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callout thesis headline

"In our view, UEC’s period of vast stock price outperformance relative to the uranium industry defies common sense."

Uranium Energy Corp · UEC Spruce Point Capital · p. 7
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point raises serious concerns when it sees management tapping into pension funds for loans to subsidiaries."

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. · MTD Spruce Point Capital · p. 53
callout scqa situation

"Mortgage availability was limited, with 5-to-10 year terms, floating interest rates, and ~50% loan-to-value ratios"

callout villain critique

"Why should investors ignore acquisition-related charges when acquisitions are a key component of Company strategy?"

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. · HRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 65
callout villain critique

"If this is the goal, the split between concepts should be growth vs. mature, not Red Lobster vs. ALL other brands."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 61
callout demand list

"A Special Meeting will provide shareholders with a forum to express a clear opinion, which the Board should honor."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 106
callout villain critique

"The company appears to have aided in the police interrogation of the analyst, as well as his eventual prosecution."

New Pacific Metals · NUAG Hindenburg Research · p. 48
callout villain critique

"Longer tenured Yahoo shareholders would be better served with a plan to unlock $30/share in value and not $3/share"

Yahoo! Inc. · YHOO SpringOwl · p. 69
callout villain critique

"BLI stands out for the number of nonsensical phrases, newly-invented words, and drivel it uses to describe itself."

Berkeley Lights · BLI Scorpion Capital · p. 9
callout ceo quote

"One takeaway we believe is that the sales cycle is much longer than management has suggested at two to five years."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 100
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 other

"Note the conveyance for N282GX & N281GX are recorded together under the 282GX tail number (top right of document)."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 41
callout ceo quote

"In 2014 and 2015, Core wanted us to be sure that it wasn't missing out on the liquefied natural gas, or LNG, boom."

Core Laboratories · CLB Greenlight Capital · p. 28
callout villain critique

"This discrepancy therefore also gives rise to the concern that DLO possibly used client funds to pay its dividend."

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 31
callout transition

"The contribution of the esteemed founding family of Samsung is rightly held in high regard, by Korea and the world"

Samsung C&T Corporation · 028260 KS Palliser Capital · p. 11
callout other

"We believe that Chipotle is currently one of the most compelling and authentic large-scale food brands in the U.S."

Unknown · p. 29
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 nominee bio

"Kao's rushed announcement and lack of transparency about the nomination process raise serious governance concerns."

Kao Corporation · 4452 Oasis Management · p. 2
callout villain critique

"Bunge would have to buyback 23-27m shares or $2.9 - $3.4bn to get $1.50 EPS benefit which does not appear credible"

Bunge Global SA · BG Spruce Point Capital · p. 61
callout valuation reveal

"Various methodologies imply a TIP REIT reference range of $27.5 – $32.5bn, or $38 – $45/share 12 months from today"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 127
callout villain critique

"Ignore REZI's Non-GAAP results; cash flow never lies and we believe it is the ultimate arbiter of REZI's failures."

Resideo Technologies, Inc. · REZI Spruce Point Capital · p. 12
callout villain critique

"Ginkgo has six key collaborations, each of which is a related party in which Ginkgo and/or its investors invested."

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 163
callout villain critique

"The farm is not doing any milking because the facilities were incomplete and the equipment had not been installed."

callout demand list

"Support the current leadership team, which considers its performance acceptable and is committed to the status quo"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 8
callout valuation reveal

"It was a bargain. AerCap paid only 84% of ILFC’s appraised fleet value and less than half its adjusted book value."

AerCap Holdings · AER Greenlight Capital · p. 49
callout sop buildup

"Further retail consolidation is even more accretive to profitability with further reduction of associated overhead"

callout villain critique

"Spruce Point believes CLEAR is not positioned from a technology standpoint to address either of these pain points."

Clear Secure, Inc. · YOU Spruce Point Capital · p. 46
callout peer gap

"Greater investment would lead to increased brand visibility, consumer awareness, market share and competitiveness."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 22
callout demand list

"This is designed to unlock Capricorn's intrinsic value in the near term and over US$300 million in the medium term"

Capricorn Energy · CNE Palliser Capital · p. 25
callout sop buildup

"Capricorn's administrative function can be streamlined to a level consistent with its size and relative simplicity"

Capricorn Energy · CNE Palliser Capital · p. 28
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 kpi overview

"$200 Billion of Cumulative Incremental Investments Since the End of FY18 Nearly Equals Disney’s Current Market Cap"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 34
callout villain critique

"Maria Elena Lagomasino has a long track record of overseeing problematic compensation practices at other companies"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 73
callout villain critique

"Bioplastics such as PHAs release methane (which is worse than CO2) when in anaerobic conditions such as a landfill"

Danimer Scientific, Inc. · DNMR Spruce Point Capital · p. 45
callout preempt rebuttal

"If the rules were eliminated, we would expect commissions to compress to levels seen in other developed economies."

Zillow Group, Inc. · Z Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
callout villain critique

"These facts beg the question “Is Elizabeth O’Connell the only CFO who can be relied upon to approve the accounts?”"

callout villain critique

"Foremost, he has a non-existent internet presence other than as a geologist for one public company: Nova Minerals."

Nova Minerals Limited · NVA Spruce Point Capital · p. 49
callout ceo quote

"OIG investigating every key transplant center and OPO's as part of investigation into overcharging via Cost Report"

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 30
callout villain critique

"GSX's use of bots is so pervasive that it even openly recruits for engineers to develop and maintain its bot army."

GSX Techedu · GSX Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Combination of growth hormone and Vykat escalates diabetes risk – DKA and hyperosmolar with risk of fatal outcomes"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 136
callout villain critique

"Vykat mechanism of action creates inherent diabetes risk – “like pouring gasoline into the fire. I 100,000% agree”"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 354
callout precedent table

"In a majority of the cases, the share price collapse has met or exceeded our downside estimate of intrinsic value."

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. · LSPD Spruce Point Capital · p. 3
callout other

"Reaching these levels requires establishing a downline and inducing them to purchase enormous amounts of inventory"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 22
callout villain critique

"HAROSA 1 publication – safety tables curiously omit ECG and QT data, while including it for other safety endpoints"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 114
callout villain critique

"PK expert indicated Harmony’s claims of cardiac safety are meaningless without relevant pharmacokinetic parameters"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 121
callout transition

">FAERS database confirms a massive toxicity issue since pitolisant’s approval in 2019, including a recent fatality"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 173
callout peer gap

"An analysis of BEA HK’s operations compared to its industry peers indicates clear weakness on all relevant metrics"

Bank of East Asia, Limited · 0023.HK Elliott Management · p. 10
callout villain critique

"IPX reports no long-term assets outside of the U.S. but its audit engagement partner is based in Perth, Australia."

IperionX Ltd. · IPX Spruce Point Capital · p. 84
callout ceo quote

"This comes from WebMD about a decade ago. It turns out it is harder to transform healthcare than some might think."

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 66
callout villain critique

"The consultant’s review details a pattern of flagrant flaws that led to the “vastly overestimated bioavailability”"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 309
callout valuation reveal

"Pro forma for the expected decline in the U.S. business, normalized EPS is significantly below consensus estimates"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 44
callout appendix methodology

"I would pick the Cash Flow Statement because a company’s valuation is based on how much cash flow it can generate."

N/A 99_Other · p. 7
callout appendix data

"Where negative working capital becomes a killer is if the businesses don't have enough cash and can't borrow debt."

N/A 99_Other · p. 20
callout appendix methodology

"We un-lever the Beta of the target company's comp set to quantify the business risk of operating in this industry."

N/A 99_Other · p. 59
callout villain critique

"IIPR’s purchase price of $9M would reflect a huge overpayment compared to the previous purchase price of $722,000."