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Callouts & quotes from 26,677+ activist slides

Every emphasised callout and every pulled quote, extracted slide-by-slide. Search by keyword, filter by slide type or by source.

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callout peer gap

"We found Genius to be an outlier with significantly higher figures for both metrics."

Genius Sports Limited · GENI Spruce Point Capital · p. 22
callout villain critique

"Move into fresh food with $1.55 billion deal for Bolthouse Farms has been a disaster"

Campbell Soup Company · CPB Third Point · p. 15
callout villain critique

"Strategic and operational blunders have tanked sales, operating profit, and earnings"

Campbell Soup Company · CPB Third Point · p. 23
callout villain critique

"Actual Income Taxes, Net of Refunds Keeps Rising Despite Negative Effective Tax Rate"

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 51
callout villain critique

"We believe the Preferred Financing was done to “buy the vote” and entrench the Board"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 91
callout demand list

"Box must make its customers’ business outcomes the singular focus of every employee."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 140
callout process diagram

"It ultimately attracted a bunch of lower-quality subscribers with much higher churn."

Peloton Interactive · PTON Greenlight Capital · p. 13
callout villain critique

"Phillips 66 Annual Report tells a different story about relative shareholder returns"

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 7
callout sop buildup

"A $350 million portfolio sale would generate little-to-no tax or debt breakage costs"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 276
callout appendix data

"This rapid transition remains a massive challenge and appears increasingly unlikely."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 6
callout villain critique

"GoDaddy is expected to miss its 2024 free cash flow target by more than $150 million"

GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea Starboard Value · p. 22
callout villain critique

"If they chose 30C, like the other slides, it would be harder to achieve this result."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 68
callout villain critique

"We believe this decision was ill-advised, and shareholders have suffered as a result"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 48
callout other

"We add 1 + 1 using a 2 bit classical adder circuit mapped on to the quantum circuit."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 114
callout ceo quote

"Without this Q4 contribution, IonQ’s illusion of “growth” would instantly evaporate."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 155
callout villain critique

"Hess is incapable of managing both (evidenced by severe cost overruns in the Bakken)"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 98
callout peer gap

"Viacom Still Needs to Reduce Headcount by Another 10% to Bring it in Line With Peers"

Viacom · VIAB SpringOwl · p. 45
callout ceo quote

"In 2020, Autodesk again committed to reaching growth + profit of 55% - 65% by FY2023"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 23
callout appendix data

"$41,768,000 = JOE's carrying value of residential real estate for Franklin County(1)"

The St. Joe Company · JOE Greenlight Capital · p. 97
callout transition

"The Market’s Reaction to News of Ancora’s Involvement Shows Shareholders Want Change"

callout ceo quote

"Huntsman CLEARLY promises to Monetize Its REMAINING Stake in Venator for ~$1 Billion"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 35
callout sop buildup

"A $350 million portfolio sale would generate little-to-no tax or debt breakage costs"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 276
callout peer gap

"It is not only the most prolific acreage; its gas is by far the cheapest to produce."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 55
callout peer gap

"CONSOL has done even worse because the market insists it's nothing but a coal stock."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 58
callout villain critique

"The top 16 oil frackers alone drilled a third of a trillion dollars' worth of holes."

Pioneer Natural Resources · PXD Greenlight Capital · p. 19
callout villain critique

"In 3 separate votes, 90+% of outside shareholders voted to declassify the Hess board"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 42
callout villain critique

"Buffalo Wild Wings senior management is taking the company down a path of no return."

callout villain critique

"Only by excluding Warrick was management able to claim it “hit” its EBITDA/MT target"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 107
callout before after

"More importantly, relative to 2007 (prior peak), revenue is down and expenses are up"

Sotheby's · BID Third Point · p. 14
callout transition

"HHC continues to create value across its portfolio of core trophy real estate assets"

Unknown · p. 37
callout demand list

"Executing on these will aid in restoring stakeholder trust and resetting the culture"

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 97
callout villain critique

"Limited useful life means DBX will have to re-invest in these assets every 3-5 years"

Dropbox, Inc. · DBX Spruce Point Capital · p. 41
callout ceo quote

"If GTT's rep productivity is truly “industry leading” why wouldn't they disclose it?"

GTT Communications, Inc. · GTT Wolfpack Research · p. 8
callout before after

"Spruce Point Believes WD-40 Is The Exact Opposite Of What A Good Business Looks Like"

WD-40 Company · WDFC Spruce Point Capital · p. 10
callout other

"The amortization of its old business is greater than the acquired plus new business."

Assured Guaranty · AGO Greenlight Capital · p. 17
callout villain critique

"Bristol-Myers is assuming an unprecedented rate of pipeline success in its base case"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 26
callout peer gap

"Bristol-Myers has significantly underperformed its peers during Caforio's leadership"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 50
callout villain critique

"The multiple sclerosis market is highly competitive with numerous approved therapies"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 108
callout peer gap

"CP’s efficiency & cost control dramatically lag its already best-in-class competitor"

Canadian Pacific Railway · CP Pershing Square · p. 26
callout peer gap

"Spruce Point believes current sell-side analyst price targets are wildly optimistic."

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 144
callout process diagram

"GCP had enviable products and was well positioned to succeed at the time of spinoff."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 5
callout ceo quote

"These emerging brands are the next generation tenants in the class A mall portfolios"

Taubman Centers · TCO Land & Buildings · p. 7