V1
Dec 10, 2019
Wolfpack Research
Qutoutiao, Inc.
QTT
Qutoutiao is a low-tech China Hustle: ~74% of revenue is fabricated through fake accruals via in-house ad-agent Dianguan, and CEO Eric Tan funnels ad traffic to his own undisclosed related parties.
N4
V3