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callout villain critique

"We believe Huntsman is attempting to deceive shareholders regarding its track record on relative TSR."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 58
callout ceo quote

"We believe Darden needs to follow the words it once said and revive the brand with excellent leaders."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 62
callout kpi overview

"CONSOL is at $7.40 a share, giving it a $1.7 billion market cap, and a $5.5 billion enterprise value."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 5
callout other

"And because gas is hard to store, we don't store very much of it – usually only about 40 days' worth."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 67
callout villain critique

"Unexplained revisions to key operating costs do not inspire confidence in MDA's financial statements."

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 29
callout villain critique

"By normalizing MAXR’s results to peers, we estimate $50m of annual overcapitalization of intangibles."

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 25
callout sop buildup

"Midpoint of Company revenue guidance is for the rest of the business ex-EPS and auto sheet to shrink!"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 172
callout sop buildup

"THIS BUSINESS WOULD LIKELY ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM THE EXISTING JV PARTNER OR ANOTHER BUYER"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 16
callout demand list

"With a seven-year extension, we believe the Company would be able to repay existing creditors in full"

General Growth Properties · GGP Pershing Square · p. 4
callout kpi overview

"QSR remains an attractive investment opportunity despite significant share price appreciation in 2017"

Unknown · p. 33
callout villain critique

"The fact that $283 million in EBITDA is required to reach $1 billion shows leadership's state of mind"

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 11
callout other

"A higher-than-stated rejection rate would cast a significant shadow over NMC's financial performance."

NMC Health plc · NMC.LN Muddy Waters · p. 17
callout other

"To plug the gap on the asset side of the balance sheet, Oatly could be inflating PP&E asset accounts."

Oatly Group AB · OTLY Spruce Point Capital · p. 72
callout villain critique

"WSP updated its assumptions related to goodwill testing that should give investors cause for concern."

WSP Global Inc. · WSP Spruce Point Capital · p. 32
callout appendix methodology

"Set forth herein is a table which details our assumptions regarding potential operating improvements."

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 55
callout ceo quote

"Twist has reported rapidly rising gross margins every year, projected to keep rising per CFO comments"

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 110
callout ceo quote

"Twist appears to be stuffing a few bodies into Oregon in an attempt to create superficial legitimacy."

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 138
callout villain critique

"Poor operating margins and pension mismanagement have led to negative cash flow over the last 6 years"

Canadian Pacific Railway · CP Pershing Square · p. 33
callout ceo quote

"Our estimates suggest that nearly all of Amdocs' sales growth in FY 2014 came from inorganic sources."

Amdocs Limited · DOX Spruce Point Capital · p. 113
callout other

"Pershing Square has owned HHC since its spin-off from GGP in November 2010 and has never sold a share"

Howard Hughes Corporation · HHC Pershing Square · p. 17
callout other

"HHC started conducting quarterly calls this year and plans to host its first Investor Day on May 17th"

Howard Hughes Corporation · HHC Pershing Square · p. 50
callout other

"SBM is a building products provider with leading share in bonded pre-applied waterproofing membranes."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 7
callout process diagram

"We believe there is an opportunity to reduce costs by increasing regional manufacturing capabilities."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 73
callout ceo quote

"We would review the Company’s investment strategy given the large focus in its lower return business."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 92
callout cover

"FMCN has been fraudulently overstating the number of screens in its LCD network by approximately 50%."

callout villain critique

"We Are Concerned With The Current State of Disney’s Studios & Creative Processes Across The Portfolio"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 40
callout ceo quote

"The Company provided shareholders with a roadmap for improving share price to ~$60 per share by 2020."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 54
callout ceo quote

"The Company repeatedly told shareholders that its core business would produce record margins in 2016."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 74
callout valuation reveal

"The convertible, unlike a cash payment, now potentially puts shareholders at risk of future dilution."

Momo, Inc. · MOMO Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout other

"While Peanut Butter has not reached scale, its products are already in millions of electric vehicles."

Vitesco Technologies · VTSC Greenlight Capital · p. 22
callout other

"What price do you pay for 20% top line growth that should mature into high single digit EBIT margins?"

Vitesco Technologies · VTSC Greenlight Capital · p. 35
callout other

"Senior Distributors Encourage Other Distributors to “Team Build” if they Want a Growing Income Stream"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 78
callout other

"As Herbalife Enters New Regions, ‘Drops’ In Mature Markets are Masked By the ‘Pops’ of New Markets..."

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 260
callout other

"There are numerous ways in which the Merlin@home devices violate security standards (and defy logic):"

St. Jude Medical, Inc. · STJ Muddy Waters · p. 8
callout villain critique

"The stock is currently trading above consensus targets which we believe make it a poor risk / reward."

Uranium Energy Corp · UEC Spruce Point Capital · p. 36
callout other

"To stabilize the west wall and rebuild a new access ramp would require a large push at great expense."

Asanko Gold Inc. · AKG Muddy Waters · p. 8
callout other

"極端紫外線マスク検査装置の開口数を0.55に変えるためには、光源、光学系、その他の部品を抜本的に改造しなければいけない。しかし、レーザーテックにその改造を行う能力があるはずはなく、現に行った気配はない。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 160
callout villain critique

"レーザーテックの高開口の発表は、急速に進化していく次世代の極端紫外線リソグラフィに置いて行かれないように、自社ではその関連の技術が完成していないにもかかわらず、早急に用意した見せかけの製品だったようだ。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 163
callout villain critique

"Darden's cherry-picked time period and cherry-picked peer group is the only glimpse of outperformance"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 79
callout villain critique

"IQ inflated the purchase price for at least one program it licensed from Wuhan DDMC (“DDMC”) in 2018."

iQIYI, Inc. · IQ Wolfpack Research · p. 30
callout ceo quote

"Unfortunately, management is still attempting to obscure the fact that the total market is declining."

Inogen, Inc. · INGN Muddy Waters · p. 9
callout cover

"CEO’s Potential $3.04 Billion Payout Dwarfs Career Earnings of Most Accomplished CEOs in REIT History"

Welltower Inc. · WELL Land & Buildings · p. 1
callout peer gap

"The Day Yahoo Bought Tumblr Was Virtually The Day Tumblr Started To Plummet In the App Store Rankings"

Yahoo! Inc. · YHOO SpringOwl · p. 41
callout executive summary

"Shockingly, it has a $25B market cap as an EUV story but lacks an EUV technology that actually works."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 10
callout ceo quote

"It does not seem logical or realistic that Olam is forced to pass on its incentives to its suppliers."

callout valuation table

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

callout villain critique

"our Consultant¹ said the intermediary was “acting as a placeholder” until a real buyer was interested"

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 47
callout other

"In 2024, the two aircraft sold with two CFM56-5B engines each were still on-lease to Global Crossing."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 45
callout table of contents

"A spate of recent high-level departures brings to mind the idiom about "rats fleeing a sinking ship.""

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 3
callout other

"DLO's outlier Take Rates are dependent on outsized revenue from foreign exchange ("FX") transactions."

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 26
callout thesis headline

"Furthermore, lowering Company's cost of capital by increasing leverage creates immediate equity value"

ADT Corporation · ADT Corvex · p. 11