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VersaBank: The Bank Behind the Bank – How a Canadian Branchless Pioneer Wants to Make Asset-Backed Securities Obsolete

VersaBank uses cash holdbacks and put-backs to buy point-of-sale loan cash flows, with C$7 billion in assets and AI-enabled real-time funding aimed at displacing ABS.

Substack von Philipp Sep 26 5 clicks

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From X

@DeepSailCapital Sep 29 1 click

Deep Sail Capital on X

The Greenland trade is played for now. $GRML looks tired, but borrow still runs ~602%, with $GLND at ~684%. The pump may be fading. The squeeze risk hasn’t. Falling borrow fees + returning inventory would make the “party’s over” call much stronger. It would need another news pump item to reignite it.

@BarbarianCap Sep 29

Barbarian Capital on X

El Pollo Loco to open first New York restaurant as it aims to become national chicken chain $LOCO https://t.co/eNyH3J68ZR

@BarbarianCap Sep 29

Barbarian Capital on X

SoundThinking to Be Taken Private by Transom Capital Group $SSTI https://t.co/brH3rFt55S

@BrokenMoats Sep 29

Broken Moats on X

@buysidedigest @GHadjia The market has destroyed high leverage type businesses as rates have escalated. $PAR besides its business challenges staying relevant in a new AI world (still to be seen) is caught in the basket with names like XRAY, FOUR, CCOI, PZZA they have all been rapidly sold this month

@calvinblissett Sep 29

Calvin Blissett on X

@DeepValueStonks Hey, love your content have followed you for a while! Here is what I am using on $BMBL Owner's Earnings: https://t.co/i97SM6XWPs

@BrokenMoats Sep 29 1 click

Broken Moats on X

What a bailout for some of the concentrated players trapped in $SSTI. Don't understand the acquisition or how the pe firm will winout but congrats the concentrated layers who entered late last year and can now break even to even make a little money with the voucher. So much regulatory risk for a product that is not well liked, has well funded campaigns against and has not shown to be overly effective. Best of luck

@KEDM_COM Sep 29

KEDM.com on X

ProQR Therapeutics $PRQR CEO Daniel de Boer bought $513K across two separate purchases on July 7 and July 9, and a company director bought another $229.5K in late June (real money for a Dutch CEO). PRQR is a small-cap RNA-editing biotech backed by a major pharma partner: Eli Lilly. Their collaboration, running since 2021 and expanded in 2022, could pay ProQR up to $3.75 billion in milestones plus royalties, real validation for a company this size. The balance sheet just got stronger too: ProQR raised roughly $59 million in late June 2026, with Lilly buying in alongside the public offering to keep its stake intact, a vote of confidence from the partner who knows their science best.

@leevalueroach Sep 29

Lee Roach on X

@Menckenist What good real estate does $SGA own?

ARKO. 3x Owner’s Earnings multiple, 21% ROCE, Founders involved and large shareholders, Stake in a public company>market cap. Superb Capital Allocators

ARKO trades at 3 times estimated 2025 owner’s earnings, while its 73.6% APC stake exceeds its $473 million market cap.

Calvin Blissett Sep 21 4 clicks

Bumble, 2x Owner’s Earnings. Sentiment is abysmal, the founder is back. The stock could easily be a multibagger.

Bumble trades at roughly 2x owner’s earnings and 4.76x enterprise value, with Whitney Wolfe Herd’s return central to a rerating case.

Calvin Blissett Sep 20 4 clicks

DeFi Development: The Clarity Act Failure Tests The Solana Treasury Thesis

DeFi Development’s Solana treasury strategy faces dilution, preferred dividends and tight liquidity after a 50% rally, with $4.3 million of…

Dorine Cherop Sep 18

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…

Latticework by MOI Global Sep 18 1 click

Initiation Report

Zentek initiation report.

Atrium Research - Equity Research Sep 13 5 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…

Mispriced Assets Sep 11 5 clicks

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…

Dane Bowler Sep 11

NET Power (NPWR):

NET Power’s $1.80 shares are paired with January $2 covered calls for 40 cents as the company pivots from carbon capture to Permian…

Triple S Special Situations Investing Sep 11 2 clicks

NewtekOne: Pivot Towards Holding Guaranteed Loans A Good Strategy

NewtekOne’s bank conversion and retention of SBA-guaranteed loans target recurring income, while a 6% yield and book-value valuation…

Stephen Nemo 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.

Substack von Philipp Sep 11 1 click

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Perfect CORP

Perfect Corp., a Taiwan-based beauty-tech microcap SPAC, trades below net cash despite sales growth after falling from a brief $2 billion…

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