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callout kpi overview

"We continue to believe that the opportunity for productivity improvements and margin expansion at Mondelez is significant even beyond 2018"

Unknown · p. 19
callout villain critique

"We believe new leadership is required at Southwest after years of consistent disappointments and a steadfast commitment to the status quo."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Carl Icahn · p. 48
callout other

"While competition in China has recently intensified, we believe that Starbucks has a defensible moat underpinned by several key advantages"

Starbucks · SBUX Pershing Square · p. 27
callout kpi overview

"Spruce Point believes that PERI's recent 2023 outlook suggests that the best operating leverage and growth potential is already behind it."

Perion Network Ltd. · PERI Spruce Point Capital · p. 46
callout valuation reveal

"Over the intermediate-term, with a revamped Board and c-suite, we believe Forward Air's value creation opportunity is $140-$145 per share."

callout kpi overview

"We continue to believe that the opportunity for productivity improvements and margin expansion at Mondelez is significant even beyond 2018"

Unknown · p. 12
callout comparison table

"While bulls may point to a variety of factors working in Bunge's favor, we believe they are largely incorporated into Bunge's share price."

Bunge Global SA · BG Spruce Point Capital · p. 65
callout valuation reveal

"We expect 67% - 87% share price upside as Southwest restores its best-in-class margins and we believe a turnaround is eminently achievable"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 47
callout villain critique

"Our adjustment is to counterbalance a blowout in 2015 payables, which causes us to believe Ströer could have been stretching its payables."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 12
callout peer gap

"We believe AOL's Display business is highly unprofitable due to its operating expenses that are estimated to exceed $1.1 billion per year."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 22
callout villain critique

"We believe new leadership is required at Southwest after years of consistent disappointments and a steadfast commitment to the status quo."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 48
callout thesis headline

"Specifically, we believe that INS is engaging in several undisclosed related party transactions between itself and its employees in India."

Intelligent Systems Corp · INS Grizzly Research · p. 3
callout villain critique

"We believe GSX overstates its capex investment in order to wash off the cash that was exaggerated on its balance sheet in the first place."

GSX Techedu Inc. · GSX Grizzly Research · p. 22
callout villain critique

"it is difficult to believe that Telia’s current board is so equivocal about whether Telia engaged in large scale corruption in Azerbaijan."

TeliaSonera AB · TLSN Muddy Waters · p. 25
callout villain critique

"We believe this complete misstatement and twisting of the facts is typical of management's seemingly estranged relationship to the truth."

Stroer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 6
callout villain critique

"We believe AVY's free cash flow presentation is highly aggressive and analytically flawed in a manner that vastly overstates performance."

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 42
callout demand list

"We Believe Change Is Needed After Years Of Missed Expectations And Poor Results. We Believe We Have A Superior Slate Of Director Nominees"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 174
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point believes it is a classic red flag that PowerSchool recently moved to obscure critical line items in its cash flow statement."

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 86
callout peer gap

"We believe Oatly’s grand ambitions to grow in the U.S. are being challenged by Califia Farms, a California plant-based food manufacturer."

Oatly Group AB · OTLY Spruce Point Capital · p. 98
callout precedent table

"Many industry observers believe Bristol-Myers would be an attractive acquisition target due to the Company’s leading position in oncology"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 146
callout peer gap

"We believe that either Bristol-Myers’ R&D facilities are not as productive as peers or the Company has too many R&D facilities...or both."

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 183
callout ceo quote

"In fact, based on some of Mr. Buffett's own quotes, investing principles and maxims, we believe FND falls short of a suitable investment."

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. · FND Spruce Point Capital · p. 15
callout villain critique

"Our forensic analysis has identified that Momo owns at least two, including what we believe to be one of their top five, talent agencies."

Momo, Inc. · MOMO Spruce Point Capital · p. 22
callout timeline

"We believe that Kao is either misleading shareholders today, or it misled Oasis in November. Either way, this is clearly poor governance."

Kao Corporation · 4452 Oasis Management · p. 3
callout transition

"Despite unsuccessful outcomes in the courts, we believe Fannie and Freddie remain valuable perpetual options on exit from conservatorship"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 50
callout villain critique

"Based on our review of past incidents, we believe Intuit has a poor track record of defending customer information from external threats."

Intuit Inc. · INTU Spruce Point Capital · p. 96
callout other

"We believe that Starbucks is one of the most well-positioned retailers if minimum wages rise due to its “partner” compensation philosophy"

Starbucks · SBUX Pershing Square · p. 24
callout precedent table

"Spruce Point believes that REZI is being pressured by significant capital flows into its core distribution, security, and safety markets."

Resideo Technologies, Inc. · REZI Spruce Point Capital · p. 18
callout villain critique

"The growing gap each year causes us to believe that an increasing percentage of Operational EBITDA is low quality and / or unsustainable."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 16
callout peer gap

"We believe that sell-side analysts stretch to compare CLEAR with SaaS and highly prized technology companies to justify a high valuation."

Clear Secure, Inc. · YOU Spruce Point Capital · p. 80
callout transition

"We believe that there are serious risks to this business model that are being mostly ignored by bullish investors and sell-side analysts."

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 60
callout villain critique

"As a public company, we believe that IPX should be taking greater measures to safeguard its assets, intellectual property, and know how."

IperionX Ltd. · IPX Spruce Point Capital · p. 24
callout valuation reveal

"Accordingly, we believe that DXCM shares would be more properly valued at 5-6x sales – about where they traded prior to the 2018 run-up."

Dexcom, Inc. · DXCM Spruce Point Capital · p. 82
callout transition

"After years of underperformance, we believe GE finally has the right collection of businesses and structure... now it is time to execute"

General Electric · GE Trian Partners · p. 47
callout peer gap

"Oasis believes this fact alone demonstrates the significant limitations facing Kao brands to expand and diversify their revenue streams."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 21
callout sop buildup

"Spruce Point believes that current market data services fail to account for Saputo's growing $724 million unfunded U.K. debt obligation."

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 143
callout villain critique

"We believe Intuit may have attempted to boost Credit Karma revenue just as operating results in that segment were rapidly deteriorating."

Intuit Inc. · INTU Spruce Point Capital · p. 62
callout demand list

"We believe ADT should immediately increase leverage to 3.0x Net Debt / EBITDA and maintain a fixed leverage target of 3.0x going forward"

ADT Corporation · ADT Corvex · p. 23
callout demand list

"We believe the Company should introduce a 25% EBITDA margin target as a medium-term goal, with the appropriate budgeting and incentives."

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. · LW Starboard Value · p. 3
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 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 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 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 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
callout thesis headline

"We believe that underestimated competition could cut Penumbra’s expected sales growth by nearly half in FY20, from 20% to close to 10%."

Penumbra, Inc. · PEN Spruce Point Capital · p. 5
callout ceo quote

"We believe that IonQ has therefore engaged in a campaign to dupe investors into thinking the device's size will soon make it practical."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 75
callout demand list

"We believe Southwest’s stock can achieve $49 per share within 12 months, representing a highly attractive 77% return during the period."

Unknown · p. 4
callout demand list

"We believe Southwest's stock can achieve $49 per share within 12 months, representing a highly attractive 77% return during the period."

Unknown · p. 67
callout transition

"Spruce Point believes competition will continue to intensify, further pressuring Sunnova to grow and maintain its current market share."

Sunnova Energy International Inc. · NOVA Spruce Point Capital · p. 41
callout demand list

"We believe Southwest’s stock can achieve $49 per share within 12 months, representing a highly attractive 77% return during the period."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 3
callout demand list

"We believe Southwest’s stock can achieve $49 per share within 12 months, representing a highly attractive 77% return during the period."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Carl Icahn · p. 4
callout demand list

"We believe Southwest's stock can achieve $49 per share within 12 months, representing a highly attractive 77% return during the period."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Carl Icahn · p. 67
callout villain critique

"We believe a person or party having this much voting control as well as changes in the voting control should be disclosed to investors."

Globant SA · GLOB Spruce Point Capital · p. 27
callout section divider

"We See Multiple Headwinds To Margins And Believe Rollins Is Underinvesting In Its Business While Technology Equalizes The Playing Field"

Rollins Inc. · ROL Spruce Point Capital · p. 33
callout villain critique

"We believe one reason that Huishan cannot grow enough alfalfa for its needs is that northeastern China isn’t a good area for this crop."