Research Roundup Vol. LIII
Micron’s customer agreements, Analog Devices’ acquisitions, Ondas’ GATE deal and Baker Hughes’ power systems position them for AI infrastructure demand.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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Wall Street is sleeping on $GME https://t.co/x35RBIivhJ
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I'm not very interested in buying $MCD because I think they've lost their core competency, which is being efficient. Their product now costs a lot and isn't delivered nearly as quickly as Chick-fil-A.
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McDonald's CEO expects high inflation, flat traffic are not going away for restaurant industry $MCD https://t.co/ZIgM3fUPpK
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"displaying advertising for other companies on its digital drive-thru order boards as part of a pilot" Why McDonald's is following Walmart and Amazon into the advertising business $MCD https://t.co/eW0y5UCUnw
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General Mills Profit, Sales Slip as Turnaround Continues $GIS https://t.co/hCadtnVNZ8
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McDonald’s Pledges $8.5 Billion in Investments to Help Franchisees $MCD https://t.co/PoTrgnrK0A
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Disney Boosts Prices on Several Streaming Subscriptions $DIS https://t.co/X7Mv5pl7kh
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$PM $BTI $MO U.S. Regulators Plan Major Move to Speed Authorizations of Vapes, Tobacco Pouches https://t.co/aaQ7DSzIvP
Investor Letters
All letters- Janus Henderson Investors July 2026 KLAC $270BMCK $100B
- Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V. July 2026 SKHY $995B
- Asset Value Investors Ltd July 2026 UNVGY $26B
- PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. July 2026 GNRC $12B
- Lindsell Train Limited July LDNXF $52BSGGEF $12B
- Protean Funds July 2026 EVGGF $15BNVO $169B
- Broyhill Asset Management second quarter ACN $130BFCNCA $23B
- Artisan Partners Q2 2026 ALAB $62BAS $16B
Abbott: Quality Remains, But Exact Sciences Has Raised The Bar For Buy
Abbott’s Exact Sciences acquisition raises leverage, leaving Medical Devices’ 8% growth and 33.9% margin to carry cash flow until…
PV Research 1 click
Meta's Muse Could be Big Win for Innodata
Innodata's new Meta contract for long-horizon agent personalization ties the data company to Meta's Muse AI assistant, despite Meta's Scale…
Credo Technology: New Position in My Private Portfolio
Credo Technology was added at $170.54 after a 40% selloff, backed by its high-speed AECs and optical connectivity for AI data centers.
Copart's Return To Growth Starts Now: Adair's $1.9B Bet On ACV Auctions
Copart’s $1.9 billion ACV Auctions acquisition targets renewed growth, with EPS accretion expected by fiscal 2028 as insurance…
Robert J. Lake 2 clicks
GameStop Is Extreme Deep Value
GameStop's collectibles mix rose to 45% of sales as gross margin reached 44%, supporting a deep-value case built on cash and store…
Tempus AI: Data And Applications Will Unlock More Upside
Tempus AI’s Q2 oncology testing volumes rose 31%, while data and applications revenue grew 28% as its clinical data flywheel expands.
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Meta’s Muse Is No Sure Thing
Meta’s Muse AI agent drove an 11% share surge, but OpenAI, Google and Apple could erode its early consumer lead.
A2Gold: Research Note
A2Gold’s first Taylor drill holes returned 20.96 g/t AuEq over 1.5m and 209.4 g/t silver over 10.7m, alongside 141.10 g/t gold at…
[Emergency Lunch-Hour Market Memo] Coherent admits their CPO/NPO Laser is garbage + Cerebras delusional bonus roast
Coherent’s CPO/NPO laser misses 1 MHz effective-linewidth requirements, Irrational Analysis argues.
[CoStar] Homes are different
CoStar spent more than $1 billion building Homes.com to challenge Zillow, betting seller-agent leads, proprietary listing content and…
Intuit deep dive
Intuit’s QuickBooks, TurboTax and SMB ecosystem face AI-native challengers, tax-filing disruption and pressure on payroll and payments…
Deep Dive: Netflix ($NFLX)
Netflix's 325 million memberships and advertising business, guided to $3 billion of 2026 revenue, underpin a case for mid-teens…
Weekend Digest #346 (AVAL, SpaceX QQQ & Passive Indexing, CBOE Vs. Kalshi)
Grupo Aval has doubled from entry, with further upside tied to Colombia’s new government.
What I've Been Reading
Yesway, Dollar General and Expedia feature in a research roundup spanning convenience retail, discount stores and AI-driven travel search.
The Cheapest Toll Road in the AI Economy?
A U.S. last-mile telecom network trades at 3.9x trailing earnings and 5.7x TEV/EBITDA, with AI traffic growth, capex normalization, merger…
Maker of Men
James B. Duke built American Tobacco into a monopoly, then extended his legacy through Duke Power and the Duke Endowment.
Under The Hood - Rollins ($ROL)
Rollins ($ROL) pairs automatically renewing pest-control contracts with route density and family-business acquisitions, producing 24…
Coherent Lite Transceivers + AMD CPU Opportunity
Coherent lite transceivers could intensify InP demand, favor Marvell, and require nonmonolithic transmitter designs; the note also flags an…
Adobe
Adobe’s bear case is that generative AI breaks new-user habit formation, leaving its professional base sticky but aging as growth slows and…
Single Stock Spotlight #9: Fiserv (FISV)
Fiserv trades below 7 times 2026 earnings after a 60% decline, as new management resets guidance and seeks to stabilize its banking…
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