Contrarian Corpus
Scorpion Capital vs. Lasertec Corporation

Lasertec Corporation · 6920

4 decks published between 2024-06-05 and 2024-06-05 — 780 pages, 761 analysed slides total.

initial thesis

Timeline

Each deck in chronological order — click to open. This is the story of the campaign as it unfolded.

  1. 2024-06-05 initial thesis

    6920

    334pp · full_deck

    Lasertec, Japan's most actively traded stock at a $23B cap and 17x sales, is a textbook accounting fraud — a defective EUV tool, fake fab, and looming impairment will wipe out most earnings.

    N 5 V 3 C 2
  2. 2024-06-05 initial thesis

    JpFinal

    334pp · full_deck

    Lasertec — Japan's most-traded stock at $23B — is inflating inventory to hide that its flagship ACTIS EUV mask-inspection tool is defective; a 65-70% writedown will erase 85% of retained earnings.

    N 5 V 4 C 4
  3. 2024-06-05 initial thesis

    JpSummary

    56pp · research_note

    Lasertec — Japan's most-traded stock at $23B market cap — is a colossal accounting fraud whose defective EUV mask-inspection tool and sham 'Innovation Park' mirror Olympus and Toshiba before collapse.

    N 4 V 2 C 1
  4. 2024-06-05 initial thesis

    Summary1

    56pp · research_note

    Lasertec, hailed as 'Japan's ASML,' is a $23B accounting fraud — a textbook inventory scheme masking a defective EUV tool destined for a 65-70% write-down reminiscent of Olympus and Toshiba.