Crypto ETP Company Rapidly Growing AUM and Arb Profits at 4x NTM P/E ($DEFTF)
Defi Technologies’ Valour ETP platform is growing AUM while its arbitrage desk drives profits, leaving DEFTF at roughly 4x next-12-month…
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When extend and pretend is a virtue
Upstart says longer repayment terms lifted Q1 debt-settlement acceptances 50%, but does not disclose delinquency changes or the number of…
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
ICBC’s chairman describes embedding Chinese Communist Party leadership, anti-corruption campaigns and Xi Jinping Thought into governance at…
Too Many Cooks Spoil The Pot
Baron’s BARAX and BGAFX hold SpaceX at a $1.25 trillion valuation, creating a potential NAV uplift if its IPO prices higher.
Kazakhstan, Japan, and Trimming a Winner
Kaspi.kz’s 850 KZT ADS dividend establishes a roughly 9% yield after Hepsiburada spending; Japanese buyback disclosures test whether 0.61x…
Earnings Updates and A Software Shot in the Dark
Ategrity Specialty’s 30% premium growth, stable reserves and $50 million buyback target an undervalued, thinly traded specialty insurer.
Tis The (Earnings) Season
Argentine banks, tariff-exposed stocks and Customer’s Bancorp anchor an earnings-season watchlist after Milei’s election victory,…
$CBZ: stop the buybacks and restart the M&A flywheel? | Reference Equity
CBIZ activist Ryan Bunn urges ending buybacks, issuing equity and resuming bolt-on acquisitions to delever after the $2.3 billion Marcum…
Investcorp Credit Management BDC: Visiting the Private Credit Garbage Bin
Investcorp Credit Management BDC is framed as a troubled corner of private credit.
Green Dot: Creating a Standalone BaaS Bank
Green Dot creates a standalone banking-as-a-service bank.
180 Degree Capital: Merger w/ Mount Logan Capital, Tender Offer, Questions Remain
180 Degree Capital plans to merge with Mount Logan Capital and launch a tender offer, leaving open questions around the transaction.
NSTS Bancorp: Post 3-Year Thrift Conversion, Possible Sale
NSTS Bancorp’s three-year thrift-conversion anniversary could clear the way for a potential sale.
$CBZ: stop the buybacks and restart the M&A flywheel? | Reference Equity
CBIZ's proposed shift from buybacks to equity-funded bolt-on M&A targets renewed revenue compounding after the $2.3 billion Marcum deal and…
Brookfield's New Lawsuit
Brookfield faces whistleblower allegations over its VC funds; $569 million of Q1 buybacks challenges claims that $8 million of remaining…
Brookfield Corp. - Get a Buck for Fifty Cents
Brookfield Corp. trades at 13.2x 2025 distributable earnings and $45.97 against management’s $91.76 sum-of-the-parts Plan Value, discounted…
Shift4 Company Podcast Episode Released!
Shift4 built its payments business by acquiring gateway nodes and migrating merchants to its processing platform; revenue has compounded…
[OTCM] Listings for the rest of us
OTC Markets gives smaller, distressed, and lightly disclosed companies a trading venue outside NYSE and Nasdaq, with lower listing barriers…
Apollo and what even is private credit?
Apollo’s Marc Rowan argues private-credit risk depends on underwriting, seniority, leverage and diversification, not whether a bank or fund…
[VRSK] Verisk has standards
Verisk’s exit from healthcare, financial-services and energy data restored a pure-play insurance analytics model, but D.E.
PayPal tries again (and again)
Stripe’s startup-focused product sprawl contrasts with Adyen’s enterprise restraint; despite 20% more payment volume and faster growth,…
Is the Airline Industry Really That Bad? – AerCap and A Case of Sandbagged Guidance
AerCap sells aircraft at 2x book value and repurchases stock near 1x book, cutting shares outstanding 31% in three years.
Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) – Pricing Power Impaired?
Fair Isaac raised FICO Score royalties from roughly $0.50–$0.60 in 2022 to $4.95 in 2025, drawing regulatory scrutiny over its…
Bristlemoon Capital on Business Breakdowns – MercadoLibre (MELI)
MercadoLibre’s Daniel Wu discusses MELI’s Latin American e-commerce operations, fintech business model, growth opportunities and risks on…
The Priority Technology Situation
Priority Technology received an opportunistic buyout proposal, with its business better suited to remaining public absent a much higher…
