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callout thesis headline

"We believe the signs of strained growth are beginning to appear at Samsara."

Samsara Inc. · IOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 11
callout villain critique

"Any asset sales conducted by Amdocs are hidden within its net capex figure."

Amdocs Limited · DOX Spruce Point Capital · p. 52
callout villain critique

"XL'S PLUG-IN HYBRID ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERPERFORMS XL'S EFFICIENCY CLAIMS"

XL Fleet Corp · XL Muddy Waters · p. 19
callout villain critique

"Former XL employees literally laughed out loud at XL's revenue projections."

XL Fleet Corp · XL Muddy Waters · p. 26
callout villain critique

"FORD, GM, AND RIVIAN ARE ENTERING THE EV MARKET AND STAND TO EAT XL'S LUNCH"

XL Fleet Corp · XL Muddy Waters · p. 50
callout appendix data

"PepsiCo EBIT margin before advertising expense is well below the peer group"

PepsiCo, Inc. · PEP Trian Partners · p. 29
callout ceo quote

"So in my view, the only stakeholders that they care about is the investors."

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 19
callout peer gap

"Public independent advisory firms target compensation ratios of 55% or less"

Lazard Ltd · LAZ Trian Partners · p. 28
callout villain critique

"This is meaningless since Perion never disclosed the base result a year ago"

Perion Network Ltd. · PERI Spruce Point Capital · p. 91
callout kpi overview

"Consensus estimates imply extremely unlikely Q4 core growth ex-new products"

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. · HRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 10
callout kpi overview

"Consensus estimates imply extremely unlikely Q4 core growth ex-new products"

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. · HRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 43
callout ceo quote

"TSMCへのレーザーテック製装置の導入は順調ではない。「あまりうまくいっていない」。重要な顧客は旧来の深紫外線と走査電子顕微鏡の装置を頼りにしている。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 289
callout villain critique

"レーザーテックはこの中に研究開発・生産用のクリーンルームを建設したというが、最先端の半導体製造装置を開発・生産する場としては無理があるように思われる。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 318
callout precedent table

"Salesforce and Splunk have outperformed the market over the past 12 months."

GoDaddy · GDDY Starboard Value · p. 4
callout ceo quote

"BIS’s vote recommendation would be a real test of credibility and integrity"

BlackRock · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 80
callout villain critique

"Machine's inability to screen more complex antibodies is a major limitation"

Berkeley Lights · BLI Scorpion Capital · p. 99
callout other

"We believe this was contrived and that these transactions lacked substance."

TAL Education Group · TAL Muddy Waters · p. 33
callout ceo quote

"If he’s right this time, he will have called seven of the last one bottoms."

Core Laboratories · CLB Greenlight Capital · p. 52
callout section divider

"APP Systemically Violates TOS by Creating Persistent Identity Graphs (PIGs)"

AppLovin · APP Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout villain critique

"We question whether this represents a violation of PGNY's client contracts."

Progyny, Inc. · PGNY Spruce Point Capital · p. 79
callout other

"The Company has substantially underperformed since its IPO in January 2015."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 30
callout villain critique

"Reported related party foundry revenues totaled 65% in 2019 and 72% in 2020"

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 48
callout demand list

"The management team and Board of Yahoo have repeatedly failed shareholders."

Yahoo! Inc. · YHOO Starboard Value · p. 2
callout section divider

"Dubious "Beat And Raise" Story Designed To Fool Computers, Not Spruce Point"

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 43
callout ceo quote

"Pfizer had already made significant approval progress on three of 15 drugs."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 18
callout valuation reveal

"We believe the Company likely lost more than $20 billion in value from M&A."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 47
callout other

"So, it was a big scam. The way that they manipulated the data was criminal."

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 3
callout peer gap

"Kao Captures Less Upswing and More Downswing of the Asian Market than Peers"

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 19
callout precedent table

"We estimate Phillips could retire ~60% to ~90% of its shares outstanding(4)"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 46
callout transition

"Share price discount significantly greater than any potential dis-synergies"

The Timken Company · TKR Relational Investors · p. 15
callout precedent table

"Publicly traded spin-offs have outperformed the S&P 500 by 223% since 2003."

The Timken Company · TKR Relational Investors · p. 35
callout executive summary

"AST is bleeding cash and execution has been absurdly poor, even for a SPAC."

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. · ASTS Kerrisdale Capital · p. 4
callout executive summary

"This is the right time and the right management team to unlock Sony’s value"

Sony Corporation · 6758.T Third Point · p. 20
callout appendix data

"Potential opportunity for optimization of asset portfolio to increase yield"

Sony Corporation · 6758.T Third Point · p. 101
callout villain critique

"The trial was a failure as DCCR did not significantly improve HQ-CT scores."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 183
callout villain critique

"Nutrition Clubs are not intended to nor may they attract "walk-in" traffic."

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 286
callout villain critique

"The real owner is one of NQ's founders, and its second largest shareholder."

NQ Mobile · NQ Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout ceo quote

"I would say, Bunge still has to catch up, maybe five to seven years behind."

Bunge Global SA · BG Spruce Point Capital · p. 23
callout villain critique

"Patient asked if others had similar experiences, to which a number said yes"

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 37
callout ceo quote

"The FTC settlement is an acknowledgment that our business model is sound..."

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 10
callout other

"In an increasing cost environment, FIFO would maximize a company's profits."

N/A 99_Other · p. 21