Muddy Waters Research
| Muddy Waters Capital LLC | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Investment management |
| Founder | Carson Block |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States |
Key people | |
| AUM | $227 Million |
Number of employees | 7+ |
| Website | www |
Muddy Waters Research LLC is an American investment research firm known for activist short selling. It was founded in 2010 by investor Carson Block. The firm publishes due‑diligence reports on publicly traded companies and, through its affiliated investment adviser Muddy Waters Capital LLC, often takes positions consistent with its research.
It has exposed accounting problems and fraud at several companies, primarily in China but also in other countries in Asia, Europe and North America.