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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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
McDonald's Corporation MCD
McDonald's board broke a 10-year promise to end gestation crates; replace Penrose and Lenny with two ESG experts to fix systemic governance and sustainability failures.
US Foods Holding Corp. USFD
Sachem Head owns 8.7% of US Foods and is running a proxy fight to install five directors who can close the Sysco margin gap and deliver ~100% upside.
Airbus AIR
TCI, a 1.5% Airbus shareholder since 2012, demands stronger climate disclosure, an A-grade CDP score, and Airbus leadership in mandating low-carbon synthetic aviation fuels — or TCI will vote against directors.
Burford Capital Ltd. BUR LN
Burford is a poor litigation-finance business masquerading as a great one through Enron-like fair value accounting, four-case concentration, and a CEO-wife CFO — and is arguably insolvent.
Nestlé S.A. NESN
Nestlé has been too slow to adapt to a changing consumer industry; adopting a #NestléNOW mindset — sharper strategy, bolder portfolio divestitures including the L'Oréal stake, and a three-division split — can double EPS by 2022.
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. TYPE
Monotype's three-year acquisition spree (Olapic, Swyft) destroyed $500M+ of value and halved EBITDA margins; Starboard demands four new directors to refocus on the core font franchise.
Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) — portfolio review PSH
Returning to roots: smaller investment-centric team, reaffirmed core principles, growth from returns not AUM
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP
Employer Services margins are 1,500-2,000 bps below potential vs. Paychex and peers
Herbalife HLF
Country-level 'pop-and-drop' patterns are the signature of a pyramid scheme reaching saturation
Pershing Square Portfolio (multiple positions)
Core longs (QSR, MDLZ, CMG, APD, HHC) are high-quality businesses in mid-transformation with untapped margin upside
Multiple (PSH portfolio update)
Long-term track record intact: 503% cumulative vs S&P 163% since 2004 inception
Herbalife HLF
FTC complaint confirms Herbalife operates as a pyramid scheme
Epiq Systems, Inc. EPIQ
Epiq's board has insulated management through chronic guidance misses, a failed Iris acquisition and governance entrenchment; electing Villere's alternate slate is the unique opportunity to unlock value.
Yahoo! Inc. YHOO
Yahoo's board has failed for years on operations, capital allocation, and governance; replace it with Starboard's nine nominees to run a credible Core Business sale and unlock value.
Yahoo! Inc. YHOO
Three years of failed turnaround have collapsed Yahoo's Core Business; Starboard demands a competitive sale process and leadership change, or it will launch an election contest.
Yahoo! Inc. YHOO
Yahoo's Core Business is collapsing because of $550M of self-inflicted cost bloat; cutting costs and replacing the Microsoft search deal can restore profitability without touching Alibaba.
Herbalife Ltd. HLF
Herbalife pays multi-level royalties on unlimited downlines, violating China's pyramid-sales laws
Herbalife Ltd. HLF
CEO Johnson on video admits Herbalife participation is a 'lottery ticket' with 'pyramiding'
Rovi Corporation ROVI
Rovi's entrenched board destroyed a decade of shareholder value while promising 'double-digit growth next year' every year; Engaged's nominees Lockwood and Rau bring operating credibility the incumbents lack.
Herbalife HLF
Former distributors lost $5K-$45K each chasing promised income that never materialized
Superb Summit International Group Limited 1228.HK
Superb Summit's HK$773m of reported revenue belongs to a coal company it never owned, and its HK$1.5bn JFT acquisition is a sham valuation routed through a mystery intermediary.
Herbalife Ltd. HLF
Herbalife is the largest and best-managed pyramid scheme in the world
NQ Mobile NQ
NQ Mobile's largest purported revenue source, Yidatong, is a controlled shell whose offices, tax filings, and carrier records all contradict NQ's story — we maintain a <$1 target.
NQ Mobile NQ
NQ Mobile's Oct 25 rebuttal of Muddy Waters' fraud report contained ten provable lies — Yidatong is NQ, revenue and market share are fabricated; reiterating price target under $1.
NQ Mobile Inc. NQ
NQ Mobile is a 'China Fraud 2.0': 72%+ of China revenue is fictitious, real market share is 1.4% not 55%, and the $127.9M cash balance is likely forged — target price under $1.
Olam International OLAM
Ten months after our initial short, Olam's FY13 results confirm the thesis: 1.8% ROA, S$800m cash burn, ossified board, no acknowledgement of the over-leverage problem.
Office Depot, Inc. ODP
Office Depot's entrenched board has destroyed value for years; replace four incumbents with Starboard's retail-experienced nominees to lift operating margins from 0.9% to 7.3% — standalone or merged with OfficeMax.
Health Management Associates HMA
HMA's insular 17-year-tenure board drove a Lost Decade of <1% TSR; replace all directors with Glenview's blue-chip slate to fix governance, compensation, and capital allocation.
PepsiCo, Inc. PEP
PepsiCo's snacks and beverages are structurally incompatible — Trian demands a Mondelez merger plus beverage spin (or a clean snacks/beverages separation), unlocking up to $175/share by 2015 vs. $85 today.
DSP Group, Inc. DSPG
DSP has burned $557M on failed new products while its profitable cordless-telephony core erodes; new independent directors can right-size costs and unlock SiTel-level margins.
Procter & Gamble PG
P&G earns $4 EPS today but should earn $6 by FY2016 at 24% EBIT margin
Tessera Technologies Inc. TSRA
Tessera has squandered $517M on the failing Digital Optics business while its core patent-licensing franchise shrinks; Starboard's six-director slate and IP-focused plan can unlock best-in-class 60-70% EBITDA margins.
Herbalife Ltd. HLF
Herbalife distributors earn 10x more from recruitment than from retail product sales
The Timken Company TKR
Timken's bearings-plus-steel conglomerate masks value; separating the two pure-plays unlocks 29% upside to $68 and ends Timken-family board capture entrenching the status quo.
Agrium AGU
Agrium rebuts JANA's break-up case: the sum-of-parts math is contrived, Retail already trades at ~9x within Agrium, and no analyst endorses JANA's methodology.
Olam International Ltd. OLAM
Olam's Q2 2013 results confirm Muddy Waters' Strong Sell thesis: debt is spiraling (9.5x EBITDA), cash is burning, and management's acquisitions and Gabon project reveal haphazard planning.
Hess Corporation HES
Hess intrinsic value is over $126/share — 94-153% upside to the current price
Focus Media Holding Ltd. FMCN
New BVI registry evidence proves FMCN lied about its mobile-phone VIE acquisitions, reinforcing the long-running fraud thesis just as Carlyle's LBO consortium prepares to overpay.
Herbalife Ltd. HLF
Formula 1 is a $2bn 'brand nobody's heard of' — sales economics defy any genuine consumer demand
Herbalife Ltd. HLF
Herbalife is a pyramid scheme: distributors profit by recruiting, not retail sales
Olam International OLAM
Olam's surprise $750m Temasek-backed debt raise — at an effective cost over 10% — validates Muddy Waters' thesis that the company is days from collapse; Strong Sell maintained.
Olam International OLAM
Olam's 45-page rebuttal ducks Muddy Waters' real points; we'll pay S&P to rate Olam's debt and prove the market underprices its accounting and acquisition risk.
Olam International Ltd. SGX:O32
Olam is an Enron-style agri trader whose aggressive non-cash accounting, off-the-rails CapEx binge, and 9.3x leverage mask a failing trading business — equity likely worthless, bonds 14-33¢.
Danone BN.PA
Danone is a world-class health-focused food company trading at trough multiples and a 1.5x P/E discount to Nestle; rerating to historic levels implies ~€78 vs €48, +62% upside by 2014.
ADT Corporation ADT
ADT is drastically under-levered post-Tyco spin; levering to 3.0x EBITDA and repurchasing ~30% of the float delivers ~44% upside to a $55 target.
Multiple (ValueAct portfolio: Moody's, CBRE, Motorola Solutions, Adobe, Halliburton, Autodesk, Gardner Denver, Sara Lee, Verisign, CR Bard)
ValueAct's edge is concentrated, board-level positions in differentiated, recurring-revenue businesses — picking quality and avoiding leverage, complexity and bad governance.
TPC Group Inc. TPCG
TPC Group's $40/share take-private by First Reserve/SK Capital is a self-dealt, low-balled sale; a proper auction plus MLP re-rating would deliver materially higher value to shareholders.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group EDU
New Oriental is hiding an extensive franchising operation, filing fraudulent tax-exempt financials in Beijing and using a cosmetic VIE — expect a restatement and Deloitte to resign.
Lazard Ltd LAZ
Lazard's premier advisory and asset-management franchise trades at a discount; executing the April 2012 plan to 25%+ margins, disciplined capital return, and stronger governance can nearly double the stock to ~$51.
BMC Software BMC
BMC has underperformed every peer and index over 1-, 2-, 3-year and YTD windows
AOL, Inc. AOL
AOL's board lets management burn Access/Search cash on a Display strategy losing $500M+ a year; elect three Starboard nominees to enforce discipline and restructure or exit Patch.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. JCP
Ron Johnson (Target, Apple Retail) can repeat his retail magic at chronically mismanaged JCP