EVENTS:   Acceleration in the Energy Transition - David Scott/CHA-AM Advisors - 12 May 26     ROADSHOWS: Consumer Research & Industry Trends focused on US Retail, E-Tail, and Consumer Products Companies - Scott Mushkin /R5 Capital   •   London   07 - 08 May 26       US Equity Short Research & Strategy - Zach Shannon /Corto Capital Advisors   •   New York   18 - 19 May 26       Investing in Constraint: Governance, Scarcity, and the Next Phase of the Energy Transition - François Boutin-Dufresne & Félix-A. Boudreault & Lenka Martinek /Sustainable Market Strategies   •   London   18 - 19 May 26      
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Fortnightly publication highlighting latest insights from IRF providers

Company Research

Earnings manipulation, anyone?

Report by Two Rivers Analytics

Two Rivers has recreated the Beneish model showing the highest potential manipulators and highlighting stocks such as QXO (due to M&A-driven sales spikes for AI supply chain plans), Joby Aviation (high growth amid declining margins), Rivian (rising accruals suggesting expense capitalisation), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (falling gross margins) and Pinterest (rising balance sheet accruals and sales growth). The model's inputs are similar to some that Two Rivers use in their own Stock at Risk's Earnings Quality model - albeit with some additional proprietary “secret sauce”.

Consumer Discretionary

Report by New Constructs

Don’t get run over by this IPO - the proposed $80bn valuation is equivalent to the Mkt/Cap of General Motors and implies it will sell 3m vehicles in 2030, nearly four times the number of Tesla vehicles produced over the past 12 months. RIVN has yet to manufacture a meaningful number of vehicles and competes with well-capitalised EV upstarts as well as incumbents which have decades of experience and multi-billion dollar plans to expand EV production. The stock is worth $13bn at best (84% downside).