Spring 2020

Issue 39 · analyzed

19 ideas

position long inconclusive
SYY Sysco Corporation

Weng ’21 shares a long idea on Sysco Corporation, indicating a positive outlook on the company's performance.

position long inconclusive
VRSK Verisk Analytics

Ruth Chen ’21, Yi Cheng ’21 and Mark Hu ’21 present their long thesis on Verisk Analytics, suggesting confidence in its future growth and stability.

position long inconclusive
EPAM EPAM Systems

Manas Bajaj ’21, Akshay Chawla ’21 and Amitaabh Sahai ’21 recommend buying EPAM Systems, reflecting their belief in the company's strong market position and growth potential.

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-42.9%
EPAM EPAM Systems, Inc.
2020 Pershing Square Challenge

EPAM is expected to outperform street estimates due to its strong pipeline and demand for services, which is currently outpacing supply. The company has a solid asset-light operating profile, high cash generation, and a …

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+82.7%
SYY Sysco Corporation

Sysco is positioned to benefit from a once-in-a-lifetime industry consolidation opportunity due to its strong balance sheet and capacity to withstand significant declines in revenue. The company is expected to capture ma…

pitch long partial
+58.6%
SYY Sysco Corporation
2020 Pershing Square Challenge

Sysco is positioned to survive and thrive post-COVID-19 due to its strong balance sheet and national contracts that help cover fixed costs. The company is expected to maintain its market share and benefit from market sha…

pitch long inconclusive
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
2020 Pershing Square Challenge

Verisk has a dominant and sustainable economic moat leading to strong pricing power, operates in a large and growing total addressable market with potential to cross-sell, and its energy segment is expected to stabilize …

position long inconclusive
SYY Sysco Corporation

Sysco is considered a strong investment due to its position as a leading distributor of food products and supplies to restaurants, healthcare, and educational facilities, benefiting from the recovery of the food service …

pitch long inconclusive
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
2020 Pershing Square Challenge

Verisk Analytics is positioned to benefit from stabilization in its energy segment, which has shown resilience during downturns due to its subscription-based model and high retention rates. The company has diversified it…

position long inconclusive
TDG TransDigm Group Incorporated

TransDigm is a high-quality aerospace parts manufacturer that has seen its stock price decline significantly due to panic surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The company derives over 75% of its EBITDA from the stable a…

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+280.2%
TDG TransDigm Group Incorporated

TransDigm is attractively priced at 11x normalized free cash flow, with expected intrinsic value growth of 20-30% per year driven by volumes, pricing, margin expansion, and capital allocation. Insiders have recently purc…

position long failed
-93.8%
JET Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.

JET is a high-quality online food delivery business with strong network effects, recurring revenue, and pricing power. The company is expected to grow significantly due to low penetration rates in the online food deliver…

position long worked
+137.9%
EVO Evolution Gaming Group AB

Evolution is the leading global provider of live gaming services, benefiting from a shift towards live gaming over computerized games. The company has shown substantial growth in earnings and market share, particularly i…

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EPAM EPAM Systems, Inc.

Recommendation to long EPAM Systems with a 3-yr target price of $430 (~24% IRR), driven by strong growth potential from robust industry tailwinds, an asset-light operating profile, and attractive valuation compared to hi…

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Mountaineer Partners Management

We are actually quite bullish on a number of names right now. If you have the view that we will emerge from a quarantine or social distancing within a two-quarter period, there are companies that we know well that are pr…

position long
Materials Company

There is a materials company that we think the equity's worth north of $20 that's in a very, very good market position, and that stock was down in the low single digits. If we think that company will survive, from its cu…

position long worked
+107.9%
CWEN Clearway Energy, Inc.

Clearway is an independent power producer with significant renewable energy capacity. The stock dropped 40% due to a dividend cut related to a technical default from Pacific Gas's bankruptcy, but the analysis suggests th…

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null Ingevity Corporation

Ingevity has a strong secular growth story driven by regulatory changes that require increased gasoline vapor emission capture. The company is expected to double its profitability in the filter business due to these regu…

position long worked
+221.3%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation

Ingevity has a strong market position due to regulatory changes in both the US and China that favor its Tier 2 carbon products. The company has built a scale facility in China ahead of regulations, allowing it to capture…