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callout ceo quote

"We would review the Company’s investment strategy given the large focus in its lower return business."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 92
callout cover

"FMCN has been fraudulently overstating the number of screens in its LCD network by approximately 50%."

callout villain critique

"We Are Concerned With The Current State of Disney’s Studios & Creative Processes Across The Portfolio"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 40
callout ceo quote

"The Company provided shareholders with a roadmap for improving share price to ~$60 per share by 2020."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 54
callout ceo quote

"The Company repeatedly told shareholders that its core business would produce record margins in 2016."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 74
callout valuation reveal

"The convertible, unlike a cash payment, now potentially puts shareholders at risk of future dilution."

Momo, Inc. · MOMO Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout other

"While Peanut Butter has not reached scale, its products are already in millions of electric vehicles."

Vitesco Technologies · VTSC Greenlight Capital · p. 22
callout other

"What price do you pay for 20% top line growth that should mature into high single digit EBIT margins?"

Vitesco Technologies · VTSC Greenlight Capital · p. 35
callout other

"Senior Distributors Encourage Other Distributors to “Team Build” if they Want a Growing Income Stream"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 78
callout other

"As Herbalife Enters New Regions, ‘Drops’ In Mature Markets are Masked By the ‘Pops’ of New Markets..."

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 260
callout other

"There are numerous ways in which the Merlin@home devices violate security standards (and defy logic):"

St. Jude Medical, Inc. · STJ Muddy Waters · p. 8
callout villain critique

"The stock is currently trading above consensus targets which we believe make it a poor risk / reward."

Uranium Energy Corp · UEC Spruce Point Capital · p. 36
callout other

"To stabilize the west wall and rebuild a new access ramp would require a large push at great expense."

Asanko Gold Inc. · AKG Muddy Waters · p. 8
callout other

"極端紫外線マスク検査装置の開口数を0.55に変えるためには、光源、光学系、その他の部品を抜本的に改造しなければいけない。しかし、レーザーテックにその改造を行う能力があるはずはなく、現に行った気配はない。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 160
callout villain critique

"レーザーテックの高開口の発表は、急速に進化していく次世代の極端紫外線リソグラフィに置いて行かれないように、自社ではその関連の技術が完成していないにもかかわらず、早急に用意した見せかけの製品だったようだ。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 163
callout villain critique

"Darden's cherry-picked time period and cherry-picked peer group is the only glimpse of outperformance"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 79
callout villain critique

"IQ inflated the purchase price for at least one program it licensed from Wuhan DDMC (“DDMC”) in 2018."

iQIYI, Inc. · IQ Wolfpack Research · p. 30
callout ceo quote

"Unfortunately, management is still attempting to obscure the fact that the total market is declining."

Inogen, Inc. · INGN Muddy Waters · p. 9
callout cover

"CEO’s Potential $3.04 Billion Payout Dwarfs Career Earnings of Most Accomplished CEOs in REIT History"

Welltower Inc. · WELL Land & Buildings · p. 1
callout peer gap

"The Day Yahoo Bought Tumblr Was Virtually The Day Tumblr Started To Plummet In the App Store Rankings"

Yahoo! Inc. · YHOO SpringOwl · p. 41
callout executive summary

"Shockingly, it has a $25B market cap as an EUV story but lacks an EUV technology that actually works."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 10
callout ceo quote

"It does not seem logical or realistic that Olam is forced to pass on its incentives to its suppliers."

callout valuation table

"Level 3 derivatives create the net asset and are most likely overstated due to management discretion."

callout villain critique

"our Consultant¹ said the intermediary was “acting as a placeholder” until a real buyer was interested"

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 47
callout other

"In 2024, the two aircraft sold with two CFM56-5B engines each were still on-lease to Global Crossing."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 45
callout table of contents

"A spate of recent high-level departures brings to mind the idiom about "rats fleeing a sinking ship.""

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 3
callout other

"DLO's outlier Take Rates are dependent on outsized revenue from foreign exchange ("FX") transactions."

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 26
callout thesis headline

"Furthermore, lowering Company's cost of capital by increasing leverage creates immediate equity value"

ADT Corporation · ADT Corvex · p. 11
callout ceo quote

"We view these statements as disingenuous because customers are not obligated to renew their policies."

eHealth Inc. · EHTH Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout process diagram

"Most importantly it shows where APP intercepts other 3P platforms data and engages in fingerprinting."

AppLovin · APP Muddy Waters · p. 44
callout before after

"If JCP becomes a collection of specialty stores, why can't its sales approach specialty store levels?"

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. · JCP Pershing Square · p. 62
callout transition

"We believe that the approximate one-third decline on the day of the ruling was a market overreaction."

Unknown · p. 54
callout kpi overview

"Teck is more of a diversified miner. Its three main products are Metallurgical Coal, Zinc and Copper."

Teck Resources · TECK Greenlight Capital · p. 39
callout villain critique

"Oddly enough, the only purchase ever made by Chairman/CEO Weis was in Nov 2017 ahead of the revision."

Weis Markets, Inc. · WMK Spruce Point Capital · p. 29
callout other

"By our estimates, the benefit could have been upwards of $0.44 per share in the most aggressive case."

Bunge Global SA · BG Spruce Point Capital · p. 60
callout process diagram

"Tax-free spin of Target Inflation Protected REIT (or “TIP REIT”) as Groundlessor and Facility Manager"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 18
callout sop buildup

"Based on the assumptions provided, the Transaction would result in $1.4bn EBITDA in 2009E to TIP REIT"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 27
callout executive summary

"We believe Autodesk can achieve 45%+ Adj. Operating Margins and $3.4 billion of Adj. EBITDA by FY2027"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 4
callout other

"Even though RazorInsights has 25 customers, athena left its revenue guidance substantially unchanged."

AerCap Holdings · AER Greenlight Capital · p. 84
callout other

"One former MPLN executive explained to us the apparent secret of MPLN's 76.3% Adjusted EBITDA margin."

MultiPlan Corp · MPLN Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Wilson's new $1 million base salary will pay him on par with CEOs who manage companies 10-30x larger."

Heska Corporation · HSKA Spruce Point Capital · p. 110
callout ceo quote

"18, Over-utilization, unnecessary implants, and patient exploitation are key drivers of Nevro's sales"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 219
callout villain critique

"18, Over-utilization, unnecessary implants, and patient exploitation are key drivers of Nevro’s sales"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 233
callout villain critique

"NewMed brings increased scale to the combined group but production growth is long-dated and uncertain"

Capricorn Energy · CNE Palliser Capital · p. 14
callout villain critique

"We Are Concerned With The Current State of Disney’s Studios & Creative Processes Across The Portfolio"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 40
callout sop buildup

"THIS BUSINESS WOULD LIKELY ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM THE EXISTING JV PARTNER OR ANOTHER BUYER"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 23
callout demand list

"VOTE THE GOLD CARD TODAY YOUR LAST DAY TO VOTE IS MAY 21ST. TRANSFORM PHILLIPS 66, UNLOCK 75%+ UPSIDE"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 3
callout villain critique

"Limbach previously reported a "promised backlog" figure but has not disclosed the figure since Q3'20."

Limbach Holdings, Inc. · LMB Spruce Point Capital · p. 45
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point is concerned that USCR's audit committee lacks depth in the finance and accounting area."

U.S. Concrete Inc · USCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 36
callout ceo quote

"The CEO vehemently denied this in his reply to Gosar’s letter, but his statements appear to be false."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 56
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