Vicor Update, Part Three
Vicor’s $66.6 million in AI power-delivery royalties generated about $50 million of operating profit, eclipsing its module business as revenue reached $197.1 million.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Myles on X
The $SNAP pump is on. https://t.co/SnH7Vs6qKb
SouthernValue on X
@firstadopter $GOOG bull now Tae?
Raging Capital Ventures on X
$NFLX’s multiple is likely going to compress either way
Raging Capital Ventures on X
$NFLX should use its lofty market cap to buy/merge with $CMCSA’s NBC Universal while it still can. Build the new “Disney” by buying a leading studio; a major broadcast network with football, Olympics and Premier League; and the second largest theme park operator.
Barbarian Capital on X
Flutter to cut more than 1,000 jobs after UK gambling tax raid $FLUT https://t.co/QljmjPzYSN
Barbarian Capital on X
SpaceX and Tesla boards are exploring potential merger $TSLA $SPCX https://t.co/01FMIJL4lQ
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All letters- Upslope Capital Management 2026-Q3 ICE $89BTCGGY $3.1B
- Artisan Partners Q3 2026 BIRK $5.4BCOCO $3.4B
- Blue Tower Asset Management third quarter 2026 ENVA $4.5BSKHY $686B
- The London Company 3Q2026 CCC $4.5BDECK $12B
- Polen Capital 5Perspectives Growth Opportunities 3Q 2026 AGX $4.9BBE $67B
- White Brook Capital Third Quarter 2026 GOOGL $4.2TMETA $1.8T
- Davenport Asset Management Q3 2026 ACM $7.7BACN $146B
- Distillate Capital 2026 Q3 AMZN $2.8TGOOGL $4.2T
RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) Q3 FY12/26 Earnings Update - Accumulate, Record $340bn Backlog, Zones And Stop Inside
RTX reported 11% sales growth to $25.0 billion, raised 2026 guidance and reached a record $340 billion backlog, while free cash flow fell…
Heico Corporation
HEICO sells FAA-approved aircraft replacement parts at 30% to 50% discounts to OEMs, gaining customers as restrictive aftermarket contracts…
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) Q3 FY12/26 Earnings Update - Accumulate, Record Backlog, Zones And Stop Inside
Northrop Grumman posted 7% Q3 sales growth to $11.1 billion, lifted profit guidance and reached a record $109.6 billion backlog, led by…
Disney: Century-Old Franchises at 14x Forward Earnings
Disney trades at 14x FY27 consensus EPS of $7.50 as parks, merchandise and streaming rebuild its franchise flywheel.
[scuttleslops] AMZN, MTCH, SPOT, Open vs. closed models
Amazon’s fulfillment network and customer-review base limit autonomous AI shopping agents, whose referrals generate under 0.5% of major…
Taiwan Semiconductor: The Margin Peak That Isn't
TSMC says 2nm ramp costs and overseas fabs are temporarily pressuring gross margin as AI demand keeps semiconductor supply tight.
Gil Rotstein 10 clicks
Monte Investments Market Brief Vol. CXXXII
CoreWeave and neocloud peers face financing pressure, but sold-out GPU capacity and rising H100 and B200 rental rates support continued AI…
Urban Outfitters: Nuuly Is More Valuable Than Its Margins Suggest
Urban Outfitters' Nuuly subscription service grew sales 28.6% and reached a 10.1% operating margin, with management targeting $700 million…
IWA Research 4 clicks
Group 1 Automotive: The Debt Stress Test
Group 1 Automotive’s $1.25 billion Atlanta borrowing lifts net corporate debt to about $4.4 billion; a 2009-style downturn leaves it near…
Goldman Sachs: Undervalued Growth With A Buy Rating
Goldman Sachs carries a $1,116 price target, based on $82.69 estimated 2027 EPS and growing recurring revenue from investment banking,…
The Curious Analyst 4 clicks
NXPI · long Nxp Semiconductors NV
NXP Semiconductors, the global automotive-chip leader, has delivered 12.5% compounded EPS growth and is presented as a long investment.
TSMC 2Q'26: Stratospheric Margins Amidst the AI Super Cycle
TSMC’s 2Q 2026 operating margin exceeded 60% as AI-driven demand for advanced chips pushed profitability beyond the prior cycle’s…
China's Kimi K3 AI Model May Trigger a DeepSeek Moment. Expect a Lot of FUD.
Moonshot’s 2.8 trillion-parameter Kimi K3 is a China AI challenger that requires high-memory Nvidia servers and heavy inference compute.
ASML 2Q'26: Time to Flex Pricing Power
ASML’s 2Q’26 commentary signals a shift from measured pricing toward flexing its chip-equipment pricing power.
Rotork Acquired for a Huge Premium
ABB agreed to buy Rotork for 503 pence a share, a 73% premium, valuing the U.K.
Nothing Beats a Jet2....investment?
Jet2’s £4.5bn A321neo fleet renewal will constrain free cash flow through 2032, despite strong package-holiday growth, cash reserves and…
[scuttleslops] CDNS, SNPS, TREX, WISE, Class I Rails, China
Synopsys and Cadence retain EDA pricing power through entrenched design flows, foundry relationships and high switching costs; AI-driven…
Thinking Notes
AI capex rests on coding-centric benchmarks, cheap-model commoditization and circular financing: OpenAI’s $60 billion annual Oracle…
The Next Trillion-Dollar Chip Company
PostGPT inference-chip contenders need to run trillion-parameter models, ship rack-scale systems, beat GPUs on one KPI and win a frontier…
Thoughts on PayPal Buyout Offer
PayPal faces a $60.50-per-share buyout offer from Stripe and Advent, with a rejection or counteroffer above $80 viewed as more likely.
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