Ciena & Fabrinet: The Road Ahead for Optics
Ciena and Fabrinet benefit as AI clusters require high-speed optics within and between data centers, through networking systems and contract manufacturing respectively.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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AltayCap on X
@rubicon59 Problem is $APP is in the "this might be a total scam" bucket. If it's not, yeah it's cheap. I'm not so sure. Could be wrong, but it never smelled right to me.
Lee Roach on X
You guys are sleeping on $GME https://t.co/i9EzDPRTz1
Barbarian Capital on X
GoDaddy receives takeover offer from maker of Norton antivirus software $GDDY https://t.co/mVxICV9LMa
Barbarian Capital on X
Darden Restaurants Posts Sales Gains but Profit Slips on Higher Expenses $DRI https://t.co/gf0C60Y1T6
Barbarian Capital on X
Anthropic to Pay Akamai Technologies $11.6 Billion Over Seven Years for Cloud Services $AKAM https://t.co/6XA7oSbTvM
Barbarian Capital on X
"an unusual turn of events that comes just after People withdrew its own bid to buy the casino and resort company" MGM Resorts Eyeing Bid for Barry Diller’s People Incorporated $MGM https://t.co/FjkNJ0r1PJ
SG on X
$DUOL as if the prior insider sales this month were not enough, Luis von Ahn just filed a form 144 revealing another $6.8m in sales. https://t.co/OMjQfsw4qd
A Capital on X
@AncientSion Rates bro, rates. The irony is that $FSLR gets lumped into the generic “rates up = solar down” trade, even though $FSLR itself is not a levered solar-project owner/developer...
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All letters- Protean Funds August 2026 BVNKF $2.5B
- Janus Henderson Investors July 2026 NXT $12BTKOMY $98B
- Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V. July 2026 ALM $3.8BJXN $8.8B
- Asset Value Investors Ltd July 2026 UNVGY $26B
- PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. July 2026 AUTO $4.6BGNRC $12B
- Kernow Asset Management July 2026 CKNHF $2.1BCMCX $2.5B
- Lindsell Train Limited July RMVEY $3.3BLDNXF $52B
- Protean Funds July 2026 EVGGF $15B
A special situation with a 23% spread (110% IRR) by Q4 2026. Where the worst-case scenario is the deal closing and upside is higher if it doesn’t
ZIM’s proposed deal carries a claimed 23% spread and 110% IRR by Q4 2026, with Q3 and Q4 dividends potentially raising returns if closing…
Research Roundup Vol. LIII
Micron’s customer agreements, Analog Devices’ acquisitions, Ondas’ GATE deal and Baker Hughes’ power systems position them for AI…
SiTime: Wall Street May Be Underestimating Its Growth
SiTime’s MEMS timing portfolio, Renesas acquisition and 1.6T transition are positioned to drive growth and margin expansion as supply…
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$FOUR: Shift4 at 6.5x EBITDA. Is the organic growth real? | Emeth Value Capital
Shift4 trades at 6.5x EBITDA despite 11% reported organic growth, with Shift4 Dine equipment leases cited as evidence of net-new merchant…
CoreWeave, Inc (CRWV)
CoreWeave funds GPU data-center expansion with debt backed by $104 billion in contracted revenue, while GPU cloud rentals generate roughly…
Analog Semiconductor Smorgasbord, Feat. TXN, ON, VSH
Texas Instruments, ON Semiconductor and Vishay are rated Accumulate on rising robotics demand for analog, power and discrete chips after a…
Monte Investments Market Brief Vol. CXXVIII
Firefly Aerospace grew backlog to $1.5 billion, won two 2028 lunar missions and acquired Space-ng for autonomous navigation across its Blue…
Cellebrite (CLBT) Management Meeting: The Road Ahead
Cellebrite converts more than 110% of EBITDA into free cash flow and trades at 12.5 times free cash flow, with management targeting 15% or…
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…
Reddit's Valuation Is A Compelling Opportunity: Upgrading To Strong Buy
Reddit’s subreddit-driven communities support targeted advertising, and its 0.3 PEG ratio makes RDDT undervalued, according to the upgrade…
Fountainhead 4 clicks
RGLD · long Royal Gold INC
Royal Gold, a $19 billion precious-metals royalty and streaming company, benefits from mine production without operating mines directly.
Quick Value #318 - Campbell's (CPB)
Campbell's trades at 10-11x earnings and a 7% yield after shares fell over 50%, while 4x leverage, weaker volumes and margin pressure…
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.
Everyone Bought the Shovels
Element Solutions sells consumable chipmaking chemistry, with a $75 target from $44 based on an AI-driven semiconductor-materials rerating.
The Cheapest Toll Road in the AI Economy?
A U.S. last-mile telecom network trades at 3.9x trailing earnings and 5.7x TEV/EBITDA, with AI traffic growth, capex normalization, merger…
ASR: Sureste Airports Soaring To 50%+ Upside, Market Is Missing The New Assets
Sureste Airports’ 20-airport Motiva acquisition and U.S. concessions are set to lift EBITDA, while shares trade at 7x forward EBITDA.
Under The Hood - Rollins ($ROL)
Rollins ($ROL) pairs automatically renewing pest-control contracts with route density and family-business acquisitions, producing 24…
A Hardware Multiple on a Software Powerhouse
A software powerhouse posts a record quarter while trading at a 52-week low, raising a valuation disconnect between its business model and…
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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