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callout thesis headline

"Target Corp will trade at a higher multiple than current Target Standalone due to a powerful combination of improved ROIC and EPS growth"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 97
callout other

"Regardless of the analytical approach adopted by the Agencies, we believe that Target Corp will maintain Investment Grade credit ratings"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 140
callout other

"This change in practice could be risky if sales fall below plan or the discount programs don't repeat as it could affect future margins."

Resideo Technologies, Inc. · REZI Spruce Point Capital · p. 39
callout villain critique

"Ginkgo’s product failure is identical to Zymergen’s, which claimed to have a product but didn’t, triggering a 70% plunge two months ago."

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 32
callout villain critique

"Ginkgo is nothing more than a commodity strain engineering CRO, and a crappy one at that according to its own related-party “customers.”"

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 25
callout villain critique

"We question her experience auditing large public, consumer products companies and believe a new audit partner should be assigned to PBH."

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. · PBH Spruce Point Capital · p. 29
callout villain critique

"Based on PBH's disclosed peer group, its revenue weighting of 50% is the only company above 35% and double the peer group median of 25%."

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. · PBH Spruce Point Capital · p. 115
callout other

"We find it concerning that on a pro-forma basis, Amcor’s DSOs are rising moderately higher than expected on a pre-deal standalone basis."

Amcor plc · AMCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 42
callout peer gap

"Amcor’s usage of bank overdrafts has increased as a percentage of sales, even in a period where its sales have not been growing rapidly."

Amcor plc · AMCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 51
callout villain critique

"We find it troubling that Heska Min CSV per Subscription per Month declined materially in 2020 and is expected to decline again in 2021."

Heska Corporation · HSKA Spruce Point Capital · p. 64
callout appendix data

"We believe that mortgages obtained well in excess of the purchase price indicate a combination of a bargain purchase and elevated rents."

Eurofins Scientific SE · ERF Muddy Waters · p. 34
callout villain critique

"Nevro calling PDN a new indication is "so stupid" and "just dopey" according to KOL's, given that it's widely coded today as neuropathy."

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 154
callout villain critique

"It is clear to us ROVI continues to “cherry pick” its performance against the ONLY date that does not show material negative performance"

Rovi Corporation · ROVI Engaged Capital · p. 4
callout peer gap

"Oasis estimates that normalizing these costs to the business size would have added 250bps of operating income to both divisions in 2023."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 21
callout transition

"I think athena deserves a smaller capitalization, and I’m not just referring to how it fails to capitalize the first letter of its name."

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 4
callout ceo quote

"Morgan Stanley’s assumptions are not just optimistic, they seem to ignore the reality that even athena’s current solution is half-baked."

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 41
callout villain critique

"If all participants focus their efforts on recruiting new participants, saturation – the inability to find new recruits – is inevitable."

Unknown · p. 5
callout transition

"CCME may respond that it has an army of agents serving as proxy salespeople, but that would further call into question its gross margin."

callout villain critique

"WXZ1 reports having paid total consideration of ~€237.7 million (CZK 6.1 billion) for the 14.1 million shares, which is ~€16.89 / share."

callout other

"The GSEs’ losses during the financial crisis were much lower when calculated based on their actual credit losses, rather than provisions"

callout comparison table

"Private mortgage insurance is a very high-risk business, and is also an inappropriate benchmark when setting capital levels for the GSEs"

callout valuation reveal

"Take the worst case in the below sensitivity analysis and we see 500k cars with 20% gross margins at a P/E of 20x and the stock is $599."

Tesla, Inc. · TSLA Citron Research · p. 9
callout villain critique

"A surgeon and “super user” stated that 10% of organs retrieved experience significant mistakes or are unusable because of surgeon error."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 196
callout villain critique

"Reducing dwell at Norfolk Southern’s busiest terminals could have substantial service improvement effects throughout its entire network."

callout other

"The opportunity cost of Norfolk Southern’s concessions will still be regretted by shareholders long after Mr. Orr has left the railroad."

callout nominee bio

"Ms. Landry will be an invaluable addition to Norfolk Southern’s Board, given her differentiated skillset and highly relevant experience."

callout ceo quote

"CoreWeave is a placeholder, not a partner, and its role will fade as hyperscalers scale their own capacity and custom silicon solutions."

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV Kerrisdale Capital · p. 20
callout kpi overview

"In the aggregate, the hedges¹ generated over $2.6bn in proceeds across the Pershing Square funds while incurring $27mm in carrying costs"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 28
callout villain critique

"By using Google AdWords, a local business can place an ad on a local Patch at approximately a 95% discount to current rate card pricing."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 35
callout kpi overview

"New investments in 2018 are in high-quality, simple, predictable, free-cash-flow-generative businesses with formidable barriers to entry"

callout villain critique

"Looking very carefully, we see that Mr. Chadha has removed his Chief Accounting Officer title from his new biography at Dentsply Sirona."

Leidos Holdings, Inc. · LDOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 66
callout villain critique

"With a positive dechallenge, the events of psychiatric issues, aggression, and hallucinations are assessed as possibly related to WAKIX."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 196
callout villain critique

"Experienced a 100% patient discontinuation rate and didn't help a single patient: "nobody wanted to continue...what's the point, right?""

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 281
callout villain critique

"Harmony’s sales and marketing for Wakix has one and only angle – that it is easier to prescribe because it’s not a controlled substance."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 289
callout ceo quote

"So for a brand company, I prefer the agent-distributor model, in which case I can more quickly more regularly receive my revenue stream."

callout ceo quote

"It’s highly suspicious that FND would pivot toward opening more large format stores when the design studios have clearly failed to grow."

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. · FND Spruce Point Capital · p. 65
callout other

"Momo's user demographic and brand were repeatedly cited as challenges to achieving broader appeal from a platform marketing perspective."

Momo, Inc. · MOMO Spruce Point Capital · p. 63
callout villain critique

"Above you can see ZJK’s products: screws, bolts, nuts, etc. They look simple, and they are. Certainly not “AI components” as ZJK claims."

ZJK Industrial · ZJK White Diamond Research · p. 8
callout villain critique

"It's a US government subsidy scam, and California is the only state that will provide subsidies for a non-Buy America Compliant EV Star."

GreenPower Motor Company · GP White Diamond Research · p. 6
callout villain critique

"This exact company was also mentioned in the FBI subpoena and deeply involved in the projects where we speculate money was siphoned off."

Trulieve Cannabis Corp · TRUL Grizzly Research · p. 13
callout villain critique

"Если мы правильно поняли ваш запрос, для размещения 4 девочек и сопровождающих потребуется 4 двухместных номера с раздельными кроватями."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 115
callout villain critique

"Can you include in the rate extras: champaign, roses and 2 packs of condoms in each room? I'd like to pay for everything in one payment."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 124
callout villain critique

"Can you include in the rate extras: champaign, roses and 2 packs of condoms in each room? I'd like to pay for everything in one payment."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 129
callout villain critique

"Could you please reconfirm for stay period again? Will you book for 28 May - 5 July 2026 (38 nights) OR 28 May - 5 June 2026 (8 nights)?"

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 221
callout villain critique

"Auf SiteJabber stellen wir fest, dass HelloFresh in Bezug auf die Kundenwahrnehmung eine der schlechtesten Marken in seinem Segment ist."

HelloFresh SE · HFG Grizzly Research · p. 24
callout villain critique

"Burke's product codes indicate the company is selling run-of-the-mill equipment such as hoses, piping, fuses, and electrical connectors."

Datavault AI Inc. · DVLT Wolfpack Research · p. 11
callout villain critique

"Such a disproportionate decline in a company's share price is the sign of much deeper concerns regarding a company's perceived strategy."

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · ALXN Elliott Management · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Multiple semiconductor executives confirmed that Intel is just as dismayed as TSMC and is similarly struggling with Lasertec’s EUV tool."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 195
callout villain critique

"The size of TeliaSonera’s corrupt payments could be staggering, which might have bearing on the size of an accepted settlement proposal."

TeliaSonera AB · TLSN Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout appendix methodology

"Kroll is looking at the underlying cashflows of these assets and they fall short of RUN’s representations to the IRS and the investors."

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 32
callout villain critique

"The company did not dispute these calculations, nor the assessment that Macau has booked profits over 10x those of the Huizhou factory."

Man Wah Holdings · 1999.HK Muddy Waters · p. 7
callout valuation reveal

"We take a conservative view in valuing the remaining HSIC dental business at a discount to its historical EV / Est. EBITDA close to 13x"

Henry Schein, Inc. · HSIC Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout ceo quote

"As a result, we believe investors should carefully evaluate who is the person in charge of leading its eCommerce partnership expansion."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
callout thesis headline

"CEO Seifi Ghasemi has begun a transformation of Air Products, which we expect will continue to create meaningful value for shareholders"

Unknown · p. 25
callout ceo quote

"The Company has modified the language and tone around its Free Cash Flow three times from “roughly $500m” of FCF vs. “more than $500m”."

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 48
callout timeline

"GFL has been flipped around like a hot potato pancake among multiple owners, gone through five CFOs and on its fourth try, came public."

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 21
callout peer gap

"If, as suggested by an industry observer, more than half of GFL’s deals are failures, we believe its market cap could easily be halved."

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 101