Friday, September 25, 2026

This Week in Special Situations: Cooper Companies, Sturm Ruger, Grab Holdings, Boston Omaha

Special-situations survey flags Cooper’s $3 billion buyback, Grab’s $900 million repurchase, and Beretta’s $44.80 partial tender for Sturm…

Pioneer Bancorp Has One Too Many Red Flags

Pioneer Bancorp’s acquisitions lifted loans 13.6% and Q2 net interest margin to 4.30%, but expenses, weaker profitability ratios and a…

PBFS $446M

SA Crimson And Gold Research Sep 17 4 clicks

The Groupon Turnaround — Dušan Šenkypl & Rana Kashyap | Ep. 3

Groupon CEO Dušan Šenkypl and CFO Rana Kashyap discuss rebuilding the local-experiences marketplace with AI infrastructure, better…

Independence Realty Buying Centerspace: Opportunity And Implications

Independence Realty Trust is buying Centerspace in stock to create an $8.1 billion apartment REIT, targeting 5% 2027 Core FFO per-share…

CSR $916M

SA Dane Bowler Sep 11

Sofwave Medical: Lifting Skin While the Beauty Sector Sags

Sofwave Medical grew Q2 revenue 43% as recurring usage fees reached 46% of sales for its non-invasive ultrasound skin-tightening devices.

Zack Buckley on $PRTH's take private

Priority Technology’s chairman offered $6.00 to $6.15 a share to take PRTH private, while Zack Buckley argues Treasury Solutions and…

(Idea) GeoPark’s Venezuela Deal Creates More Upside—And A More Difficult Valuation

GeoPark’s Bare Block acquisition targets $1.2 billion of 2030 EBITDA, but 42.1 million to 47.6 million new shares and Gilinski control…

ContextLogic Acquires gChem (LOGC): Update and Valuation

ContextLogic will acquire specialty-solvent maker gChem for $850 million, funded by a $650 million rights offering and $250 million of…

Kodiak AI: The Stock Collapsed Just As The Business Started Working

Kodiak AI’s stock collapse coincides with a planned year-end long-haul driverless launch, while cash burn, customer concentration and…

KDK $336M

SA High Alpha Professor Sep 8 1 click

Build a Bear Workshop

Build-A-Bear Workshop, the toy retailer.

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Allot LTD

GCI Liberty (GLIBK) Acquires Quintillion: What is John Malone up to?

GCI Liberty is acquiring Alaska’s Quintillion fiber network for $360 million, giving John Malone a platform to expand GLIBK beyond its…

Buyout Update for Hidden Rock Capital Names

RE/MAX’s $13.80-per-share Real Brokerage offer is capped at $80 million cash, implying roughly $11.40 of value at REAX’s $2.02 share price.

Forgive me Father, I have Sabled.

Sable Offshore restarted Santa Ynez oil flows under a Defense Production Act order, targeting 50,000 barrels daily and a path to 60,000…

Performance & Portfolio Update: Q1 2026

Portfolio update reports a 20.5% Q1 loss, led by WeightWatchers’ 61% decline, while adding Bumble, Oscar and Shift4.

AI turned my Report into a Video

Google’s NotebookLM turned a 30-page Douglas Dynamics report into an 8-minute video, while Custom GPTs screen earnings transcripts for…

Douglas Dynamics (PLOW): 50% Market Share, Earnings Rebound, Clear Catalyst | Special Report

Douglas Dynamics controls over 50% of North American professional snowplows; a strong 2025/26 winter and replacement demand are projected…

Call me crazy, I'm adding to a US apartment REIT

NexPoint Residential is being added despite weak multifamily performance, with insider ownership and a transaction-ready structure…

Lands’ End Into Next Week: A Re-Rate Catalyst Hiding Behind Tender Noise

Lands’ End’s March 19 results could clarify the WHP IP joint venture, debt paydown and retained stake, supporting a rerating beyond the…

Hallador Pt. 2 — "Massive" Data Center Incoming in Sullivan, IN? ($HNRG)

Hallador’s 1 GW Merom plant could supply a proposed 1,000-acre Sullivan County data center, with local filings and Stantec references tying…