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Qualcomm launches $20B share buyback and raises dividend
Qualcomm announced a $20 billion share repurchase program and increased its quarterly dividend to $0.92 per share, aiming to bolster investor confidence amid challenges in its smartphone business and a push into AI‑driven markets.
In this episode, Mark Gandy interviews Issan Isani about his book *Finding Value in Numbers*, which offers a practical, math‑light toolkit for CEOs, finance directors, and board members to assess and create value in growing businesses. They discuss the importance of a personal investment framework, emphasizing mindset and process, and dive deep into Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as a core metric, including operational vs. financial views, excess cash adjustments, and a rule‑of‑thumb cost of capital. The conversation also covers how to adapt these concepts for service‑oriented and SaaS businesses, and offers reading strategies to internalize the material.
Warren Buffett breaks down the real secret behind success in the stock market: trust, leadership, and fast decision-making. Learn how value investing and smart capital allocation can accelerate wealth building and give you an edge in today’s investing world.
Is JPM a BUY Right Now? My view: I believe JPMorgan Chase is undervalued at current levels. Even better, it’s a high-conviction diversifier for any portfolio that’s already heavily exposed to semiconductors and technology. Check out my latest thesis on Substack below
Exasol AG reported FY2025 results that confirm its cost‑structure turnaround, delivering $4.5 million EBITDA, $3.3 million net income and $4.3 million free cash flow. Annual recurring revenue in its focus verticals reached $29 million, but growth slowed to 10 % year‑over‑year, down from 24 % the...
SaaS valuations have reset — but growth remains intact. Significant multiple compression - Median EV/Sales declined from 15–17x to 4–5x. Median subscription SaaS snapshot 👇 • EV/Sales: 4.7x • NTM Growth: 16.5% • 51 public companies • for SaaS companies (including device / fixed-capacity subscriptions and...
“About once every two years the market falls 10%. Every six years the market’s going to have a 25% decline. That’s all you need to know. You need to know that the market’s going to go down sometimes. If you’re...
The article explains that falling bond yields typically lift stock prices, as lower interest rates make equity cash flows more valuable and shift investor appetite toward riskier assets. A backtest using SPY and TLT from 2003‑2025 shows that going long...
Remember, the Stock Market Crashed: 34% in 2020 57% in 2008 49% in 2000 36% in 1987 50% in 1973 89% in 1929 And then it recovered to all time-highs each and every time. Since 1926, the stock market has returned an average of over 10% per year. Don't...
SBC/Revenue vs NTM growth 👇 High growth ≠ shareholder-friendly $TEAM $FIG → strong growth, but SBC eats a large portion of value The best companies balance both $PLTR $APP $SHOP $ZETA → high growth with controlled dilution Low SBC = real operating leverage $MSFT $FICO $FTNT...
Russell Napier warns that investors face a "great portfolio reset" as bond markets lose appeal, U.S. equities become riskier, and financial repression intensifies. He argues that prolonged low‑interest rates will erode fixed‑income returns, prompting a shift toward real assets and...
Terry Smith's 2026 Fundsmith Annual Meeting: Sold: PepsiCo, Brown-Forman Halved: Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet Bought: EssilorLuxottica, Wolters Kluwer, Zoetis, Intuit, Magnum Ice Cream Full transcript: https://steadycompounding.com/transcript/fundsmith-terry-smith-annual-meeting-2026/
The waste‑removal sector offers defensive, inelastic demand backed by heavy regulation and high entry barriers, making its leading firms attractive during market volatility. Waste Management (WM) leads with a $94 billion market cap, strong free‑cash‑flow generation and a 30% growth outlook...
Sinopec reported a 36.8% plunge in 2025 net profit to 31.8 billion yuan, driven by weaker petrochemical margins and accelerating substitution by new‑energy sources. Refinery throughput slipped 0.8% to 250.33 million tonnes, while petrol and diesel output fell 2.4% and 9.1% respectively....
Microsoft’s shares have slumped more than 10% since the Q2 2026 earnings beat, prompting a wave of discount‑seeking investors. Despite the price rout, Azure’s revenue continues to expand at over 30% year‑over‑year, underscoring the cloud business’s resilience. Analysts, however, warn that...
SoFi Technologies has evolved from a student‑loan refi platform into a full‑stack digital‑banking supermarket, now offering checking, savings, loans, mortgages, credit cards, trading and a proprietary stablecoin. The company posted $3.61 billion in 2025 revenue, a 35% YoY increase, with deposits...
FemTech is transitioning from a niche venture segment to a mainstream health‑tech investment theme, with the market valued at $9.12 billion in 2025 and projected to reach $10.67 billion in 2026. A surge in late‑stage mega‑deals—42 % of 2025 funding—has concentrated capital in...
Michelin is confronting a challenging macro environment, with 2025 sales projected to dip 4.4% to €26 billion and operating earnings expected to fall nearly 20%. Rising raw‑material, manufacturing and logistics costs are squeezing margins, which are forecast to contract from 12.4%...
Unity Software (U) faces mounting pressure from open‑source AI‑enhanced game engines such as Godot, threatening its dominance in the real‑time 3D market. The company’s financials remain weak, with revenue growth stalled around 2% YoY, a net‑income margin of –21.78%, and...
Bunge (BG) maintains an A rating but is now on a HOLD stance, with a $98 price target versus a $130 fair‑value estimate. The analyst cites compressed soybean margins, elevated operating costs, and heightened regulatory and geopolitical risks as headwinds....
Macro: SMBs shift to AI search; Key: GOOGL's AI Overviews gain share vs META; Risk: budget reallocation dilutes social reach; Insight: Overweight GOOGL on ad-share gains. 📈 — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
WEI LI @BlackRock: Energy's surge has come almost all from multiple expansion... Tech, Discretionary, Financials are now wayy cheaper than they were on Dec 31st https://t.co/N3mpO9RuZr
UTI Asset Management Company MD & CEO Vetri Subramaniam warned that small‑cap stocks have a limited safety margin, urging caution despite recent market corrections. He outlined a five‑year plan to accelerate AUM growth through cost discipline, digital upgrades such as...
S&P 500 Expanded Tech Forward P/E Ratio.. right near its long-term median since 1995 @wisdomtreefunds https://t.co/gRuj8dp3hU
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The price‑to‑sales (P/S) ratio measures a company’s market capitalization relative to its annual revenue, offering a valuation lens when earnings are absent or volatile. It is calculated by dividing market cap by the past‑12‑month sales, making it especially useful for...
Visional (4194 JP) is disrupting Japan's recruitment market through its direct-scouting platform BizReach. Growing 20% annually, and according to my estimate, 12.5x 2027e P/E. https://t.co/Q0cX2GjlDd
Visional, a Japanese HR‑tech firm valued at roughly $1.9 billion, evolved from the BizReach platform founded by Soichiro “Swimmy” Minami. The service hosts over three million candidate profiles in a private, subscription‑based database, charging users about $30 per month and taking...
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Alpha measures a security’s excess return versus a market benchmark, with positive values indicating outperformance and negative values indicating underperformance. While a negative alpha often flags lagging performance, it is not an automatic sell signal, especially if the investment still...
"Predictable demand reduces valuation uncertainty over long horizons." Predictability is one of the most underrated drivers of long-term returns.
MercadoLibre (MELI) traded at $1,732.33 on March 16, with trailing and forward P/E ratios of 43.97 and 25.77 respectively. The company posted 39% year‑over‑year revenue growth in Q3 2025, marking its 27th straight quarter above 30% growth, and operating income rose 30%...
Intuitive Surgical dominates robotic surgery with about 70% market share and roughly 12,000 da Vinci systems installed worldwide. The company generates nearly 85% recurring revenue and performed over three million procedures last year. Its latest da Vinci 5 platform adds...
PayPal (PYPL) traded at $44.90 on March 13, reflecting a trailing P/E of 8.3 and forward P/E of 8.5. The company posted Q4 2025 revenue of $8.68 billion (+4%) and full‑year 2025 revenue of $33.17 billion (+4%) with $5.6 billion free cash flow. A surprise...
Duke Energy (DUK) trades around $133 with a trailing P/E of 21 and a PEGY of 2.08. The utility serves 8.6 million electricity customers and 1.7 million gas customers across six states, and is executing a $103 billion five‑year capital plan focused on...
Parsons Corporation (PSN) trades around $55 with a trailing P/E of 24.98. While the firm recently lost an air‑traffic control contract, it quickly replaced the revenue with new billion‑dollar defense and intelligence deals, underscoring its shift toward high‑margin, technology‑integrated solutions....
On Friday, March 20, Fox Business host Larry Kudlow aired a program focusing on domestic and global policy issues that could sway equity markets. The discussion covered Iran sanctions, U.S. infrastructure spending, and Treasury funding, signaling heightened risk for investors....
CAVA Group has solidified its role as the leading Mediterranean fast‑casual chain, reporting $1.169 billion in FY2025 revenue—a 22.5% year‑over‑year increase—with restaurant‑level margins of 24.4%. The company now operates 439 locations, averaging $2.9 million in unit volume, and digital channels generate 38%...
Alphabet’s Google has inked demand‑response agreements with five U.S. electric utilities, extending from Arkansas to Minnesota. The contracts let Google curtail up to 1 GW of data‑center electricity during peak‑load periods, helping avoid grid stress and potential blackouts. These deals build...
S&P 500 earnings growth: +13% year-to-date. S&P 500 price return: -3.24%. Strong fundamentals. Falling prices. What's actually happening? The economy doesn't have a fundamental problem. It has an energy problem. Oil at $110 is a forward tax on margins and consumption that...
The NYSE and $SPX advance-decline lines topped in late February. There was no divergence at the top(an A-D line top before the S&P 500 top). Prior to every 4 year or 7 year cycle high in the past except one,...
Navin Fluorine has leveraged growth across its speciality chemicals, high‑performance products (HPP) and CDMO divisions to boost earnings, delivering a 47% total‑share return since May 2025. EBITDA margins expanded to 32% in the nine‑month period ending FY26, driven by higher asset...
Finance 101: When the Market Closes Below the 200MA – A Classic Bearish Signal When the closing price drops below the 200-day Moving Average (200MA), it’s one of the most respected long-term bearish signals in technical analysis. The 200MA smooths out...
Oil prices have surged to $119 per barrel amid Middle‑East tensions, prompting investors to reassess energy exposure. Nuclear‑focused Cameco (CCJ) is gaining attention after signing a $2.6 billion uranium supply deal with India and leveraging its 49 % stake in Westinghouse. The...
Vanguard’s U.S. Multifactor ETF (VFMF) has been upgraded to a cautious Buy after delivering outperformance amid heightened geopolitical volatility. The fund employs a rules‑based quantitative model that blends value, momentum and quality factors, resulting in a sector tilt toward energy,...
Berkshire Hathaway announced that Greg Abel will succeed Warren Buffett as chief executive, ending Buffett’s 55‑year tenure at the helm. The transition, detailed in a company filing, puts the conglomerate’s strategic direction under fresh leadership and has immediate implications for...
Everyone says they are ready for a correction. Some even say they want a correction. Very few will have the stomach or the cash to follow through on their intentions and buy when others are selling. It can happen over weeks, months,...
Since WWII, there have been 105 5% pullbacks (not including the current one). About 25% of those turned into a correction and only 12.4% turned into a bear market. https://t.co/kvY5qL4H4P
Reading the filings really can make you a whole lot of money. It’s all in there.
More from @DualityResearch... Tech & Financials P/E ratios now below their April 2025 closing levels https://t.co/dHpAkDVnQw
GS: Concentration of S&P 500 market cap and earnings in the 10 largest index constituents... jaws are clamping down a bit https://t.co/UX5qVWlYho
It's time to revisit the case of a small cap star that has returned +1670% over the last 10 years and operating stronger than ever... post coming on premium feed
Some next 12 month PE ratios: Bumble: 3.6x Shift4: 7.3x Novo Nordisk: 10.8x HelloFresh: 9.5x Prosus: 9.3x SK Hynix: 5.2x Is Mr Market pricing the end of the world already? $BMBL $FOUR $NVO $HFG $PRX
