Wednesday, October 7, 2026

What I’ve Been Up To

Cogent Communications and AI data-center bottlenecks feature in a newsletter update on recruiting, financial media and conference takeaways.

CCOI $430M

Stock Thoughts Oct 7 2 clicks

Oct 7 LSAK $405M

Lesaka: Why He's Betting Big | Ali Mazanderani | Ep. 5

Mispriced Assets 2 clicks

Oct 7 BROS $5.5B

💥New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - And Go Concepts, LLC (Salad and Go)💥

PETITION 3 clicks

From X

@leevalueroach Oct 7 2 clicks

Lee Roach on X

Point72 is buying E.W. Scripps $SSP https://t.co/8lbK8IuI2y

@ACapitalLP Oct 7 1 click

A Capital on X

Is the $NN trade completely over? https://t.co/wwSNNhdxl7

@stockgutter Oct 7 1 click

SG on X

don't listen to the clowns saying this should be ignored because its part of a long-standing diversification plan. If they bothered to read the Form 144 they would know that he put in a brand new sales plan in June 2026. Why? Q2 was when $DUOL posted declining y-o-y earnings.

@convequity Oct 7

Convequity on X

$NTSK began as a CASB vendor, governing how employees use SaaS applications at the point of use. Years of that work gave it application-specific knowledge of user behavior, data movement, and risk inside cloud apps. That knowledge carries over to AI. Netskope inspects prompts, responses, and file transfers inline and in real time, and it can respond with something more precise than a block: preventing a risky copy-and-paste, stepping up authentication for a sensitive interaction, or coaching the user as they work. The part that matters more comes after the prompt. AI adds autonomy and chaining, so a single human interaction can trigger many machine-executed actions across tools, data stores, and services, often outside one user session. If data is over-permissioned and tools are loosely scoped, an agent can stay inside its allowed permissions and still cause harm faster than a person can intervene. The context Netskope gathers at the interaction can be carried forward to constrain that downstream execution: who the user is, what data is involved, which action was taken, and how risky it looks. So Netskope's edge is that it already knows the user, the data and the action at the moment of the prompt, and it can use that context to limit what an agent does next. It is now building the agent side directly. Its Agentic Broker rates agent actions by risk before they run, and its AI posture management for agents built on AWS, Azure and GCP is still in preview. That is the part to watch.

@KEDM_COM Oct 7

KEDM.com on X

Both Up Fintech $TIGR and Futu $FUTU benefited from Asians YOLO-ing into 3x levered long MU and SPCX ETFs, with FUTU now up significantly since the regulatory crackdown in May. They only started throttling Mainland accounts in mid-June so the real impact won't be visible until next quarter. ~12x P/E ex-Mainland if you annualize Q2, although Q3 is bound to be a little weaker.

@stockgutter Oct 7

SG on X

Form 144 indicates that $DUOL CEO is dumping $16.3m worth of stock. that's a shit-ton in any language https://t.co/57BBYQsRo2

@partners_road Oct 7 1 click

RiverRoadPartners on X

Another lousy quarter at $LEVI. And what are they blaming on the call? Weather. The lamest excuse you can use in retail.

@StableBread Oct 7

Fajasy on X

@UncleAlpha007 @burningbushcap @mkfilko @JonahLupton TCV/EV leaves out the capex each contract needs before it bills. $BRUN's own ratio is 1.2-1.4x TCV/capex, so the $525M deal implies ~$375-440M of GPUs up front. Most of that rides on Dell and lease financing, tho the first $20M software license installment is due this month too.

Astronics: Marked Down After A Record Quarter - Buy

Astronics targets $1.02 to $1.04 billion in 2026 revenue after adjusted operating margin reached 20.3%, with Boeing representing 12% of…

ATRO $2.8B

Jordan Aquilina Oct 6

Monte Investments Market Brief Vol. CXXX

Golar LNG’s fourth FLNG vessel targets 3.5MTPA capacity and a 2029 delivery, supporting projected adjusted EBITDA above $1 billion in…

GLNG $4.9B

Monte Independent Investment Research Oct 6 1 click

Group 1 Automotive (GPI): The CEO Takes a Driving Test

Group 1 Automotive CEO Daryl Kenningham’s Toyota ties, capital-allocation decisions, compensation and stock sales face scrutiny after the…

GPI $2.8B

Cannibal Stocks Oct 6 3 clicks

Solid Power Still Has Promise

Solid Power reported a $0.11 Q2 loss and $419.3 million of cash, with its electrolyte pilot line and BMW and SK On validation central to…

SLDP $518M

Quad 7 Capital Oct 5 2 clicks

Portfolio Update September 2026

Portfolio added Otis Worldwide in the mid-$60s, increased Pool, Copart and Floor & Decor, and sold Berkshire Hathaway.

POOL $5.8B

D Invests Oct 5 1 click

Brazil could be the Q4 Macro Play – My stock ideas: $NU, $INTR, $PICS and maybe $STNE, $PAGS, $DLO and $MELI

Brazilian fintechs NU, INTR and PICS stand to benefit from a Bolsonaro-led runoff surprise that lowers fiscal risk premiums, rates and the…

INTR $3.2BPICS $1.6B

Substack von Philipp Oct 5 3 clicks

Nyxoah: Label Expansion Set To Unlock A Monopoly In A Billion Dollar Market.

Nyxoah's Genio implant could reach CCC patients after an FDA label expansion, targeting 30% of the obstructive sleep apnea device market by…

NYXH $135M

Stephen Tobin Oct 5 3 clicks

OMSE 2026-10-05

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.

OMSE $183M

Latticework by MOI Global Oct 5 2 clicks

40 Best Stock Pitches (28th-4th October) 🟢

Old Market Capital, a delisted holding company owning a rural fiber network, trades below comparable network valuations after institutional…

OMCC $27M

Capital Employed Oct 4 7 clicks

💥Leslies Term Lenders Toss a Life Preserver💥

Leslie’s and nine affiliates filed Chapter 11 in Texas on September 30, 2026, after 18 months of deteriorating performance.

LESL $1.6M

PETITION Oct 4 3 clicks

LZ · long

Legalzoom.com INC

LegalZoom trades near all-time lows as AI adoption is positioned to accelerate growth.

LZ $1B

Value Investors Club Jun 9

Investcorp Credit Management BDC: Visiting the Private Credit Garbage Bin

Investcorp Credit Management BDC is framed as a troubled corner of private credit.

ICMB $9.8M

Clark Street Value Jun 1 3 clicks

A 2.2x Spread in a Telecom Train-wreck: Optimum’s Odd-Lot Tender

Optimum’s 99-share odd-lot tender offers $2.50 per share against a $1.16 market price, but a creditor restructuring could terminate the…

OPTU $259M

Rod’s Ruminations Jun 1

Quick Value #316 - MasterBrand Inc (MBC)

MasterBrand's all-stock merger with American Woodmark creates the largest cabinet maker, trading at 7.7 times trough EBITDA including…

MBC $1.4B

Value Don't Lie Jun 1

What I Read This Week

Weekly reading list covers Agnico Eagle, Cameco, Dollar Tree, Meta, Braze and Apollo across mining, retail, AI and insurance.

BRZE $3.2B

Stock Thoughts Jun 1

Portfolio Update May 2026

Portfolio update: sold Nomad Foods, trimmed Copart, added Pool Corp and Floor & Decor, and bought Tractor Supply as the portfolio trails…

FND $4.9B

D Invests Jun 1

eDreams: Disproving the Bears and Regaining Credibility

EDreams cut FY26 Prime-member guidance to 600,000 after Ryanair blocks, while its subscription model lifted Prime to 7.25 million members…

EDDRF $521M

310 Value’s Newsletter May 30 2 clicks

Thoughts on ROIC, Margins and Turnover; Mailbox Money and an Update on Natural Resource Partners (NRP)

Natural Resource Partners is assessed through ROIC, capital-light royalty income and valuation as investors crowd into AI suppliers.

NRP $1.5B

Base Hit Investing May 30

Weekend Digest #345 (Colombia Election, AUNA, BRKR, China & EM Risk)

Weekend Digest #345 previews Colombia’s presidential vote, tracks AUNA’s earnings momentum and Bruker’s recovery, and weighs China risk…

AUNA $379MBRKR $9B

Ian’s Insider Corner May 29

Seaport Entertainment (SEG): Four Catalysts Begin in August 2026

Seaport Entertainment targets positive property-level EBITDA as announced leases and programming add $31 million, while an August 2026…

SEG $286M

Hidden Gems Investing May 26

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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