Late August 2026 Random Ramblings
Higher rates could compress equity multiples and raise AI data center lease costs, while UWMC and Cogent raise questions about CEO-driven capital allocation.
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Here it finally is! The BoD of Evolution $EVO has resolved on a EUR 2 billion share buyback program that will commence immediaely. https://t.co/I0bozM6WA2
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I just published an Earnings Update about the Shelly Group $SLYG Q1 2026 results. You can find it in the portfolio section of the blog :) https://t.co/PBu7hw3ZdE
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Shelly Group reported Q1 2026 revenue growth of 25.9%, EBIT growth of 30.4%, and a 25.9% EBIT margin. Free cash flow rose 77.5% and DSO improved by 24 days.
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April 2026 portfolio update lists holdings including Centrotec, Evolution, Secunet, Leatt, Toyokumo, Biorem, Circle, Lindbergh, Shelly Group and ErreDue.
Laughing Water Capital on X
Friendly reminder that $MRK is well positioned and well incentivized to purchase $LQDA. Yutrepia fits very well with Merck's respiratory portfolio. https://t.co/JAdLguTw7D
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NN says joint testing has been needed for two years and alleges opposition has resisted it.
Laughing Water Capital on X
GSK reportedly made three bids for AnaptysBio over the past year, making the trial outcome a potential determinant of sale price rather than a barrier to a deal.
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All letters- Hayden Capital 3rd Quarter 215A $1.1B
- Hayden Capital 4th Quarter EDU $9.1B
- Sequoia Fund 2025 GOOGL $4.2T
- Palm Harbour Capital fourth quarter LNA $428M
- Palm Harbour Capital first quarter of 2023 TKMAF $7.7B
- Royce Investment Partners Year-to-Date Through 6/30/26 AAP $2.6B
- Patient Capital Management 2Q25 BABA $289B
- Patient Capital Management 3Q25 PGEN $2.6B
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Domo (Arigato), for this potential multi-bagger options trade
Domo’s $400 million sale to Progress would leave a cash-rich public shell with $900 million of NOLs; January 2028 $5 calls cost 22 cents.
MT 2026-08-27 ArcelorMittal: Regionalization Is Creating A Structurally Better Steel Company
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Nvidia’s Long-Term Margin Question
Nvidia faces questions over the durability of its long-term profit margins ahead of earnings.
[scuttleslops] AI Data Center Economics, ADI, INTU, IDXX
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Big Tech Off-Balance Sheet Concerns
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$ELAL: El Al is a wartime monopoly at 2x EBITDA. Is that a trap? | ASB Partners
El Al trades near 2x EBITDA after wartime near-monopoly profits, with $1.3 billion of net cash and owned aircraft weighed against…
CCC Is in the Middle of the Wreckage
CCC, the dominant auto physical-damage claims estimator, connects 27 of the top 30 insurers with 31,000 repair shops as takeout rumors…
Aloe Aloe Aloe what 'ave VERRA then?
Verra Mobility's new seven-year Avis agreement replaces a customer worth over 10% of revenue on materially worse economics, exposing…
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