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Showing 2341–2400 of 3,339 matching "believe"
callout sop buildup

"We believe this was the transformative acquisition that helped boost Sinch's financial results in the following years."

Sinch AB · SINCH Grizzly Research · p. 5
callout other

"We believe that valuing the tax credit is an absurd interpretation of the statute, and is not what Congress intended."

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 6
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point does not believe investors should accept its CEO being distracted with real estate ventures on the side."

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 39
callout sop buildup

"We believe Darden's properties are worth more separated from Darden than the "rent subsidy" is worth inside of Darden"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 219
callout sop buildup

"We believe Darden’s properties are worth more separated from Darden than the “rent subsidy” is worth inside of Darden"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 219
callout closing ask

"We believe Riot is on its way to a transformation from a bitcoin miner to a best-in-class AI/HPC data center company."

Riot Platforms, Inc. · RIOT Starboard Value · p. 5
callout peer gap

"We believe trading comparables outside of traditional healthcare can be useful for valuing Valeant’s durable business"

Unknown · p. 39
callout comparison table

"We believe trading comparables outside of traditional healthcare can be useful for valuing Valeant's durable business"

Unknown · p. 40
callout villain critique

"We believe Skillz did not disclose these issues because they render the company's lofty revenue projections farcical."

Skillz, Inc. · SKLZ Wolfpack Research · p. 7
callout matrix 2x2

"Spruce Point believes that it is highly unlikely that Axon will parlay video AI to shoehorn their way into CAD / RMS."

Axon Enterprise (formerly TASER) · AAXN Spruce Point Capital · p. 12
callout sop buildup

"Based on our assumptions, we believe there is approximately $110mm of Net Working Capital in the International Stores"

Borders Group, Inc. · BGP Pershing Square · p. 41
callout villain critique

"We believe there are similarities between the SEC's comments to Boulder and current weak disclosure practices by PBH."

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. · PBH Spruce Point Capital · p. 25
callout transition

"Elliott believes Phillips 66, $PSX, has a significant value creation opportunity driven by the quality of its assets."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 5
callout section divider

"We believe there’s no chance that the reality will even come close to unfolding in a way that justifies the euphoria."

Red Cat Holdings, Inc. · RCAT Kerrisdale Capital · p. 9
callout peer gap

"On all key metrics, we believe the Independent Peer Group is far more appropriate than AOL's own inflated peer group."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 66
callout villain critique

"Given FIGS carefully crafted corporate image, we believe this level of exaggeration can materially harm FIGS’ brand."

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 6
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point believes shareholders would be better served if CEO Dovigi focused all his attention and effort on GFL."

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout kpi overview

"By reducing the time it takes to bus a table by 2 minutes, we believe Olive Garden can improve EBITDA by $6 million."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 151
callout demand list

"We believe Fluor has several viable options to separate its NuScale stake in a way that would benefit both companies"

Fluor Corporation · FLR Starboard Value · p. 33
callout sop buildup

"By reducing the time it takes to bus a table by 2 minutes, we believe Olive Garden can improve EBITDA by $6 million."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 151
callout villain critique

"We believe the current market served by iRhythm products is quite small, between 4.5 to 6.5 million patients a year."

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. · IRTC Spruce Point Capital · p. 11
callout demand list

"We believe that consistent, methodical, and well-articulated capital allocation policies improve valuation over time"

General Electric · GE Trian Partners · p. 64
callout villain critique

"We believe that having enormous simultaneous increases in advances from customers and deferred costs is implausible."

callout appendix methodology

"We believe much of the difference is excess corporate expense, which in our view, burdens all of DuPont’s businesses"

callout villain critique

"Spruce Point believes Stryker's recent large acquisitions of public companies either are failing, or likely to fail."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 13
callout thesis headline

"We believe that if Realty Income’s stock price were to decline meaningfully, its business model could be in jeopardy"

Realty Income Corporation · O Pershing Square · p. 24
callout ceo quote

"With numerous inconsistencies and many of the same management team in place, what are investors supposed to believe?"

Danimer Scientific, Inc. · DNMR Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
callout ceo quote

"With numerous inconsistencies and many of the same management team in place, what are investors supposed to believe?"

Danimer Scientific, Inc. · DNMR Spruce Point Capital · p. 37
callout appendix methodology

"We believe the Independent Peer Group is an appropriate peer group for AOL, unlike the Company's current peer group."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 67
callout executive summary

"We believe the status quo is unsustainable. PepsiCo has significantly underperformed over a prolonged period of time"

PepsiCo, Inc. · PEP Trian Partners · p. 5
callout ceo quote

"We believe Stryker was overly optimistic with the Wright acquisition in suggesting it would grow high single digits."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 106
callout villain critique

"We believe this creates material execution risks as the Company seeks to grow beyond its core market and geography."

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout executive summary

"However, we believe Procept and its cheerleaders rarely acknowledge the issues with and limitations of Aquablation."

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation · PRCT Spruce Point Capital · p. 7
callout demand list

"We believe Crown Castle's underperformance can be remedied and requires improved performance in its fiber business."

Crown Castle International · CCI Elliott Management · p. 50
callout section divider

"Why We Believe Aggressive Accounting Inflates Total Contract Value And Adj. EBITDA By $600M And $250M, Respectively"

Tempus AI, Inc. · TEM Spruce Point Capital · p. 42
callout villain critique

"We believe the owners are likely to continue selling shares which could act as an overhang on the upside potential."

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 111
callout appendix data

"Spruce Point believes that current financial data providers are, at a minimum, failing to capture operating leases."

Xylem Inc. · XYL Spruce Point Capital · p. 78
callout villain critique

"We believe Mailchimp was an overpriced strategic blunder, and recent data suggests a marked business deterioration."

Intuit Inc. · INTU Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
callout other

"Spruce Point believes Stryker's industry premium multiple should compress to account for the following six factors."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 175
callout kpi overview

"Return to double digit revenue growth seems optimistic. Even analysts don't believe Zillow's 45% Adj. EBITDA target"

Zillow Group, Inc. · Z Spruce Point Capital · p. 99
callout sop buildup

"We believe that FirstGroup US should trade at a premium to Laidlaw's historical valuation of ~5x - ~7x in 2005-2006"

FirstGroup plc · FGP Sandell · p. 19
callout villain critique

"So why does the Board believe AOL should be compared to the world's largest companies for purposes of compensation?"

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 61
callout demand list

"Trian believes a merger with Mondelez and a separation of all of PepsiCo’s beverages business is the right strategy"

PepsiCo, Inc. · PEP Trian Partners · p. 38
callout villain critique

"We believe GSX is the worst among its peers and generates a massive amount of volume from fake student enrollments."

GSX Techedu Inc. · GSX Grizzly Research · p. 23