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Showing 61–104 of 104 matching "overstated"
callout other

"Looking at this analysis, we don't know if PGNY overstated the success of its selling seasons or understated the churn it was suffering?"

Progyny, Inc. · PGNY Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout villain critique

"In the critical new home sales category, the primary driver of revenues, we estimate that BEKE overstated GTV by ~126% in 2Q-3Q 2021."

KE Holdings · BEKE Muddy Waters · p. 5
callout villain critique

"These "synergies" are overstated and could largely be recreated through commercial contracting or industry-standard arrangements."

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 29
callout villain critique

"These "synergies" are overstated and could largely be recreated through commercial contracting or industry-standard arrangements."

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 30
callout villain critique

"These “synergies” are overstated and could largely be recreated through commercial contracting or industry-standard arrangements."

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 28
callout villain critique

"These "synergies" are overstated and could largely be recreated through commercial contracting or industry-standard arrangements."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 28
callout villain critique

"These "synergies" are overstated and could largely be recreated through commercial contracting or industry-standard arrangements."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 29
callout villain critique

"These "synergies" are overstated and could largely be recreated through commercial contracting or industry-standard arrangements."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 27
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point believes that Remitly's cash (and valuation) is likely to be overstated because it includes cash held for clients."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 74
callout villain critique

"It appears to be more than a casual mistake that Revenues and Net Income were overstated by 68% and 98%, respectively in 2018."

Leidos Holdings, Inc. · LDOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout kpi overview

"Mettler's leverage is greater than it appears given our belief that EBITDA is overstated from cost capitalization strategies."

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. · MTD Spruce Point Capital · p. 135
callout other

"Except that this business model is built on a foundation of overstated and tenuous assumptions that don't withstand scrutiny."

Aurora Innovation, Inc. · AUR Kerrisdale Capital · p. 22
callout villain critique

"SAIC filings suggest to us that the company has overstated Revenue by a cumulative RMB4.6 billion in the last three years!"

58.com Inc. · WUBA Grizzly Research · p. 5
callout villain critique

"The magnitude of this alleged pay discrepancy suggests that revenue on her channel could be overstated by over six times."

Joyy Inc. · YY Muddy Waters · p. 25
callout peer gap

"In our experience, low interest income relative to reported cash balances is a significant indicator of overstated cash."

NMC Health plc · NMC.LN Muddy Waters · p. 14
callout villain critique

"Market share appears overstated in Asia, and competition in its core US vacuum market appears to be intensifying."

iRobot Corp · IRBT Spruce Point Capital · p. 59
callout ceo quote

"We believe this supports our concerns that AVY’s Free Cash Flow is overstated and cannot be taken at face value."

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 49
callout villain critique

"We believe that Bigo’s corrupted origin story and grossly overstated revenues make it YY’s most rotten business."

Joyy Inc. · YY Muddy Waters · p. 46
callout other

"Therefore, using INGN's own methodology, management has overstated the size of the US market by more than 100%."

Inogen, Inc. · INGN Muddy Waters · p. 6
callout other

"The value of purchases made under Yunnan master agreement is overstated by approximately $800 million."

Sino-Forest Corporation · TRE Muddy Waters · p. 18
callout valuation table

"Level 3 derivatives create the net asset and are most likely overstated due to management discretion."

callout peer gap

"The appeal of neutrality is overstated – especially as AI workloads shift from training to inference."

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV Kerrisdale Capital · p. 18
callout executive summary

"We estimate that during FY2016 through FY2018, TAL has overstated net income by at least 43.6%."

TAL Education Group · TAL Muddy Waters · p. 2
callout other

"The real reason for the elevated inventory is likely a result of overstated revenue and profit"

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. · ELF Muddy Waters · p. 19
callout villain critique

"In other words, the net profit GSX reported to the SEC in 2018 was overstated by 74.6%!"

GSX Techedu Inc. · GSX Grizzly Research · p. 8
callout thesis headline

"From Q4 FY24 through Q2 FY25, ELF Could Have Overstated Revenue by ~$138 mm to $188 mm"

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. · ELF Muddy Waters · p. 31
callout section divider

"We Believe Limbach Is A Low-Quality Roll-Up With Overstated Organic Growth Potential"

Limbach Holdings, Inc. · LMB Spruce Point Capital · p. 31
callout section divider

"McDonald's current “skin in the game” is overstated due to lack of transfer pricing"

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 46
callout executive summary

"Digging Beneath The Surface We Find Evidence To Suggest Overstated Organic Growth"

U.S. Concrete Inc · USCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 7
callout kpi overview

"We believe XPO's Adj. EBITDA is overstated as a result of aggressive add-backs."

XPO Logistics, Inc. · XPO Spruce Point Capital · p. 62
callout sop buildup

"Accordingly, we estimate that RUN’s Cost Approach FMV is overstated by 25.7%."

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 18
callout sop buildup

"Reported financials have overstated margins due to a lack of transfer pricing"

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 14
callout executive summary

"We estimate that TAL has fraudulently overstated its FY2016 – FY2018 results."

TAL Education Group · TAL Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout villain critique

"We estimate that ONP has overstated its asset values by at least ten times."

Orient Paper Inc. · ONP Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout thesis headline

"We estimate EBITDA and EPS are overstated by 17% and 79%, respectively"

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
callout villain critique

"We Estimate TCV Is ~$600 Million Overstated Based On Our Adjustments"

Tempus AI, Inc. · TEM Spruce Point Capital · p. 48
callout villain critique

"ONP overstated its 2008 revenue by approximately 27 times."

Orient Paper Inc. · ONP Muddy Waters · p. 5
callout villain critique

"XL'S CLAIMED CUSTOMER BASE APPEARS GROSSLY OVERSTATED"

XL Fleet Corp · XL Muddy Waters · p. 9