Monte Investments Market Brief Vol. CXXXII
CoreWeave and neocloud peers face financing pressure, but sold-out GPU capacity and rising H100 and B200 rental rates support continued AI data-center investment.
CoreWeave and neocloud peers face financing pressure, but sold-out GPU capacity and rising H100 and B200 rental rates support continued AI data-center investment.
$JRVR ~4x multiple. Below adjusted book of circa $6.68 per share, activist, E&S is a good niche, mgmt rationalizing for economics. This one has messed up bad many times in the past and probably deservedly has a horrible reputation https://t.co/CD2VZ19KO0
$ARKO Trading below the value of it's stake in $APC, transferring to asset light business model, targeting 10% dividend https://t.co/kDZ2zPoIkm
$ADMA Profitable small cheap biotech with 3 FDA approvals accelerated stock repurchase plan https://t.co/jVbFVNKBA5
$FOUR
@LionelPutz I think $NKE has the right leadership now but $LULU has nike's old executive !
Stocks that need activists: $ATGN: Had yrs. to execute turnaround + monetize $FISV & new offerings. No buybacks/insider purchases. $PBSV: Yrs. of no growth + underutilized cash-rich balance sheet. Special divys are a start, but bought back only 4K shares this yr. Any others?
Joke Of The Week award goes to $UPXI👇 Year end “highlights” from press release: - Repurchased 2.9M shares. - Subsequent to fiscal year-end, issued 2.5M shares under the company’s at-the-market program. Punch line: Now that’s what capital allocation looks like baby!
@JNtrades perma heavy on $HOOD
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Nebius reported Q2 revenue growth of 454% and $3 billion ARR, targeting 5GW of AI capacity by 2030 after a Palantir partnership.
AppLovin rebuilt its ad model with AXON 2.0, lifting LTM revenue to about $7 billion and margins to 77% as Unity competition threatens ad…
Lanxess can force Advent to buy at least half its Envalior stake in April 2028, potentially raising about €745 million to reduce net debt.
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Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry and CFO Kevin Rubin discuss the cybersecurity company’s growth prospects and valuation.
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Wells Fargo’s Q3 EPS beat and $12.5 billion net interest income failed to move shares, while WFC.PZ preferreds yield 7.10%.
Semtech raised Q3 guidance and targets $3.2 billion of fiscal 2030 revenue, excluding upside from its AI data-center optical and copper…
DigitalOcean’s CEO says the cloud company will not take on extraordinary leverage to fund its AI push.
Optical-component vendor call covers 800G and 1.6T demand, AI cluster optical density, market share, pricing and 2027 growth for Coherent,…
PayPal’s 10.3x forward earnings multiple and more than $6 billion in free cash flow frame a turnaround driven by cost cuts, Venmo and BNPL…
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