The Monday Morning Briefing: AI Drives Everything, Yet ROI on Massive Capex Remains Uncertain
Latticework’s briefing questions AI capex returns while featuring Close Brothers, Green Landscaping and OMS Energy Technologies.
Latticework’s briefing questions AI capex returns while featuring Close Brothers, Green Landscaping and OMS Energy Technologies.
$RILY gapping up this morning on favorable earnings report from $BW. BRC Holdings owns 27.6m shares of Babcock and Wilcox. https://t.co/SN5tDEz3T5
Microcap Earnings Calls I’m tracking tomorrow + why: $MDP.TO New drug momentum $TISI Turnaround + activist $ACCS Competitive environment $BWEN Turbine business pulse $ATGN Hail Mary $FF Nice Q per @GrumpierBTDay $TACT Recurring revenue push $OPXS Backlog trends @InfoArbMonitor https://t.co/Ca9uFHBWVM
For reference, this is what an impressive quarter from $EVC looked like just a year ago. Covered my thoughts on Q2 2026 in the paid chat. Heading to sleep now. https://t.co/h1BLsnRzvE
$FF results looked good to me. I remain long and may add. https://t.co/GHDH7wjRX9
It only took a 20-second glance at $EVC Q2 '26 results to see that Smadex is once again firing on all cylinders—230% revenue growth (another fucking acceleration) and EBIT up 673%, topping $40M for the segment. In a single quarter. 🤯 (missed Q1 tweet due to Champions League) https://t.co/4WsDSlnD1g
$CHMI to be acquired by $MITT in cash + stock deal. https://t.co/OX3l8bgvDj
Here’s the facts on $SIF: •Sales up 18% on volume + pricing power •Backlog up YoY & sequentially •Adjusted EPS was 51c vs 2c, not a 1c loss vs 54c! •Mgmt EBITDA calc even includes a one-time gain! Wouldn’t be surprised if SIF recoups the entire pullback, pretty swiftly. https://t.co/JTnYurzxzT
Entravision, the portfolio’s largest position, fell more than 40% from its highs as Q3 returns dropped to 37.8% YTD.
Washington Trust Bancorp offers a 5.8% dividend yield, with C&I loan growth supporting ROE despite 40% commercial real estate loan…
Zentek shipped its first ZenGUARD air-filter order to a Canadian federal facility as its Albany graphite PEA confirmed a US$3.85 billion…
Yuanbao pairs a 10.2% dividend and cash exceeding its market value with 33.5% first-half profit growth from AI-enabled Chinese insurance…
Stratus Properties liquidates Austin real estate below projected distributions, while Atlantic Lithium and Intermex await approvals for…
Beyond Meat’s Q2 2026 revenue fell 8.2% as U.S. retail and foodservice volumes declined, while a flatter, not inverted, Treasury curve…
Cullinan Therapeutics plans December 2026 autoimmune updates for CLN-978, while zipalertinib awaits an FDA decision in previously treated…
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…
FGPR remains on track, PRTH's management buyout is set at $8.05, and microcap RAVE is described as cheap.
U.S. Treasury yields are testing credit and equity markets, while the discussion also targets recent changes at Glass House (GLAS).
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IEH booked $3.6 million in mobile-defibrillator connector orders, lifting its medical revenue outlook and diversifying beyond aerospace and…
EuroDry shares rose more than 300% year to date as dry bulk markets strengthened, but an aging fleet, no dividend and a $20 million equity…
ARKO trades at 3 times estimated 2025 owner’s earnings, while its 73.6% APC stake exceeds its $473 million market cap.
Bumble trades at roughly 2x owner’s earnings and 4.76x enterprise value, with Whitney Wolfe Herd’s return central to a rerating case.
DeFi Development’s Solana treasury strategy faces dilution, preferred dividends and tight liquidity after a 50% rally, with $4.3 million of…
Evolus posted 21% quarterly revenue growth as U.S. facial-injectable spending bottoms, while making progress toward GAAP profitability.
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’s acquisitions lifted loans 13.6% and Q2 net interest margin to 4.30%, but expenses, weaker profitability ratios and a…
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