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Laughing Water Capital on Nextnav $NN US

Thesis: Nextnav is likely undervalued at ~$40 per share, as its nationwide low band spectrum could command a premium over recent Verizon transactions, and despite opposition to its FCC petition, it is expected to negotiate from a position of strength.

(Extract from their Q4 letter)
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โ Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capitalยฎ
Notable Earnings Wednesday 2/5/25๐Ÿ—“๏ธ

โ˜€๏ธ $UBER $DIS $NVO $FI $BSX $ODFL

๐ŸŒ— $QCOM $ARM $AFL $ORLY $MSTR
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$EA Electronic Arts plans $1 billion accelerated stock repurchase under its $5 billion share repurchase plan announced last year
๐Ÿ”„ This will bring total stock repurchases to $2.5 billion within the first year of its $5 billion authorization.
๐Ÿ“‰ It repurchased 2.4 million shares for $375 million during Q4, bringing the total for the TTM to 10.1 million shares for $1.450 billion
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Another update.

Two weeks ago, we sent out a notification on Pelosi's purchase of Tempus AI call options.

$TEM has now risen 94% since her trade. https://t.co/KW4vhWCKDM
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$MMM 3M Company๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ”นDeclares Quarterly Dividend (has been paying dividends for 100+ years!) and
๐Ÿ”นAuthorizes a new $7.5 billion share repurchase plan (~2% of its current market cap) that replaces the prior one. The authorization has no pre-established closing date
๐Ÿ”น Gradual share repurchases over the last 3 years, cutting down shares oustanding by ~6%
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$MAT Mattel shares jump (+10.4%) after hrs as the toy company reports strong results: EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.15 | Revenue of $1.65B (1.59% Y/Y) beats by $20.23M

For the full year 2024, the company repurchased $400 million of shares and targets to repurchase $600 million in 2025 under its $1 billion share repurchase authorization announced in Feb 2024

Recent C-Suite Transition: CFO Mr.Anthony DiSilvestro announced his retirement effective May 15, 2025
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$MTCH Match Group appoints Spencer Rascoffโ€”Zillow co-founderโ€”as its new CEO, replacing Bernard Kim.

- Rascoff has served on Matchโ€™s board since March 2024 & was brought in after talks with activist investor Elliott Management. ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

- Rascoffโ€™s Background:
๐Ÿก Co-founded & led Zillow for a decade
โœˆ๏ธ Co-founded Hotwire (sold to Expedia for $700M)

CEO Compensation:
๐Ÿ’ฐ Base Salary: $800K/year
๐Ÿ’ต Target Bonus: 200% of salary
๐Ÿš€ $30M Value Creation Award if stock hits $40-$60 for 45 days

Last October, Match Group announced insider Steven Bailey is set to become CFO effective March 1, 2025, as Gary Swidler transitions from CFO to remain President.

Stock tumbles -9% after-hours as revenue guidance disappoints. ๐Ÿ“‰
Match also projects 2025 sales of $3.38Bโ€“$3.50B, below estimates.

Q4 Earnings:
๐Ÿ’ฐ EPS: $0.59 (beat $0.54 est.)
๐Ÿ“Š Revenue: $860M (beat $859M est.)
โš ๏ธ Weak Q1 guidance: $820Mโ€“$830M vs. $853M est. ๐Ÿ“‰

๐Ÿ“ฑTinder Troubles: Paying users fell 4% YoY to 14.6M, marking 9 straight quarters of decline. Match struggles with slowing engagement & economic headwinds.

๐Ÿค–Match plans to leverage AI across its dating apps, but analysts see real growth only by 2026.

Activist Push: Rascoffโ€™s appointment follows Elliott Managementโ€™s involvement to turn Match around. The company has struggled since its IAC spinoff in 2020, losing over $20B in market cap. ๐Ÿ“‰
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Nissan may call off its merger talks with Honda $HMC - Reuters

Nissan's board is due to meet soon to discuss calling off the merger talks after Honda sounded it out about becoming a subsidiary.

Nissan and Honda $HMC sign memorandum of understanding to consider business integration -
๐Ÿš—The MOU is to start discussions and considerations toward a business integration between the two companies through the establishment of a joint holding company.
๐Ÿš—Smaller Mitsubishi Motors, in which Nissan is a top shareholder, was also considering joining the MOU.
๐Ÿš—Nissan and Honda aim to become a world-class mobility company with sales revenue exceeding 30 trillion yen and operating profit of more than 3 trillion yen.
๐Ÿš—The companies aim to wrap up talks around June 2025 and then set up a holding company by August 2026.
- InsideArbitrage
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โ Hidden Value Gems
An interesting stock idea $LB by @HorizonKinetics

Land Bridge is a large land owner in Texas (similar to $TPL). At $5.9bn mkt cap you pay c. $21,000 per acre. Each acre could theoretically generate over $40,000 of annual revenue.

A good starting point for doing more research on this name.
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