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callout villain critique

"A 42% increase to its inventory fair value appears highly unusual especially in light of the closeness of relationship between the parties."

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. · AMR Spruce Point Capital · p. 41
callout villain critique

"The chart appears to be fake, as it shows a cell being discharged at over 100% of its energy, which common sense indicates is impossible."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 26
callout ceo quote

"Nova appears to be downplaying the significance of U.S. GoldMining (Nasdaq: USGO) and its Whistler Project with less frequent discussion."

Nova Minerals Limited · NVA Spruce Point Capital · p. 26
callout villain critique

"Based on just $1m of accounts receivable and inventory, and $110m paid upfront, OrthoSpace appears richly valued with negligible sales."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 163
callout villain critique

"This financial presdigitation appears to have allowed management to increase its cash incentive compensation by 469% on lower goals!!"

iRobot Corp · IRBT Spruce Point Capital · p. 41
callout ceo quote

"In a 2012 talk, he admitted that having “only about 15 qubits” isn’t useful – yet IonQ’s only machine appears to be an 11-qubit toy."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 34
callout villain critique

"The entity appears to have been formed in late Jan 2018, and Twist’s prospectus stated the Series D occurred in March and July 2018."

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 223
callout villain critique

"A worst-case potential scenario is that Perion’s cash flow is not what it appears and that the cash is needed to cover its tracks."

Perion Network Ltd. · PERI Spruce Point Capital · p. 24
callout villain critique

"Müller appears to have acted with negligence at a minimum by not disclosing his voting rights accorded to him by the call options."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 30
callout villain critique

"It appears that the early warning signs of Inteliquent's insufficient fraud and abuse detection capabilities were already evident."

Sinch AB · SINCH Grizzly Research · p. 8
callout villain critique

"it will be a few more months before the stock gets crushed from what appears to be an inevitable tsunami of selling from insiders."

ADOMANI · ADOM White Diamond Research · p. 14
callout other

"The loan appears to be non-performing, a disturbingly frequent occurrence among TeliaSonera’s counterparties in Eurasia and Nepal."

TeliaSonera AB · TLSN Muddy Waters · p. 18
callout other

"It appears as at least one of AMT’s three purchases in Africa could be a lending transaction, based on intangible assets to PP&E."

American Tower Corp · AMT Muddy Waters · p. 27
callout ceo quote

"Note that, the price decline in late Apr 2019, it appears as though HBH blew out of the stock as soon as the lockup date passed."

PetIQ, Inc. · PETQ Spruce Point Capital · p. 90
callout villain critique

"The OPO CEO appears prescient - “it’s a ticking time bomb...wait til somebody finds out” - judging by the reactions we observed."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 209
callout villain critique

"It appears patently obvious to us that IonQ announced the $14MM deal on Sep 9 and then instantly billed UMD for $4MM by Sep 30."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 154
callout villain critique

"It appears that Oatly’s U.S. production facility in Millville, NJ was poorly planned and didn’t factor in expansion challenges."

Oatly Group AB · OTLY Spruce Point Capital · p. 34
callout peer gap

"Welltower's 2026 proxy reveals a compensation peer group that appears designed to justify, rather than evaluate, executive pay."

Welltower Inc. · WELL Land & Buildings · p. 12
callout other

"There appears to be a consensus among independent analysts that are not compensated by Cintas, that its shares are overvalued."

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 65
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 villain critique

"It is utterly implausible that Twist is spending $40MM on data storage, as it appears to have hardly any staff working on it."

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 145
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 timeline

"Cintas appears to have desperately needed to purchase G&K, raising its initial bid of $76.00 all the way to $97.50 per share."

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 25
callout villain critique

"That being said, it appears that RedChip has more at stake than at least two of Nova’s Board members, including the Chairman."

Nova Minerals Limited · NVA Spruce Point Capital · p. 56
callout villain critique

"It appears sell-side analysts’ growth estimates are giving CTC the continuous benefit of its unsustainable accounting tricks"

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 86
callout villain critique

"We are concerned that Box's solution appears to be hiring more reps rather than solving the underlying productivity issues."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 51
callout villain critique

"Nevro’s response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 106
callout villain critique

"Nevro’s response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 108
callout villain critique

"Nevro’s response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 107
callout villain critique

"Nevro’s response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 114
callout villain critique

"Nevro’s response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 117
callout villain critique

"Nevro's response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 109
callout villain critique

"Nevro's response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 119
callout villain critique

"Nevro's response to its explants crisis appears to be marked by denial, cover-up, retaliation, and patient/doc manipulation"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 111
callout villain critique

"Therefore, it appears that the €304.1 million Euro-denominated loan Vivion claims to have received was never actually made."

Vivion Investments S.à.r.l. Muddy Waters · p. 7
callout villain critique

"By sequestering these asset disposals in "net capex," management appears to be inflating earnings on its income statement."

Amdocs Limited · DOX Spruce Point Capital · p. 51
callout executive summary

"Many described bullying tactics reminiscent of a bad 1990s mob movie. This appears to be Trustpilot's core sales strategy."

Trustpilot Group PLC · TRST Grizzly Research · p. 3
callout transition

"Instead, it appears to prioritize the interests of BP's management, possibly to ensure the 'conservation of the species'."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 29
callout villain critique

"With Little Equity At Risk, Management Appears To Have Turned To Gaming Compensation Targets For Self-Enrichment Purposes"

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. · CHD Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout other

"Initially, in 2018, 1BAL purchased the Buxmead apartments with funds provided by CPI PG at what appears to be a discount."

callout ceo quote

"The CFO talked about acquisitions being accretive to margins over-time, but the exact opposite appears to have occurred."

Xylem Inc. · XYL Spruce Point Capital · p. 38
callout sop buildup

"None of these revenue streams or relationships appears significant enough to justify Publishing being 100% owned by TWX."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 285
callout villain critique

"REZI appears to be retroactively moving restructuring charges to suit their purpose or making careless reporting errors."

Resideo Technologies, Inc. · REZI Spruce Point Capital · p. 84
callout other

"It appears that Stryker failed to restate the segment D&A when it made the restatement through the cash flow statement."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 46
callout villain critique

"Capricorn appears to be a company run for the benefit of its executives and staff and to the detriment of shareholders"

Capricorn Energy · CNE Palliser Capital · p. 21
callout other

"As seen below, CAIC appears to have had 385 HO-3 policies in force (PIF) in Pacific Palisades (90272) as of June 2024."

Mercury General Corporation · MCY Wolfpack Research · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Soleno rep appears to be suggesting that Vykat's extended release formulation is “able to penetrate the brain better”"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 366
callout ceo quote

"It appears to us that none of the Companies A-D represent Monster as ranked in the top five by market share in China."

Monster Beverage Corp. · MNST Spruce Point Capital · p. 43
callout villain critique

"If that’s not bad enough, $568 is an incorrect number – it’s actually $567. It appears that GTT thinks that 2+1 = 4"

GTT Communications, Inc. · GTT Wolfpack Research · p. 18
callout ceo quote

"The Muddy Waters report appears to have given rise to many questions that have not yet been sufficiently discussed."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 38
callout villain critique

"The company appears to have aided in the police interrogation of the analyst, as well as his eventual prosecution."

New Pacific Metals · NUAG Hindenburg Research · p. 48
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 villain critique

"It appears that in 2022, Sunrun claimed ITCs of approximately $205 million on 14,390 systems that didn't exist!"

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 29
callout other

"To date most of the development appears to be in the planning stage and only a single refueling station exists."

Ballard Power Systems · BLDP Spruce Point Capital · p. 40
callout villain critique

"Phillips 66's corporate leaders do not have refining backgrounds and it appears they DO NOT WANT TO BE REFINERS"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 38
callout villain critique

"Phillips 66's corporate leaders do not have refining backgrounds and it appears they DO NOT WANT TO BE REFINERS"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 39
callout villain critique

"How can the Board stubbornly move forward with this process when the market appears to have serious concerns?"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 55
callout villain critique

"Monroe is basically missing in action and Kim allegedly disappears for weeks at a time because he’s at Duke."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 174