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callout before after

"APD’s share price increased by 57% including dividends since inception of our initial investment"

Unknown · p. 40
callout cover

"The brand cache of Tesla and its pricing has become a big problem for NIO’s ES6 hatchback model."

NIO Inc. · NIO Citron Research · p. 1
callout sop buildup

"Spruce Point believes that Stryker could be dangerously levered around 4.9x Debt to '22E EBITDA."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 179
callout comparison table

"Name change to Magnite suggests desire to move past failures of Rubicon and Tremor Video/Telaria"

Magnite, Inc. · MGNI Spruce Point Capital · p. 6
callout section divider

"The Rollins Family Is Selling While ROL’s Valuation Is Excessive: We See 30% – 40% Downside Risk"

Rollins Inc. · ROL Spruce Point Capital · p. 80
callout peer gap

"We believe this explains the significant difference in EBITDA margin between FTAI and its peers."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 8
callout transition

"FTAI Used UMB Bank as its Trustee, Suggesting It Could Have Conveyed Title to Setna in June 2024"

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 42
callout villain critique

"What Core really needs is more deepwater drilling to generate more high-margin rocks to analyze."

Core Laboratories · CLB Greenlight Capital · p. 44
callout peer gap

"Its financials show a much smaller revenue contribution from FX than DLO's entity financials do."

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 27
callout villain critique

"We are concerned that PwC Argentina lacks the resources to audit such a complex, global company."

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 38
callout ceo quote

"Elliott has put forth illegal corporate governance demands, masked by misleading communications."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 23
callout timeline

"CMG’s share price has increased 16% from our average cost at announcement date to April 18, 2017"

Unknown · p. 38
callout transition

"Share price reflects ongoing concerns about the impact of low oil prices on HHC’s Houston assets"

Unknown · p. 41
callout filler

"Thank you for having me at this year’s Sohn Conference. Next year, I expect we can do it live..."

Teck Resources · TECK Greenlight Capital · p. 66
callout peer gap

"We compare REZI with a group of distribution and home technology product and services companies."

Resideo Technologies, Inc. · REZI Spruce Point Capital · p. 91
callout villain critique

"An ex-employee characterized it as a “slush fund,” a sentiment we heard across other interviews."

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 18
callout villain critique

"Ginkgo “crafted or architected” subsequent related-parties to prevent that from happening again."

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 97
callout villain critique

"Ginkgo was not forthcoming with pricing and invoices for the amounts that Joyn was being charged"

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 127
callout peer gap

"The downgrade reflects slower-than-expected deleveraging following Amcor's acquisition of Bemis."

Amcor plc · AMCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 18
callout peer gap

"The downgrade reflects slower-than-expected deleveraging following Amcor's acquisition of Bemis."

Amcor plc · AMCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 76
callout villain critique

"Absent a viable retail-based business opportunity distributors focus their efforts on recruiting"

Unknown · p. 18
callout villain critique

"We believe that SOFI needs to restate the Q3 2024 $312 million Secured Loan sale as a borrowing."

SoFi Technologies · SOFI Muddy Waters · p. 7
callout peer gap

"Southwest has substantially underperformed peers and the S&P 500 over all relevant time periods."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 17
callout appendix data

"We view this as a reflection of management’s deteriorating confidence in the base MPLN business."

MultiPlan Corp · MPLN Muddy Waters · p. 13
callout ceo quote

"We hope Apple agrees with us when we say that iPrefs are an innovative idea whose time has come."

Apple Inc. · AAPL Greenlight Capital · p. 50
callout peer gap

"TRP (with TCP de-consolidated) currently trades at a discount to the Canadian and US comparables"

TransCanada Corp · TRP Sandell · p. 13
callout valuation reveal

"Management’s assertions that the company trades at a premium are based on misleading information"

The Timken Company · TKR Relational Investors · p. 33
callout villain critique

"TransMedics, as we shall get to, is a cesspool of nepotism, an infrequent but reliable red flag."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 19
callout timeline

"QSR’s share price including dividends decreased 1% in 2020 and decreased 3% year-to-date in 2021"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 47
callout other

"From 2010 to 2011, AOL spent approximately $2.59 for every $1.00 of incremental Display revenue."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 25
callout transition

"There are other indirect signs that IRBT lacks influential and highly prized IP in its portfolio"

iRobot Corp · IRBT Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout kpi overview

"News Corp owns 61% of REA Group, a market leading business with an attractive financial profile."

News Corporation · NWSA Starboard Value · p. 8
callout sop buildup

"We believe separating the Digital Real Estate Assets will unlock substantial value at News Corp."

News Corporation · NWSA Starboard Value · p. 22
callout villain critique

"Given that diazoxide suppresses insulin by >50%, DKA is a mechanistically-inherent extreme risk."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 17
callout ceo quote

"Thereafter, LSPD stopped disclosing net new merchant adds and it began a string of acquisitions."

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. · LSPD Spruce Point Capital · p. 48
callout scqa question

">How did a random French lab’s molecule “work” where over a dozen major pharma companies failed?"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 69
callout villain critique

"Absent a viable retail-based business opportunity distributors focus their efforts on recruiting"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 18
callout peer gap

"Southwest has substantially underperformed peers and the S&P 500 over all relevant time periods."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 28
callout villain critique

"This is an issue because Globe Teleservices Limited should be considered a related party to INS."

Intelligent Systems Corp · INS Grizzly Research · p. 15
callout villain critique

"What has ADOMANI sold so far in 2017 from this impressive pipeline? Absolutely nothing. A donut."

ADOMANI · ADOM White Diamond Research · p. 8
callout villain critique

"The current trading volume of the stock has no chance of being able to absorb the coming supply."

ADOMANI · ADOM White Diamond Research · p. 16
callout peer gap

"CTO’s dividend coverage ratio in FY 2024 was just 0.74x, unlike a peer average of 1.47x in 2024."

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. · CTO Wolfpack Research · p. 3
callout villain critique

"Lasertec margins over time 2010-present – suspiciously high with a suspiciously consistent trend"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 66
callout villain critique

"Free cash flow is so microscopic it is not even visible if graphed next to market capitalization"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 64
callout other

"EUV mask inspection, specifically final one at mask shop, must find defects but not contaminate!"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 109
callout villain critique

"customers needed to buy more equipment than they originally planned to cover their requirements."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 134