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Activist investors make Wall Street 'efficient': Starboard CEO

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Activist investors make Wall Street 'efficient': Starboard CEO Starboard Value managing member, CEO, and chief investment officer Jeffrey Smith is among the most influential activist investors on Wall Street…
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  • Salesforce is going to be an AI beneficiary and is still focused on profit margins

    80% confidence

  • Salesforce's rule of 40 score has improved materially since Starboard's engagement

    80% confidence

  • Activism is going to make the overall market more efficient

    80% confidence

  • Darden had better brands and assets than peers but worse margins and multiples when Starboard invested

    80% confidence

  • Starboard Value oversees more than $9 billion today

    80% confidence

  • The Kenvue management team may not be best suited to create value after the J&J spinoff

    80% confidence

  • The biggest impact of activism is lighting a fire under management teams to do more faster than they would have otherwise

    80% confidence

  • The Kimberly-Clark and Kenvue organizational structures overlap beautifully with similar geographic P&L structures

    80% confidence

  • Starboard Value was a $3 billion hedge fund when it moved on Darden in December 2013

    80% confidence

  • Dealing with COVID was massively stressful for portfolio management and overall operations

    80% confidence

  • Kimberly-Clark is further along than Kenvue in digital and newer marketing transitions

    80% confidence

  • There is no big change in brand trust affecting Tylenol sales despite autism concerns

    80% confidence

  • The fit between Kimberly Clark and Kenvue is probably better than people think

    80% confidence

  • The complete board replacement at Darden was the only time it's ever been done for a Fortune 500 company and won't be done again

    80% confidence

  • Corporate America has been more active than before Starboard started, making changes faster due to activism

    80% confidence

  • Kenvue has the best brands in consumer health but had lower margins, growth rate, and multiples than peers

    80% confidence
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