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Showing 3421–3480 of 3,960 matching "believe"
callout before after

"The Board’s settlement offer fell woefully short of the boardroom change we believed necessary"

Rovi Corporation · ROVI Engaged Capital · p. 14
callout sop buildup

"We believe the Student Transportation of America model is an ideal structure for FirstGroup US"

FirstGroup plc · FGP Sandell · p. 20
callout villain critique

"We believe PepsiCo significantly overpaid for exposure to perhaps the riskiest emerging market"

PepsiCo, Inc. · PEP Trian Partners · p. 19
quote villain critique

"We Believe Archer Aviaiton, Inc (NASDAQ:ACHR) is a Lame Duck — Grizzly Research (Footnote 76)."

Archer Aviation Inc · ACHR Grizzly Research · p. 25
callout peer gap

"We believe the Company should seek to improve R&D and innovation to improve growth prospects."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 39
callout section divider

"We Believe FIGS Has Little Sustainable Competitive Advantage And Faces Increasing Competition"

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 58
callout demand list

"We believe all Unizo shareholders deserve clear and comprehensive answers to these questions."

Unizo Holdings Company · 3258.T Elliott Management · p. 3
callout comparison table

"We believe this leads to a misunderstanding of the merits of owning Majorel relative to TASK."

TaskUs, Inc. · TASK Spruce Point Capital · p. 77
callout valuation reveal

"We Believe Only an Exaggerated Valuation Story For Intuit Can Justify the Current Stock Price"

Intuit Inc. · INTU Spruce Point Capital · p. 120
callout peer gap

"We believe the Company should seek to improve R&D and innovation to improve growth prospects."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 39
callout other

"We believe that this merger is a scam and that neither company expects it to actually happen."

authID Inc. · AUID White Diamond Research · p. 13
callout transition

"With the right leadership and strategy, we believe today’s challenges are readily addressable"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 22
callout other

"We believe that this merger is a scam and that neither company expects it to actually happen."

AGBA Group · AGBA White Diamond Research · p. 13
callout ceo quote

"Unfortunately, we don’t believe Southwest is eager to meaningfully engage in such changes..."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 26
callout villain critique

"We believe it is clear that Box was not focused on the best interests of common stockholders"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 88
callout villain critique

"We believe the logo should be the LAST change needed (if at all) to turn around Olive Garden"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 43
callout villain critique

"We believe the logo should be the LAST change needed (if at all) to turn around Olive Garden"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 43
callout ceo quote

"Unfortunately, we don’t believe Southwest is eager to meaningfully engage in such changes..."

Unknown · p. 37
callout ceo quote

"Spruce Point believes that WSP's Adj. EBITDA margin increase is purely an accounting mirage."

WSP Global Inc. · WSP Spruce Point Capital · p. 43
callout other

"Given today's drug pricing environment, we believe that CAR-T pricing will remain a headwind"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 113
callout ceo quote

"Unfortunately, we don’t believe Southwest is eager to meaningfully engage in such changes..."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Carl Icahn · p. 37
callout peer gap

"We believe GCP can improve margins by reallocating resources to more attractive geographies."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 65
callout villain critique

"We believe such actions result in reduced transparency and may foreshadow future challenges."

Intuit Inc. · INTU Spruce Point Capital · p. 99
callout villain critique

"We believe this was done just before year end 2023 to inflate Q4 and full year 2023 numbers."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 39
callout villain critique

"We believe the implementation of the Settlement Agreement will cause the pyramid to collapse"

Unknown · p. 8
callout ceo quote

"Unfortunately, we don’t believe Southwest is eager to meaningfully engage in such changes..."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 26
callout peer gap

"Oasis believes the low board size limits the coverage of skills, diversity and independence."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 10
callout demand list

"Oasis believes the low board size limits the coverage of skills, diversity and independence."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 120
callout villain critique

"Respondents believe the board lacks both accountability oversight and operational expertise."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 129
callout transition

"We believe the implementation of the Settlement Agreement will cause the pyramid to collapse"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 8
callout ceo quote

"Unfortunately, we don’t believe Southwest is eager to meaningfully engage in such changes..."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 37
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point believes the market should consider RELY's 23m+ RSUs as part of the valuation."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 70
callout transition

"We believe the Company’s COVID breakthroughs were monumental to ending the global pandemic."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 5
callout villain critique

"We believe FIGS has a troubling history of exaggerating key financial and business metrics."

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 7
callout other

"We believe Darden employs numerous policies that add cost but deliver no value to customers"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 109
callout other

"We believe large scale and global CROs will disproportionately benefit from industry growth"

GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea Starboard Value · p. 57
callout other

"We believe Darden employs numerous policies that add cost but deliver no value to customers"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 109
callout comparison table

"Spruce Point believes analysts are overly promoting Xylem’s troubled acquisition of Evoqua."

Xylem Inc. · XYL Spruce Point Capital · p. 79
callout transition

"We believe large scale and global CROs will disproportionately benefit from industry growth"

Fortrea Holdings Inc. · FTRE Starboard Value · p. 5
callout valuation reveal

"As Dropbox matures, we believe investors will increasingly focus on cash flow over revenue."

Dropbox, Inc. · DBX Spruce Point Capital · p. 58
callout villain critique

"We have long believed that Level 3 fair valuations are a license to print non-cash profits."

Burford Capital · BUR Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout before after

"We believe a standalone Bristol-Myers is better positioned to create value for shareholders"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 7
callout ceo quote

"We believe that numerous initiatives exist for Bristol-Myers to further improve its margins"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 162
callout sop buildup

"Pershing believes the best way to think about Pro Forma McDonald's is as a growing annuity."

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 52
callout timeline

"We believe Huntsman has attempted the same tactics intended to disenfranchise shareholders."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 147
callout villain critique

"Most industry observers believe that this reorganization should have occurred much earlier."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 135
callout thesis headline

"We summarize our findings that lead us to believe that DV's premium multiple will contract:"

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. · DV Spruce Point Capital · p. 14
callout thesis headline

"We believe management could be using repurchases to hit bonus targets to reap rich payouts."

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout villain critique

"We believe Nidec's inventory write-offs were largely unjustified for the following reasons:"

Nidec Corp. · 6594 JP Muddy Waters · p. 17
callout other

"We believe large scale and global CROs will disproportionately benefit from industry growth"

GoDaddy · GDDY Starboard Value · p. 57
callout ceo quote

"Therefore, we believe that likely only ~34% of purchases attributed to APP are incremental."

AppLovin · APP Muddy Waters · p. 9
callout villain critique

"We believe the Company should prioritize improving its own performance over speculative M&A"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 81
callout transition

"We believe the Company’s COVID breakthroughs were monumental to ending the global pandemic."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 5