The Zephirin Group, Inc.

The Zephirin Group, Inc. is widely recognized as a world-leading independent investment research firm. The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times/StarMine, and FactSet Research have consistently ranked The Zephirin Group as an industry leader, naming the firm among the world’s top analysts for earnings forecasts and stock-picking accuracy. The firm has appeared on the Top 5 Star Analyst List every year from 2008 through 2025 YTD and is consistently featured on CNBC and Yahoo Finance for its market insights and analysis.

The Zephirin Group provides comprehensive research and advisory services across multiple areas, including equity research, fixed income research, corporate finance, quantitative research, and index research for financial services firms; business research, company profiling, and industry studies for corporate clients; and data analytics, risk analytics, benchmark analytics, financial modeling, and valuation services for data services firms. The firm covers small-, mid-, and large-cap under-valued and under-followed global equities and delivers both institutional and sponsored research services.

Additional offerings include pre-IPO research and reports, boutique advisory services such as mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt raising, and specialized advisory in energy and real estate sectors. The Zephirin Group combines top-down and bottom-up fundamental research and provides consulting on listing requirements, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and investor communications.

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA): Eyes on Double 11 – PO €0.50…!

>Trading Call. We are maintaining our BUY HIGH RISK rating on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA) and our PO of €0.50, based on a discounted gross profit (DGP) model using a 9.0% WACC and a 40.0x terminal value, which represents the mid-point of the peer range. >Eyes on Double 11. The Double 11 (Singles Day) shopping festival is set to run from October 9 through November 11, spanning 34 days—making it the world’s longest shopping event. Over this period, we forecast GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume) gr...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA): Growth momentum – €1…!

>Trading Call. We are maintaining our BUY HIGH RISK recommendation on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA) with a price objective of €1.00 per share. We continue to recommend accumulating the shares on any weakness. >Growth Momentum. Azurene and the SystemLS brand’s growth momentum in APAC aligns with rising demand for alternative wellness products. The brands have gained strong market traction and are poised for significant sales growth with robust margins by 2025. Continued product expansion and de...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

ALRPD.PA: Rebalance upward – €1…!

>Trading Call. We are maintaining our BUY on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA), however, we are adjusting our risk rating to HIGH from SPECULATIVE. Our price objective of €1.00 per share is unchanged. Month-to-date, the shares are up by 68%, outperforming the peer group that is down by 2% and the Euronext 100 that is up by 1.9%, respectively. We recommend accumulate the shares on weakness. >Rebalance Upward. Following the termination of the second tranche of the Atlas convertible loan, the compa...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

ALRPD.PA: Brand value enhance - €1...!

Maintaining Investment Rating. We are reiterating our BUY SPECULATIVE RISK on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA) and our price objective of €1.00 per share. Plant Based. 2024 is off to a good start as we are seeing the benefits of the acquisition the company did 2 years ago. The Plant-Based Bundle acquisition, which was acquired 2 years ago for approximately $500.0k, is a win-win for the company. The segment generated $976.8k in total revenue in 2023, equating to approximately 59.0% of total reve...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

JDE Peet’s N.V. (JDEP.AS) Momentum pick – BUY…!

Rating Changed. With this brief note, we are adjusting our investment rating to BUY MEDIUM RISK from SELL HIGH RISK on JDE Peet’s N.V. (JDEP.AS), and we are adjusting our price objective to €25 from €22/shr. YTD, the shares are down by approximately 22.0%, and we believe that the shares are attractive at their current level; thus, we recommend accumulating the shares despite the low float of 22.9%. Growing Consumption Rate. Worldwide, JDE Peet’s coffee is consumed at a rate of 4,100-4,500 cup...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA): Eyes on Double 11 – PO €0.50…!

>Trading Call. We are maintaining our BUY HIGH RISK rating on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA) and our PO of €0.50, based on a discounted gross profit (DGP) model using a 9.0% WACC and a 40.0x terminal value, which represents the mid-point of the peer range. >Eyes on Double 11. The Double 11 (Singles Day) shopping festival is set to run from October 9 through November 11, spanning 34 days—making it the world’s longest shopping event. Over this period, we forecast GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume) gr...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA): Growth momentum – €1…!

>Trading Call. We are maintaining our BUY HIGH RISK recommendation on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA) with a price objective of €1.00 per share. We continue to recommend accumulating the shares on any weakness. >Growth Momentum. Azurene and the SystemLS brand’s growth momentum in APAC aligns with rising demand for alternative wellness products. The brands have gained strong market traction and are poised for significant sales growth with robust margins by 2025. Continued product expansion and de...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

ALRPD.PA: Rebalance upward – €1…!

>Trading Call. We are maintaining our BUY on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA), however, we are adjusting our risk rating to HIGH from SPECULATIVE. Our price objective of €1.00 per share is unchanged. Month-to-date, the shares are up by 68%, outperforming the peer group that is down by 2% and the Euronext 100 that is up by 1.9%, respectively. We recommend accumulate the shares on weakness. >Rebalance Upward. Following the termination of the second tranche of the Atlas convertible loan, the compa...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

ALRPD.PA: Brand value enhance - €1...!

Maintaining Investment Rating. We are reiterating our BUY SPECULATIVE RISK on Rapid Nutrition PLC (ALRPD.PA) and our price objective of €1.00 per share. Plant Based. 2024 is off to a good start as we are seeing the benefits of the acquisition the company did 2 years ago. The Plant-Based Bundle acquisition, which was acquired 2 years ago for approximately $500.0k, is a win-win for the company. The segment generated $976.8k in total revenue in 2023, equating to approximately 59.0% of total reve...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

JDE Peet’s N.V. (JDEP.AS) Momentum pick – BUY…!

Rating Changed. With this brief note, we are adjusting our investment rating to BUY MEDIUM RISK from SELL HIGH RISK on JDE Peet’s N.V. (JDEP.AS), and we are adjusting our price objective to €25 from €22/shr. YTD, the shares are down by approximately 22.0%, and we believe that the shares are attractive at their current level; thus, we recommend accumulating the shares despite the low float of 22.9%. Growing Consumption Rate. Worldwide, JDE Peet’s coffee is consumed at a rate of 4,100-4,500 cup...

Lenny Zephirin
  • Lenny Zephirin

Oil & Gas: OPEC, Market is Wrong...!

Hiccup. While OPEC members have gone through several hiccups the past 43-years, however, total oil production is up by 10.3% from 1974. Ex-Iraq, oil production is up only by 2% from 1974. OPEC market share currently stands at an estimated 36% in July vs. 43% in 2016 and 51% in 1974. OPEC historical low market share was 27.6% in 1985.

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