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Callouts & quotes from 93+ activist slides

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Showing 61–93 of 93 matching "overstated"
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