Contrarian Corpus
Phrase library

Callouts & quotes from 154+ activist slides

Every emphasised callout and every pulled quote, extracted slide-by-slide. Search by keyword, filter by slide type or by source.

Showing 61–120 of 154 matching "gap"
callout process diagram

"Statistically, it is highly unlikely that any new Distributor will cross the gap from bottom to top. The precise statistics require knowing the relative turnover rates in the top and bottom segments. HLF provides minimal data on these rates"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 213
callout executive summary

"We have proposed a set of near and longer-term measures intended to rebuild investor trust and reduce the $25bn value gap between the company's market value and intrinsic value, equivalent to potential share price upside of up to ~170%."

callout process diagram

"Motive Force is also the name of the ANTA ListCo BVI company at the time of the IPO (see prospectus pg. 20, et alia) and which later also produced two notable Fila subsidiaries, Motive Force Singapore and Motive Force E-commerce (HK)."

ANTA Sports Products · 2020.HK Muddy Waters · p. 19
callout villain critique

"Three country executives at Bigo matter-of-factly confirmed to us that the majority of Bigo users are fake, with the allocation of bots being directed by AI run from Bigo’s headquarters in Singapore or YY’s headquarters in Guangzhou."

Joyy Inc. · YY Muddy Waters · p. 58
callout villain critique

"We believe Canadian Tire’s reported EPS does not reflect its underlying organic growth. By removing what we believe are unsustainable benefits to EPS, the gap between our Spruce Point adjusted EPS and the reported EPS widens."

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 16
callout before after

"We believe Canadian Tire's reported EPS does not reflect its underlying organic growth. By removing what we believe are unsustainable benefits to EPS, the gap between our Spruce Point adjusted EPS and the reported EPS widens."

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 83
callout demand list

"To ensure that Crown Castle's management team is properly aligned with shareholders, we are recommending a revised incentive plan that encourages sound capital allocation and bridging the performance gap to industry peers"

Crown Castle International · CCI Elliott Management · p. 58
callout sop buildup

"Over a longer term period, with a best-in-class management team and perfect information, we believe the opportunity exists to reach peer average margins of 48% and potentially further close the margin gap with Amgen."

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 167
callout appendix disclosure

"We look forward to providing shareholders the opportunity to vote for new, highly qualified directors who will help the Company close the valuation gap and set it on the right course toward long-term value creation."

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 2
callout villain critique

"Management has become addicted to dilution as a way of bridging the gap created by its lack of core cash flows from operations, increasing shares outstanding by 70% since December 2022, and the pace is accelerating."

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. · CTO Wolfpack Research · p. 2
callout demand list

"Our nominees are committed to protecting McDonald’s’ stakeholders from risks stemming from ESG failures and intend to curb current injustices surrounding the wage gap, animal cruelty and environmental degradation."

callout demand list

"Our nominees are committed to protecting McDonald’s’ stakeholders from risks stemming from ESG failures and intend to curb current injustices surrounding the wage gap, animal cruelty and environmental degradation."

callout sop buildup

"As a standalone entity, SSgA could be better positioned to close the margin gap versus peers, receive a multiple re-rating over time, and may have significant strategic value to other industry participants."

State Street Corporation · STT Trian Partners · p. 32
callout villain critique

"Deloitte's Form AP is incorrect and fails to recognize that Australia is audited by Nexia Australia. It also fails to disclose that Singapore is audited by Nexia Singapore and India by CNK & Associates."

Monster Beverage Corp. · MNST Spruce Point Capital · p. 52
callout kpi overview

"Over the past 3 years TIM has had to invest more than other EU incumbents... to expand broadband coverage in Italy (closing the gap with other European countries)... with positive impact on its results"

Telecom Italia SpA (TIM) · TIT.MI Elliott Management · p. 11
callout peer gap

"Dollarama consistently produces operating margins materially higher than industry peers, and higher than historical industry norms. This gap has only grown more substantial through the last five years."

Dollarama Inc. · DOL Spruce Point Capital · p. 17
callout villain critique

"XPO has bridged the gap between $6.1bn of acquisition costs and $5bn of capital raising with $817m of asset sales, and $364m of factoring receivables through XPO Logistics Europe created in Oct 2017."

XPO Logistics, Inc. · XPO Spruce Point Capital · p. 16
callout peer gap

"Result is Hess is penalized twice: Penalty #1: Multiple-based valuation undervalues Bakken; Penalty #2: Hess given lower multiple than peers due in part to higher capital intensity and cash flow gap."

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 21
callout sop buildup

"TWX, by any measure, is undervalued. There appears to be a significant valuation gap between the current stock price of TWX and the estimated intrinsic value of the underlying assets of the Company."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 263
callout timeline

"The discount has been widening for many years. Initiatives taken by SCT, including the recent capital allocation policy update, have been insufficient to catalyse any reduction in the SCT Value Gap"

Samsung C&T Corporation · 028260 KS Palliser Capital · p. 20
callout valuation reveal

"If FDO raised an incremental $1.5bn of debt, bought back stock at $60, and closed only half the productivity gap, the company would earn ~$5.50 of 2012 EPS and trade in the high $70s at a 14x P/E"

Family Dollar Stores · FDO Pershing Square · p. 39
callout demand list

"The pursuit of a dutch auction, in conjunction with other actions, should help reduce the valuation gap between the current stock price of TWX and the estimated intrinsic value of the Company."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 220
callout sop buildup

"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."

GoDaddy Inc. · GDDY Starboard Value · p. 7
callout thesis headline

"SMG Consulting has missed the fact that Archer is 2 years or more behind the current industry leader, Joby, yet on SMG's timeline this 2-year gap is compressed into a single quarter."

Archer Aviation Inc · ACHR Grizzly Research · p. 15
callout villain critique

"Were RUN’s basis inflation disallowed on a go forward basis, we estimate that it would have an approximate $0.50 / watt funding gap to fill, which would imperil its ability to grow."

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout peer gap

"In an industry driven by capital allocation, Crown Castle’s ROIC has underperformed that of its peers for more than a decade, and the gap is widening with continued fiber investment"

Crown Castle International · CCI Elliott Management · p. 35
quote precedent table

""In the BHP 2022 Reunification, the valuation gap closed not through the Australian listing de-rating to the lowest UK level, but rather vice versa." — Morgan Stanley, November 2024"

Rio Tinto · RIO Palliser Capital · p. 34
callout appendix methodology

"It is a mistake to think that holding bonds in Singapore means that one would be able to quickly sell cotton sitting in a Mozambique storage facility at a price equal to last mark."

callout other

"It seems well-understood in the medical community that the Libre will likely largely close any remaining gaps in accuracy versus Dexcom’s CGMs prior to FDA approval."

Dexcom, Inc. · DXCM Spruce Point Capital · p. 29
callout villain critique

"A widening gap between a company's presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and Spruce Point's Calculation of FCF is often a sign of current and future financial strain."

Progyny, Inc. · PGNY Spruce Point Capital · p. 38
callout villain critique

"We believe the 85.9% gap between the RMB 156.3 million in revenue in the credit bureau reports and YY's claimed RMB 1.1 billion is suggestive of massive fraud."

Joyy Inc. · YY Muddy Waters · p. 12
callout peer gap

"Allocating M&S to refining significantly widens the opex/bbl gap, suggesting there is even more operational upside if the refining system was run efficiently."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 109
callout peer gap

"Allocating M&S to refining significantly widens the opex/bbl gap, suggesting there is even more operational upside if the refining system was run efficiently."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 110
callout sop buildup

"Palliser's 3-Step Plan will enable Keisei to utilize the OLC stake for all stakeholders by closing the Value Gap and enhancing the Company's intrinsic value."

Keisei Electric Railway · 9009 JT Palliser Capital · p. 12
callout valuation reveal

"Nothing – FDO trades at nearly the same consensus forward EBIT multiple as DG (~9x), a company with similar growth prospects, excluding the productivity gap"

Family Dollar Stores · FDO Pershing Square · p. 32
callout precedent table

"In the BHP 2022 Reunification, the valuation gap closed not through the Australian listing de-rating to the lowest UK level, but rather vice versa."

Rio Tinto · RIO Palliser Capital · p. 34
callout villain critique

"RUN is at Risk of a Funding Gap due to an Inability to Use Aggressive Valuations; it is also at Risk of a Claw Back that Could Reach $948 million"

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 20
callout villain critique

"Former employee explains that widening gaps toward top right of staircase curves show longer rest periods between pulses as current density rises"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 66
callout peer gap

"Penalty #2: Hess given lower multiple than peers due in part to higher capital intensity and cash flow gap (partially caused by Bakken build-out)"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 99
callout transition

"The gap is so large and insufficiently explained that it raises questions about what is being capitalized and casts doubt on the business model"

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters · GMCR Greenlight Capital · p. 72
callout peer gap

"BK's ever-deepening gap of core revenues / average employee in comparison to State Street show significant increasing employee inefficiency"

callout villain critique

"The growing gap each year causes us to believe that an increasing percentage of Operational EBITDA is low quality and / or unsustainable."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 16
callout villain critique

"The changes, however, do not address all gaps identified by CMS relating to IDTF operations and the Medicare billing requirements."

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. · IRTC Spruce Point Capital · p. 51
callout other

"Management’s $900mm target is only half the gap with Kohl’s. Given opportunities uncovered so far, we expect more progress to come"

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. · JCP Pershing Square · p. 48
callout kpi overview

"Lowe’s is a high-quality business with strong new leadership that is committed to narrowing the performance gap with Home Depot"

callout other

"The true cost of unification – c.US$140 million per year in additional Singapore-related taxes being attributed to Australia"

Rio Tinto · RIO Palliser Capital · p. 31
callout executive summary

"Opportunity to buy SCT at an extreme 63% discount to intrinsic value - a US$25bn valuation disparity (the “SCT Value Gap”)"

callout villain critique

"Lack of action to address the SCT Value Gap indicative of insufficient alignment of management and shareholder interests"

Samsung C&T Corporation · 028260 KS Palliser Capital · p. 33
callout peer gap

"Norfolk Southern switched manifest cars more than 2x as often as CSX in 2022, extending a gap evident in prior years."

callout process diagram

"Disproportionate OLC investment has consequences unintended by management, that have worsened Keisei's Value Gap."

Keisei Electric Railway · 9009 JT Palliser Capital · p. 7
callout demand list

"We believe the gap between current performance and long-term potential can be closed with disciplined execution."

CarMax Inc. · KMX Starboard Value · p. 6
callout valuation reveal

"This value gap between Keisei’s market and intrinsic value has grown over time and currently stands at US$3.0bn"

Keisei Electric Railway · 9009 Palliser Capital · p. 11
callout preempt rebuttal

"Widespread acknowledgement that Hess is cheap but significant strategic change is necessary to close the gap"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 30
callout villain critique

"Charging more to customers who do not elect GAP coverage to make up for loss of 100% gross margin revenue?"

Carvana Co. · CVNA Spruce Point Capital · p. 55
callout peer gap

"However, Arconic has simply been unable to close the gap with Precision Castparts under current management"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 82
callout villain critique

"Even With ~$215m of short and long-term cost reductions, Avery still cannot fill the share repurchase gap"

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 47
callout peer gap

"JCP’s stores require ~25% more labor hours than Kohl’s. Management will use technology to narrow this gap"

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. · JCP Pershing Square · p. 46
callout other

"We arrive at a value / kg of $19.5, which is far below the ~$52 / kg value needed to plug the import gap"

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. · ELF Muddy Waters · p. 29