EVENTS:   Best Equity Short Ideas Conference Call 12 - Zach Shannon/Corto Capital Advisors & Craig Huber/Huber Research Partners & Thomas Beevers /Forensic Alpha & Ed Steele/Iron Blue Financials & Bill Campbell/Paragon Intel - 12 Nov 25   Will AI Deflate the World? Macro Lessons from Three Industrial Revolutions and China - Manoj Pradhan/Talking Heads Macro - 13 Nov 25     ROADSHOWS: Forest Products Sector Equity and Commodity Research With Expertise in Distressed Debt - Kevin Mason /ERA Research   •   London   12 - 14 Nov 25       Buyside to Buyside Forum and Expert Calls across TMT, Consumer, Healthcare and Fintech - Andrew Peters /Revelare Partners   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25       Fundamental US Healthcare Short Ideas - Dr Elliot Favus /Favus Institutional Research   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25      

Fortnightly Publication Highlighting Latest Insights From IRF Providers

Company Research

Corporate Access: Hosting calls with industry thought-leaders

Daniel Insights

Peter Daniel hosts Zoom based calls with interesting industry (public & private companies) thought leaders for institutional equity investors. Here are some recent events. Stay tuned for future meetings...

Steve Saxon - Partner, McKinsey & Co., lives in Shanghai - Update on China Covid lockdown implications and supply chain issues.
Ward Nye - CEO - Martin Marietta Materials - Company update.
Dave Jackson - CEO - Knight-Swift Transportation - Company update.
Ryan Green - CEO - Gridwise - A mobile app that gig economy drivers use to track important job-related operating metrics.
Curtis Garrett - Former Chief Strategy Officer - Reconex - Update on the LTL Industry.
Bob Martin - CEO - Thor Industries - Company update and RVing industry review.
Spencer Patton - CEO - Route Consultant - Update on FDX ISP operators.

Edition: 141

- 05 August, 2022


Dave & Buster’s Entertainment (PLAY)

Consumer Discretionary

Gordon Haskett Research Advisors

Trading at ~6x 2023E EBITDA (20% discount vs. pre-Covid), Jeff Farmer views PLAY shares as increasingly compelling given: 1) Recapture of pre-Covid sales volumes. 2) Far less exposed to commodity price / wage rate inflation than a traditional restaurant business model. 3) Top line catalysts from a new CEO (e.g. more aggressive pursuit of traffic-driving strategies; increased sports viewing awareness; introduction of sports betting / partnerships; recently launched loyalty programme). TP $50 (40% upside).

For those interested in the wider restaurant sector, Jeff has also written a compelling report on the 10 dynamics that he sees having the greatest influence on share price performance in 1H22.

Edition: 127

- 21 January, 2022


Post-Pandemic Model Portfolio’s outperformance continues

Unit Economics

Since inception (31st Dec 2020) Nathan Weiss’ model portfolio has generated an impressive +25.09% total return (vs. +11.12% for S&P 500). He is currently 38.3% net long the energy sector (incl. Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure, ChampionX, Energy Transfer LP); 17.1% net long ‘re-opening’ names (incl. Dave & Buster’s, Six Flags) and 29.6% short ‘stay at home enablers’ (incl. Stitch Fix, ARK Next Generation Internet, Etsy, Wayfair). He recently increased his short position in DoorDash - sees >50% downside in a matter of months.

Edition: 111

- 28 May, 2021