Hindenburg Research

Hindenburg Research LLC
Hindenburg Research
Company typePrivate
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
FounderNathan Anderson
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
Number of employees
9 (2022)[1]
Websitehindenburgresearch.com Edit this on Wikidata

Hindenburg Research LLC is a U.S. investment research firm with a focus on activist short-selling founded by Nathan Anderson in 2017.[2][3][4] Named after the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, which they characterize as a human-made avoidable disaster,[5] the firm generates public reports via its website that allege corporate fraud and malfeasance.[6] Companies that have been the subjects of their reports include Super Micro Computer,[7] Adani Group, Nikola,[8] Clover Health,[9] Block, Inc.,[10] Kandi,[11] Lordstown Motors,[12] and Roblox Corporation.[13] These reports also feature defenses of the practice of short-selling and explanations of how short-sells can "play a critical role in exposing fraud and protecting investors."[14]

  1. ^ Warner, Bernhard (22 October 2022). "An Activist Short Seller Gets His Day in Court". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Warner, Bernhard (3 December 2020). "Little Big Shorts: How tiny 'activist' firms became sheriffs in the stock market's Wild West". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  3. ^ Mandl, Carolina (27 January 2023). "Explainer: Who is behind Hindenburg, the company that is shorting Adani?". Reuters.
  4. ^ Ludlow, Edward; Burton, Katherine (26 January 2023). "Hindenburg vs Adani: The Short Seller Taking on Asia's Richest Person". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  5. ^ "About us". hindenburgresearch.com. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2021. We view the Hindenburg as the epitome of a man-made, totally avoidable disaster. Almost 100 people were loaded onto a balloon filled with the most flammable element in the universe. This was despite dozens of earlier hydrogen-based aircraft meeting with similar fates.
  6. ^ "'They'd Find company, company, company.'". Institutional Investor. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  7. ^ "Super Micro Stock Falls as August Selloff Steepens. A Short-Seller Report Is the Latest Bad News". Barrons. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  8. ^ "Short seller Hindenburg Research renews attack on Nikola (Update)". FreightWaves. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. ^ "Hindenburg Research Goes After 'Wall Street Celebrity Promoter' Chamath Palihapitiya". Institutional Investor. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  10. ^ Michael J. de la Merced (23 March 2023). "Short Seller Accuses Jack Dorsey's Block of Facilitating Fraud". The New York Times.
  11. ^ GmbH, finanzen net. "Chinese automaker Kandi plunges nearly 30% after short-seller Hindenburg accused it of fabricating sales to raise $160 million from US investors". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  12. ^ "Lordstown Motors' shares slump after Hindenburg takes short position". www.reuters.com. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  13. ^ "Bombshell report claims Roblox is 'pedophile hellscape'". fortune.com. 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  14. ^ "Hindenburg Research Launches Defense of Short Selling". Morning Brew. Retrieved 2021-02-07.