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quote villain critique

"Aroundtown reported Q1 2019 gains on sales of properties for €171 million “at a 34% profit margin over total cost...” — Aroundtown Q1 2019 Report"

Vivion Investments S.à.r.l. Muddy Waters · p. 32
quote villain critique

"Noch besorgniserregender ist, dass sich der Abbruch-Button auf der Website manchmal auf eine leere Funktion bezieht, behauptet ein Reddit-Nutzer."

HelloFresh SE · HFG Grizzly Research · p. 22
quote villain critique

"According to the Turkish Gazette, Fintur declared 2014 dividends to the put option holder of SEK US$43.7 million (SEK 354 million). — Footnote 21"

TeliaSonera AB · TLSN Muddy Waters · p. 7
quote villain critique

"In January 2011, we purchased a portion of the working interest in leases covering acreage in northeast Oklahoma from WCT Resources — 2012 proxy"

SandRidge Energy · SD TPG-Axon · p. 11
quote transition

"“I’m not worried about rates, but I’m worried other people will be worried about rates” — Corvex Management LP (paraphrasing investor sentiment)"

quote villain critique

"For the avoidance of doubt, the IonQ roadmap is not incorporated into, and does not form part of, this registration statement. — IonQ Prospectus"

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 19
quote ceo quote

"At the 2018 Investor Day, Huntsman committed to 10% organic Adjusted EBITDA growth with “no additional M&A” through 2020. — Huntsman Corporation"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 15
quote appendix data

"In March 2016, Baiguoyuan Network launched an audio live streaming mobile app, HELLO, which focused on its business in China. — YY June 2019 6-K"

Joyy Inc. · YY Muddy Waters · p. 61
quote thesis headline

"A former CHD executive told us bluntly the deal was, "Horrible, Horrible, oh Horrible" and should be "Dumped" immediately — Former CHD Executive"

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. · CHD Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
quote other

"In the expert's opinion, MSCI provides a standard equity risk model, which probably has been commoditized a bit — AlphaSense Market Intelligence"

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 39
quote other

"Mehta R, Sood P, Hariharan S. Subclinical Rejection in Renal Transplantation: Reappraised. Transplantation. 2016;100(8):1610-1618. — Footnote 10"

CareDx, Inc. · CDNA Kerrisdale Capital · p. 10
quote transition

"To get a sense of where Aurora has been testing its trucks, take a look at the map on the next page from the Texas Department of Transportation."

Aurora Innovation, Inc. · AUR Kerrisdale Capital · p. 13
quote ceo quote

"In 2020, BlackRock pledged “exiting investments that present a high sustainability-related risk, such as thermal coal producers” — CEO Mr. Fink."

BlackRock · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 46
quote other

"Of 300,000 prisoners released from 15 states in 1994, 67.5% were re-arrested for a new offense within three years — Bureau of Justice Statistics"

quote section divider

"「レーザーテックに改善を働きかけるために、毎週会議を開いているそうです」「ただ不安定だけです。安定して機能するのではなく、ときによって機能しなくなることがあります。消えてしまうのです」「TSMCではACTISのA150もA300も、生産用の対象外としています。」 — 4名のTSMC関係者"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 31
quote villain critique

"On the Q1 2012 earnings call, Tim Armstrong stated that he “hopes” AOL can achieve over $40 million of revenue at Patch in 2012. — Tim Armstrong"

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 44
quote villain critique

"Blood chemistry tests or hematological or cardiovascular parameters did not change in the three study groups (data not shown). — Harmony 1 paper"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 111
quote other

"the Company maintains that “still does not know the UBO”, the ultimate beneficial owner of its local partners in both Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan."

TeliaSonera AB · TLSN Muddy Waters · p. 19
quote villain critique

"App rating is based on all countries or regions and the rating may vary based on user location and device type — Remitly Investor Presentations"

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 14
quote villain critique

""If I were to take a conservative estimate, well over 50% of GFL's 100+ acquisitions I'd characterize as a failure." — Canada Industry Observer"

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
quote ceo quote

"In the coming year, there will be almost 300 million in output volume for orders from Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad. — Lin (CEO of NQ Mobile)"

NQ Mobile (NetQin) · NQ Muddy Waters · p. 4
quote peer gap

"“The stock is trading at such a discount to peers because of management – no one trusts Matt.” — Top 20 shareholder of Dye & Durham – June 2024"

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 43
quote timeline

"Although the business has already existed for almost a decade, Greg Poling calls Verifi a "new market place" and an area of focused investment."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 99
quote thesis headline

"Even worse, an industry expert recently outed "legacy fraud verification vendors" for selling a "useless" product and double-billing customers."

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. · DV Spruce Point Capital · p. 7
quote villain critique

"Throughout the last seven (7) years, Porch has established many partnerships across a number of home-related industries. — Porch SEC Prospectus"

Porch Group Inc · PRCH Spruce Point Capital · p. 23
quote appendix disclosure

"Signatures Party A (left): Bangxin Zhang, Yachao Liu, and Yunfeng Bai Party B (above): Beijing Shunshunbida Legal Rep: Yang Zhang July 13, 2015"

TAL Education Group · TAL Muddy Waters · p. 63
quote villain critique

""SK Foods Former and CEO Scott Salyer Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Price Fixing in California," — US Department of Justice, March 23, 2012"

quote other

"Tomato Growers Association, Tomato Bulletin, January 19, 2012. http://ctga.org/static/uploads/Bulletin_1.19.12.pdf — Tomato Growers Association"

quote executive summary

""The Compensation Committee does not believe that equity-based incentives are a valuable incentive for employees of the Company" — Weis Markets"

Weis Markets, Inc. · WMK Spruce Point Capital · p. 6
quote ceo quote

"And our model and our track record has been to acquire. We've done 25-plus deals in the last 6 or 7 years. — CEO Delia, Citigroup Conf Dec 2019"

Amcor plc · AMCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 12
quote villain critique

"We estimate fair value using an equally weighted combination of discounted cash flows and multiples of revenue and EBITDA. — 2014 Annual Report"

U.S. Concrete Inc · USCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 21
quote villain critique

"Ex-Ontrak chairman was accused of abusing trading strategy that usually shields executives against suspicions of insider trading — WSJ Headline"

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 14
quote villain critique

"“I’ve never seen a device manufacturer so boldly engage in off-label use themselves” - Executive at a West Coast OPO, longtime industry veteran"

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 161
quote appendix data

"Source: Kerrisdale analysis based on “Illustrative Cash Flow Impact of New Contract” disclosure provided to sell-side analysts on June 9, 2025."

CoreWeave, Inc. · CRWV Kerrisdale Capital · p. 27
quote villain critique

"“No clear association between pitolisant and pulmonary edema is apparent in this narrative.” — FDA CDER Clinical Review (Solages, Sep 28, 2020)"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 169
quote villain critique

"“And that was my response to having patients who had experienced long QT syndrome.” — Neurologist at a large hospital system in a Midwest state"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 204
quote villain critique

"Готовы предложить номера Стандарт твин с 2 мя раздельными кроватями (1-для ребенка,2-для сопровождающего) — Novotel Arkhangelsk representative."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 68
quote villain critique

"Sorry! 28 March — 5 April. Supervisors have power of attorney to guard the girls from the Donetsk People's Republic. Would that work? — Evgenii"

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 253
quote peer gap

"Vote AGAINST Chair and President if ROE has been below 5% and in the bottom 1/3 of the industry for the past 3 years — Nomura Asset Management"

Keisei Electric Railway · 9009 Palliser Capital · p. 33
quote villain critique

"“monster that’s lurking” and that “with enough cycles it will just burst out” like “that monster in Alien in the ’80’s....” — QuantumScape CEO"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 52
quote villain critique

"“cornerstone in the journey,” a “vital stepping stone,” and “culmination of two decades” — IonQ (referring to the 2020 32-qubit announcement)."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 47
quote ceo quote

"“...We do believe, as you mentioned, that we can achieve OTA-like margins over the longer term [at Viator].” — Tripadvisor CFO, September 2025"

Tripadvisor, Inc. · TRIP Starboard Value · p. 32
quote ceo quote

"In BK's 11/14/11 Investor Day, CEO Gerald Hassell provided a roadmap for 7 – 11% EPS growth between 2011 and 2014 — Marcato Capital Management"

quote peer gap

"Earlier in his tenure, Fred Green privately told numerous investors that CP’s “structural disadvantage” vs. CN was benchmarked at ~200-300 bps"

Canadian Pacific Railway · CP Pershing Square · p. 95
quote appendix disclosure

""Reiterate Buy on 'self-help' headlines; we see 30% upside" — Sloan Bohlen and Conor Fennerty; The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; August 18, 2011."

The McGraw-Hill Companies · MHP JANA Partners · p. 48
quote villain critique

"“So some analysts have forecast at this stage of an improvement from a level [of FCF] which is close today to a 0,...” — Mr. Giscard D'Estaing"

quote ceo quote

"「A300の存在を知っているし、購入を視野に入れて評価することになるでしょう。しかし、それは2025年の初めになるでしょう。半導体装置がたくさん搭載されるハードの製品に対する需要が低迷しているので、評価に踏み切るべきタイミングではないでしょう」 — マーベル・テクノロジーの上席従業員"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 233
quote villain critique

"Es como jugar en una máquina tragamonedas. Ah, una vez que comienzas, siempre piensas que la siguiente ronda será la gran ganadora. — HOMBRE 6"

Unknown · p. 8
quote demand list

"‘The BoD regularly reviews its leadership structure’: failure to correct confirms lack of independent oversight — BlackRock Board of Directors"

BlackRock · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 10
quote villain critique

"We're losing a big chunk of the hits of the B cell. We can't really afford that. We don't like losing that many candidates. — AbbVie scientist"

Berkeley Lights · BLI Scorpion Capital · p. 79
quote ceo quote

"Question: "The 2012 numbers for guidance exclude the meaningful use payments?" HMA CFO: "That’s correct." — Q4 Investor Call, January 13, 2013"

quote thesis headline

"So, but on average, the average transaction averages out to two modules per transaction. — FTAI Aviation Q1 2024 Earnings Call April 26, 2024."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 5
quote demand list

"“北越は著しく過小評価をされており、バイオマス発電という次世代の機会を有しています。北越のステークホルダーと従業員はすでに13年間に及ぶ業績不振を経験しており、大胆な行動と変革に取り組むリーダーシップを必要としています。” — セス・フィッシャー (Oasis Management)"

Hokuetsu Corporation · 3865 Oasis Management · p. 2
quote sop buildup

"There is huge risk the SEC will shut it down. — Thomas Gorman, Partner at Dorsey & Whitney, former Senior Counsel, SEC Division of Enforcement"

Digital World Acquisition Corp · DWAC Kerrisdale Capital · p. 5
quote villain critique

"Dr. Sandeep Guleria – who trained in the UK...was named by recipients and agents as the surgeon who conducted the transplants. — The Telegraph"

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 224
quote appendix methodology

"a preponderance of self-selected peers that are larger than the subject company may drive up compensation without regard to performance. — ISS"

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 58
quote villain critique

"Garcia stated the company could cover interest expense assuming “long-term EBITDA targets even at today’s units.” — Carvana 3Q22 earnings call"

Carvana Co. · CVNA Kerrisdale Capital · p. 13
quote villain critique

"PRAC recommends suspension of diacerein-containing medicines — Committee cites concerns over gastro-intestinal side effects and liver toxicity"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 37
quote appendix methodology

"“there is no safety margin using the actual data and anticipated steady state level....” — Pharmacology consultant engaged by Scorpion Capital"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 136