Latest Research & Analysis

25-Oct-2018 - Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation – CTSH:  In reviewing Cognizant’s recurring disclosures on a now-protracted SEC/FCPA investigation, there are two subtleties that caught our attention, if not concern us.  We break them down in today’s report. To access the SEC...

25-Oct-2018 - Federated Investors, Inc. – FII:  Added to Watch List of Companies with Undisclosed SEC Investigations.  Given the heavily regulated nature of the business, it’s somewhat easy to dismiss an SEC investigation of a financial services company with the flawed assumption that...

23-Oct-2018 - Probes Reporter® research reports provide commentary and analysis on public company interactions with investors and with the SEC. They are heavily reliant on our expertise in using the Freedom of Information Act.  Companies in Today’s Research Update Encore Capital Group,...

23-Oct-2018 - Encore Capital Group, Inc. – ECPG:  We got one of those curious response patterns from the SEC where it first appeared there was an investigation, but the appeal response recently received suggests there is not.  Details and guidance for follow-up in today’s report. To...

23-Oct-2018 - Farmland Partners, Inc. – FPI:   Added to our Watch List of companies with undisclosed SEC investigations.  We are confident the SEC is investigating Farmland Partners over the Seeking Alpha article that ran in Jul-2018.  Critics may point to the fact the author...

23-Oct-2018 - International Bancshares Corporation – IBOC:  Removed from Watch List.  The record is clear that the management of IBOC kept investors in the dark over what newly released documents show was an expansive and formal two-year SEC investigation into the bank’s loan portfolio....

23-Oct-2018 - T-Mobile US, Inc. – TMUS:  Removed from Watch List.  We received documents that tell us T-Mobile had three undisclosed SEC investigations in recent years.  The documents aren’t especially helpful from an analytical perspective. But in this case, the meta-data we...

23-Oct-2018 - No SEC Investigative Activity:  As of the date of the response in the table within today's report, we received information from the SEC to suggest the absence of recent SEC investigative activity on 168 companies. To access the full report, click on the PDF (only visible when...

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