Thursday, August 27, 2026

Late August 2026 Random Ramblings

Higher rates could compress equity multiples and raise AI data center lease costs, while UWMC and Cogent raise questions about CEO-driven capital allocation.

UWMC $2.3BCCOI $495M

Yet Another Value Podcast Aug 27 14 clicks

Aug 27 VRRM $696M

The Verra Sneerer (NASDAQ:VRRM)

The Oak Bloke 8 clicks

Aug 27 NVDA $5.2T

Nvidia Climbing the Wall of Worries

MBI Deep Dives 7 clicks

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@marginofdanger Jul 4 2 clicks

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Is anyone looking at these busted digital treasury companies? A quick glance suggests a bunch of them are trading at 50%+ discounts to NAV with otherwise clean balance sheets. Will they all merge in stock for stock deals? Or convert into ETFs? $BRR $XXI $BMNR

@marginofdanger Jul 3 1 click

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$QUCT ranch for sale for $75 million: https://t.co/dOfoTwB6ly

@LaughingH20Cap Jul 2 5 clicks

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@darkstarsats @JoesAutopen @cfrischer1 @CalgaryLeveen @mil01425146 @SteveCrowley Probably for the same reason the opposition has submitted reports that need to break the laws of physics in order to suggest interference. $NN

@TimyanBankAlert Jul 2 1 click

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Regions Financial $RF buys investment bank in latest bolt-on https://t.co/Lb11zJT8vY

@BrokenMoats Jul 2

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A lot of cross currents in themes/stocks trading contra day to day in the market. But probably not a coincidence the $2B ASR period ended June 30th for $BSX (on the lows) and now you see one of the bigger bounces the stock has experienced throughout this selloff.....maybe it does not stick, but BSX < $45 has been and remains quite compelling

@BrokenMoats Jul 1

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$hood perps announcement today is leverage^3 .......what could go wrong? perhaps some lessons from the bucket shops, and leverage dynamics of the 29' crash should be heeded. Their GoT theatrical announcement today and the $BX Taylor swift Christmas videos are going to age extremely well when the cycle busts

@mavix_leon Jul 1 1 click

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Leatt $LEAT announced that it has partnered with Cardo Systems, a US-based leader in wireless communications for powersports, on Cardo Venture, a new off-road helmet integrating Cardo Systems’ wireless real-time mesh communication system into Leatt’s innovative MOTO 8.5 Helmet. https://t.co/Vp9iwD6UhW

@BrokenMoats Jul 1

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$DVA not sure exactly whats behind the over 100% gain in shares this year, But at current levels near $230 a share the stock is almost 27x next years numbers (including net debt/per share basis). CMS initial rate for next year came in well below expectations at 1.1% (and while it can be moved higher that I still a considerable headwind). DVA still sits as one of the most negatively exposed to GLP1s and that should be a structural headwind that eats at volumes incrementally each year into the future Valuation and performance spread against their other public peer $FMS opened up significantly again (diverged at key points in recent years) -- FMS traded off 6% (after being weak for months) on the CMS announcement last week. DVA maybe because of the Buffett influence on float (high 40s% ownership) has traded very odd in recent years, but tends to ignore all news then violently reprice on earnings.

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BHVN 2026-08-27

Biohaven: Sale Of Opakalim Rights To SK Biopharmaceuticals Makes Sense On Many Levels

BHVN $2.2B

Edmund Ingham Aug 27 5 clicks

ACIW 2026-08-27

ACI Worldwide: An Undercovered Payments Compounder Getting Better

ACIW $5.4B

SiliconBytes Insights Aug 27 5 clicks

Domo (Arigato), for this potential multi-bagger options trade

Domo’s $400 million sale to Progress would leave a cash-rich public shell with $900 million of NOLs; January 2028 $5 calls cost 22 cents.

DOMO $184MPRGS $2.1B

Triple S Special Situations Investing Aug 27 7 clicks

MT 2026-08-27

ArcelorMittal: Regionalization Is Creating A Structurally Better Steel Company

MT $56B

Capital Connoisseur Aug 27 3 clicks

Nvidia’s Long-Term Margin Question

Nvidia faces questions over the durability of its long-term profit margins ahead of earnings.

NVDA $5.2T

MBI Deep Dives Aug 26 8 clicks

AMZN 2026-08-26

[scuttleslops] AI Data Center Economics, ADI, INTU, IDXX

AWS AI campuses cost $40–$45 billion per gigawatt, with Trainium 3 expected to lift compute per megawatt and improve infrastructure returns.

AMZN $2.8T

scuttleblurb Aug 26 9 clicks

Big Tech Off-Balance Sheet Concerns

Big Tech’s $3 trillion AI commitments are disclosed and largely long-dated, with nearly 60% of Amazon’s $650 billion commitments falling…

AMZN $2.8T

MBI Deep Dives Aug 25 9 clicks

$ELAL: El Al is a wartime monopoly at 2x EBITDA. Is that a trap? | ASB Partners

El Al trades near 2x EBITDA after wartime near-monopoly profits, with $1.3 billion of net cash and owned aircraft weighed against…

ELALF $3.4B

Yet Another Value Podcast Aug 20 16 clicks

CCC Is in the Middle of the Wreckage

CCC, the dominant auto physical-damage claims estimator, connects 27 of the top 30 insurers with 31,000 repair shops as takeout rumors…

CCC $4.5B

scuttleblurb Aug 20 21 clicks

Aloe Aloe Aloe what 'ave VERRA then?

Verra Mobility's new seven-year Avis agreement replaces a customer worth over 10% of revenue on materially worse economics, exposing…

VRRM $696M

The Oak Bloke Aug 20 19 clicks

Late August 2026 Random Ramblings

Higher rates threaten equity multiples and AI data-center economics, while UWMC and Cogent raise questions about CEO-driven capital…

UWMC $2.3BCCOI $495M

Yet Another Value Blog Aug 27 2 clicks

VRT 2026-08-27

Vertiv: AI's Physical Bottleneck Is Expanding Its Value Per Megawatt

VRT $102B

LL Insights Aug 27 3 clicks

FUFU 2026-08-27

BitFuFu: A $93 Million Liability No One Can Explain

FUFU $238M

Dorine Cherop Aug 27 1 click

GM 2026-08-27

General Motors: The Billion Mile Moat

GM $76B

Muhammad Cheema Aug 27 3 clicks

KGC 2026-08-27

Kinross Gold: The Buy Case Is Margin, Not Growth

KGC $39B

The Bullionaire Aug 27 4 clicks

TPC 2026-08-27

Tutor Perini: Q2 2026 Made My Strong Buy Case Stronger

TPC $4.6B

The Curious Analyst Aug 27 4 clicks

LGCY · long 2026-05-29

Legacy Education

Legacy Education operates six California campuses offering post-secondary nursing, physician assistant and surgical education.

LGCY $134M

Value Investors Club May 29 1 click

RGLD · long 2026-05-29

Royal Gold INC

Royal Gold, a $19 billion precious-metals royalty and streaming company, benefits from mine production without operating mines directly.

RGLD $22B

Value Investors Club May 29 1 click

CC · long 2026-05-29

the chemours inc.

Chemours (CC) is presented as a long investment in its three-segment specialty chemicals business.

CC $2.4B

Value Investors Club May 29 1 click

HGV · long 2026-05-29

Hilton Grand Vacations

Hilton Grand Vacations faces an inflection point in profitability growth and free cash flow generation.

HGV $3.4B

Value Investors Club May 29 1 click

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