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$AMZN $GOOGL

"We remain committed to our partnership with Amazon, our primary training partner and cloud provider, and continue to work with the company on Project Rainier, a massive compute cluster with hundreds of thousands of AI chips across multiple U.S. data centers."

https://t.co/PDuS5Cb7Tq

$AMZN $GOOGL

We all remember last year November when the AWS/Anthropic relationship deepened.

"Anthropic is now naming AWS its primary training partner, in addition to continuing to be its primary cloud provider, and will use AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips to train and deploy its future foundation models. Both companies will continue to work closely to keep advancing Trainium's hardware and software capabilities."

Is whatever Anthropic spending on GCP smaller than what they will spend on AWS? That would be the logical conclusion with AWS being the primary cloud/training provider. With Project Rainier ramping, the Anthropic spend on AWS increasing this year (some numbers from Ed Zitron yesterday) and SemiAnalysis and other sell-side predicting Claude AI related inflection (recently leaked Anthropic growth aspirations for 2026 are strong), it follows AWS will be enjoying the fruits as well here.

https://t.co/mAjvJRPWvu
- AkhenOsiris
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We meant sub $2 billion.

Feck this X bullsheet platform.

Our regular quarterly post... ๐Ÿ‘‡

What stock are you most bullish on sub $2 million?

(Please do re-tweet this so we can get as many ideas as possible. Thanks ๐Ÿ™).
- Capital Employed
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RT @DimitryNakhla: Nick Sleep is one of the greatest investors, generating 20.8% CAGR from 2001 to 2013 ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Nick ran a concentrated fund, with $AMZN & $COST stock each accounting for >20% of the Nomad Partnership at various points ๐Ÿ’ธ

Hereโ€™s the secret to his incredible track record ๐Ÿงต https://t.co/9mDupZqv57
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5 High-Quality Stocks With Good CAGR Potential Assuming Reasonable Multiples ๐Ÿ’ต

๐Ÿ“ฆ Amazon $AMZN
โ€ข2028E EPS: $11.01
โ€ขMultiple: 29x
โ€ขCAGR: +12%

๐Ÿ’ฐ S&P Global $SPGI
โ€ข2028E EPS: $24.41
โ€ขMultiple: 28x
โ€ขCAGR: +13%

๐Ÿฆ Fair Isaac $FICO
โ€ข2028E EPS: $63.60
โ€ขMultiple: 36x
โ€ขCAGR: +13%

โœˆ๏ธ Booking Holdings $BKNG
โ€ข2028E EPS: $344.04
โ€ขMultiple: 23x
โ€ขCAGR: +15%

๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซฒ๐Ÿป MercadoLibre $MELI
โ€ข2028E EPS: $123.53
โ€ขMultiple: 30x
โ€ขCAGR: +18%
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*Estimates can change
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I wanted to publish a larger update note, but I ended up writing about a French micro-cap, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท HighCo $HCO.

This one has been on the screen for a looong time, but only recently made the cut:

- A sleepy French promo outfit finally finding its way up operationally.
- The domestic engine (France) is back to double-digit growth.
- Two pretty nice bolt-ons, tipping the business toward scalable, recurring business.
- Guidance is actually going up!
- c. 5x forward ebitda, dd fcf yield and >6% dividend yield for a business thatโ€™s starting to look like a platform, not an agency.

Let me know what you think @ToffCap (no paywall) ๐Ÿ‘‡
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A quality valuation analysis on $APP ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/E Ratio: 42x
โ€ขYTD-Mean: 44x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 2.3%
โ€ขYTD-Mean: 2.5%

As you can see, $APP appears to be trading near fair value

Going forward, investors can receive about the same in earnings per share & FCF per share ๐Ÿง ***

Before we get into valuation, letโ€™s take a look at why $APP is a good business

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Short-Term Inv: $1.19B
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $3.51B

$APP has a good balance sheet, a BBB S&P Credit Rating, & 11x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL๐Ÿ†—โžก๏ธโœ…
โ€ข2021: 3.0%
โ€ข2022: (0.4%)
โ€ข2023: 14.6%
โ€ข2024: 38.9%
โ€ขLTM: 62.5%

RETURN ON EQUITY๐Ÿ†—โžก๏ธโœ…
โ€ข2021: 3.6%
โ€ข2022: (9.5%)
โ€ข2023: 22.6%
โ€ข2024: 124.7%
โ€ขLTM: 253.8%

$APP has strong returns on capital, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2021: $2.79B
โ€ข2024: $4.71B
โ€ขCAGR: 19.07%

FREE CASH FLOWโœ…
โ€ข2021: $360.46M
โ€ข2024: $2.09B
โ€ขCAGR: 79.77%

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2021: $1.39
โ€ข2024: $5.69
โ€ขCAGR: 59.96%

SHARE BUYBACKSโŒ
โ€ข2021 Shares Outstanding: 342.76M
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 345.41M

MARGINSโœ…
โ€ขLTM Gross Margins: 78.6%
โ€ขLTM Operating Margins: 51.0%
โ€ขLTM Net Income Margins: 43.8%

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

As stated above, investors can expect to receive about the same in EPS & FCF per share

Using Benjamin Grahamโ€™s 2G rule of thumb, $APP has to grow earnings at a 21% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2026 - 2028 EPS growth over the next few years to be just greater than the (21%) required growth rate:

2025E: $9.26 (62% YoY) *FY Dec

2026E: $14.06 (52% YoY)
2027E: $18.32 (30% YoY)
2028E: $25.39 (38% YoY)

$APP has a good track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, but letโ€™s assume $APP ends 2028 with $25.39 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

40x P/E: $1015๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~18.6% CAGR

38x P/E: $964๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~16.7% CAGR

36x P/E: $914๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~14.7% CAGR

34x P/E: $863๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~12.7% CAGR

32x P/E: $812๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~10.6% CAGR

As you can see, $APP appears to have attractive return potential if we assume >36x earnings multiple (allowing for ~15% multiple compression)

Growing its monetization of gaming, user acquisition & subscription business, $APP potential catalysts include broadening of its software platform beyond mobile games into enterprise marketing automation, and leveraging its data-rich advertising stack for AI-driven optimization โ€” both of which could unlock multiple years of EPS expansion

Despite its potential and AXON rollout, $APP is not for the faint-hearted, as its extreme volatility can test even the most resolute shareholdersโ€™ conviction in the business

Additionally, $APP also comes with a high-level of uncertainty

$APP is a good business & appears to be a fair consideration for today at $589๐Ÿ’ต
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๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐Ž๐’๐”๐‘๐„โ€ผ๏ธ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅยฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐›๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.
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September CPI inflation 3.0%, rising slightly below the expected 3.1% ๐Ÿ’ต
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Iโ€™m close to finishing my first ever deep dive covering $RBRK.

Iโ€™ve been working on it for over a month and created more than 20 unique visuals to tell the story of this fascinating business.

Itโ€™ll be out this Sunday. Excited to finally share it with you all! https://t.co/JcPGFX65uT
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Packed earnings week ahead!

Notable names:
โ€ข Monday: $NXP, $WM
โ€ข Tuesday: $SOFI, $UNH, $PYPL, $V
โ€ข Wednesday: $META, $MSFT, $GOOGL, $NOW, $MELI
โ€ข Thursday: $AMZN, $AAPL, $COIN, $NET

Which one are you most looking forward to? https://t.co/jZBZEnHX0g
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Yellowbrick Investing
Whatโ€™s it called when someone who is very smart becomes so consumed by a certain belief (political, religious, ethnic, etc) that they become a total moron about anything even remotely related to that belief?
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Tesla earnings breakdown $TSLA

๐Ÿš– Autonomy's messy timeline
๐Ÿฆพ Optimus 1M product line
๐Ÿš— The "mirage US rebound
๐Ÿ”ฎ Ambition vs. reality
https://t.co/BowrgD57mt
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bet on yourself, take chances, never hedge
because nobody else is gonna place that bet for you

built different? act like it
a natural born winner knows
going all in is the only move
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> be us
> Larry & Sergey
> a dorm in Stanford, caffeine shakes, wild ambition
> slap together a janky web crawler
> accidentally organize the entire internet
> call it Google
> build search, email, maps, docs, OS, phones, browser, car, satellite, thermostat, AI lab, TPU farm, and quantum computer

> 2025
> everyone talking about AGI
> OpenAI: โ€œwe need data, sensors, feedback, and scaleโ€
> us: staring at Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail, Android, Waymo, Pixel, Fitbit, Docs, Calendar, Street View, and Earth Engine
> "damn. guess we already did that."

> YouTube: 2.6M videos/day
> Android: 3B phones, streaming sensor data 24/7
> Gmail: 1.8B inboxes of human priors
> Search: global-scale RLHF
> Waymo: 71M miles of real-world self-driving footage
> Google Earth: modeled the entire planet
> also your calendar

> people training LLMs on books and PDFs
> we train on humanity
> every click, swipe, tap, misspelled search, scroll, and bookmark
> feedback loop from hell (or heaven)
> depends who you ask

> OpenAI: โ€œwe need $100B for GPUsโ€
> us: already built TPUs
> custom silicon
> datacenters pre-co-located with planetary data lakes
> no egress, no latency
> just vibes and FLOPs

> coders: fine-tuning on GitHub repos
> us: 2 BILLION lines of internal code
> labeled, typed, tested
> every commit is a training signal
> Code LLMs dream of being our monorepo

> AGI recipe?
> multimodal perception
> real-world feedback
> giant codebase
> scalable compute
> alignment signals
> embodied sensors
> user data for days
> yeah weโ€™ve had that since like 2016

> no investor decks
> no trillion-dollar hype rounds
> just a 25-year accidental simulation of Earth
> running in prod

> OpenAI raises $1T to build AGI
> investors call it revolutionary
> us: quietly mapping 10M new miles in Street View
> syncing another 80PB of Earth imagery
> collecting another year of Fitbit biosignals
> enjoy your foundation model
> we OWN the foundation

> people: โ€œbut Google is fumblingโ€
> true
> weโ€™re fumbling in 120 countries simultaneously
> with the greatest compute footprint and research team on Earth
> fumble hard enough and you loop back into winning

> AGI?
> we donโ€™t need to build it
> itโ€™s already inside the building
> powered by Chrome tabs and doc revisions

> mfw we spent 20 years indexing reality
> mfw our data is so good it scares us
> mfw the only thing stopping us from AGI is a meeting between four VPs and one confused lawyer

> call it research
> call it scale
> call it โ€œplanetary simulation-as-a-serviceโ€
> we call it Tuesday
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