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callout ceo quote

"We estimate that revenue per new store fell from $15.0 to $12.4 million ($178 to $172 per sqft.) between 2022 and 2023."

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. · FND Spruce Point Capital · p. 29
callout section divider

"Be Wary of Chasing SMCI’s Revenue Growth Story As Many Signs Point To Failure And The CEO Dumps Record Amounts of Stock"

Super Micro Computer, Inc. · SMCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point finds this maneuver particularly aggressive and gives the Company no credit for its “revenue adjustments.”"

Verint Systems, Inc. · VRNT Spruce Point Capital · p. 81
callout peer gap

"Commvault is not executing against this paradigm and is delivering both exceedingly low margins and low revenue growth."

Commvault Systems, Inc. · CVLT Elliott Management · p. 7
callout villain critique

"Revenue is the only metric difficult to manipulate, and would reflect USCR's negative true organic volume growth rates."

U.S. Concrete Inc · USCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 21
callout ceo quote

"Yet again, this data point calls into question why Leidos implied that ~90% of the deal revenue would be international."

Leidos Holdings, Inc. · LDOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 28
callout ceo quote

"We think that within 6 months AXDX management will be forced to revise down reagent revenue expectations a second time."

Accelerate Diagnostics · AXDX White Diamond Research · p. 16
callout ceo quote

"Peloton's interim co-CEOs are telling the same story of a recurring, high-margin subscription revenue stream business."

Peloton Interactive · PTON Greenlight Capital · p. 28
callout villain critique

"Autodesk has spent $2.4 billion on acquisitions over the last five years, mostly for assets with little to no revenue."

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 81
callout kpi overview

"Counter-cyclical elements in fee revenue mitigate the impact of severe market downturns and provide earnings stability"

callout villain critique

"Muddy Waters, LLC believes that DGW is the biggest fraud we have encountered so far in terms of revenue overstatement."

callout villain critique

"Bristol-Myers management seems to be expecting five unidentified products to generate average revenues of $1.4 billion"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 124
callout villain critique

"The revenue trajectory for existing CAR-T therapies suggests it will be very challenging to achieve blockbuster status"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 118
callout kpi overview

"Wall Street analysts expect Bristol-Myers to continue to grow revenue and leverage it into faster adjusted EPS growth."

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 158
callout kpi overview

"A significant improvement in cost management and modest revenue growth can drive nearly a 75% increase in EBIT by 2014"

Lazard Ltd · LAZ Trian Partners · p. 26
callout appendix methodology

"Analyzing recent commercial protection and safety deals, we find that revenue deal multiples are in the 1x – 2x range."

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 67
callout before after

"Display revenue has declined despite approximately $900 million of acquisitions and investments to grow this business."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 12
callout ceo quote

"“Pretty much all customers are struggling in phasing in the Lasertec tool”; current revenue likely previous pre-orders"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 209
callout thesis headline

"SNAP is now trading at its largest-ever discount to social media peers despite generating the fastest revenue growth."

Snap Inc. · SNAP Citron Research · p. 2
callout other

"Philidor represented only ~1% of Valeant sales last year, but grew to ~7% of total revenue in the most recent quarter"

Unknown · p. 11
callout villain critique

"We believe Skillz did not disclose these issues because they render the company's lofty revenue projections farcical."

Skillz, Inc. · SKLZ Wolfpack Research · p. 7
callout appendix data

"$524m is 97% of total revenues in FY 2016, and 70% more than CSTE's reported North American segment revenue of $308m."

Caesarstone Ltd. · CSTE Viceroy Research · p. 35
callout peer gap

"Limbach’s limited disclosure, by contrast, makes it difficult to assess the sector concentration of its revenue base."

Limbach Holdings, Inc. · LMB Spruce Point Capital · p. 69
callout demand list

"The Board is responsible for holding management accountable on improving its expected revenue return to at least 38%"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 71
callout valuation reveal

"Pure trades at 6.3x and 26.9x CY2026 revenue and EBITDA, respectively, representing 95% and 171% premiums to NetApp."

Pure Storage, Inc. · PSTG Kerrisdale Capital · p. 30
callout villain critique

"Here is more evidence to suggest that Baker Hughes might be used as a "cookie jar" reserve when revenues are needed."

C3.ai, Inc. · AI Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
callout villain critique

"For high growth and high multiple technology stocks, missing revenues is like the kiss of death for the stock price."

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. · DV Spruce Point Capital · p. 12
callout kpi overview

"For high growth and high multiple technology stocks, missing revenues is like the kiss of death for the share price."

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. · DV Spruce Point Capital · p. 17
callout executive summary

"There is a strong possibility that close to half of STJ’s revenue is about to disappear for approximately two years."

St. Jude Medical, Inc. · STJ Muddy Waters · p. 2
callout section divider

"Revenue, Earnings Quality And Cash Flow Are Deteriorating With Clear Weaknesses In Accounting And Auditing Oversight"

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 87
callout demand list

"The Board is responsible for holding management accountable on improving its expected revenue return to at least 38%"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 71
callout villain critique

"Subtracting this $6.5M payment from Carvana's FY 17 gross revenue would cut FY 17 GPU by 10%, from $1,539 to $1,392."

Carvana Co. · CVNA Spruce Point Capital · p. 58
callout villain critique

"Box has repeatedly delayed and lowered its revenue target, leading to a total loss of credibility amongst investors"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 66
callout peer gap

"Southwest’s dated commercial strategy has resulted in the worst unit revenue performance among its peers since 2018"

Unknown · p. 32
callout villain critique

"For a company demonstrating no revenue growth, Arconic has sure managed to win a lot of contracts over the years..."

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 186
callout villain critique

"Even with large expectations for the pipeline, revenue will be declining, possibly impacting the valuation multiple"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 69
callout ceo quote

"PERI also has conflicting average deal size reporting. This further undermines our confidence in revenue reporting."

Perion Network Ltd. · PERI Spruce Point Capital · p. 82
callout other

"In fact, over the past four quarters, China has accounted for 30-45% of revenue for the leading U.S. WFE companies."

ACM Research, Inc. · ACMR Kerrisdale Capital · p. 23
callout other

"Cutting R&D for a technology-centric business is a risky move that could hamper future competitiveness and revenue."

Resideo Technologies, Inc. · REZI Spruce Point Capital · p. 31
callout sop buildup

"Specifically, the Company Would Have to Generate $79 Billion in 2030 Revenue to Achieve Peer Median Revenue Returns"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 70
callout villain critique

"I think there’s a lot of window-dressing with Grossman and that’s why you’re not seeing this big uptake in revenue."

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 139
callout kpi overview

"Return to double digit revenue growth seems optimistic. Even analysts don't believe Zillow's 45% Adj. EBITDA target"

Zillow Group, Inc. · Z Spruce Point Capital · p. 99
callout kpi overview

"Spruce Point believes that Remitly's playbook of finding revenue and cost levers to improve performance is waning."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 7
callout other

"Spruce Point believes that Remitly's playbook of finding revenue and cost levers to improve performance is waning."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 16
callout other

"We believe this discrepancy illustrates that FTAI is categorizing revenue from whole engine sales as module sales."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 15
callout villain critique

"We question why PGNY would just not practice conservatism and recognize revenue when the full service is complete?"

Progyny, Inc. · PGNY Spruce Point Capital · p. 30
callout valuation reveal

"If we cut Morgan Stanley's revenue per doctor assumption from $63,000 to $36,600, it reduces the DCF value by $44."

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 28
callout villain critique

"We question why Nuvei would buy a controversial entity, only to see its revenues decline sequentially post close."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 62
callout appendix data

"Against YY's reported Bigo revenue of $417.0 million, this yields an estimate that 59.1% of Bigo revenue is fake."

Joyy Inc. · YY Muddy Waters · p. 53
callout other

"Non-compensation expenses have grown faster than revenue (+34% expense growth vs. +21% revenue growth) since 2006"

State Street Corporation · STT Trian Partners · p. 14
callout ceo quote

"As of September 2009, top 5 customers account for [36%] of its total revenues, dramatically down from 88% in 2007"

callout section divider

"In the Final Days of December, FTAI Seemingly Parked Aircraft With an Intermediary to Record Questionable Revenue"

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 38
callout other

"Sunrun has consistently reported higher Subscribers than EIA Net Metering and Sales & Revenue by ~20% on average"

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 15
callout peer gap

"Despite high AUVs and industry leading revenue, Darden's operating performance is significantly worse than peers"

Darden Restaurants · DRI Starboard Value · p. 4
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 peer gap

"Despite high AUVs and industry leading revenue, Darden's operating performance is significantly worse than peers"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 10