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Showing 61–120 of 135 matching "misleading"
callout ceo quote

"Uses a misleading start point for TSR which is flattered by >50% of relative TSR underperformance driven by poor operations while Lashier’s was COO"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 94
callout ceo quote

"Uses a misleading start point for TSR which is flattered by >50% of relative TSR underperformance driven by poor operations while Lashier’s was COO"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 27
callout ceo quote

"Fiction: Management Has Been Telling Potentially Misleading Information About The SD&A Business, Claiming Everything Is Ahead of Plan And On Target"

Leidos Holdings, Inc. · LDOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 15
callout villain critique

"This gives the misleading appearance of a capital liteness to FTAI's AP's business. In fact, the company has simply allocated the costs to Leasing."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 36
callout other

"The NEOD001 “Best Response Analysis” is misleading in our view as to efficacy, and we further believe it has led to undue optimism about the drug."

Prothena Corp PLC · PRTA Muddy Waters · p. 3
callout other

"The NEO001 “Best Response Analysis” is misleading in our view as to efficacy, and we further believe it has led to undue optimism about the drug."

Prothena Corp PLC · PRTA Muddy Waters · p. 8
callout villain critique

"Herbalife’s restatement of “Active New Members” calls into question the company’s veracity and highlights its misleading statements to investors"

callout ceo quote

"In our opinion, Ströer not disclosing the failure of this pillar of its digital strategy, and not impairing Ballroom is egregiously misleading."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 35
callout villain critique

"Meanwhile, HLF senior distributors continue to peddle false and misleading income representations in violation of the FTC Settlement Agreement"

Unknown · p. 32
callout villain critique

"Meanwhile, HLF senior distributors continue to peddle false and misleading income representations in violation of the FTC Settlement Agreement"

Unknown · p. 33
callout villain critique

"Meanwhile, HLF senior distributors continue to peddle false and misleading income representations in violation of the FTC Settlement Agreement"

Unknown · p. 34
callout villain critique

"Meanwhile, HLF senior distributors continue to peddle false and misleading income representations in violation of the FTC Settlement Agreement"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 32
callout villain critique

"Meanwhile, HLF senior distributors continue to peddle false and misleading income representations in violation of the FTC Settlement Agreement"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 34
callout villain critique

"Meanwhile, HLF senior distributors continue to peddle false and misleading income representations in violation of the FTC Settlement Agreement"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 33
callout section divider

"Fairfax Spent Cash for Accounting Gimmicks on Disposal of a Loss-Making Subsidiary that Misleadingly Preserved Book Value of $105.5 Million."

callout villain critique

"We've reported GreenPower to the SEC for making this statement. It is a false and misleading statement, which is a securities law violation."

GreenPower Motor Company · GP White Diamond Research · p. 3
callout villain critique

"In 2023, the Berlin Regional Court ruled against HelloFresh following complaints about misleading marketing of "climate-neutral" meal kits."

HelloFresh SE · HFG Grizzly Research · p. 19
callout villain critique

"Is Casino unaware of these errors; or, is Casino so intent on misleading investors that it failed to adequately caveat its defense of S&P?"

Groupe Casino · CO Muddy Waters · p. 8
callout other

"Limiting a study to n=3 such participants suggests an attempt to cherry-pick and present misleading data that understates the variability."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 144
callout timeline

"We believe that Kao is either misleading shareholders today, or it misled Oasis in November. Either way, this is clearly poor governance."

Kao Corporation · 4452 Oasis Management · p. 3
callout other

"Vivion's specific rebuttal to rent24's significance at Fürst illustrates how misleading Vivion's responses about rent24's occupancy are."

Vivion Investments Muddy Waters · p. 6
callout villain critique

"Regularly put forward misleading statements which disingenuously claim that performance has been excellent and goals have been achieved"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 17
callout villain critique

"DNMR presents Novomer as not just being a low-CapEx project but one with low production costs as well, which we believe is misleading."

Danimer Scientific · DNMR Muddy Waters · p. 16
callout villain critique

"These statements are materially false and misleading. The vast majority of Herbalife distributors make far less than the minimum wage."

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 15
callout villain critique

"We think it is misleading for RILY not to write down the intangible assets of these companies as they become more and more obsolete."

B. Riley Financial, Inc. · RILY Wolfpack Research · p. 13
callout villain critique

"In order to manufacture outperformance, the Company needs to assume both 1) an incorrect peer group and 2) a misleading timeframe"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 95
callout ceo quote

"In order to manufacture outperformance, the Company needs to assume both 1) an incorrect peer group and 2) a misleading timeframe"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 28
callout ceo quote

"In order to manufacture outperformance, the Company needs to assume both 1) an incorrect peer group and 2) a misleading timeframe"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 96
callout ceo quote

"In order to manufacture outperformance, the Company needs to assume both 1) an incorrect peer group and 2) a misleading timeframe"

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

"Solid state battery experts and former employees call the data fake, misleading, or a “shell game,” and outline 4 red flags."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 89
callout villain critique

"We believe this is a false and misleading statement to investors, and a securities law violation. We reported it to the SEC."

GreenPower Motor Company · GP White Diamond Research · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Multiple ex-IonQ employees suggested that the photos of the slick black box quantum computer are staged or misleading."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 64
callout ceo quote

"One of the misleading slides that strongly implies that this PLA bag is a “PHA Customer Collaboration Case” is below."

Danimer Scientific · DNMR Muddy Waters · p. 10
callout ceo quote

"In Materials to Shareholders, Hess Uses Misleading Chart That Ignores Relevant Peers and Hides Impact of Oil Prices"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 59
callout section divider

">CYP2D6 liability and drug-drug interactions amplify toxicity; the FDA's assessment was based on misleading data"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 137
callout villain critique

"Geographic Revenue Reporting Potentially Misleading, Enabling MPWR To Lower Taxes And Understate Customer Risks"

Monolithic Power Systems · MPWR Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
callout villain critique

"The lack of impairment supports our contention that the company is misleading investors about its performance."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 32
callout villain critique

"Perhaps to obscure the transaction, CPI PG misleadingly reported a nominal purchase price of €1 for Pietroni."

callout executive summary

"Vivion is egregiously misleading in its rebuttal to our revelation of rent24’s outsized occupancy at Fürst."

Vivion Investments Muddy Waters · p. 2
callout villain critique

"We believe Huntsman’s claims of beating its 2020 Adjusted EBITDA target is blatantly misleading and false."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 14
callout villain critique

"The suggestion that IAA is on the verge of losing another top customer is a highly misleading conjecture."

callout villain critique

"Phillips' claim rests on an illogical peer group, an incorrect methodology, and a misleading start date"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 92
callout villain critique

"It appears management is either confused regarding Darden’s covenants or is misleading shareholders."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 75
callout villain critique

"Darden's statements regarding friction costs from separating its real estate are highly misleading."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 72
callout ceo quote

"Management has either forgotten about its prior written statements or is misleading shareholders."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 76
callout ceo quote

"Elliott has put forth illegal corporate governance demands, masked by misleading communications."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 11
callout ceo quote

"Elliott has put forth illegal corporate governance demands, masked by misleading communications."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 23
callout valuation reveal

"Management’s assertions that the company trades at a premium are based on misleading information"

The Timken Company · TKR Relational Investors · p. 33
callout villain critique

"Please do not be fooled by Huntsman’s many misleading, revisionist, and disingenuous claims!"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 4
callout peer gap

"Using its aggressive revenue estimates, XL provides a misleading comparison to EV companies."

XL Fleet Corp · XL Muddy Waters · p. 29
callout villain critique

"It seems the Board and Mr. Shaw are misleading shareholders about Mr. Orr's PSR expertise."

callout villain critique

"Management is either confused regarding Darden's covenants or is misleading shareholders."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 73
callout villain critique

"Bristol-Myers’ math is misleading and ascribes an artificially low value to the pipeline"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 19
callout appendix data

"The Officer Report was entirely adequate in law, was in no sense materially misleading."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 41