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Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Pharmaceutical: Part II - CiRA, Dr. Yamanaka, and the undisclosed history of image duplication concerns
SUMMARY Sumitomo Pharma targets 350 billion JPY in iPs revenue, including from Amchepry The Center for iPS Cell Research & Application (CiRA) is SP’s research partner CIRA is IPS cells supplier for the Amchepry trials, conducts the trials + research CiRA is paid by Sumitomo Pharma, with a relationship since 2011. Sumitomo Pharma is going all-in on CiRA while Takeda recently terminated its 10 year partnership with CiRA. There are two well documented cases of fraud involving Ci
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Aug 71 min read
Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Pharmaceutical (tickers: 4005, 4506): The ¥116 billion Swiss Shuffle
GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS Sumi Pharma’s FY2025 financial statements are misstated by 116-165 billion. Financial statements will be restated and the Company will face an investigation. Pharma manipulates receivables to fuel Pharma and Chemical’s profits. Without these, earnings collapse, and Chemical’s FY2025 Leverage is closer to 10x rather than 3x. Shares of both Chemical and Pharma are uninvestable, and face 50%-100% downside risk. SUMMARY OF THE BASES OF OPINIONS Sum
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Aug 42 min read
Carvana: New Information Reveals that BridgeCrest is the lienholder - CVNA must explain How and How Much
We have on-the-record evidence of Carvana stating that Bridgecrest, not itself, is the lienholder, on cars that Carvana sold. We have identified 34 new vehicles/VINs that Carvana sold, and where Bridgecrest is the ultimate lienholder. Detailed lienholder history records reveal that Bridgecrest, not CVNA, is the most recent lienholder, of the original 34 vehicles/VINs discussed in our previous report. CVNA sells cars without title, and issues temporary plates to customers from
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Feb 181 min read


Carvana: Bridgecrest and the Undisclosed Transactions and Debts
GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS CVNA 2023-2024 earnings are overstated by $1 billion+, and far more dependent on related parties than disclosed. DriveTime’s leverage fuels CVNA Adj EBITDA. Without DriveTime credit, CVNA earnings collapse, and CVNA Adjusted EBITDA doesn’t cover its interest expense. CVNA 2025 10K will be delayed, 2023/2024 10Ks restated, BLAST ABS restated, & Grant Thornton will resign as auditor. CVNA and DriveTime creditors’ ability and willingness to fund t
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Jan 282 min read
The Dark Side of Iron Mountain: from a Melting Ice Cube, to a House on Fire
GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS IRM manipulates adjusted leverage & EBITDA to artificially reduce reported leverage to 5x when we calculate it as 9x. IRM is under scrutiny from government agencies and facing lawsuits over its suspect accounting and exploitative business practices. We expect these to intensify. Should our estimate of IRM’s true leverage and cash flow be correct, IRM will face higher financing costs and/or a dividend cut. we believe shares are uninvestible. We
Gotham City Research LLC
Nov 19, 20252 min read
Landbridge Holdings: Questions for Management and How the Bulls’ Related Party Math Does Not Add Up
Dear LB Management, Chair of the Board David Capobianco, and the LB Board: Related Party Data Center Revenue Question – How exactly did...
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Aug 6, 20252 min read
The Truth about TPL, Horizon, and the Asset/Liability Mismatch
GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS TPL stock is up over 4x since 2019 due to forced, price insensitive buyers and misplaced confidence in...
Gotham City Research LLC
Jul 24, 20252 min read
Landbridge Holdings ("LB"): A Related Party Dance, with a Circular Shuffle
GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS We believe 16%-55% of LB revenues are artificially boosted by related parties, so that insiders can sell...
Gotham City Research LLC
Jul 24, 20252 min read
Kyndryl and its Deliberately Misleading Statement
Gotham City Research believes that Kyndryl is trying to fool most of the people, all of the time. We explain how and why in the following:
Gotham City Research LLC
Mar 28, 20251 min read
Kyndryl – A Melting Ice Cube with a Consulting Mirage Part II
1. "So when they say the revenue for consulting is growing … there's nothing to back it up," Noah claimed. We're told Kyndryl is just...
Gotham City Research LLC
Mar 27, 20251 min read
Kyndryl – Like the old IBM*, except with an Undisclosed Cost Problem: Part I
GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS • KD manipulates reported Adj EBITDA + Adj. FCF to artificially give the appearance that it generates...
Gotham City Research LLC
Mar 27, 20252 min read
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA – Research Report
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: At the time of publication of this Report, GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH LLC, General Industrial Partners LLP, and their...
Gotham City Research LLC
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Grifols SA: The BPC Value Transfer (a.k.a. How an advance payment becomes a loan, Part II)
Gotham City Research published Grifols SA: How an advance payment becomes a loan Part I on March 6th 2024, which detailed how we believe...
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May 14, 20241 min read
Grifols SA: How an advance payment becomes a loan Part I
Gotham City Research published Grifols SA: Focus on Related Parties and Corporate Governance on 20 February 2024, which primarily...
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
Grifols SA: Focus on Related Parties and Corporate Governance
Gotham City Research released Grifols SA: Scranton and the Undisclosed Debts on Tuesday, January 19, 2024. Grifols in turn responded with...
Gotham City Research LLC
Feb 20, 20241 min read
Grifols SA: Scranton and the Undisclosed Debts
Summary of Our Opinions: GRF manipulates reported debt & EBITDA to artificially reduce reported leverage to 6x which we believe is closer...
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Jan 9, 20241 min read
Response to the SES Imagotag July 10 Press Release
On July 7, we published Part II of our report, and the Company provided their detailed response to Part II on July 10. We would like to...
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Sep 11, 20231 min read
Response to the SES Imagotag June 26 Press Release
On June 22, we published Part I of our report, and the Company provided their detailed response to Part I on June 26. We would like to...
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Jul 28, 20231 min read
SES Imagotag: The Fish Rots from the Head – Part II
SUMMARY OF GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS AND SUPPORTING OBSERVATIONS We find SES IMAGOTAG's executive management and board of directors...
Gotham City Research LLC
Jul 7, 20232 min read
SES Imagotag (SESL): THE CIRCULAR DANCE WITH A CHINESE TWIRL – PART I
SUMMARY OF GOTHAM CITY RESEARCH’S OPINIONS AND SUPPORTING OBSERVATIONS BOE is the largest shareholder, largest supplier, one of the...
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Jun 22, 20231 min read
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