Thursday, November 5, 2026

Uber: The Robotaxi Discount Has Truly Gone Too Far (Earnings Review)

UBER $147B

SA Luca Socci Nov 5 4 clicks

The hyperscalers (almost) always win

Amazon’s AWS grew 39.3% with roughly 39% margins, while retail unit growth and lower cost to serve expand its delivery network’s reach.

Intel: The CPU Comeback, Discounted

Intel's Q3 2026 results were hit by memory costs and an Israel shutdown, but enterprise AI inference could lift CPU demand as server…

Telkom Indonesia (TLKM/TLK): 9x P/E, 11% dividend, separable assets ≈80–95% of market cap, stub at ~2x EBITDA. Industry went from 11 operators to 3, a new rule kills the price war, and MSCI is forcing the sellers.

Telkom Indonesia trades at 9x earnings and an 11% yield as MSCI-driven selling obscures telecom consolidation, price increases and…

Thursday Tailwinds #13: Nov 5, 2026

Florida marinas are 92% full as boat counts rise and permits constrain new supply, creating pricing power for existing operators such as…

Delta Air Lines Is Worth Buying Despite Near-Term Pressure

Delta Air Lines' premium, loyalty and ancillary businesses generate 61% of revenue as cash flow supports debt reduction despite fuel and…

DAL $57B

SA Motti Sapir Nov 5

Microsoft: A “Blue Chip” Again, New All-Time High >$550

Microsoft rose 6.7% to a $555.80 record after Q1 FY27, with profitable growth and free cash flow reinforcing investor confidence in its AI…

Moderna Earnings Preview: The Melanoma Breakthrough Is Real, But $221 Is Way Too Much

MRNA $103B

SA Lee Bailey Nov 5 1 click

GPC Q3 2026: a quick North America Automotive update

GPC’s NAPA commercial sales grew 4% in Q3, trailing AutoZone and O’Reilly as freight, fuel and rent cut North American Automotive margins…

AMSC, Datadog will be fine, SiTime is worth a look

AMSC and Datadog will be fine, while SiTime is worth a closer look.

What I've Been Reading

Yesway, Dollar General and Expedia feature in a research roundup spanning convenience retail, discount stores and AI-driven travel search.

The Cheapest Toll Road in the AI Economy?

A U.S. last-mile telecom network trades at 3.9x trailing earnings and 5.7x TEV/EBITDA, with AI traffic growth, capex normalization, merger…

Maker of Men

James B. Duke built American Tobacco into a monopoly, then extended his legacy through Duke Power and the Duke Endowment.

Under The Hood - Rollins ($ROL)

Rollins ($ROL) pairs automatically renewing pest-control contracts with route density and family-business acquisitions, producing 24…

Coherent Lite Transceivers + AMD CPU Opportunity

Coherent lite transceivers could intensify InP demand, favor Marvell, and require nonmonolithic transmitter designs; the note also flags an…

Adobe

Adobe’s bear case is that generative AI breaks new-user habit formation, leaving its professional base sticky but aging as growth slows and…

Single Stock Spotlight #9: Fiserv (FISV)

Fiserv trades below 7 times 2026 earnings after a 60% decline, as new management resets guidance and seeks to stabilize its banking…

Flyover Stock: Tyler Technologies (TYL)

Tyler Technologies’ moat rests on something more durable than code, even as AI-driven fears have cut SaaS valuations.

[VRSK] Verisk has standards

Verisk’s exit from healthcare, financial-services and energy data restored a pure-play insurance analytics model, but D.E.

British American Tobacco: Affirmed

British American Tobacco targets more than GBP 50 billion of free cash flow by 2030 as Velo oral nicotine gains offset uneven vapor and…