<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>BreakoutPoint - Latest</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/</link><description>Know what influential investors and activists do. Cancel anytime.</description><atom:link href="https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/feed/" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Please read our Terms of Use at https://breakoutpoint.com/terms</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:04:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W45</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/11/activist-shorts-weekly-w45-7/</link><description>Last week, we have registered two new major calls. Hindenburg came out with a new short and recorded early success. They wrote about PACS Group, Inc. (PACS), a medical-related company which is apparently misusing Medicare on a large scale. The company supposedly misused COVID-19 to boost its profitability and, since then, found a new way to maintain such inflated numbers. The stock cratered right after and is down over 50%. Bleecker came …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:02:02 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/11/activist-shorts-weekly-w45-7/</guid><enclosure length="37372" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w45-71.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W43</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/10/activist-shorts-weekly-w43-6/</link><description>Last week, we have registered two new major calls. Grizzly came up with an interesting report against Hershey (HSY). The activist talked about the presence of harmful plastics in their packaging. They ran several tests which confirmed the presence. The plastics have been scrutinised before in other industries and could open HSY to significant liabilities. Hunterbrook also released their new report focused on an aerospace business that is going to get …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:38:59 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/10/activist-shorts-weekly-w43-6/</guid><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W42</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/10/activist-shorts-weekly-w42-5/</link><description>Last week, we have registered three new major calls. We saw Fuzzy Panda come out with a new report. This time, it is on Stride, Inc. (LRN), an edutech business, that is apparently facing a significant cliff from depleted COVID funding. The business is also struggling to maintain its customer base and is supposedly using questionable strategies to prop up the number of students. The stock is down about 6% so far. …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:58:26 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/10/activist-shorts-weekly-w42-5/</guid><enclosure length="37471" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w42-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W40</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/10/activist-shorts-weekly-w40-5/</link><description>Last week, we have registered four new major calls. Perhaps the most impactful report was by Capybara, who targeted Laser Photonics (LASE), a microcap business focused on lasers. Apparently, the business is just a rehash of old assets that were unsuccessful. The shares dropped over 50% quickly. Another quick success was registered by Jehoshaphat, who targeted Montrose (MEG), an environmental roll-up, due to dubious accounting that is inflating EBITDA. The stock dropped 15% so far. …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:59:54 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/10/activist-shorts-weekly-w40-5/</guid><enclosure length="37815" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w40-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W39</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/09/activist-shorts-weekly-w39-5/</link><description>Last week, we have registered four new major calls. Again, we had a busy week with some heavy hitters releasing new reports. Gotham came out with their second report of the year. This time, they focused on another German investment vehicle due to allegations of dubious corporate governance. Apparently, this could be a repeat of Aurelius. The stock is down 16% so far. Blue Orca came out with a new report on …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:54:46 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/09/activist-shorts-weekly-w39-5/</guid><enclosure length="37406" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w39-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W38</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/09/activist-shorts-weekly-w38-5/</link><description>Last week, we have registered six new major calls. Perhaps the campaign that raised the most interest was Culper Research. The activist decided to target a large bank in Kazakhstan. The allegations are mostly centered around the bank&amp;#39;s apparent connections to Russia, which the bank denied in its US IPO filings. The activist finds that a large part of the recent growth could be linked to Russians fleeing to Kazakhstan to open …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:40:38 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/09/activist-shorts-weekly-w38-5/</guid><enclosure length="39842" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w38-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W36</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/09/activist-shorts-weekly-w36-5/</link><description>Last week, we have registered four new major calls. Perhaps the campaign with the biggest impact was released by Fuzzy Panda, who looked at NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NSSC) a security company and found allegations of accounting fraud, among other serious lapses in corporate governance. The stock has started to decline. Bleecker also released a new target, Fitell Corporation (FTEL), a gym company, with dubious insiders. The report talks about how key …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:47:50 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/09/activist-shorts-weekly-w36-5/</guid><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W35</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w35-3/</link><description>Last week, we have registered three new major calls. Two of them were tied to Hindenburg. The activist first released a damning report about the recent stock market darling Super Micro Computer (SMCI) due to allegations of dubious accounting and questionable governance. The report had an immediate impact, and the stock dropped further after the company said that it won&amp;#39;t be able to file 10-K on time. This certainly further boosted the strength …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:28:39 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w35-3/</guid><enclosure length="39171" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w35-31.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W34</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w34-5/</link><description>Last week, we have not registered any new major calls. Instead we discuss the developments over at B.Riley. The stock started to plummet, and short-sellers were vindicated, but it seems the market is still willing to prop up the shares in the latest rollercoaster attempt at a rebound. We also discussed the update of Iceberg targeting a data analytics company that recently announced a new contract win only to roll back the …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:14:41 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w34-5/</guid><enclosure length="36001" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w34-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W33</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w33-5/</link><description>Last week, we have registered two new major calls. Grizzly Research came out with a new report targeting TeraWulf Inc. (WULF), a crypto company. It&amp;#39;s the same one Hunterbrook targeted a few weeks ago. The report talks a bit more about related-party transactions and the history of the management. The shares did not move so far. We also saw two new reports from a newcomer who wrote follow-up reports on Oddity (ODD) …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:25:50 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w33-5/</guid><enclosure length="39723" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w33-51_1mxtF8B.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W32</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w32-4/</link><description>Last week, we have registered four new major calls. Hunterbrook came out with a new report targeting TeraWulf, a crypto company, due to allegations of dubious corporate governance. The management claims the business is using renewable energy, but the report disputes this. So far, the campaign is tough as the stock is now up over 25%. Bleecker targeted Gogo Inc (GOGO), a business aviation company, that is apparently struggling with …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:15:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w32-4/</guid><enclosure length="38815" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w33-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W31</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w31-4/</link><description>This week, we have registered one new major call. Capybara released a new take on Serve Robotics (SERV), a robotics company that is tied to NVDA. As per the activist, the hype is not based on reality, the stock is going to get diluted and the product is being abandoned. The shares are down 11% so far. We also briefly talk about Citron being charged by the SEC and how market participants …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:04:26 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/08/activist-shorts-weekly-w31-4/</guid><enclosure length="37851" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w31-41.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Short-Selling in H1 2024</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/07/activist-short-selling-in-h1-2024/</link><description>In the first six months of the year we saw 65 new major short and critical campaigns. This is in line with the rate last year. On average, shares declined 11.3% following the release of the report, which compares well to the +14.5% return of S and P 500 index. Among the most successful were campaigns targeting sub-billion segment. Bleecker took the crown with their LuxUrban Hotels (LUXH) campaign. Hindenburg saw a significant decline …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 11:14:48 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/07/activist-short-selling-in-h1-2024/</guid><enclosure length="101474" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-short-selling-in-h1-2024829.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W26</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/activist-shorts-weekly-w26-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered three new major calls. All three saw initial success, with Wolfpack Research taking the crown. The activist targeted MediaAlpha, an insurance lead broker, due to allegations of participating in consumer fraud. The stock is now down 19% so far as the market understood the risk of regulators moving against the company. Muddy Waters also came out with a new short. This time they ventured back …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:34:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/activist-shorts-weekly-w26-5/</guid><enclosure length="36903" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w26-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W25</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/activist-shorts-weekly-w25-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered one new major call. A newcomer skeptic targeted a crypto-related stock due to allegations of overvaluation and a dubious promotional scheme. The company is also tied to a well-known influencer in the space. He is a shareholder and seemingly did tout the shares on his substack. The company also apparently utilized a marketing firm that started to send many emails. Therefore, as per this activist, the …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 22:40:13 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/activist-shorts-weekly-w25-5/</guid><enclosure length="38680" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w25-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Hindenburg vs NASDAQ</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/hindenburg-vs-nasdaq/</link><description>When it comes to permissive exchanges that list anything with a pulse, investors might think about other places than NASDAQ. Just remember the frequency of GMT Research and several others that tweet significant drops on the Hong Kong exchange. New year, same HK pic.twitter.com/XjyplTXE3A &amp;mdash; MuddyWatersResearch (@muddywatersre) January 3, 2023 Many times, the stocks fall off a cliff without much apparent reason. Chinese gaming company ZX Inc (https://t.co/kITmdfK84e) losses 75% …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:43:35 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/hindenburg-vs-nasdaq/</guid><enclosure length="606332" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/hindenburg-vs-nasdaq1.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W23</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/activist-shorts-weekly-w23-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered four new major calls. We saw Hindenburg report on Axos Financial, Inc. (AX), a bank that is supposedly lending to criminals and has heavy exposure to the troubled commercial real estate in New York. Previously the stock has been targeted by four other activists. The stock sold-off, but since somewhat rebounded. Scorpion Capital went against Lasertec, a Japanese-listed company dealing with semiconductors. According to the activist, the …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:36:40 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/06/activist-shorts-weekly-w23-5/</guid><enclosure length="38819" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w23-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W21</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/05/activist-shorts-weekly-w21-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered five new major calls. The biggest impact was done by NINGI Research who targeted Oddity Tech (ODD), a beauty company from Israel due to allegations of questionable accounting. Most importantly, the report believes the company has misled investors about its business model and concealed key aspects of the actual business to supposedly inflate profits and revenues before the IPO. While the stock is now down 10%, the …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2024 13:51:19 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/05/activist-shorts-weekly-w21-5/</guid><enclosure length="37037" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w21-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W20</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/05/activist-shorts-weekly-w20-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered one new major call. Blue Orca came out with a new report targeting a medical device company that is apparently struggling with a significant risk of new competition. The company initially won an injunction against a South Korean start-up that is producing a similar device used in insulin delivery. However, it seems the court now overturned the decision and the start-up will likely be allowed to …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 23:28:52 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/05/activist-shorts-weekly-w20-5/</guid><enclosure length="38872" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w20-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W18</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/05/activist-shorts-weekly-w18-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered one new major call. Viceroy came out with a report against Globe Life. This insurance company has already been targeted by Fuzzy Panda and suggested as a short by the Friendly Bear, but Viceroy wrote about aspects that were previously not fully developed by the other activists. The underlying allegations remain the same as the activist points out serious lapses in corporate governance. Shares are resilient. …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 12:52:14 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/05/activist-shorts-weekly-w18-5/</guid><enclosure length="38184" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w18-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W17</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w17-4/</link><description>This week, we have not registered any new major calls. However, we spotted several major updates, and the market was, in general, relatively volatile. We cover what happened at Temenos. The Hindenburg targeted first rebounded as the company released their internal review, but now it dropped again as the CEO resigned. The activist called for the resignation just few days prior in their update. We also cover the RILY situation. …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:27:42 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w17-4/</guid><enclosure length="36524" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w17-41.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W16</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w16-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered two new major short calls. Spruce Point came out with a new short report targeting educational tech business due to allegations of dubious business model and questionable corporate governance. The report mainly talked about the company&amp;#39;s challenges as COVID19 spending is going to stop and how their accounting is not transparent. The stock is down 10%. Sunshine Research targeted an EV bus company. We have not seen an …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:50:07 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w16-5/</guid><enclosure length="35276" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w16-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W15</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w15-4/</link><description>This week, we have registered three new major short calls. Fuzzy Panda came out with a full-blown report on Globe Life. After Friendly Bear talked about it during Sohn, the stock did not move much, but now, with Fuzzy&amp;#39;s report, the shares tanked over 50% in one day. This is mainly to do with bombshell allegations of rampant insurance fraud at the firm. Night Market Research also saw relative early success with their …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:42:27 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w15-4/</guid><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W14</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w14-5/</link><description>This week, we have registered eight new major short calls. The increased number of shorts is mostly due to the Sohn conference, in which two activists shared their brand new ideas. Friendly Bear talked about their new short idea, and Bleecker shared their view on a plastics company that is allegedly organically declining without many alternatives. Outside of the conference, we noted a new campaign by White Diamond, who is again cleaning up …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:09:04 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/04/activist-shorts-weekly-w14-5/</guid><enclosure length="36593" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w13-51.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item><item><title>Activist Shorts Weekly W11</title><link>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/03/activist-shorts-weekly-w11-4/</link><description>This week, we have registered two new major short calls. Hindenburg came out with its fourth campaign this year. As per usual, the heavy hitter delivered right from the start. Hindenburg alleged that the Polish company, LPP is dealing with Russia despite the war and sanctions. The shares are down as much as 37% on the first day of the report. Spruce Point targeted Enfusion, a tech company serving the financial sector, due to …</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">BreakoutPoint</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:38:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://breakoutpoint.com/blog/2024/03/activist-shorts-weekly-w11-4/</guid><enclosure length="37040" type="image/png" url="http://breakoutpoint.com/media/public/blog/activist-shorts-weekly-w11-41.png"></enclosure><category>Activist Shorts</category></item></channel></rss>