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callout villain critique

"Two months later, on March 28, 2012, Stable Energy Resources assigned mineral rights to SandRidge in adjacent acreage"

SandRidge Energy · SD TPG-Axon · p. 27
callout process diagram

"Two months later, on March 28, 2012, Stable Energy Resources assigned mineral rights to SandRidge in adjacent acreage"

SandRidge Energy · SD TPG-Axon · p. 28
callout villain critique

"Two months later, on March 28, 2012, Stable Energy Resources assigned mineral rights to SandRidge in adjacent acreage"

SandRidge Energy · SD TPG-Axon · p. 29
callout process diagram

"Box has conflated segmentation with stratification, which has resulted in poor cost-to-serve and resource deployment."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 144
callout kpi overview

"The RTC Plan calls for a 46% increase in the dividend to $7.00 per share in 2021 and growing 7-8% annually thereafter"

Crown Castle International · CCI Elliott Management · p. 62
callout villain critique

"Unlike its two better-performing peers, Crown Castle does not report its own ROIC metric to the investment community."

Crown Castle International · CCI Elliott Management · p. 59
callout ceo quote

"So there are clearly 2 or 3 more points of margin improvement available in the Dealer market over a planning horizon."

callout section divider

"Bolloré's contempt for good governance makes any slate put forward by him, or his controlled companies, unsupportable"

Telecom Italia · TIT.MI Elliott Management · p. 24
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 cover

"The most heavily shorted social media site offers a compelling opportunity for investors as even no news is good news"

Snap Inc. · SNAP Citron Research · p. 1
callout peer gap

"Canadian Tire's shipping fees are the worst among its competitors as CTC is the only peer not to offer free shipping."

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 30
callout villain critique

"Given Canadian Tire's dependence on leverage to fuel its business model, how are its credit agreements not "Material""

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 94
callout villain critique

"Darden must bring back the operational focus it once had to reduce food costs while enhancing the customer experience"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 103
callout sop buildup

"We believe Darden's properties are worth more separated from Darden than the "rent subsidy" is worth inside of Darden"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 219
callout ceo quote

"We remain cautious on the name, given significant uncertainty over Goodyear’s market share and pricing/profitability."

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · GT Elliott Management · p. 23
callout villain critique

"Throughout Quantumscape’s entire presentation, we don’t see any Coulombic efficiency numbers. That’s a huge red flag."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 112
callout section divider

"The battery space has a long history of stock scams based on exaggerated or false claims of a scientific breakthrough"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 160
callout section divider

"CPI Very Questionably Doubled the Valuation of a Poorly Maintained Office Complex in Under Four Years to €199 Million"

callout other

"While this year's classification seems more reasonable, it is eclipsed by prior years' massive and unjustified gains."

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 further observed a troubling level of hubris, a related trait prevalent in the leadership of frauds that we short."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 24
callout ceo quote

"Of particular note and importance, IonQ’s CEO stated that they already “put our first customers onto the 32 in June…”"

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 41
callout villain critique

"IonQ's system can only be used for "artificial," useless computations; can't do anything a prehistoric computer can't"

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 97
callout section divider

"Hess Has Underperformed: By Any Objective Measure, Over Any Relevant Time Period, and Against Any Pertinent Benchmark"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 10
callout peer gap

"Hess's inability to operate a rig program comparable to peers of its size results in $2.5 billion of forgone value..."

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 33
callout other

"In the four months since our initial contact with Valeant, we have performed significant due diligence on the company"

Allergan, Inc. · AGN Pershing Square · p. 18
callout cover

"It was unlawful because Lightsource BP had covertly tried to build a bigger solar farm than they had been allowed to."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 1
callout other

"Pure is relatively poorly positioned to capitalize on the two largest technology themes of the day: the cloud and AI."

Pure Storage, Inc. · PSTG Kerrisdale Capital · p. 26
callout peer gap

"BOOT's Same Store Sales trajectory and then decline largely resembles the western wear trend illustrated by Wrangler."

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. · BOOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
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 villain critique

"Darden must bring back the operational focus it once had to reduce food costs while enhancing the customer experience"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 103
callout sop buildup

"We believe Darden’s properties are worth more separated from Darden than the “rent subsidy” is worth inside of Darden"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 219
callout peer gap

"But what they produce is not the same. For example, Marcellus wells recover 2.5 times more energy than Permian wells."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 42
callout transition

"The EIA projects the region to double from here by the end of the decade, and we’ve still just scratched the surface."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 54
callout transition

"This is a Razor / Razor Blade Model where GMCR will lose its ability to monopoly price its razor blade next September"

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters · GMCR Greenlight Capital · p. 61
callout transition

"Private label K-cup penetration could exceed private label coffee penetration today because of the price differential"

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters · GMCR Greenlight Capital · p. 63
callout precedent table

"WMB has considerably outperformed SE in the relevant time frame with sell-side valuing WMB’s GP IDR at 25x+ Cash Flow"

callout ceo quote

"If Recent Divestments Have Long Been Part of “5” Year Plan, Why Was Management Defending the Opposite Only Weeks Ago?"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 20
callout peer gap

"Hess's inability to operate a rig program comparable to peers of its size results in $2.5 billion of forgone value..."

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 54
callout villain critique

"Your inability to manage this company is becoming clearer every day...I suspect your days as CEO of BWLD are numbered"

callout ceo quote

"I had customers call me and say "I'll never go back into the stores" because the culture had changed their experience"

callout closing ask

"We believe Riot is on its way to a transformation from a bitcoin miner to a best-in-class AI/HPC data center company."

Riot Platforms, Inc. · RIOT Starboard Value · p. 5
callout ceo quote

"Management claimed synergies were now 190-200% deployed and Firth Rixson was "on a good path" to hitting 2016 targets"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 94
callout ceo quote

"Maybe the "gradual" increase in MedAssets' shareback rate wasn't really so gradual on a contract-by-contract basis..."

Premier, Inc. · PINC Spruce Point Capital · p. 16
callout peer gap

"We believe trading comparables outside of traditional healthcare can be useful for valuing Valeant’s durable business"

Unknown · p. 39
callout comparison table

"We believe trading comparables outside of traditional healthcare can be useful for valuing Valeant's durable business"

Unknown · p. 40
callout ceo quote

"Management's "rosy" commentary in its recent investor presentation flies in the face of the Company's recent results."

callout nominee bio

"In contrast to the Company’s nominees, Engine’s slate understands what is required to produce operational excellence."

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 38
callout other

"It is unfortunate Darden's current Board has chosen a scorched earth strategy for protecting their selfish interests."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 18
callout villain critique

"Lack of organizations or systems to advance engine development and production in compliance with laws and regulations"

Toyota Industries Corporation · 6201 Elliott Management · p. 16
callout villain critique

"TICO should stop future investments until economics are acceptable and above TICO’s high-single-digit cost of capital"

Toyota Industries Corporation · 6201 Elliott Management · p. 38
callout appendix methodology

"For modeling purposes, we have assumed a 20% IPO of McOpCo and the proposed share repurchases occurred on 12/31/2005."

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 50
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 villain critique

"The only point of Twist's NGS offering is to sequence a small part of the genome given the cost of the entire genome."

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 208
callout kpi overview

"BK has experienced deposit inflow surges during market crises because clients view BK's balance sheet as a safe haven"

callout cover

"APP CEO and CTO Blog Responses Lie About The Existence Of Persistent Identifiers And How It Breaks Data Privacy Rules"

AppLovin Corporation · APP Muddy Waters · p. 1