Friday, October 30, 2026

Anthropic’s Growth is Slowing: Is AI Capex Next? | The Weekly Wrap

Anthropic’s revenue growth slowed from 147% in Q2 to 45% in Q3, raising questions about AI capital spending as Amazon holds capex flat.

AMZN $2.6T

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Oct 30 CVX $465B

CVX Earnings Review

Cestrian Capital Research 3 clicks

Oct 30 AZN $270B

AstraZeneca (AZN) Q3 FY12/26 Earnings Review

Cestrian Capital Research 2 clicks

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Look at $FDXF. A month of underperformance based on “channel checks,” followed by a ~15% move and multiple analyst upgrades after a single session (catalyst day). https://t.co/X81f5cl6Eh https://t.co/FfwGWZlciQ

@BarbarianCap Oct 30 1 click

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Starbucks sales miss expectations, but its U.S. turnaround is gaining steam $SBUX https://t.co/kPufTMV5zS

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Reddit stock plunges 30% after weak outlook, heads for worst day ever $RDDT https://t.co/aemPgp56rc

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BP’s profits surge to new record on high fuel prices $BP https://t.co/bUl30Vb4Ti

@SouthernValue95 Oct 30 1 click

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Meanwhile @OpenAI pulled IPO and can barely get its latest funding round off. $META and $GOOG will win consumer AI. https://t.co/eqJPtwTTwh

@SouthernValue95 Oct 30

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What year will $MSFT take @OpenAI into receivership?

@BarbarianCap Oct 30 1 click

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CD&R pursues buyout of $40 bn card processor Global Payments $GPN https://t.co/Wil5Zf6xn7

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"higher sales and recent cost-savings efforts weren’t able to fully offset steeper-than-expected inflation." $NWL Newell Brands Swings to Loss Despite Higher Sales https://t.co/WPRdY3lzz3

SNY Earnings Review

Sanofi raised FY26 guidance after Q3 sales grew 14.3% at constant currency, led by 34.8% Dupixent growth; vaccines declined 6.6%.

SNY $108B

Cestrian Capital Research Oct 30 1 click

SK hynix: Despite Their Premium To The Korean Shares, The U.S. ADRs Are A Bargain

SK hynix's U.S. ADR trades at a valuation discount despite AI-driven memory demand, with 50% of 2027–2028 capacity under long-term…

SKHY $806B

Adam Schadt Oct 30 2 clicks

Bloom: Chinese Scandium Supply Route Restarts

Bloom may have reopened imports of scandium-containing components from China to the United States, according to new trade data.

BE $63B

Hunterbrook Oct 30 4 clicks

Amazon 3Q’26: Trillion Dollar Talks

Amazon projects AWS growth above 40% through 2028 while funding a $220 billion capex plan with rising debt and an $80 billion equipment…

AMZN $2.6T

MBI Deep Dives Oct 30 3 clicks

TSOH Weekly Roundup (10/30/2026)

Markel spent $315 million repurchasing shares in Q3 as Thrive agreed to buy ADT for $7.6 billion and Hasbro cited rising adult toy demand.

MKL $23BADT $7.2B

TSOH Investment Research Oct 30 1 click

Alphabet's Post-Earnings Selloff Is The Best Buying Opportunity In Years

Alphabet's Google Cloud operating income more than tripled to $11.1 billion, while EPS fell 26% on a $2.76 billion SpaceX paper loss.

GOOGL $3.4T

Rick Orford Oct 30 5 clicks

Earnings Review: $AMZN and $LLY

Amazon’s AWS revenue grew 39% to $46B as capex drove negative FCF; Lilly raised 2026 guidance to $91-92B on GLP-1 volume growth.

AMZN $2.6TLLY $1.3T

Rebound Capital Oct 30 2 clicks

Wall Street Erased $16 Billion From a Legal Monopoly Over an AI Myth.

Verisk Analytics’ 40 petabytes of proprietary insurance data and regulatory infrastructure shield its underwriting business from generative…

VRSK $26B

First Strike Research Oct 30 7 clicks

Alphabet: Don’t Search for a Straight Line in Innovation

Alphabet’s Q3 2026 cloud growth stayed strong while Search revenue growth slowed to 12%, with higher AI capital spending driving negative…

GOOGL $3.4T

Librarian Capital's Research Library Oct 30 3 clicks

Tango: Upgrading 'Buy' Based On ESMO 2026 Vopimetostat PDAC Data And Pathway Advancement Clarity

Tango Therapeutics reported an 82% response rate and 88% nine-month PFS for vopimetostat plus RASONQUE in RAS-mutant pancreatic cancer,…

TNGX $3.7B

Terry Chrisomalis Oct 30 2 clicks

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Enersys

EnerSys faces a short thesis as data-center and warehouse vehicle customers shift from lead-acid batteries to lithium-ion.

ENS $5.8B

Value Investors Club Jun 5

Palantir Q2 - We Move To “Distribute” Rating For 48hrs, Then To “Do Nothing”.

Palantir shares at $183 exceed Cestrian’s $177 target after Q2 revenue grew 93%, prompting a 48-hour Distribute rating as Q3 growth…

PLTR $429B

Cestrian Capital Research Aug 31

Dollar Tree: Weathering The Storm

Dollar Tree’s $1.25 opening price and multi-price assortment supported 10% two-year comparable-sales growth, outpacing Walmart U.S.

DLTR $26B

TSOH Investment Research Aug 31 1 click

PayPal: Stripe Reportedly Walks Away; Here Are 2 Fallback Options

PayPal's failed Stripe and Advent bid leaves a Venmo spin-off or aggressive buybacks as value-unlocking options amid slowing growth and a…

PYPL $49B

The Asian Investor Aug 31 5 clicks

Salesforce Q2 - Hold - Destination Unknown - STP<$165

Salesforce trades at 14x trailing unlevered pretax free cash flow after Q2, with 10.8% revenue growth and unproven agentic AI adoption.

CRM $191B

Cestrian Capital Research Aug 31

Tower Semiconductor: Silicon Photonics Inflection, Buy The Drawdown

Tower Semiconductor generated nearly half its revenue from AI optical content as Q2 2026 revenue reached a record $460 million and…

TSEM $18B

Miletus Research Aug 31 3 clicks

Vistra Deep Dive

Vistra's contracted nuclear fleet benefits from data centers' high, steady load factors, while Amazon and Meta contracts contribute roughly…

VST $46B

CV's Substack Aug 31

Preview of the Week Ahead: W/C August 31, 2026

The week of August 31 features U.S. manufacturing, jobs and services data, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hold above key moving averages and…

AMZN $2.6TCOIN $39B

SixSigmaCapital: Navigating the Financial Markets Aug 30

MSFT 2026-08-30

Microsoft: A High-Quality AI Name That Is No Longer Misunderstood

Microsoft’s Azure surpassed $100 billion in annual revenue as growth accelerated to 43%, while AI infrastructure spending compressed cloud…

MSFT $3.9T

Vinay Utham, CFA Aug 30 2 clicks

Tidewater (TDW): The $225,000 Boat They Laughed At Built the Biggest Fleet on Water

Tidewater’s 200-vessel offshore fleet trades at 40% of replacement cost as the global orderbook sits at 4% of supply, versus 34% last cycle.

TDW $3.9B

Cannibal Stocks Aug 30

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