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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.
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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.
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Feb 19, 2025
Spruce Point Capital
Dycom Industries, Inc.
DY
Dycom's premium multiple masks a forensic minefield — undisclosed Frontier related-party revenue, accounting officers with restatement histories, and unexplained DSO expansion — implying 35–55% downside to $79–$119.
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V3
Aug 15, 2024
Kerrisdale Capital
Lumen Technologies
LUMN
Lumen's 400% AI-fueled rally is an optical illusion: $5bn in PCF deals is construction-contractor funding worth ~$1/share, masking an insolvent, secularly declining telco with $19bn debt.
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Jul 15, 2024
Starboard Value
Match Group, Inc.
MTCH
Match owns Tinder and Hinge yet trades at <8.5x FCF; fix Tinder, lift margins above 40%, buy back aggressively — or take the company private — to close a ~45% peer discount.
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Mar 01, 2024
Trian Partners
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.
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V4
Oct 01, 2023
Starboard Value
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.
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V3
May 02, 2023
Spruce Point Capital
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.
DV
DoubleVerify's manipulative accounting, saturated product, slowing international growth, and insider selling by Providence Equity justify a 35-45% downside, while competitor IAS offers 20-30% upside.
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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.
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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.
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Jun 27, 2018
Spruce Point Capital
Momo, Inc.
MOMO
Momo's 'blowout' live-video numbers hide a SAIC fraud charge, 123 undisclosed VIE subs, an illegal gambling site, and a fading KOL base — 30-50% downside to $23-$32.
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May 31, 2018
Citron Research
Snap Inc.
SNAP
SNAP is the cheapest social stock at 3x sales with 21% short interest, dominant teen mindshare and Tencent backing — upside to $17 as shorts cover.
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Apr 05, 2018
Elliott Management
Telecom Italia SpA (TIM)
TIT.MI
TIM's operating turnaround is real, but Vivendi-controlled governance has tripled the peer discount; independent directors plus NetCo separation could double the stock to €1.6.
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Jan 13, 2016
SpringOwl
Viacom
VIAB
Viacom's absent chair Redstone and overpaid CEO Dauman have driven a lost decade; replacing leadership, cutting $400M SG&A and launching OTT unlocks up to 135% upside to $95.90.
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