Customized Investment Research for Hedge Funds

Our approach

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New Investments

Stax’s equity research informs critical investment decisions, providing public investors with customized, proprietary and objective view of the markets and target companies of interest.

Stax answers critical investor questions with customized primary research and data not available in traditional sell-side research:


Market opportunity segmentation

Customer alignment needs mapping, vendor alignment and outlook by segment

Competitive positioning and differentiation

Right-to-win against competitors

Growth opportunities, sequencing, and prioritization


We conduct interviews with industry experts, customers, and other stakeholders to build a robust fact-base of proprietary insights that provides hedge funds with the confidence to establish a new investment position.

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New investments

Market Dislocation

Stax’s customized market research unpacks evolving market, customer, and competitive dynamics to understand likely growth outcomes and empower hedge funds to take advantage of market volatility.

Stax’s primary research identifies opportunities within high-volatility macro conditions that offer investors an edge over traditional sell-side research, including:


Valuation discounts

Up-to-date investment theses

Insulated downside risk


Hedge funds can capitalize on market dislocations by understanding which assets are only temporarily underperforming, enabling them to react quickly and enhance returns.

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IPOs

Stax's scaled primary research provides deep insights into private companies’ markets, growth drivers, and critical risks to growth, enabling hedge funds to discern attractive opportunities for early investment.

Our research helps hedge funds evaluate private companies that are expected to go public by analyzing:

Customer stability

Growth opportunities

Competitive dynamics


We conduct interviews with customers, competitive leadership, channel partners, and other relevant stakeholders in addition to analyzing secondary research and data to answer investors’ individual questions.

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IPOs
Holdings

Holdings

As macro positions and competitive dynamics change, Stax helps hedge funds re-evaluate their investment positions.

Our recurring research is completed on a quarterly basis and empowers hedge funds to pivot or validate current positions by:


Identifying on-the-ground shifts in customer, competitive, and macro dynamics

Counter-pointing sell-side research with voice-of-customer primary


Hedge funds can update investment strategies with greater speed and accuracy when they have a direct view into customer and competitive behaviors. 

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Stax's approach to customized investment research for hedge funds.

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