Saturday, October 10, 2026

Hippo Holdings ($HIPO): The Insurtech That Stopped Chasing Hype and Started Making Money

Hippo’s insurance platform posted 61% premium growth, a 95.8% combined ratio and a fifth profitable quarter as it shifted toward carrier and MGA fee income.

HIPO $903M

Substack von Philipp Oct 10 5 clicks

Oct 9 HY $582M

Hyster Yale (HY) Multibagger potential as confluence of negatives subside. Attractive after markets part services model

Calvin Blissett 1 click

Oct 8 LSAK $405M

Lesaka: A $4.69 Stock With a $20–30 Case

Mispriced Assets 5 clicks

From X

@Seawolfcap Jun 30 3 clicks

Porter Collins on X

@MidwestHedgie @lurker8679 @PhilMickelson $PCT is certainly still a show me story. Both companies have certainly had terrible capital raises.

@Adam_Wyden Jun 25

Adam D. Wyden on X

Despite the ramblings of others, 66x ebitda for magnets is not a bad reference point. $codi https://t.co/VnzveAUqGb

@Mike10947310 Jun 25

Mike on X

Good results recently for $MEI https://t.co/pw7Uhce7ZB

@TimyanBankAlert Jun 24

Timyan Bank Alert on X

$CBAN to merge w/ $FSRL https://t.co/2hLKYqpeB6

@BrokenMoats Jun 24

Broken Moats on X

Anybody see this run in $WNC? crazy, gone from serious balance sheet risk to the fastest trade in the market. Company commented they might get to a replacement market next year (versus years of tough order books) and the commerce ruling on dumping from china that will put tariffs on Chinese suppliers (maybe 20% of the market?) should help those 27' numbers. But issues remain in what is a pretty poor business when the dominant industry player fluctuates on bankruptcy each cycle.

@psyopcapital Jun 23

Psyop Capital on X

Is contextlogic interesting/worth digging into? $LOGC. I really like the Salt acquisition but seems like they paid a rich multiple for it. Fear this will end up in the graveyard of mini-Berkshires over time

@ActAccordingly Jun 23

PAA Research on X

FWIW, I'm pretty sure Doug Lebda of $TREE experienced a (-95%)-(-99%) drawdown in 2000, 2008, and again post COVID-19. The company was purchased by $IAC and then spun out again after the dotcom bubble burst. Of course that implies that $TREE was a 10+ bagger on two separate occasions. RIP Mr. Lebda.

@BrokenMoats Jun 16

Broken Moats on X

$SLP buyout today ends an ugly few years for the company. The core simulation software business, even in this ai world, still presents lots of value as key models are used by the FDA in drug approval process. But the management team after the founder stepped back destroyed the company with one destructive acquisition after another. Diluted the software with a heavy concentration on commoditized services revenue and less differentiated software assets, all purchased at high multiples to show "revenue growth". Mgmt destroyed the free cash flow, decimated the share price over the tenure but did allow management to rack up steadily increased compensation for themselves by growing the "size" of the company. A good case study in how poor management can take a wide moat business and turn it into a lousy one pretty fast. I imagine the new PE owners can extract out the bad business and excessive costs and generate a good return focusing on the original assets.

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

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

Lesaka’s executive chairman has invested more than $10 million personally and targets EPS compounding above 40% through consumer, merchant…

LSAK $405M

Mispriced Assets Oct 7 2 clicks

VersaBank: Expensive, But Growth Still Justifies A Buy

VersaBank's Q3 revenue rose 23% and adjusted net income 27%, while a 2.19% net interest margin and 19.15x forward earnings temper its 2027…

VBNK $702M

Grassroots Trading Oct 6

Not So Fast

Entravision, the portfolio’s largest position, fell more than 40% from its highs as Q3 returns dropped to 37.8% YTD.

EVC $598M

The Mikro Kap Oct 1 1 click

Washington Trust Bancorp: 100-Year Track Record Of Dividends Supports A 6% Yield

Washington Trust Bancorp offers a 5.8% dividend yield, with C&I loan growth supporting ROE despite 40% commercial real estate loan…

WASH $560M

Sorrento Research Oct 1

NASDAQ:YB 10% dividend, 2x P/E, 30% growth, AI beneficiary, secular tailwinds, founder CEO I think is as good as Bezos/Walton

Yuanbao pairs a 10.2% dividend and cash exceeding its market value with 33.5% first-half profit growth from AI-enabled Chinese insurance…

YB $561M

Calvin Blissett Sep 30 4 clicks

3 Mergers and 1 Liquidation in the Danger Zone

Stratus Properties liquidates Austin real estate below projected distributions, while Atlantic Lithium and Intermex await approvals for…

IMXI $376M

Triple S Special Situations Investing Sep 30

Riley Exploration Permian: 30% Oil Growth At Half The Sector's Multiple

Riley Exploration Permian raised oil production guidance after a Q2 beat, targeting 30% growth while trading at 6.52 times forward earnings.

REPX $950M

The Supercycle Investor Sep 28

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…

VBNK $702M

Substack von Philipp Sep 26 7 clicks

Updates

FGPR remains on track, PRTH's management buyout is set at $8.05, and microcap RAVE is described as cheap.

PRTH $644M

Nat Stewart - Stock Picking Newsletter Sep 25 8 clicks

BNTC · long

Benitec Biopharma INC

Benitec Biopharma's BB-301 gene therapy is in a Phase 1b/2a trial for an ultra-rare muscular dystrophy.

BNTC $314M

Value Investors Club Jul 12

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

Is The Bond Market Running On Empty?

U.S. Treasury yields are testing credit and equity markets, while the discussion also targets recent changes at Glass House (GLAS).

GLAS $401M

WHAT ARE WE DOING? “Contrarians At The Gate” Sep 25 1 click

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.

ARKO $472M

Calvin Blissett Sep 21 3 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.

BMBL $501M

Calvin Blissett Sep 20 4 clicks

Evolus: Aesthetic Spending Bounceback (Ticker: EOLS)

Evolus posted 21% quarterly revenue growth as U.S. facial-injectable spending bottoms, while making progress toward GAAP profitability.

EOLS $515M

Emerging Moats Research 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…

RGR $702M

Latticework by MOI Global Sep 18 1 click

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 $437M

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…

GRPN $762M

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…

CSR $941M

Dane Bowler Sep 11

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