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callout peer gap

"Huntsman operates at a significant Adjusted EBITDA margin deficit to its peers."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 49
callout peer gap

"Huntsman operates at a significant Adjusted EBITDA margin deficit to its peers."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 12
callout peer gap

"Huntsman operates at a significant Adjusted EBITDA margin deficit to its peers."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 207
callout villain critique

"XL went from PPP loan recipient to billion-dollar SPAC in six months. Really???"

XL Fleet Corp · XL Muddy Waters · p. 39
callout villain critique

"XL’s supply chain woes are ones that we’d expect to haunt a third-tier company."

XL Fleet Corp · XL Muddy Waters · p. 43
callout comparison table

"They trade at about 3.3x 2025 revenue and very fancy multiples of 2025 profits."

Vitesco Technologies · VTSC Greenlight Capital · p. 36
callout villain critique

"FMCN's rebuttal that it in fact made the six phantom VIE arrangements is false."

Focus Media Holding · FMCN Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout villain critique

"There were two components to STJ's response: substance (~20%) and fluff (~80%)."

St. Jude Medical · STJ Muddy Waters · p. 2
callout villain critique

"We see this behavior as extremely short-termist, and indicative of desperation."

Asanko Gold Inc. · AKG Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout kpi overview

"We believe Uber’s P/E multiple is low in the context of its 30%+ growth profile"

Uber Technologies · UBER Pershing Square · p. 4
callout kpi overview

"Uber’s current EBITDA margin of 4% is just over half of its 7% long-term target"

Uber Technologies · UBER Pershing Square · p. 3
callout other

"The U.S. Oxygen Therapy Market is Not Growing; Rather, it is Already Shrinking."

Inogen, Inc. · INGN Muddy Waters · p. 7
callout demand list

"The savings of hard-working public employees put at risk by a low-quality deal?"

Forescout Technologies · FSCT Spruce Point Capital · p. 20
callout kpi overview

"Permanent capital significantly reduces percent of AUM available for redemption"

Unknown · p. 19
callout villain critique

"In short, those details support our view that this was a shambolic transaction."

TAL Education Group · TAL Muddy Waters · p. 36
callout villain critique

"Are shareholders aware that management is fraudulently siphoning cash from TFS?"

Quintis Limited · QIN Viceroy Research · p. 46
callout section divider

"A Retail Bubble Stock While Insiders Furiously Selling: 25% – 50% Downside Risk"

Magnite, Inc. · MGNI Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
callout process diagram

"Real estate partners contribute combined $1.7 billion for 15% stakes in each JV"

Macy's Inc. · M Starboard Value · p. 16
callout sop buildup

"Production Enhancement is the smaller and less profitable part of the business."

Core Laboratories · CLB Greenlight Capital · p. 9
callout peer gap

"DLO's Take Rate is an outlier among peers – i.e., it seems too good to be true."

DLocal Ltd. · DLO Muddy Waters · p. 15
callout transition

"Citron jumps into muddy waters and assigns a conservative $46 target on Inogen."

Inogen · INGN Citron Research · p. 20
callout other

"In fact, almost all commodities are up this year. The CRB index is up over 20%."

Teck Resources · TECK Greenlight Capital · p. 31
callout appendix disclosure

"This website contains solely our opinions. We are invested behind our opinions."

ESS Tech, Inc. · GWH Bonitas Research · p. 3
callout peer gap

"Spruce Point believes that Viterra's results reflect a deeply injured business."

Bunge Global SA · BG Spruce Point Capital · p. 47
callout villain critique

"The largest holder in Ginkgo - the “smart money” - is hedge fund Viking Global."

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 14
callout section divider

"13. No unique technology, intellectual property, or differentiated capabilities"

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 133
callout before after

"Amcor has scrubbed all its significant subsidiaries of the tobacco association."

Amcor plc · AMCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 24
callout peer gap

"Dated commercial strategy has created a unit revenue headwind for over a decade"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 21
callout transition

"It's not complicated, it's merely unfamiliar. It is also simple and innovative."

Apple Inc. · AAPL Greenlight Capital · p. 3
callout executive summary

"Herbalife is in the business of selling dreams, not weight-management products."

Unknown · p. 2
callout villain critique

"「レーザーテックは今現在、高開口数対応の技術を持っていません。私は立場上話せないこともありますが、これは言えます。彼らの装置は高開口数対応になっていません。」"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 20
callout other

"Competing against SpaceX is an unenviable task given its structural advantages."

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. · ASTS Kerrisdale Capital · p. 15
callout ceo quote

"Slide Removed: Does IRBT Not Want To Be Held Accountable To A Timeline Anymore?"

iRobot Corp · IRBT Spruce Point Capital · p. 32