Pershing Square Challenge 2026 runner-ups on Baker Hughes $BKR

Team Baker Hughes, the second-place finishers in the 2026 Pershing Square Challenge, discuss their Baker Hughes thesis and why they believe the market hasn't fully appreciated the company's evolution from a cyclical oil field services business. They discuss how the long runway for the IET business, and they back their thesis up with 30+ expert calls, a trip to the Western Turbine Users conference, and a sum-of-the-parts case that leans on growth, not multiple expansion.

See the team's full pitch deck here

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Chapters

0:00 Intro and sponsor

2:21 Meet Team Baker Hughes

4:39 Why they backed into Baker Hughes

6:56 Watching the stock run from $45 to $65 mid-pitch

7:21 The differentiated work: 30+ expert calls and the turbine conference

8:27 The two businesses: oil field services vs. industrial energy technology

10:10 What the market is missing on the IET transformation

12:56 Is this just another cycle? The chart hit $65 three times

13:59 Why this gas turbine cycle is structurally different

17:01 AI as a distraction: onshoring and electrification

17:51 The installed base flywheel and recurring service revenue

21:13 The three turbine segments and the supply chain squeeze

23:34 Honoring 70-year customers vs. mercenary pricing

27:44 Valuation: a sum-of-the-parts story, not a multiple story

29:36 The Chart acquisition: can they really double their money?

34:56 The GE merger history and the GE Aero Alliance today

38:27 Management, alignment, and insider ownership

42:41 The C3 AI anecdote and wrap-up

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